THE PLANK DECEMBER 13, 2007
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You're probably not going to find a better example of the right-wing pundit class's contempt for Mike Huckabee than this Lisa Schiffren screed over at National Review:
Like back home, you were just trying to be nice to that castrated
guy who had raped a few women. He had served some time. Why couldn't
they forgive him? You could. You have a good heart. Lots of Christian
love. So you pardoned him. And what did he do then, Huck?What
if you make a call like that on Iran, Huck? Or Iraq? Or Osama? Or
some guy from China who is very civil and polite at the State dinner,
and has a little plan for dominating Asia? Everything that happens,
Huck, all those reporters are going to want you to say something,
everywhere you go, 24/7. And lots of people will act based on what you
say. And not all of them have lots of love in their heart, Huck.
That
bait shop on the lake — it's looking good. You'll be surrounded by nice
neighbors, real Christians, and you can be the smartest guy in the
room. You can go out running every morning. Remember Huck — Jesus
wouldn't be dumb enough to go into politics.You were right on that
one. Maybe it's not what he wants from you either.
Or, as Ross Douthat summarizes Schiffren's message to Huck: Go Back to Dogpatch, You Stupid Hillbilly!
--Jason Zengerle
7 comments
If written by a liberal, such a screed would be called "Anti- Christian."
- davidsmith192
December 13, 2007 at 1:10pm
Save that for the file. It may come in handy later on, to use Republicans' elitism against themselves.
- stgla
December 13, 2007 at 1:32pm
exactly right davidsmith. I am looking forward to the day when Huckabee is the VP candidate and she trips all over herself taking back what she just wrote. Republicans need to start weening themselves off of Cheney's evil teet now.
Good thing this woman is far too stupid to realize Huckabees idea of not locking up every criminal forever just might play well in the general election, and that most people realize that 100% non recidivism is a conservative pipe dream (unless we just lock up every criminal forever, no matter the crime). Go ahead, nominate Guiliani and then watch as the Democrats mop the floor up with him. 3 wives, venal and corrupt cronies, cluelessness about the world, that is the ticket.
- blackton
December 13, 2007 at 1:44pm
"Cheney's evil teet" just had to be repeated. The visual hurt!
- rishy
December 13, 2007 at 1:58pm
As much as I loved the Lisa Schiffren screed Jason links below , I'm starting to fear that the more
- Anonymous
December 13, 2007 at 2:13pm
Do ohers see garbage characters where an apostrophe should be in The Plank's post? Yet another quirk of this charming redesign...
- jm_rice
December 13, 2007 at 3:44pm
Jeez, the elitist disdain just radiates from this one.. how dare that country bumpkin surge in the polls when us power elites had already settled on somebody else!
- jobeek2
December 13, 2007 at 11:14pm