Huckabee says racism fueling immigration debate

Here’s another Republican to scratch off your list of potential national leaders:

ARKANSAS Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said last week that he believes racism is fueling much of the anti-immigration feeling in the U.S. “If I were to say some of it is driven by just sheer racism, I think I would be telling you the truth,” Huckabee, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, said during a lunch meeting in Washington DC with a collection of regional and national media members. “That is not to say that everybody who is really fired up by immigration is racist. They are not,” he added. Huckabee also questioned what he called the “irrational anger” of some anti-immigration advocates, saying “What some people want is unrealistic, unreasonable and undoable.” He also praised President Bush’s immigration proposal, saying that “This is an issue that’s not going to satisfy everyone no matter what he proposes.” (Arkansas Democrat Gazette.)

Truly despicable. If you’re going to call people racist, then be specific and take responsibiltiy for making such a grave charge. Say who is motivated by racism, and give your evidence that he is motivated by racism. But to say, “Some of the people in that group over there are racists, I’m not saying all of them are, but some are,” without any argument backing it up, is cowardly beyond belief.

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Ben writes:

1.You asked Huckabee to give his Evidence that this issue is caused by racism.

He doesn’t have to, he’s a liberal. He doesn’t have to use reason or fact. All he has to do is stand up there, give one inane comment after another and use the word that puts trembling in the hearts of the American people and shut them down. Racist.

2.You asked Huckabee to name who are the people he’s talking about.

Notice every sentence he uses the word “Some.” This follows the rules of liberalism to generalize but to not name names or point fingers.

“irrational anger” of some anti-immigration advocates.”

“What some people want is unrealistic.”

“I were to say some of it is driven by just sheer racism.”

“Some” refers to whites without actually saying it and complies with the rules of liberalism of not offending. He’s just following the liberal manifesto like a good little soldier. That’s why he cannot name who he’s talking about. He’s just invoking white guilt and everybody knows it, it just cannot be said flat out. You must not break any of the rules setup by Liberalism (or in his case right liberalism) of offending/judging in order to continue to be acceptable.

You are permitted though by Liberalism to make general statements acknowledging that racism exist in “some people” but while always adding “not all.” “Some people” always by default refers to whites sub-consciously. Only a few liberals on the far left will break some of these rules and come right out and say, “Whites are racists,” but usually they are far left and are not acceptable to polite liberalism nationally even though it is universally believed that whites are racists in our society.

These far left who break the rules are the ones the liberal conservatives refer to as “liberals.” For example, if a Democrat popped up and said, “This immigration issue is all about whites who are racists,” I’m sure Huckabee would immediately condemn those statements, ask him to apologize, and refer to that Democrat as a “liberal” on Rush Limbaugh’s program. Even though Huckabee said the same thing the Democrat said, his words were better as to not name names. It’s all about the words spoken, you are not permitted by liberalism to say what you actually mean because it might offend somebody. You must mask it to mean something else (non offending) and then it is acceptable even if it is stupid and inane.

The right wing who break the rules of liberalism are called right wing ideologues, and of course treated the worse because unlike the far left, they reject liberalism completely. The far left break the rules by being too open about what liberalism is but are still acceptable at parties, events, positions of power, etc. The right wing experience a total rejection completely, even by so called “conservatives” because they are not standing on the foundations of the political movement in this country which is liberalism.

By following these rules set up by liberalism, only then is Huckabee allowed to continue to be in high places, pretend he’s a conservative, make inane statements, given a platform to speak his stupidities, think he ever has a chance at being president, and play at Presidents Bush’s table.

Gary M. writes:

Some politicians like to view themselves as entrepreneurs of a fashion, in business for themselves.

As one who actually does own a business, I can tell you that people like Mr. Huckabee are dolts; they would not last a week in any sort of private sector, profit making enterprise. Why, you may ask? Because they don’t understand the first rule of business: the customer is always right.

Here’s how it looks to me: you insult your most loyal customers (read: voters). You then sit around wondering where they all went and why they’re not buying. Then after you land in bankruptcy because your business failed, you decide it’s because your customers were too stupid to understand what you had to offer, an opinion that you repeat to everyone who will listen.

Yup, these guys are geniuses.

LA replies:

Good analysis, but how then did he get to be governor of a state?

Gary M. replies:

Lots of people in big business (which is what the political parties are, they exist to generate cash flow and jobs) tend to take a possessive view of “their” operation. They think they’ve built something when in fact they haven’t, and think they’re entrepreneurs when really they’re not. And many of them take a condescending, patronizing attitude toward their customers, the same way the politicians do. I should have perhaps fleshed out the big vs. small idea a little more.

Huckabee got to be governor of AR when he was “small time,” and acted like it. Now he thinks he’s above all that, and is just acting like a typical corporate bigwig.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at May 31, 2006 10:15 AM | Send