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Sep 07, 2008 16:27

I was watching the Republican National Convention

To hear Huckabee speak, you'd think that 'European' was a bad word.

What's the deal with that?

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draile September 7 2008, 20:53:11 UTC
Obviously it's because Europeans are French.

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frprtgirl September 8 2008, 01:53:12 UTC
Maybe he thinks they're the ones who caused the storm that made the Republicans postpone their convention.

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anonymous September 8 2008, 03:26:15 UTC
He says lots of crazy things. For example. . . .

* "I think that students also should be given exposure to the theories not only of evolution but to the basis of those who believe in creationism."

* "I think schools also ought to be fair to all views. Because, frankly, Darwinism is not an established scientific fact. It is a theory of evolution, that’s why it’s called the theory of evolution. And I think that what I’d be concerned with is that it should be taught as one of the views that’s held by people."

* "I do not necessarily buy into the traditional Darwinian theory, personally."

* "If you want to believe that you and your family came from apes, I'll accept that....I believe there was a creative process.''

http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/rncse_content/vol25/8118_is_evolution_arkansas39s_h_12_30_1899.asp

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As the biggest Huckabee fan ever... raging_turtle September 10 2008, 03:19:25 UTC
...I'm gonna weigh in.

His point wasn't that Europeans were bad. It's that it shouldn't really matter who they think ought to win our election, because they neither live nor pay taxes here.

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Re: As the biggest Huckabee fan ever... piomega4 September 10 2008, 22:34:44 UTC
That's not really what he said.

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Re: As the biggest Huckabee fan ever... raging_turtle September 11 2008, 01:53:32 UTC
Barack Obama's excellent adventure to Europe...

(LAUGHTER)

... took his campaign for change to hundreds of thousands of people who don't even vote or pay taxes here. But let me hasten to say that it's not what he took there that concerns me. It's what he brought back: European ideas that give the government the chance to grab even more of our liberty and destroy our hard-earned livelihood.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/printpage/?url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/mike_huckabees_speech_to_the_r.html

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Re: As the biggest Huckabee fan ever... raging_turtle September 11 2008, 02:10:49 UTC
Whoops. That should all be in quotation, and should be attributed to Huckabee. Watch the video at about 4:38 to see him say it himself. His point was not "that it shouldn't really matter who [Europeans] think ought to win our election." His point was that Europeans would "grab ... our liberty" and "destroy our hard-earned livelihood." He's clearly treating "European" as a bad word - one that's dangerous to our liberty and livelihood ( ... )

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