Why Mike Huckabee is Dangerous
November 29th 2007 04:45 pm
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee may be the most dangerous Republican candidate for president, if you are a Democratic Party voter. A Baptist preacher with loads of charm, he is the audio version of highly photogenic; he’s the sound-byte king.In last night’s debate among GOP contenders, the single sound byte picked up by networks worldwide and broadcast a hundred times was this exchange:
Questioner: What would Jesus do about the death penalty?
Huckabee: Jesus was too smart to run for public office, that’s what Jesus would do (followed by loud audience laughter and applause).
Mike Huckabee does not believe in evolution. Let’s pause a second and digest that……… Mike Huckabee played in a rock band so he has hip credentials and he is the master of the quick one-liner comeback.
Mike Huckabee does believe in doing something constructive about global warming. This makes him palatable to some people with concerns about the environment.
However: The Huckster is against a woman’s right to choose an abortion, and he opposes gay marriage.
That’s about par for the course for a man positioning himself as the one and only true option for Christian voters next November. But it also speaks to the type of Supreme Court justices he would appoint.Huck-man is, most of all, extremely likeable. I even like him. He played the quiz game “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” on NPR not long ago and he cracked wise with Paula Poundstone and other comedians.
And likeable is important in this nation that adored Ron Reagan.
I mean, can you name ONE Democratic candidate at this time with whom you’d really like to be trapped in an elevator? Much as I love Dennis and Barack, I quite frankly would rather take that ride with Huckabee. (I would try to convince him that evolution is real and that women should be free to choose. It would be awkward.)
Huckabee is going to surge in the coming months. He is dangerous because he will give any Democratic candidate a real run for the money. Watch out.
