May 16, 2006
Huckabee: Some Critics Of Comprehensive Reform Are Motivated By Racism
If you're among those who believe that AR Gov. Mike Huckabee is a major player in the '08 presidential sweepstakes, the following three quotations count as news.
Huckabee was in DC today and met with reporters over lunch. We'll have more in tomorrow's Hotline.
1. Huckabee, who supports guest worker programs and is not an immigration hard-liner, said he believes opposition to comprehensive immigration reform is 'irrational in many cases.' And he did not discount the causative factor of racism.
"If I were to say that some of it is driven by just sheer racism, I think I would be telling you the truth. I've had conversations with people that and it became very evident that what they really didn't like was that people didn't look like them, didn't talk like them, didn't celebrate ht holidays like they do, and they just had a problem with it. Now, that is not to say that everyone who is really fired out about immigration is racist. They're not."
2. Asked directly if he believes humans caused global warming, Huckabee says that while he is "not a scientist," he thinks "we ought to act as if that is the case. There is never a downside when it comes to conserving national resources."
3. "I think every American should have a visceral reaction," he said of the USA Today story on phone monitoring. "If we don't have a visceral reaction, I'd be worried about that. Now, I might come to a conclusion that I'm willing to let you troll through my phone records if you think you're going to find Mohammed Atta. But I want to make darn sure that you're going to do that." Government, he said, should be "very careful [about] getting into the private lives of American citizens." [MARC AMBINDER]
Posted at 03:55 PM
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Huckabee is right. Some people show a real hatred for Hispanics. We’re talking about people who come to the country to work hard at jobs most of us wouldn’t do so they can provide for their family. If we kicked all 11 or 12 million of them out of the country, chicken would cost more than steak. Yard work would cost more than the house. We seriously need a guest worker program that works. What we have now isn’t working.
Walt Gibson | 05.17.06 08:34 PM
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It's pretty funny that the media is trying to build up Huckabee as a conservative. Pure comedy! Think they'll fool anybody? Probably.
C Bowen | 10.24.07 03:24 PM
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