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Joe Scarborough and Mike Huckabee Sing "Sweet Home Alabama" With Christ's Blessing
Submitted by mark karlin on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 8:08am. EditorBlog
BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG
Mark Karlin, Editor and Publisher, BuzzFlash.com
January 2, 2008
Joe Scarborough played rhythm guitar with Mike (the "Huckster") Huckabee at a raucous Tuesday night, January 1, fundraising blow-out in Iowa, as Chuck Norris rambled on about the unfairness of taxes. Now what could be more of a testament to how "news," politics and entertainment have merged than this bizarre popular culture scene (known as Republican "populism," kind of a cross between a drive-in church and "Andy Griffith")?
The "Huckster" made sure to let everyone know that the event -- in which, we swear, he "jokingly" exhorted his supporters to let the air out of the tires or disable the batteries of cars belonging to his opponents so that they could not vote on Thursday night -- was blessed by Christ: "We cannot do it by arming ourselves and taking anyone out. We will go to the caucuses having knelt on our knees and having asked God for his wisdom."
So here was the culmination of what our political media-political-entertainment church circus has become: a former GOP Florida panhandle congressman turned television political commentator doing the Lee Atwater ("I'm really just a downhome rock n' roll guy at heart") thing with the Elmer Gantry of this year's election, joined onstage by Hollywood's white male tough guy fantasy. That's some combo deal, but it says everything about how we have become a nation that can't distinguish public policy from entertainment. It's ALL a show, and the "Huckster" is quite the entertainer.
Not that Mrs. Huckabee wants to be left out of the fun:“I can’t wait to be your first lady because I think it is going to be too cool, and we are going to have too much fun,” Janet Huckabee said. Party down.
Before Joe Scarborough joined MSNBC, we best remember him for an Internet surge of speculation about a female office aide who was mysteriously found dead in his Florida congressional office. It was shortly before or after "family man" Scarborough's divorce. Rumors were rampant, including that Joe S. was quite the Romeo.
We don't know whether Scarborough supports Huckabee or was just burnishing up his own "hip" celebrity credentials. Nowadays, you can't distinguish the politicians from the people who cover them, particularly since it's one big entertainment enterprise.
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