Huckabee Calls For Immigration ‘Hiatus’ From Terror-Sponsoring States, Then ‘Rapidly Backtracks’
Huckabee Calls For Immigration ‘Hiatus’ From Terror-Sponsoring States, Then ‘Rapidly Backtracks’
Today on the stump in South Carolina, Mike Huckabee said “we ought to put a hiatus on people who come here and give them permits if they come from countries that sponsor and harbor terrorists.”
This is just the latest instance of Huckabee’s pandering to the right wing over immigration. As Arkansas Governor, Huckabee favored scholarships to public colleges for undocumented immigrants who did well in high school. But in his campaign, Huckabee has adopted a right-wing think tank’s immigration plan that calls for sending all 12 million illegal immigrations home within 120 days.
Hotline reports, “The Huckabee edict, let’s call it, would forbid entry to folks from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria, the five nations listed on the Secretary of State’s watch list.” Chip Saltzman, Huckabee’s campaign manager, defended the Governor’s stance as an attempt to “make sure the bad guys don’t get in.” Watch it:
But now, the Huckabee team has “rapidly backtracked from the governor’s earlier comment that he would impose a ‘hiatus’ on immigration from nations that harbor terrorists.” Huckabee adviser and former Fox News pundit Jim Pinkerton explained, “‘Hiatus’ is synonym for thorough review. We are not making policy on the stump in Rock Hill, S.C.”
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Let’s have a hiatus on radical religious politicians.
January 15th, 2008 at 7:42 pmGee. He really is as dumb as he looks. None of the 911 hijackers came from any of those countries.
January 15th, 2008 at 7:53 pm“Chip Saltzman, Huckabee’s campaign manager…”
As someone said a few days ago, some jokes just write themselves..
“Would you like some guacamole to go with that manager, Huck?”
January 15th, 2008 at 7:54 pmSo no more Cuban refugees?
January 15th, 2008 at 7:56 pmSmart move, Bobby Fischer.
Candidates words during the campaign is nothing but selling schemes. Candidates will say and will do anything to please voters…
January 15th, 2008 at 7:58 pmBut when they win..it is another story.
One can see the gap between what they said while campaigning,and later what they did while governing.
It is up to people to use their best judgements. And no good judgement can be made without knowledge.
So the better you know, the better your judgement will be…
Check them carefully.
Unforunately, the list is not impressive.
The more I read about “Huckster” the more this maniac scares the JEEBUS right out of me.
If this guy ever got elected, we would be seriously F_cked.
Every time I think, naw it can’t happen, I remind myself of who the current (p)resident is.
January 15th, 2008 at 8:01 pmThe Draft Mike Bloomberg campaign has begun!
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzz…
January 15th, 2008 at 8:04 pm“‘Hiatus’ is synonym for thorough review.
And ’slog’ does not mean a “a slow, heavy pace.”
The saddest thing about this, is that many Americans — and many of our “pundits” — are too dumb to realize how absud Pinkerton’s statement is.
(For those who might have forgotten, Rumsfeld was caught using the phrase “hard slog in Iraq and Afghanistan” and later defied it’s meaning. Few called him on that either.)
January 15th, 2008 at 8:11 pmDENNIS KUCINICH OUT OF NEVADA DEBATE
Keith Olbermann just announced.
If you’re pissed off call MSNBC and tell them what you think:
1-212-664-4444
Hardball with Chris Matthews: hardball@msnbc.com
January 15th, 2008 at 8:17 pmMSNBC Reports with Joe Scarborough: msnbcreports@msnbc.com
‘Hiatus’ is synonym for thorough review.
January 15th, 2008 at 8:26 pmYeah, and ‘Huckabee’ is a synonym for moronic panderer.
i thought Je$u$ talked about caring for the underpriveleged?
January 15th, 2008 at 8:56 pmEvery day is a brand new day for the ole Huckster. Somebody, buy the poor guy a Blackberry for Christ’s sake.
January 15th, 2008 at 8:59 pmMemo to Bush administration: According to Huckabee, this means anyone from Saudi Arabia as well…since most of the 911 terrorists came from THERE.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:02 pmIf they are in a country that is deficient in human rights and growing up to be potential terrrorists, shouldn’t we get all of them we can so that they can see the blessings of liberty and to rescue them from their oppressive regimes ?
And could someone please point me to the dictionary or thesaurus that says that hiatus means to study ?
January 15th, 2008 at 9:15 pm“…an attempt to “make sure the bad guys don’t get in.â€
As the song said “… Don’t bother, they’re here.” Or was it clowns?
Either way, we’re up to our elbows in misfit, misguided wannabees, never was’s and other pretenders.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:45 pm“With the heated debate over undocumented workers poised to take center stage in the November election, a historian who researched the ethnic cleansing of Chinese Americans cautions against repeating the dark chapter of the American history.”
Above excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle:
January 16th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Here’s the link for #16:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/14/BA65UENV2.DTL
January 16th, 2008 at 2:43 amToday on the stump in South Carolina, Mike Huckabee said “we ought to put a hiatus on people who come here and give them permits if they come from countries that sponsor and harbor terrorists.â€
I heard someone was doing a great sale of weapons in a series of countries of the ME, who are known sponsors of terrorism. What was his name? Oh, yeah, G.W. Bush.
Don’t let him enter the country. Cancel his passport and put him in a no fly list.
January 16th, 2008 at 6:15 amI get it, Cubans are terrorists and Bush is a peacemaker. I got a nice joke too, it goes: “Once upon a time there was a worthy American….”
January 16th, 2008 at 12:37 pmSo he’s sending Florida Cubans back to the island ?? Remember, several cuban exiles have been involved in terrorism, so it makes sense [GOP double standars]
January 16th, 2008 at 1:49 pm“When we were in college we used to take a popcorn popper — because that was the only thing they would let us have in the dorms — and fry squirrels in the popcorn popper.”
– Mike Huckabeecompletely freaking us out (”Morning Joe”).
January 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pmAs if we actually have that many people coming from those countries (except Cuba) . Might as well put the lid on Bhutan, Swaziland, and Lichtenstein too. Have about as much effect on anything that matters. He just lost Florida, btw .
Squirrel is good, and good for you . No need to get freaked out . Tastes like dark meat on a turkey, but a little firmer and leaner . Close enough that it would fool most, if they didn’t know.(Such as my brother and sister, when we were kids) Would never have thought of a popcorn popper, though. Lay off the squirrel criticism . It’s just more fuel on the fire for the Huckster’s base .
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 am