Holy shit! Did you hear about the huckup's press conference?

[cali]

Just heard this on NPR: The Huckup held a press conference to piously announce that he wasn't going to go negative against Romney in response to Romney's negative ads. so after this sanctimonious intro, he says that they were fully prepared to go negative and even had the ad in the can, and to prove it, he was going to show it. At this point, the entire room of reporters burst into incredulous laughter So he showed this negative ad on a big projection screen- to more laughter. When asked afterward if he wasn't being hypocritical, he answered that if he hadn't shown the ad, the press wouldn't have believed that he actually had the ad. Suurre.

Full blown melt down. And of course, Mitwit had a field day with it.

[Cameron27]

1. Oh no!

I missed it :rofl:

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Like all those Baptists sitting around watching porn so they can more effectively

deplore it.

[cali]

3. exactly like that

Loved the loud scornful laughter though.

[Mabus]

18. and they have to watch it over and over and over....

...again. ;)

[Double T]

4. This rethug candidate will self destruct in ten (10) seconds.

And these A-holes want to be President??

[patrice]

5. Proof: They think we are as stupid as they are.

Ohhhh, I do hope the "journalists" actually laughed out loud, so you'd notice it. Will there be video?

[cali]

6. Oh, they laughed out loud alright

Don't know if there will be video, but I'd bet on it. Stick a fork in that huckleberry. He is so done.

[indie_voter]

20. Just saw it. They laughed out loud. It was great!! n/t

[justgamma]

7. Swiftboating?

Since he showed it to a bunch of reporters, do you think that he's counting on some footage of the ad for the nightly news? Maybe a nice column about it? That's how the swiftboat ad got shown all over the country.

[cali]

10. I don't have TV, but I would be shocked if this didn't get played

on the news and all the talking head shows. Evidently there were 150 reporters there and 8 TV crews. And I don't think he's gonna like the way it gets covered.

[chascarrillo]

32. That's what he got.... NBC Nightly News ran clips of it

Mission accomplished!

[sandnsea]

8. Oh that is too funny

I am so glad they are rejecting this nitwit.

[C_U_L8R]

9. The Huckster speaks kind and sweetly

but his words are pure serpent venom.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. It's hit the media - Big time! lol! EDIT: Video link!

Huckabee Decides Not To Air Those Nasty Ads...And Then Airs A Nasty Ad
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/12/huckabee_decides_not_to_air_th.php

google results page
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&resnum=0&resnum=1&ct=title&ncl=1125620461&scoring=n

:rofl:

video
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/12/31/huckabees_televised_turnabout.html

[cali]

12. oh man, this is such a riot.

thanks for those links. I'm off to go check 'em out. Can't make this stuff up.

:rofl:

[shain from kane]

13. Would you vote for a dishonest Republican before an honest Democrat?

Huckabee got nailed the other day when he was painted into a corner, and had to admit that Romney was dishonest. Then, he was asked whether he would support Romney if he was the Republican nominee. After he said that he wasn't sure about that, then the reporter implied that he would then be supporting the Democrat. After he said that he definitely wouldn't be supporting the Democrat, he was asked whether he would rather vote for a dishonest Republican than an honest Democrat?




http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/30/huckabee_raps_chief_rival_as_dishonest_on_record/


This article does not show the true extent of his gaffe, which I have seen several times repeated on TV.

[Cha]

14. I'm guessing the goperverts

can get away with more shite than the Dems?

[no name no slogan]

15. Oh god I hope he's the GOP nominee!!!!

Cripes, we could even run Lyndon LaRouche and still win this one

[Cobalt-60]

33. A Rubber Cage Match!

[bunnies]

16. saw it on the idiot box.

It was a riot! We laughed for about 5 minutes. :rofl: It was great.

[Mike03]

17. Beautiful! I hope to christ Huck wins, so that our candidate

can make a damned fool of him between now and November.

This whole soap opera with the repukes as been so fantastic to watch. They are truly self-obliterating before our eyes.

McCain is the only candidate who worries me now, but as for the rest, any one of them who gets the nomination is going to be destroyed--absolutely destroyed.

It will be a consummate pleasure to watch.

[Stop Cornyn]

19. Actually, that's brilliant. Why'd he do it? He had an ad that he didn't have the $ to run so he made

it into a news event so all the Iowa news stations would cover it for him. Brilliant. I bet Huckabee got $250,000 worth of TV coverage for his ad just for the price of producing it.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

21. I disagree... kind of.

yes, smart move, free publicity and all that... BUT. He is now the biggest laughing stock 2 days before Iowa. All publicity is good publicity ONLY if you have the time to spin it. I think he just neutered himself.

[cali]

22. are you kidding? He made himself a complete laughing stock.

The ad's getting out there alright, framed in huckup's hypocrisy and complete with a laugh track.

[TwilightGardener]

25. That's what he TRIED to do--it, uh, didn't work out. The story didn't

become about what a nice guy he is, or the content of the ad--the story became what a sneaky hypocritical bastard he is, and even the press has to laugh at him. Not brilliant.

[Stop Cornyn]

27. The guy has NO MONEY. He's getting a negative ad on the air during the evening news cost free. Those

who hate him already will focus on the hypocrisy. Those who love him already won't find anything hypocritical. Those who fall in neither camp will see Huckabee's ad against Romney and -- if the ads any good -- will remember the ad more than the circumstances.

[TwilightGardener]

28. I watched CNN and didn't get to see the whole ad--I think a lot of news outlets

are not going to cooperate with his little scheme. I did, however, see the derisive laughter.

[sampsonblk]

23. That's funny as hell

Politics 101. Laugh now, but it may even work. Let's remember who were talking about here - Republican voters. Not the smartest people in the world.

[mtnsnake]

24. That was hillarious but I see why the Huckster pulled his ad. It wasn't for the reason he stated

After seeing the video of his ad, he really didn't have jack shit on Romney. That's why he pulled it, because his ad really sucked and wouldn't have convinced a soul.

BTW, thanks to poster #11 for providing a video link to the ad.

[TheCowsCameHome]

26. Good grief. Wouldn't this guy be fun in the general election?

They could play his campaign stuff on the Cartoon Network.

[ArkySue]

29. THERE'S MORE!!!

I saw him on Wolfie's show and he said, "Well, the tv stations have copies so it could be leaked and put up on u-tube."

The other day at some event (I caught the last bit) he was telling people to "shovel snow into their driveways, let the air out of their tires..."

This is the REAL Huckster! Gawd, what a creep!

[NoPasaran]

30. My favorite part of the ad

Was criticizing Romney for "No executions!"

What a fucking turd.

[TwilightGardener]

35. Criticizing somebody for not putting others to death? Oh, yeah, I want

him to be the nominee. This will be an absolute BLOWOUT.

[mitchum]

31. He's Gomer Pyle with the heart of JR Ewing

[cali]

34. Best description of the huckhead yet. n/t