ah yeah, I remember that now. I agree about Santorum, by the way -- I was just thinking earlier tonight that I would probably like him if he was my neighbor or if I met him in some other context where his wierd ideas about women would not affect my life. As a politician he's dangerous though. Visions of The Handmaid's Tale.
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember that last time he ran for President, it came up that he had > prominently advocated, in the 90s, for the quarantine of people with > AIDS. He's also equated homosexuality with bestiality, called for a > federal ban on abortion, called for a faith-based interpretation of > the Constitution, etc. Fairly standard right wing religious stuff. The > quarantine of people with AIDS though is the one that has always stuck > with me as being particularly cruel. > > But he does certainly come off as a nice guy. And I think he probably > is a nice guy in a lot of ways. I think Santorum is too. Nixon was > mean. Folks like Santorum and Huckabee aren't mean, they are just > doing the Lord's Work (tm) in a fashion meant to cause large swaths of > America to be undermined and turn us into something close to a > theocracy. > > Judah > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > really? I had him pegged as kind of a nice guy. Not a lot of thought went > > into that, so I'm not doubting you, but if you have an example or two > handy > > I'd appreciate it. > > > > thanks > > D > > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> I would put Huckabee pretty far out on the crazy religious nutbag limb > >> standing pretty close to Santorum. > >> > >> He got pretty hateful and vengeful and evangelistic following his loss > in > >> the last election. > >> > >> I remember it seemed to me at the time that the smiling guy was a mask, > >> with an intensely bitter man behind that mask. > >> > >> Especially on his show. > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I was just ruminating further on who Romney might pick as VP and I'm > >> > starting to wonder about Huckabee. He's personable (I remember seeing > >> > him on The Daily Show and was impressed by how he handled himself) and > >> > while he is fairly moderate, his status as minister serves to placate > >> > the religious right. Not the most exciting ticket in the world, but > >> > who could possibly make a Romney ticket exciting? > >> > > >> > I also read an interesting bit today discussing a dark horse candidate > >> > for VP that might actually energize the ticket: Gov. Luis Fortuño of > >> > Puerto Rico. He endorsed Romey, he's working to push Puerto Rico > >> > toward statehood, Romney is in favor of statehood and it might > >> > represent a huge step toward bridging the gap with Hispanic voters. > >> > Romney can claim a stake in the ground on an issue that he's not yet > >> > flip flopped on 3 times already and try to appear genuine. > >> > > >> > I don't think that Romney is actually that bold and I think he'll > >> > choose a totally boring VP candidate that continues to mire his > >> > campaign in pit of apathy, but it's interesting to think what might > >> > happen if he took a truly bold step. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348585 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
