And Erick from Red State, who doesn't like Huckabee and thinks he would be bad for the GOP, says it here, in his defense of Huckabee against conservative elites. Excerpt:
The New York-Washington Corridor of Conservative IntelligentsiaTM loves the base when it does as it is told, but let's not actually let the Jesus Freaks run things directly. You know, we're all suppose to listen to James Dobson, but God forbid one of his ideological kin actually takes charge.And he says it again here, re: the Huck Christmas ad:
Sometimes a bookshelf is just a bookshelf. Sometimes a "Merry Christmas ad" is just a Merry Christmas ad made all the more refreshing because the candidate is not afraid of his faith. And sometimes the criticism lodged at the candidate reveals yet again that while many in the establishment right want evangelicals in the coalition, they just really don't want them in leadership positions or talking prominently about their faith.For the love of God people, it's Christmas and Jesus! You attack Huckabee for that ad, you do nothing but help him -- and deservedly so.
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Huckabee is doing well because everybody else in the race is so awful. God bless him.
Elites are attacking Huck's religion because they can't attack his policies. True, his policies are insane, and they all know it, but they sure as well don't want Republican rank-and-file to start analyzing policy proposals rationally. That would be disaster for the party.
Good grief, you're defending a candidate who has a history of nothing but liberal nanny state, big government, tax raising, bleeding heart liberal action.
And you're still not bothering to defend his record based on his record.
Will you ever actually mention the specifics of the problems with Huckabee, or even bother with an honest or realistic defense? Or are you just going to pretend that everyone who is concerned that Huckabee is a liberal is really a closet elitist bigot? Because that's what I'm hearing.
I guess I'm just an anti-religious bigot, and Washington insider-elitist because I'm not in favor of electing a liberal democrat in the Republican Primary.
When you feel like actually defending Huckabee's record, or at least being honest about his record; then we can have a discussion. When you're just name-calling? Nevermind.
Does anybody mind of I fiddle while the GOP burns?
Just as I was posting that last snarky comment, something came to me:
A few posts ago, Rod was talking about the Tribulation. He mentioned a red heifer. Huckabee was wearing a red sweater in his Christmas ad.
Could Huckabee be the GOP's anti-Christ?
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