Mike Huckabee: ‘I Can’t Be Both The Dumbest…And Smartest Guy In The Room’

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by Mark Joyella | 3:31 pm, March 8th, 2011

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Potential GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has more to say about Natalie Portman and the president’s roots in Kenya. For better or worse. Clearly bitten by criticism of comments he made on those topics (including his discussion of Barack Obama’s boyhood: “Most of us grew up going to Boy Scout meetings and, you know, our communities were filled with Rotary Clubs, not madrassas”), Huckabee tells Sirius Radio’s POTUS channel much of the criticism has been overblown.

On the reaction to his comments on Kenya, Huckabee says they “ranged from–this guy is so dumb he doesn’t know that Barack Obama grew up in Indonesia not Kenya–all the way to the other extreme…well, I can’t be both. I can’t be the dumbest guy in the room and the smartest guy in the room at the same time.”

But some of Huckabee’s recent comments have left analysts like Aol’s Jill Lawrence concluding that “the further Huckabee goes down the road he’s on, the less seriously he’s taken as a presidential aspirant.”

As for comments on Natalie Portman interpreted by many to be a criticism of the Academy Award winner as an “unwed mother,” Huckabee insists that was not his intention:

I didn’t bring Natalie Portman up at all. She’s a great actress. I’ve said many times, she deserves her Oscar. He brought up Natalie Portman. He brought up her acceptance at the Oscars speech. In the context of the first chapter of my book, and that’s how he kind of got into it, because I talk about the importance of the family as being the most fundamental unit of government. So in the course of that, he asked me about her acceptance speech. I used that as a segue, not to talk about Natalie Portman, but to talk about the economic realities of unwed mothers.

Listen to it here, from SIrius XM Radio’s POTUS:

http://theunrulyoflaw.blogspot.com theunrulyoflaw

Who said he was the smartest guy in the room?
Arch

Half-right!
TeaPartyPatriot

Of course, NOBODY ever claimed that the Huck had a brain. In fact, his multiple pardons and releases of convicted rapists and murderers who, thanks to Huck, were able to kill and rape again proves that not only does he NOT a have a brain, he also has NO common sense whatsoever.

Although The Huck does occasionally says the right things (I mean, ANYBODY who slams nut-job matthews has some good qualities), fact is he is totally, completely unequivocally UNACCEPTABLE as a presidential candidate.

The Huck is an ABSOLUTE, GUARANTEED, 100% LOSER if he runs for president. WHY? Just look at his pathetic actions and positions (which, unfortunately, remain largely UNKNOWN):

1. The Huck’s multiple pardons and releases of convicted rapists and murderers when he was governor. Thanks to Huck, these murderers and rapists were able to kill and rape again.
2. The Huck’s support for massive TAX INCREASES when he was governor and his total failure to cut a penny of state spending (sounds like a d-crat socialist, doesn’t it?)
3. The Huck’s SUPPORT for “for the first time in my life I am proud of my country” michelle’s NANNY STATE dementia. (The Huck ALSO wants the government to tell you what to wear, what to eat, what to think, what to drive, what to carry groceries in, what box to check in elections, what to drink, what to do every moment of every day…. just like a lunatic-lefty)
4. The Huck thinks that Rev. “God Damn America” wright, “You Lie!” hussein’s vile, racist mentor for 20+ years, should not get any focus from conservatives.

The Huck is one of the MOST PATHETIC choices for president America has ever had (except for “You Lie!” hussein, of course.)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

No one has every accused him of being smart, and there’s not a shred of evidence to substantiate such a claim. He can rest easy. But he should read page 183 of his book before he quotes it again.
Mexican2

TeaPartyPatriot said:
Of course, NOBODY ever claimed that the Huck had a brain. In fact, his multiple pardons and releases of convicted rapists and murderers who, thanks to Huck, were able to kill and rape again proves that not only does he NOT a have a brain, he also has NO common sense whatsoever.

Although The Huck does occasionally says the right things (I mean, ANYBODY who slams nut-job matthews has some good qualities), fact is he is totally, completely unequivocally UNACCEPTABLE as a presidential candidate.

The Huck is an ABSOLUTE, GUARANTEED, 100% LOSER if he runs for president. WHY? Just look at his pathetic actions and positions (which, unfortunately, remain largely UNKNOWN):

1. The Huck’s multiple pardons and releases of convicted rapists and murderers when he was governor. Thanks to Huck, these murderers and rapists were able to kill and rape again.
2. The Huck’s support for massive TAX INCREASES when he was governor and his total failure to cut a penny of state spending (sounds like a d-crat socialist, doesn’t it?)
3. The Huck’s SUPPORT for “for the first time in my life I am proud of my country” michelle’s NANNY STATE dementia. (The Huck ALSO wants the government to tell you what to wear, what to eat, what to think, what to drive, what to carry groceries in, what box to check in elections, what to drink, what to do every moment of every day…. just like a lunatic-lefty)
4. The Huck thinks that Rev. “God Damn America” wright, “You Lie!” hussein’s vile, racist mentor for 20+ years, should not get any focus from conservatives.

The Huck is one of the MOST PATHETIC choices for president America has ever had (except for “You Lie!” hussein, of course.)

Hey,

When you get a chance, can you tell us how you REALLY feel about huck?
Yoda002

He has to sound crazy, so he can get the Tea Party support because they only understand crazy.
azh

Yoda002 you might be wrong, check out TeaPartyPatriot’s comment. HE ONCE RAISED TAXES. If that gets out he’s dead in the water. Everyone knows raising taxes is practically unconstitutional.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

well………we know he’s not the smartest guy in the room.
Paul G

sarainitaly said:
well………we know he’s not the smartest guy in the room.

He can be both…If he’s in a room by himself.
Sprocket

TeaPartyPatriot said:
Of course, NOBODY ever claimed that the Huck had a brain.

(Lots of filler here)

The Huck is one of the MOST PATHETIC choices for president America has ever had (except for “You Lie!” hussein, of course.)

Yep, its nice to see the Tea Party’s potential as a spoiler for the GOP. Keep at it TP guys! You guys are wonderful!
The_Reasonable_Lib

Well Huckabee you certainly proved you’re the dumbest with this statement. And if you’re the only one in the room then what are you?
ProObamaAgenda

TeaPartyPatriot said:
Of course, NOBODY ever claimed that the Huck had a brain. In fact, his multiple pardons and releases of convicted rapists and murderers who, thanks to Huck, were able to kill and rape again proves that not only does he NOT a have a brain, he also has NO common sense whatsoever.

Although The Huck does occasionally says the right things (I mean, ANYBODY who slams nut-job matthews has some good qualities), fact is he is totally, completely unequivocally UNACCEPTABLE as a presidential candidate.

The Huck is an ABSOLUTE, GUARANTEED, 100% LOSER if he runs for president. WHY? Just look at his pathetic actions and positions (which, unfortunately, remain largely UNKNOWN):

1. The Huck’s multiple pardons and releases of convicted rapists and murderers when he was governor. Thanks to Huck, these murderers and rapists were able to kill and rape again.
2. The Huck’s support for massive TAX INCREASES when he was governor and his total failure to cut a penny of state spending (sounds like a d-crat socialist, doesn’t it?)
3. The Huck’s SUPPORT for “for the first time in my life I am proud of my country” michelle’s NANNY STATE dementia. (The Huck ALSO wants the government to tell you what to wear, what to eat, what to think, what to drive, what to carry groceries in, what box to check in elections, what to drink, what to do every moment of every day…. just like a lunatic-lefty)
4. The Huck thinks that Rev. “God Damn America” wright, “You Lie!” hussein’s vile, racist mentor for 20+ years, should not get any focus from conservatives.

The Huck is one of the MOST PATHETIC choices for president America has ever had (except for “You Lie!” hussein, of course.)

HAHAHAHA….at your wingnut dumb ass voting huckabum off the island…..give it up….youre a foolish teabagging asswipe that will say anything……you were shining hucks knob 2 weeks ago ….pretty soon all youre gonna have left is caribu barbie to vote for…..but i think you know the deal…..baggers are making dumb statements to disqualify themselves because they are afraid of that Obama machine thats gonna wipe the floor with whichever dumbass yall put out there….why dont you do us a favor and disappear from the scene too…..dipshit
http://sajepress.com zafarz

Watch Alan Dershowitz, and I am no fan of this guy, or Huckabee, talk him down. You have to be dumb to go head to head against Dershowitz. He gets in the ocean and the sharks leave. At the end the only thing Huckabee could up with is this “ever the lawyer aren’t you, ever the lawyer.” I am not sure who besides himself thinks Huckabee is smart. Watch this interaction. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4448225/huckabee-responds-to-alan-dershowitzs-challenge/
and for the dumbest things he said in Israel see http://www.sajepress.com/2011/02/mike-huckabee-strongly-endorsed-by.html
jrcmi

‘I Can’t Be Both The Dumbest…And Smartest Guy In The Room’

You CAN be the most duplicitous – and ARE.

“if you’re the only one in the room then what are you?”

Most popular? LEAST popular?

“you were shining hucks knob 2 weeks ago ”

Thanks for painting a picture no one wanted to see. I wonder how many folks here suspect you’re actually a neocon who’s trying to incite (more) hatred of the left. In any case, name-calling is not helpful.
Tedderman

Just refer to his family portrait, the sons wearing matching circus tents or awnings or something.
The Tea Weasel®

Is Huck giving a religious hand signal in the above picture, or trying to figure out which way the wind is blowing, or trying to figure out why his finger smells?
hgovernick

HuckaBS; “I Can’t Be Both The Dumbest…And Smartest Guy In The Room.”

I agree. That statement makes him the dumbest guy in the room. Contest over.
eingriff

When you’re the smartest guy in the room, it’s time to move on.
Resistance Is Futile

Huckabee is just playing to racist bigots. This is just a modern form of race baiting. He knows exactly what he is doing when he lied about President Obama. His political career is over!
skyfet

I’d say just the dumb part.
Wallycrawler

… No but you can be da dumbest!