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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop - Few of Huckabee’s critics have actually come out and said what many of them think. The language is coded, as it usually is with class and race in this country. The Wall Street Journal, the anti-tax jihadists at the Club For Growth, the National Review – these pillars of Old School Republicanism have signaled that Huckabee is Not One of Ours. But they’re careful to say it’s not about class, because, of course – it is!
Class war is forbidden in the Republican playbook. But Huckabee, despite an inept last week of campaigning, has forced the Republican party to face the Wal-Mart shoppers that they have long taken advantage of. He’s here. He’s Gomer. And he’s not going away.
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It’s okay to have faux rubes, a la Bush senior and his pork rinds, or George W. and his Midland malapropisms. But when something that looks like the real thing comes along, the Republican royalists get apoplectic. They were appalled at the recent YouTube debate because it looked like a parody of one faction of their party – complete with Bible-waving wackos, trigger-happy gun nuts and Confederate-flag enthusiasts.
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More proof that the NYT op-ed page has become a sloppier rag than even the SF Guardian (yes, you read that right).
Let's ignore the fact that both NR and WSJ have been hounding Huckabee day after day after day over his stupid statements re foreign policy. And domestic policy.
No, no. It's because he's a rube.
Perhaps the NYT should be a bit more critical of its own prejudices regarding Romney's religion. Or the Dems sly attacks on Obama because of his race. Nah. Why be honest.
