Lol. Dick the Toesucker sez "Huck can beat Hillary"

[cali]

What would a Presidential election be without the comic idiocy of Toesucker Morris:

OK, ready now?
WIth annotation:

I was there in 1993 when Mike Huckabee beat the vaunted Clinton machine in its Arkansas backyard, even as the president pulled all the strings he could to defeat the Republican’s upstart bid for lieutenant governor. Those who, today, question his ability to match up with Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail in 2016 should examine the record of that race to see how well Huckabee ran.

(Nevermind that Bill and Hillary were in the WH and neither was running against the Huckster, asshole)

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The only campaign that beat Clinton was the 1993 effort to overturn the state’s Democratic establishment and elect Huckabee as the fourth statewide Republican elected official since Reconstruction. And he did it by beating the Clintons at their own game. I consulted with Huckabee on this campaign.

(One more time, Mr. Toesucker: The Huckster wasn't running against either Clinton)

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Huckabee, of course, has a problem. His strength among religious voters can be his ticket of admission to the final rounds of the campaign but can also bar him from winning, just as it did when he took on Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2008, only winning Southern Bible Belt states.

(Ya think? Or in other words: No shit, Sherlock- with apologies to Holmes.)

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But if Huckabee evolves as a candidate — he has always been a fast learner — he alone in the field has had the kind of give-and-take experience in battling the Clinton media machine. It should pay off.

(Mr Toesucker, no one in the annals of punditry has ever been so consistently wrong. Congrats on that)

More bullshit here, but don't bother:

http://thehill.com/opinion/dick-morris/241131-dick-morris-huck-can-beat-hillary

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Dick Morris' record of wrongness is equalled only by Bill Kristol's.

Just on that basis alone Hillary doesn't need to worry about a serious challenge from Huckabee.

Whatta maroon.

[awake]

2. To think that Hillary is un-beatable is a mistake

While I share you belief that she would win over most of the Republican hopefuls I would not suggest that she can not be beat and talk of her being unstoppable may backfire. Part of what got Hillary's campaign in trouble in 2008 was the thought that she could not be beaten in her bid for the nomination, overconfidence can be lead to blind spots for any candidate.

[charlyvi]

4. I don't think she's saying Hillary can't be beaten.

I think she's saying Huckabee won't be the one to do it. I agree.

[cali]

7. yep. snowball. hell.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I think she's unbeatable by Huckabee.

[awake]

8. Never underestimate the stupidity of Americans they did elect Regun twice as well as GW Bush

anything is possible so Demarcates should never get too cocky is all I am saying

[charlyvi]

3. The Clinton Media Machine?

WTF? Fox News, right wing talk radio, Regnery Press.......and lately the NYT and Washington Post have climbed on the anti Clinton bandwagon. Since the 90's the Clintons have been subjected to more baseless bullshit than any other political figures I can remember....and I'm 64. The Clinton Media Machine? Please. The right wing just can't forgive either Clinton for surviving and thriving in spite of all the "we have no proof but we're throwing it out there because it illustrates a pattern of behavior that we created in the first place" bullshit.

[Initech]

6. Huckabee is way too much of a religious extremist to be president.

I'd be willing to bet good odds he doesn't make it past the primary.