Huckabee Too Busy Keeping Up With ‘Britney’ Gossip To Follow Foreign Policy

[CatWoman]

In an interview with the Quad-City Times yesterday, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee tried to make excuses for his lack of foreign policy knowledge and his ignorance on the most recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran. He compared the NIE to gossip about Britney Spears, saying he just can’t “keep up with every single thing“:

The point I’m trying to make is that, on the campaign trail, nobody’s going to be able, if they’ve been campaigning as hard as we have been, to keep up with every single thing, from what happened to Britney last night to who won “Dancing with the Stars.”

Presumably, presidential candidates are supposed to keep track of foreign policy developments more closely than celebrity gossip. But when asked about the NIE on Dec. 4 — a day after the report was released — Huckabee said he wasn’t even aware of it. Days later, Huckabee defended his gaffe by misrepresenting the timeline of his mistake, quipping that the “report was released at 10:00 in the morning, the president hadn’t seen it in four years and I’m supposed to see it four hours later.”

In fact, despite his lament that he is too busy to follow with current events, Huckabee seems to have had no trouble following the events of Britney Spears and her family. When asked on Dec. 20 about the pregnancy of Britney’s sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, Huckabee had no trouble in quickly giving a response:

It’s a tragedy when a 16-year-old who is not really prepared for all the responsibilities of adult life is going to be now faced with all the responsibilities of honest-to-goodness adult life. I respect it.

Apparently, she’s going to have the child and I think that is the right decision, a good decision, and I respect that and appreciate it. I hope it is not an encouragement to other 16-year-olds who think that is the best course of action.

Oops, he did it again.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/01/huckabee-britney-iran/

[Stephanie]

1. He has time for football >

:shrug:


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Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and his wife Janet sit with their dogs and watch the Cotton Bowl football game between Arkansas and Missourri in their campaign bus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa January 1, 2008. Dogs are L to R - Jet, Toby and Sonic.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Everyone has time for football! :)

[CatWoman]

7. I wouldn't let that moron son get too close to those dogs

:scared:

[Lars39]

8. The dog on his lap looks smarter than he does.

[patrice]

9. 3! Dogs?!? - Why doesn't this Pro-Lifer adopt some unwed teenage mother's child? nt

[Olney Blue]

10. Cute dogs. At least they aren't strapped to the roof of the bus.

[zabet]

12. The black dog...

'OMG!!! Ceiling cat
is in the bus!!1!!'
:rofl:

[monmouth]

2. It just writes itself, doesn't it??? eom

[JI7]

3. i use to think he would be tougher to beat, but i really hope he wins Iowa

and ends up winning the nomination.

[panader0]

4. Open mouth, insert foot.

It's like Thompson saying he doesn't really care about being president. A candidate has to stay focused, because every comment can be blown up.

[nonconformist]

5. This would be funny, if it were satire...

But it's not, so it's both scary and sad.

I mean, you have to be kidding me. He compares keeping up with celebrity gossip with being informed about foreign policy while he's running for president?

The scariest part of all - his followers won't care, and will nod in agreement.

[patrice]

11. "I respect it." JL Spears is the new Pro-Life poster child.

We will be seeing her and her "saintly" martyred parents around braggin about how they did the right thing.

Which they may, in fact, have done, but that doesn't mean it would be the right thing for all of those other unwed teenage mothers out there. Personally, I espouse adoption, but the drama for some well-to-do grandparents and parent(s) may have many more attraction$$$$$$$$$.