Ordinary People
This is no reason to sink his candidacy (there are plenty of legitimate reasons out there to be had), but I was a bit taken aback by Mike Huckabee's victory speech in Iowa last night, when he said, "Tonight we proved that American politics is still in the hands of ordinary people like you."
Ordinary people like you. Rest assured, had the patrician Mitt Romney uttered such words, his campaign would be over. Likable, affable Huckabee gets a pass. No mention of this condescension anywhere that I can find. Which is fine, as he certainly meant nothing by it.
Here's the thing. Should Huckabee charm his way to the nomination, the free pass is revoked. Gaffes real and imagined will become headlines. The press will fall on him like a ton of bricks, and Mike will wake up after his landslide defeat and wonder what hit him.
Really, does anyone anticipate another fawning piece by Frank Rich on Huckabee after the GOP convention gavel falls? Does anyone believe the silence about his tone-deaf foreign policy statements will continue?
The kid-glove treatment is a trap, and we must not fall into it. Mitt Romney is being raked over the coals for his negative ads... ads he would not have to run if the press did its job. You can like Mike all you want, but vote for someone else, and cut Mitt some slack for his ads. Somebody had to do it. Mitt's the only one who stepped up.
Ordinary people like you. Rest assured, had the patrician Mitt Romney uttered such words, his campaign would be over. Likable, affable Huckabee gets a pass. No mention of this condescension anywhere that I can find. Which is fine, as he certainly meant nothing by it.
Here's the thing. Should Huckabee charm his way to the nomination, the free pass is revoked. Gaffes real and imagined will become headlines. The press will fall on him like a ton of bricks, and Mike will wake up after his landslide defeat and wonder what hit him.
Really, does anyone anticipate another fawning piece by Frank Rich on Huckabee after the GOP convention gavel falls? Does anyone believe the silence about his tone-deaf foreign policy statements will continue?
The kid-glove treatment is a trap, and we must not fall into it. Mitt Romney is being raked over the coals for his negative ads... ads he would not have to run if the press did its job. You can like Mike all you want, but vote for someone else, and cut Mitt some slack for his ads. Somebody had to do it. Mitt's the only one who stepped up.
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