Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Gunslinger II

Plenty of other people, from Thomas Jefferson to Bill Wineke have criticized Mike Huckabee for advocating “amending the Constitution so it is to God 's standards.” I don’t feel I have to add much to that discussion. Obviously, Mr. Huckabee didn’t study much history at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary or Ouachita Baptist University. But the flap did call my attention to something else that is, or should be, troubling – Huckabee’s swagger. He hides it behind a wry sense of humor and the ability to deftly turn aside a serious question with a flip quip – not only refusing to answer, but effectively cutting off any further questioning. But it is still swagger. Did we learn nothing from the past seven years of the gunslinger?

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