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Mike Huckabee Afflicted By Post Trumpatic Stress Disorder

The Huckster also has some favorite new mottos, “Just Say Nazi”, “It’s Mourning in America” and “It’s time to take our country back…to Confederate times.”

» Posted By AdLib On July 28, 2015 @ 6:21 pm

Cheers PPO! I also hear Huckabee often practices keeping a straight face when interviewed about making ridiculous attacks on Obama.

» Posted By AdLib On July 28, 2015 @ 6:19 pm

Kalima, that’s true and most Jewish groups have come out against him too.

But this was all about out-Trumping Trump and pumping up his stock with the racist, religious extremist and anti-Semitic fan base in the GOP.

But I don’t think he’ll get much mileage out of it.

Still, thinking about the gutter that the GOP has fallen into, is pretty stunning.

» Posted By AdLib On July 28, 2015 @ 6:15 pm

Or maybe we could have Trump and Huckabee armed with cow pies at ten paces, have a more direct competition for the GOP nom?

» Posted By AdLib On July 28, 2015 @ 1:37 pm

fjb, he is indeed a zealot and he’s counting on the stupidity of the GOP base for support but I don’t think he’s stupid. I think he is a genuinely terrible, calculating and cynical weasel who only cares about elevating his worth as a celebrity among the Repub crowd and he’ll do whatever it takes.

He’s as evil as many of the self-proclaimed “Christian leaders” who have later been exposed to be charlatans and hypocrites, exploiting the genuine beliefs of religious people to profit themselves.

» Posted By AdLib On July 28, 2015 @ 1:34 pm

Hey Kes, thanks so much!

We’ll see how Godwin’s Law plays in the next set of polls but if the GOP race has become a new Fox reality show called, “Who Wants to be The Most Offensive Douche?”, this is only the beginning of the ugliest, most bigoted and hateful primary we’ve ever seen from the Repubs…and a prelude to their biggest electoral defeat in decades.

» Posted By AdLib On July 28, 2015 @ 1:28 pm

KT – Have you seen Huckabee’s latest campaign commercial?

» Posted By AdLib On July 28, 2015 @ 1:24 pm

Funk, if that doesn’t prove what a hollow, attention-getting stunt this is by Huckabee, nothing would. Kind of funny that this self-proclaimed moral and self-righteous phony is such a whore when it comes to the media.

Mike Huckabee – The Whore of Babble On?

» Posted By AdLib On July 28, 2015 @ 1:15 pm

My daughter has gotten on a chocolate milk binge, after going most of her childhood not wanting to drink milk with meals.

Can’t argue with a nice cold glass of chocolate milk!

» Posted By AdLib On July 27, 2015 @ 5:12 pm

Nirek, even conservative Jewish groups (along with more liberal Jewish groups) have come out to condemn his representation of Obama’s negotiation of a peaceful nuke treaty with Iran as being equivalent to launching the Holocaust.

RW Christians like Huckabee are often so anti-semetic, viewing Jews as doomed to hell but necessary tools to bring about End Times so they can go to heaven with Jesus when he returns (really, they think Jesus would look at their hatred of a peacemaker as deserving of a reservation in Heaven?)

Unfortunately, we should be prepared for such unapologetic hatreds to pop up again and again as he and the other Repubs chase after the warped minds of their core voters.

Be prepared, it will get worse…but so will the reputation of the GOP which is a good thing.

» Posted By AdLib On July 27, 2015 @ 5:10 pm

slm – I appreciate tradition but when it divides families, it’s sad. Did you see the movie, Avalon? Barry Levinson directed it, it’s a smartly done, funny and at times heartbreaking, semi-autobiographical story about an extended Jewish family coming to America and seeking the American dream. There’s a section where the family is torn apart over such a minor breach in tradition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b37auo3dSuM

Of course it’s absurd that a relationship could be harmed long term just because of what a 12 year old wanted to drink with her dinner. And the class elitism is just as awful to see affecting relationships in a family. People can lose sight of what really matters…and unfortunately it’s not uncommon.

I’m glad to hear things are going well with you. Hopefully, there will come a time when they realize what they’re missing out on and what’s really most important.

» Posted By AdLib On July 27, 2015 @ 5:00 pm

Weekend Music Thread – Feelin’ Groovy

KT – I found the errant setting that was causing this issue and have fixed it so you won’t have that happen anymore. It happened when we updated some of our anti-spam software. In the future, please let me know if you discover any new issue like this suddenly cropping up because it’s never something we’d intend. Thanks for your patience with that issue!

» Posted By AdLib On July 19, 2015 @ 4:57 pm

KT, I am bewildered by what you’re referring to, when you tried to post a comment, it wouldn’t post unless you added text? Please let me know the details, thanks!

» Posted By AdLib On July 19, 2015 @ 10:59 am

How Genuine Are Hillary Clinton’s Attacks on Wall Street?

goleafsgo, I agree, the Repubs know that trustworthiness is Hillary’s weakness and are hammering on it. Bill of course lied about Lewinsky, Hillary lied about being shot at on the Bosnia Tarmac, she also used a personal server for her emails, much more on top of that too. So the public is open to accepting attacks on her trustworthiness and Repub’s will push that hard.

Bernie clearly is carrying the populist banner successfully so his campaign has the most excitement and energy. Hillary’s campaign feels so corporate and wearing the clothes of populism that just don’t seem to fit properly.

I too would like Biden in the race but from what I’ve heard, he’s backing away from it.

As for what a Dem President can get done, I think Dems retaking the Senate could happen so that would help and as far as I’m concerned, Obama has laid out a roadmap for getting some important things done even without having Congress helping.

And the biggest thing that a Dem President could accomplish in the next term is replace retiring SCOTUS judges with at least moderates and flip the majority away from the RW. That could make for a lot of big changes in the country.

» Posted By AdLib On July 30, 2015 @ 1:04 pm

CL, I don’t know that the label of “emo” fits Bernie Sanders. I can recall times when Bernie was very critical of Obama and I strongly opposed his biting criticisms but as you say, for the most part, he shares many of the same views as Obama on many issues which is at odds with being an emo.

As for expectations that Bernie should be crediting Obama on the actions of his that Bernie also supports, since this is a political campaign, candidates talk about where they are on the issues and what they would do. I haven’t heard Hillary credit Obama in all the positions she’s announced which are clearly a continuation of Obama’s policies. That’s the way it usually is, candidates want their policies identified with them, not someone else (like the current president).

As to Bernie’s record of passed legislation, Obama wasn’t even in the Senate long enough to leave a long record of accomplishments there yet that wasn’t an issue to us in supporting him. Clearly, anyone who is a socialist and pursuing socialist and very Progressive policies is unlikely to get much passed through Congress if he stays true to those beliefs. It doesn’t mean that pols should stop fighting for liberal causes that face an improbable success and instead move to the middle just for the sake of getting bills passed.

You mention Bernie’s neglect on racial issues but to be fair, what about Hillary and Bill’s very racially charged attacks on Obama in 2008? Rev. Wright and even dissing MLK’s contributions to civil rights? And many of Bill Clinton’s policies as President hammered African Americans the hardest. So, while I can’t tell you, because I don’t know enough on this issue yet with regards to Bernie, that he has given racial issues the focus they deserve, I can say that I would be quicker to criticize a candidate who has said some very negative things racially than one who hasn’t.

As to Hillary being more focused, she has a huge war chest and a massive operation with a massive staff and has the experience of her previous and Bill’s two presidential campaigns to help her campaign look more focused. I don’t know the details of Bernie’s campaign staff but I would think it would be far smaller and less sophisticated. He doesn’t have all the policy people, think tanks, market research and speechwriters that Hillary has so I really haven’t expected him to look as crafted and detailed as she is. Even though he has raised a good deal of money, I get the feeling that his campaign is still a relatively small operation and like Hillary, he doesn’t have the time to do everything himself. So he may not have fully worked out all of the approaches to accomplish the goals he wants but I do think that the principles he addresses are genuine.

You and I do agree that Hillary’s true intentions if she was to win the WH are not to be taken for granted from what she is currently stating. I do think that one thing Bernie’s presence in the race is doing, and his popularity, is forcing Hillary to recognize the Progressives and their positions in the Dem Party. It sure seems to be the reason she is suddenly espousing such liberal policies.

Bill and Hillary have been DLCers, corporate Dems who are close with Wall Street and believe in their goals and serving them. When I look at these two candidates and which one should raise the most scrutiny with regards to the legitimacy of their campaign and talking points, Hillary Clinton is far and away the one I choose.

At worst, if Bernie is just stating policies he supports that are Obama’s and is too general about how he would achieve their goals, I find that far less objectionable and troubling at this point in the campaign.

As we get to the debates, then we will see if Bernie has specific approaches to lay out or if he repeatedly just decries injustices with no practical ideas on how to stop them.

To be fair, I don’t think Hillary has given much in the way of details on her positions, how she will accomplish any of her policies. None of the Repubs, especially Trump, have offered any specifics on any of the issues they spout about.

IMO, the Dem primary is far better off having Bernie in it than it just being a coronation for Hillary who then wouldn’t have any incentive to make campaign promises on Progressive issues, she could start running her GE campaign as a centrist from the beginning.

» Posted By AdLib On July 14, 2015 @ 7:26 pm

Yep, though if he wins the Repub nod, a massive majority of voters will make him their be-atch.

» Posted By AdLib On July 14, 2015 @ 5:29 pm

KT, that picture is purrfect!

» Posted By AdLib On July 14, 2015 @ 4:09 pm

Hey Filo!

Short and sweet but says it all!

» Posted By AdLib On July 14, 2015 @ 4:08 pm

Nirek, it’s hard for me to imagine that she is serious about being willing to possibly put her own Wall Street contributors in jail. Or her husband’s Wall Street contributors to the Clinton Foundation. Or her daughter’s and son-in-law’s friends and former employers.

This is Politics 101. In a Dem primary, run to the left then tack to the center in the GE. Hard to be confident of any conviction in such a politician who openly makes clear it is a strategy she is using, not long held beliefs.

Again, I am not interested in hammering Hillary, we may very well need her to win in the GE and in such a case, I would vote for her without reservation. I just feel it’s important to speak out when one believes they see that the Empress has no clothes.

» Posted By AdLib On July 14, 2015 @ 4:07 pm

NIrekJunior, when a candidate leaks that she’s going to be campaigning as Progressive to block the path for true Progressives to surpass her, it is hard to put a lot of faith in her long term commitment to those positions.

Bernie is the real deal, I don’t know realistically that he can beat Hillary but in a primary, we should be voting for the candidate that we most believe in and who knows what can happen?

» Posted By AdLib On July 14, 2015 @ 3:56 pm

slm, I think it’s important to see the big picture on politicians. No doubt some of those Hillary supporters going after Bernie’s have wiped the slate clean from Hillary’s 2008 run. She is the same person who lied about being shot at on the Tarmac in Bosnia, attacked Obama in the primary using the racially charged Rev. Wright stuff and wanted to override the democratic process of the primary using Super Delegates.

She has proven in the past that she will go to extreme lengths, saying and doing unethical things just to win. It is possible that she has changed but only time will tell.

What she is doing is exactly what we heard would be her strategy, not her positions, her strategy to outflank those on her left. If this is just a strategy, then she may not be committed to these things and is just being manipulative. Bernie on the other hand has held these same positions for years. So while Hillary may have legitimately changed or adopted new positions, I’m quicker to believe in someone like Bernie who stood for these things when he had no Presidential campaign at stake.

» Posted By AdLib On July 13, 2015 @ 8:04 pm

Funk, that’s the issue of concern for me.

Did you watch Scott Walker’s announcement today that he’s running? He said everything and stated every position that the Tea Party wants to hear.

Hillary’s speech was different in tone and style but did the same thing on Progressive issues.

Both held very different positions on some of those issues before they started running.

Whatever the case, I am voting for the Democrat for President which will likely be Hillary but we’re not there yet and I am concerned that Hillary is saying whatever it takes to win the primary at times.

I criticize the RW for being very easily fooled by their pols when they’re just told what they want to hear so I try to weigh what Hillary says especially when it conflicts with her past positions and her own interests. I do agree though, if she is telling the truth, that would be fantastic and way overdue. I too have been very frustrated with the Obama Admin not prosecuting any Wall Street criminals (aside from one fall guy).

» Posted By AdLib On July 13, 2015 @ 7:45 pm

KT, she said that on her watch, she wouldn’t let Wall Street bankers and companies get away with criminal actions but she stopped short from saying she would have them criminally prosecuted. So…left it a bit open as to what that meant. Hard to believe she would put her contributors in prison.

» Posted By AdLib On July 13, 2015 @ 7:19 pm

MSNBC to Spin Off Sister Channel MSTRUMP

Kalima, there is always and will always be a segment of a nation’s population that is reprehensible in their beliefs. Who are ignorant, bigoted and spiteful towards many because they live difficult and disappointing lives that they need to blame on other groups of people “deserving” of their hatred.

In the US, the GOP is the natural home for these kinds of haters. It always will be and there will always be such people in the country. But, we sure don’t need the MSM amplifying the abnormal hatred of this small minority for profit.

» Posted By AdLib On July 10, 2015 @ 12:39 pm

Kalima, not positive but I think you’re right and that MSNBC stands for:

Moronic
Slaves to
News
Being a
Circus

Or something like that.

After being corporatized, the US news media has become a fickle prostitute, soliciting the sleaziest of “Johns” (or “Donalds”) to make as much money as they can for their corporate pimps but ready to throw them aside for a sleazier “John” that can bring them more money.

When they’re done with Trump, watch for another terrible human being they become obsessed with, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, etc.

Tune out, switch off, drop cable.

» Posted By AdLib On July 10, 2015 @ 12:21 pm

Hey goleafsgo, can you imagine if the news networks were around in 1939? Hosting “fair and balanced” interviews with Hitler and spreading his hatred all over America just for the ratings and ad dollars?

And the sad thing would be that he would probably be leading Trump and everyone else in the GOP primaries with a lion’s share of the core GOP voters support if he was alive and able to run today.

» Posted By AdLib On July 10, 2015 @ 12:02 pm

KT – I think the way to take away Trump’s “power” is to show him to be the loser as a human being that he is and losing in the GOP Primary could help do that.

Then again, showing photos of him like this couldn’t hurt:

[img]http://vator.tv/images/attachments/290411100927image.jpg[/img]

» Posted By AdLib On July 10, 2015 @ 11:43 am

Kalima, I fully understand your point, Trump is just a disgusting piece of slime and while that seems so obvious to many, it’s surprisingly impressive to the cretins of the GOP core. I guess a cockroach can be attractive to at least other cockroaches.

My point was of course that it’s nothing new for self-promoting, cynical and unprincipled Republicans to say horribly racist, hateful and ignorant things to get attention (See: Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, etc.). What’s even more reprehensible than him though is that these corporate news entities happily blast their obviously dishonest and hateful words for days just to outrage viewers and keep them tuning in.

MSNBC was like a pig rolling around in muck yesterday with its Trump interview, spreading it all over every show, using shows to just repeat the whole interview, it was disgusting.

So they got theirs today.

» Posted By AdLib On July 9, 2015 @ 9:04 pm

KT, or perhaps Trump should be treated like a urinal?

» Posted By AdLib On July 9, 2015 @ 6:25 pm

gyp46, clearly Fox News and the Repub base have been watching too much Trump, proving the link between that and brain damage.

» Posted By AdLib On July 9, 2015 @ 6:20 pm