Huckabee Defends Mubarak Dictatorship

[Joanne98]

Run time: 03:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKMtZ9HK2VA   Posted on YouTube: February 01, 2011 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress2 Views on YouTube: 92   Posted on DU: February 01, 2011 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 1135

 

[BanzaiBonnie]

1. Mubarak: a friend to peace and stability

This is the authoritarian viewpoint in a nutshell.

Violence and oppression is okay as long as it keeps someone safe. Meaning that special someone who has the key to the kingdom. Nermind about the little people.

As for Israel, that is part of biblical prophecy for Huckabee. On one hand, the Christian right holds Israel in a particular light and are all protective of the state, all the while, they hold Jews as Christ killers and seek to have Armageddon played out in the Middle East because then biblical prophecy will be fulfilled. And that's where Huckabee is coming from.

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[monmouth]

9. How odd. Jesus being a Jew and all, guaranteeing Christians a

spot in heaven. I mean, what about my dear Jewish friends? What are they, chopped liver? Huck is a loon...

[border_town]

10. What he is really saying is...

It doesn't matter to me how he treats his people. Very Christian of him.

[molly77]

12. Huckabee likes Mubarak and doesn't like Assange.

Typical southern baptist/KKK. They don't wear sheets so often now.

[Enthusiast]

2. Huckabee would condemn anything Obama did.

He also said we should assassinate Julian Assange. And this guy also imagines himself to be a Christian. He is a CINO -Christian in name only.

He is running for president so he is appealing to his base. Typical lying Republican Fox News analyst.

[Charleston Chew]

3. Huckabee Warns Of The ‘Cascading Effects’ Of Democracy

Defending Egypt’s Autocracy, Huckabee Warns Of The ‘Cascading Effects’ Of Democracy Across The Middle East

This morning, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) — fresh from joining a ceremony for a newly built illegal Israeli settlement — called in to Fox & Friends and discussed the situation in Egypt. He complained about the Obama administration’s response to the protests, saying that it showed that the United States has “abandoned a 30-year ally” and said that there are concerns that the protests “could have cascading effects across the Middle East.”

This took Fox host Gretchen Carlson by surprise, who said that she thinks “there’s a difference in supporting a country like Israel as a friend and supporting a country like Egypt as a friend.” Coming to the defense of a dictator, Huckabee responded by saying that he wanted an acknowledgement that Mubarak “had, in fact, not done everything wrong,” and that he had brought “stability” to the country:

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/01/huckabee-mubarak-cascading-effect/

[Weird Liberal Head]

4. Silly Huckabee

Let me guess: he thinks that Muslims are too stupid to handle democracy?

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[BanzaiBonnie]

13. Democracy is messy and authoritarian types can't handle it

Huckabee is an authoritarian biblical evangelist.

Not everyone will line up according their will. So anyone who does not agree must be forced to conform at the point of a gun. Or threats like the tea party makes. Instill fear and you can get people to go along with your demands... sometimes... but not forever. Only about 30 years or so.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. There are certain interests which aren't satisfied

unless there is enmity between the U.S. and every Muslim country in the Middle East. Huckabee is one of their mouthpieces.

[safeinOhio]

8. Radical extremist preacher and

radical extremist government fear radical extremist. Go figure.

[jjewell]

11. I hear ya Mike...

First the Tunisians demand freedom and democracy, then the Egyptians... Where will it stop?! Pretty soon the whole damn region will be demanding freedom and democracy!!!

And then where will we be??!! And what about our "friends"???

[Charleston Chew]

14. Egypt's Facebook Face Off

For over 27 years President Mubarak has ruled with an iron fist. With protests sweeping across Egypt, activists are finding new ways to fight for democracy, finding a voice through Facebook.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x550381