...that thudding sound you just heard?
Huckabee's political future.
UPDATE: DailyKos is all over it, ascribing Huckabee's asinine
statement to all Republicans in general. Apparently, it's a GOP thing to
threaten violence against political enemies. You know, as opposed
to the left's actual use of violence against theirs, from
"peaceful protests"where pro-war students are bullied to the same
where anti-abortion monuments are knocked down.
...which is his right as a US citizen.
However, as a military member, failure to peform his his job will
have consequences. If he is willing to suffer those consequences,
then I applaud him for having the strength of his convictions. If,
however, he tries to weasel his way out of the same - which I
suspect is the case, since he held a press conference to make his
declaration - then he is a weasel of the lowest denominator...on
par with Jane Fonda.
From his "speech":
"I was from a poor, white family from the south, and I did badly in
school," the now 24-year-old told AFP.
"I was 'filet mignon' for recruiters.
They started phoning me when I was in 10th grade," or around 16
years old, he added.
The only way I see him being potentially successful in this would have been to step back to the right of the van and draw his weapon; that might have backfired, though, if they chose to rush him en masse.
...this commenter has the
right idea (IMHO):
It would be interesting to see what happened if, for example, the
United States made it crystal clear that refusing to allow full,
untrammelled humanitarian aid would result in pinpoint tactical
nuclear strikes on Burmese military bases, followed by
assassination teams gunning for the top leaders of the military
dictatorship.
...with Iraq images. I wonder what
Joe Biden would think about this. Probably, it would be acceptable
discourse since it's about President Bush and his family.
...I think it quite ironic that the
liberal base is so
outraged over being called appeasers, yet they express no
outrage over (and usually won't condemn) Palestinian terrorism,
Sudanese genocide, North Korean starvation, or Islamic
fanaticism.
...is headed for an ass-kicking in November by trying to give tax breaks on
racing horses. Not that the Democrats will handle the power any
better (Rep William Jefferson springs to mind), but as the minority
party under an unpopular President, the media has given them a
pass. That will change within a couple of months of their
election.
...from you. Not. Good. News. RIAA is a lot like
Senator Clinton - a formidable juggernaut that appears slightly
insane, unable to see themselves from the outside. Or not caring to
do so.
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Here is the link to the post.
[url]http://www.combateffective.us/content/view/2025/[/url]
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