Who Is This Moron?

Oh, he's Huckabee's Iowa Campaign Manager, Bob Vander Plaats. Color me surprised. Yes, I know, some of my fellow nutters will eat this up. But, trust me, it is bad news.

It's bad enough that we have Islamic fundamentalist leaders wanting the end of the world to bring on the 12th imam. I'll be damned if we need a president with his rhetoric cranked to level Armageddon. Dumb and a bad wig, too. Man, I can't stand that in a guy.

Comments

[Jose Chung]

Is it a wig? I was thinking the same thing. At any rate, this guy's career is made. As for his candidate, Huck is as naive and unrealistic as any Democrat when it comes to foreign affairs, believing we needed to sit down and dine with the Japanese before we bombed them.

[Ralph]

How is this a bad thing? The man was stating the truth. It sounds a heck of a lot better to me than going about muttering 'Islam is a religion of peace.' It's the most lucid thing I've heard out of the Huckster's campaign.

[seekeronos]

I don't see how stating that Islamic extremism is a major component in terrorism, and that Huckabee's experience as a pastor might give him some insight into the thinking of Islamic terrorists is "rhetoric cranked up to Armageddon level".

I have yet to see Huckabee calling down the "wrath of God against the infidel" or belching forth fiery speeches calling for a new holocaust against Israel.

Moreover, I think that the next President should be prepared to engage Islam (and in particular, the extreme elements of it like Wahabbism and Salafism) as not merely a "religion of peace", but an ideology that is inimical to our existence and the existence of free men and women everywhere.

That said, I'm still unimpressed with Huckabee's offerings as a defense/foreign policy conservative.