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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:23 AM Original message |
Is it politically savvy for Huckabee to keep his obese children off the stage and out of sight? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. "It's all about republicon genetics. Take a look and tell me what you would advise. - Hucksterbee |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. A young version of Karl Rove or Rush Limbaugh |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "You really think he's as 'deboniar' as me?" - Rush "Anal Pimple Deferment" Limbaugh |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. What is it with Republicans and using "Jeff" as their fake name? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. You mean the Jeff Gannon male prostitute who visited Bush's White House... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Why, yes indeedy! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. If I were Mr. Hucklebee I would keep that fine young man of mine far away from my campaign |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. His daughter was on NBC last night in a profile/puff piece story |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Okay. Maybe it's just his son that is on the heavy side... |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. That's not a question for this blog ... try RedState. |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Everything is political whether you realize it or not. |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. Somehow this seems mean to me...... |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm not criticizing. I'm just asking. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. I know it's good for the stage... |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. DU-zy! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. For me it's much less a question of the physical personalities of his family and |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. I thought he was hiding his son |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. the son who tortured and hung a dog should be kept out of sight |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
12. One of the more offensive questions to be asked on DU. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I agree. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Candidates use their families for their own gain all the time. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. This isn't about the kid's ethics |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. You can get as huffy and PC and indignant as you want--but image is crucial in politics. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. As long as you are bring up Chelsea, let's review: |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Do you not understand the difference between insulting a 12-year-old girl, |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I see the differences and the similarities. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. It's politics. Deal with it. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. It's not making fun of fat people--I'm a fat person. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I suspect this thread is more about the way WE are raised. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. Maybe it could have been phrased differently, but I read it as being yet another |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think it's politically savvy for Democrats |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. me either. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. Sad. It would be best if he were up front about this. People will understand. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. Let me just remind all you skinny liberal elites |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. And they really are massively obese! What's wrong? They can't afford the $25,000 gastric bypass? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I'm looking at the avatar you selected |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. why imagine? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. What words? What I think is horrendous is that such poverty is allowed to go on in Oklahoma, and |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I saw no words about poverty or oklahoma in the post I responded to. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. So you think they're massively obese because they eat too much???? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Your words also had nothing to do with hydrogenated fats. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Obese is a derogatory term? It's a medical term. You do no justice to Kucinich |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Your posts are filled with red herrings. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I didn't even read this post. End of conversation. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes. When you write a book about weight loss, and your claim to fame |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Can't we leave the kids out of this discussion? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Does the fact that this "fat kid" has a history of bringing a loaded gun |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yep, the kid sounds like a mess. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I can understand why you'd be sensitive to personal issues |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Thanks so much for including the sexist slur in your reply |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. LOL! Are you series? Upset that I called the skank "skanky" in reference |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Repeating it 4 more times to prove you can? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. LOL! I am enjoying you, Church Lady. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
72. She also gets really offended whenever someone says |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. Think of the bad press if his son hung one of the stagehands because his hair was dirty. nt |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Volkswagen with eyes" |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. This thread is stupid and disgusting. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Nope. Perfectly fair in politics. Adult kids are fair game, because they |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. "Perfectly fair in politics" |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. I agree. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
43. discrimination against the obese outweights most other forms of discrimination |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. I don't know, what would Al Gore do? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
47. were i Huckabeee keeping one of those boys off the stage would have nothing |
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stravu9 (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. That's just mean... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
57. well.. to be fair.. they ARE adults.. I can see his wife being there |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
58. If they are actively supporting his campaign, yeah, it's probably savvy of him to not |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
59. Is making fun of children a good way win over Republican voters? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. They aren't Children. They are: John Mark:30, David:26, Sarah:24....adults. n/t |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
61. Don't forget Stephanie Miller |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
66. a "Volkswagen with eyes"? |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
69. Doesn't matter - he's toast anyway. n/t |
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ArkySue (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
71. One of Huck's themes....his weight loss |
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