The End Of The Mike Huckabee Campaign

You can't say nice things about the Clintons and expect to win in today's Republican Party.

There's two things about Bill Clinton I tell Republicans, it drives them nuts, but here it is.

"Number one, don't get it lost on you that a kid out of a very small, Southern rural state aspired to be President of the United States. This kid came from a dysfunctional family — alcoholic abusive father. And yet he didn't just aspire, he was elected president of the United States not once, but twice. That is an affirmation of the system. And it's a wonderful testament to give to every kid in America that no matter where you've come from, you've got an opportunity to do something extraordinary.

"The second thing, and this'll really wrangle, again, some of my Republican colleagues. Bill Clinton and Hillary went through some horrible experiences in their marriage, because of some of the reckless behavior that he has admitted he had. I'm not defending him on that — it's indefensible. But they kept their marriage together. And a lot of the Republicans who have condemned them, and who talk about their platform of family values, interestingly didn't keep their own families together."

Gee, I wonder who that last line was directed at?

Seriously, this is the end. I can see the mailer now: "Huckabee Hearts Hitlery!!1! Arkansas Love Nest With Socialist Radical Feminist!!1!" or some such tripe. Never mind that his theme of compassion and redemption is what the "Christian right" thinks they're all about. 'Course, they're not.

UPDATE: And now he's calling out Wiley S. Drake (who asked for a fatwa against two Americans United for Separation of Church and State staffers because they called him out for endorsing Huckabee on church letterhead, a violation of their tax-exempt status):

Huckabee was campaigning out of state Thursday. Alice Stewart, a campaign spokeswoman, said the campaign did not coordinate with Drake on any of the material he’s distributed regarding the Americans United complaint.

“We certainly don’t condone the evil comments he’s made,” she said.

Calling the religious right evil? Wow, he REALLY doesn't want this nomination.