'More freedom sometimes in North Korea than in the United States': Mike Huckabee stuns New Hampshire crowd with TSA gripe comparison

[Jesus Malverde]

Fox News personality and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee stunned a New Hampshire crowd on Saturday by likening the federal government's treatment of airport passengers to the totalitarian regime of Kim Jong-un.

'My gosh, I'm beginning to think that there's more freedom in North Korea sometimes than there is in the United States,' he told a partisan crowd at the inaugural New Hampshire Freedom Summit.

'When I go to the airport, I have to get into the surrender position, people put hands all over me, and I have to provide photo ID in a couple of different forms to prove that I'm not going to terrorize the airplane,' he deadpanned.

In a speech filled with jokes, Huckabee seemed deadly serious.

Read More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603519/More-freedom-North-Korea-United-States-Mike-Huckabee-stuns-New-Hampshire-crowd-TSA-gripe-comparison.html

[PCIntern]

1. He should just do us all a favor and move there for ten years...

and report back.

"America: Love it or leave it."

Feels good to throw that back at the RW fools...

[Jesus Malverde]

3. "America: Love it or leave it."

Thread win!

[Takket]

2. hyperbole is always a great weapon of the right

When you deal with stupid followers, hyperbole works great. anyone in the crowd who may have ever considered voting democrat will remember now that it is worse here in than in north korea.

i think huckabee should take a trip to north korea. bring a film crew with him to follow him around so he can show us all first hand the wonderful freedoms north koreans have that we don't. i can't wait to see the results!

[woo me with science]

4. Whatever. The One Percent eat this framing up.

What we really need are some comparisons of ourselves to Finland, Sweden, and Australia.

[MisterP]

5. here it's the states that legally ban you from complaining about food!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_libel_laws

[treestar]

6. After 911 Republicans were all for this stuff

And for starting wars over it. How hypocritical. Republicans used 911 for every overreach they could think of.

[Hekate]

7. How did the crowd indicate they were "stunned"?

I read the article at the link and all I got out of it was that they yukked it up at his jokes and were silent when he said that. Seems more like tacit agreement than not.

[librechik]

8. Only when the Kenyan is in charge . When Bushies are in charge

kneel, peasants!