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Title: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: corbe on May 11, 2017, 05:02:23 pm
Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant

By Peter Heck  |  May 11, 2017, 12:50pm  |  @peterheck


Everyone has their own tastes in humor: the clownish physical comedy of the Three Stooges or Jim Carrey, observational comedy like Jerry Seinfeld and Tim Hawkins, explicitly crude comedy like Chris Rock or George Carlin, or dry sarcasm like Norm McDonald or David Spade. And while I can bust a gut laughing at Hawkins or Spade, I also appreciate that there are those who don’t. Similarly, while some might never get enough of Curly smacking Larry in the head, I’d expect them to respect the fact that it gets a little old to the rest of us.

In short, a man’s choice in comedy is something to be respected and not judged. Except Mike Huckabee. We can all judge Mike Huckabee’s humor.

The former Arkansas Governor, turned presidential candidate, turned Fox News host, turned presidential candidate, turned embittered anti-Cruzer, turned Donald Trump apologist, has now apparently settled on a new career: Twitter comedy.

And it’s not going well.

When Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fake cried over Donald Trump’s temporary “travel ban,” the embarrassing spectacle set up nicely to be harpooned by witty conservatives. Instead, Mike Huckabee went in for the kill:

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Breaking news from Hollywood! Sen. Chuck Schumer cast in lead role for remake of “Boys Don’t Cry.”

What? First of all, he was crying (or pretending to) so it wouldn’t be boys don’t cry. Secondly, this isn’t even close to being a burn. If anything it let Schumer off the hook by being more humiliating than the Senator’s pandering tears.

Then came the Justice Gorsuch hearings which saw Huckabee try to float a few zingers, including one that referenced the old cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. I’ll give you one guess how well that went over seeing that Twitter is populated largely by people who weren’t alive when Foghorn was in his prime. But after swinging and missing with a cartoon reference, Huckabee went right back in with this gem:

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Breaking News! Jimmy Dean Sausage Co will be renamed GORSUCH SAUSAGE because he’s grinding up some Democrat Senators into PURE PORK SAUSAGE.

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http://theresurgent.com/mike-huckabee-has-to-be-a-democrat-plant/ (http://theresurgent.com/mike-huckabee-has-to-be-a-democrat-plant/)

Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: TomSea on May 11, 2017, 05:24:03 pm
And Resurgent/Red State are anti-Trump websites.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Frank Cannon on May 11, 2017, 05:27:37 pm
And Resurgent/Red State are anti-Trump websites.

Yeah, but this piece is slamming The Huckster for being a moron.....which he is.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: corbe on May 11, 2017, 05:29:00 pm
And Resurgent/Red State are anti-Trump websites.

  True @TomSea but now the DOJ is pro-Trump.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: beandog on May 11, 2017, 05:47:44 pm
There are two groups of people I can't stand, the Trump can do know right group and the Trump can do know wrong group.  I don't like the Huckster but there is absolutely nothing wrong with what he said.  Just makes Red State appear childish exactly like FR.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on May 11, 2017, 06:44:06 pm
He's the dem plant! We finally found this scumbag!
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: TomSea on May 11, 2017, 06:46:29 pm
What's resurgent/red state doing now? Making false claims about a candidate's policy on gun control? No, sorry, this is a hatchet job against Huckabee and not even very well done. These websites have amateurish articles and that deserves to be pointed out in his defense instead of some smear against someone who got on Fox news with his own show, has been a pro-life advocate and traditional marriage advocate at every turn. Sure, as governor he made mistakes as anyone in a true leadership role will.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: anubias on May 11, 2017, 07:34:32 pm
He's the dem plant! We finally found this scumbag!

And to think that all this time I thought you couldn't find your own ass with both hands.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Silver Pines on May 11, 2017, 07:37:10 pm
What's resurgent/red state doing now? Making false claims about a candidate's policy on gun control?

@TomSea

That's almost as bad as making false claims about conservatives' policies on abortion.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: goodwithagun on May 11, 2017, 07:39:34 pm
@TomSea

That's almost as bad as making false claims about conservatives' policies on abortion.

Or almost as bad as making false claims about TBR on other sites.  :whistle:
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Silver Pines on May 11, 2017, 07:40:29 pm
I think Huckabee is just one of those people who doesn't know how to be funny.  He tries to be--and he thinks he is, hilariously so---but he's just a little too dense and always misses the mark.



Gov. Mike Huckabee ✔@GovMikeHuckabee
CNN now stands for Cardiac Care Network because their ppl are having heart attacks over Trump doing what Dems once demanded-fire Comey.


Jake Tapper ✔@jaketapper
Comedy is hard. Acronyms Harder. https://twitter.com/govmikehuckabee/status/862277920081010688 …

Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: ABX on May 11, 2017, 07:44:20 pm
Not a Dem plant, just a demwit(sic).  Everyone acting like children or late night comics. Thinking success on anything is who can get in a 'burn' and victory is the best soundbyte.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: ABX on May 11, 2017, 07:44:53 pm
Or almost as bad as making false claims about TBR on other sites.  :whistle:

Now let's not make it personal old bead.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: the_doc on May 11, 2017, 07:49:45 pm
There are two groups of people I can't stand, the Trump can do know right group and the Trump can do know wrong group.  I don't like the Huckster but there is absolutely nothing wrong with what he said.  Just makes Red State appear childish exactly like FR.
I agree completely with you (except for your spelling, you no).  ^-^
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Silver Pines on May 11, 2017, 07:54:31 pm
Not a Dem plant, just a demwit(sic).  Everyone acting like children or late night comics. Thinking success on anything is who can get in a 'burn' and victory is the best soundbyte.

Exactly. 
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Silver Pines on May 11, 2017, 07:55:47 pm
Now let's not make it personal old bead.

I was out of line with that one.  I deserve to be TOSed in the corner.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Hondo69 on May 11, 2017, 08:19:41 pm
And to think that all this time I thought you couldn't find your own ass with both hands.

 :silly:
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on May 11, 2017, 08:22:02 pm
And to think that all this time I thought you couldn't find your own ass with both hands.

I'm sure you find your's every night, sweetpea.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Emjay on May 11, 2017, 08:25:18 pm
There are two groups of people I can't stand, the Trump can do know right group and the Trump can do know wrong group.  I don't like the Huckster but there is absolutely nothing wrong with what he said.  Just makes Red State appear childish exactly like FR.

Maybe Huckabee is on a somewhat subtle campaign to make Trump look good by being even worse in comparison.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: skeeter on May 11, 2017, 08:43:20 pm
Not a Dem plant, just a demwit(sic).  Everyone acting like children or late night comics. Thinking success on anything is who can get in a 'burn' and victory is the best soundbyte.

Huckabee's quips aren't even good enough to be considered 'dad jokes'.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: anubias on May 11, 2017, 09:02:03 pm
I'm sure you find your's every night, sweetpea.

As a matter of fact, I do!  Maybe you should try it.  Could be what ails ya.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on May 11, 2017, 09:03:10 pm
As a matter of fact, I do!  Maybe you should try it.  Could be what ails ya.

I know you do, I found a picture:
(https://theoutloudblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/head-up-ass.jpg)
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: EC on May 11, 2017, 09:03:28 pm
Huckabee's quips aren't even good enough to be considered 'dad jokes'.

I know - he puts no effort into them. It's like he's mailing them in.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: libertybele on May 12, 2017, 12:32:26 am
The Huckster is ok...once in awhile he can deliver his punchline and at other times not so much.  Other than that he doesn't hold political office and he's harmless.  Rumor has it though that he may run for governor of Florida in '18.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: skeeter on May 12, 2017, 12:36:55 am
The Huckster is ok...once in awhile he can deliver his punchline and at other times not so much.  Other than that he doesn't hold political office and he's harmless.  Rumor has it though that he may run for governor of Florida in '18.

Huckster might be a nice guy but when the subject was Cruz he sure didn't seem so nice. Sees like a crass political opportunist to me.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: libertybele on May 12, 2017, 02:30:12 am
Huckster might be a nice guy but when the subject was Cruz he sure didn't seem so nice. Sees like a crass political opportunist to me.

I didn't say he was a nice guy, I said he was o.k.  He could be worse, he could be better.  Not thrilled about the guy running for governor of Florida as that's where I live.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: Emjay on May 12, 2017, 02:58:38 am
I know you do, I found a picture:
(https://theoutloudblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/head-up-ass.jpg)

I was hoping never to see that picture again but someone always drags it out.
Title: Re: Mike Huckabee Has to be a Democrat Plant
Post by: anubias on May 19, 2017, 05:09:18 pm
I know you do, I found a picture:
(https://theoutloudblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/head-up-ass.jpg)

@Weird Tolkienish Figure

Bless your little heart.