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RE: Huckabee Wants To Use Army To Stop Abortion
July 31, 2015 at 11:39 pm
(July 31, 2015 at 11:35 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Huckabee's always been one for strong rhetoric, but I think he's jealous of the attention Trump is getting and has decided to double down. This statement came not shortly after referring to the Iran deal as"marching the Israelis to the oven door."
It's all just pandering to the conservative base.
While he's at it, why doesn't he also suggest barbecuing homosexuals, a bounty for scalping illegal immigrants or any nber of things the office he seeks lacks the power to do? This guy makes Tricky Dick look good.
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RE: Huckabee Wants To Use Army To Stop Abortion
July 31, 2015 at 11:40 pm
(July 31, 2015 at 11:36 pm)Faith No More Wrote: (July 31, 2015 at 11:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Huckbee either has shit-for-brains or he thinks the electorate does. I don't see a lot of middle ground here.
I think he's just pandering to the shit-for-brains voting block.
So yeah, like I said, they ought to be pissed. 
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RE: Huckabee Wants To Use Army To Stop Abortion
August 1, 2015 at 4:24 am
(July 31, 2015 at 5:18 pm)Lucanus Wrote: How I envision it:
"Stop that abortion right now, or else we'll shoot!"
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Republicans, preventing abortions by sending in a large group of horny males.
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RE: Huckabee Wants To Use Army To Stop Abortion
August 1, 2015 at 11:35 am
(July 31, 2015 at 11:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: You know, it occurred to me that rank-and-file Republicans ought to be outraged about this.
Huckbee either has shit-for-brains or he thinks the electorate does. I don't see a lot of middle ground here.
I agree that at least one of those must be true. But they are also not mutually exclusive; they can both be true.
(July 31, 2015 at 11:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: So it's ether that this is the sort of candidate that the GOP can muster, someone who is either fatally flawed is understanding of the rule of law or a crass demogogue with a penchant for grossly irresponsible rhetoric - or your candidate thinks you are an idiot.
Why wouldn't you be pissed about that?
If I were a Republican (which is virtually impossible for me to imagine), sure, but many actual Republicans are not. Because if he believes that many Republicans are idiots, he is right. Many of them are too stupid to see that his ideas are lunacy, because they are lunatics, too.
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RE: Huckabee Wants To Use Army To Stop Abortion
August 1, 2015 at 11:48 am
(July 31, 2015 at 11:36 pm)Faith No More Wrote: (July 31, 2015 at 11:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Huckbee either has shit-for-brains or he thinks the electorate does. I don't see a lot of middle ground here.
I think he's just pandering to the shit-for-brains voting block.
Which is, in itself, a failing political strategy: the last people you want to be courting for votes are the ones who will struggle to fill out a ballot paper.
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RE: Huckabee Wants To Use Army To Stop Abortion
August 1, 2015 at 12:18 pm
(August 1, 2015 at 11:35 am)Pyrrho Wrote: (July 31, 2015 at 11:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: You know, it occurred to me that rank-and-file Republicans ought to be outraged about this.
Huckbee either has shit-for-brains or he thinks the electorate does. I don't see a lot of middle ground here.
I agree that at least one of those must be true. But they are also not mutually exclusive; they can both be true.
Ah, yes, I knew I must be forgetting a third option.
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RE: Huckabee Wants To Use Army To Stop Abortion
August 1, 2015 at 12:20 pm
(July 31, 2015 at 11:34 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (July 31, 2015 at 11:28 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: He's trying to make sure he makes the debate cut for Fox News' debate.
You know, Thump, the thing of it is, that kind of thing doesn't ever make for good entertainment. It just embarrassing and uncomfortable to be reminded that we're of the same species.
I don't consider myself the same species as republicunt primary voters.
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RE: Huckabee Wants To Use Army To Stop Abortion
August 1, 2015 at 2:39 pm
(July 31, 2015 at 11:34 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (July 31, 2015 at 11:28 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: He's trying to make sure he makes the debate cut for Fox News' debate.
You know, Thump, the thing of it is, that kind of thing doesn't ever make for good entertainment. It just embarrassing and uncomfortable to be reminded that we're of the same species.
Well, of course. But look, his base are people who watch Honey Boo-Boo and think fine dining is a deep-fried Mars bar and sweet tea. Of course his pandering is going to be especially sickening.
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