Honest to goodness, I never thought of Mike Huckabee as a right-wing goofball — until just a couple of days ago.
Maybe I missed the warning signs. He went wildly off the rails, though, with some kind of weird critique of President and Mrs. Obama’s parenting skills. Former President Carter came to the Obamas’ defense. Huckabee, who left his job at Fox News to explore another run for the Republican presidential nomination, needs an intervention … maybe.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/jimmy-carter-defends-obamas-parenting-wake-huckabee-attack
The former Arkansas governor and one-time Baptist preacher said the Obamas deserve criticism because — hold on, now — they let their daughters listen to BeyoncĆ©. President Carter, who also has some credibility as a man of deep religious faith, said the “president is doing a good job” raising his daughters in the fish-bowl environment in which the family is living.
The first daughters, Malia and Sasha, are being poisoned by their exposure to BeyoncĆ©’s raunchy lyrics and her dance moves, which Huckabee says are more appropriate “in the bedroom.”
Huck did offer a tepid disclaimer to the blistering he gave the first couple whenĀ he said they are āare excellent and exemplary parents in many ways.ā Ah yes, “in many ways.”
That’s like saying, “I loveĀ that death, but …” Without fail, whatever comes after the word “but” is going to drop the hammer with a negative assertion of some sort.
The Obama daughters are growing up to be fine young women, just as the Bush twins — Barbara and Jenna — have done and just as virtually all children who come ofĀ age while living in the White House have done.
Stick to public policy, Rev. Huckabee, particularly if you’re going to run for president of the United States of America — again.