Bill O'Reilly, Rush and Michael Medved all dislike Mike Huckabee. Why?

I was listening to right wing talk radio today and noticed how all of them seemed to dislike Huckabee deeply, especially Rush, who explicitly told his audience that Huckabee was not a real conservative and he's fooling many people in the party.

What's up with that?

They've hated him ever since.

at least more liberal than your average Conservative. He believes in global warming and doing something about it, for one thing.

n/t

Drudge was going after him a long time ago. I would like to know why as well. Maybe he is just not in the good old boy network.

Remember all the asking why some folks on the right, namely evangelicals, vote against their financial interests and support Republicans?

Well, Huck is the guy they've been waiting for....

One of his associates said that Rush didn't think for himself and just passed on the DC/Beltway line to his listeners. Naturally, Limbaugh wasn't going to take such a blow to his mighty ego lying down.

Represents the interests of the top 1% in net worth, period.

Rush and those guys know that Huckabee is destroying their gravy train, so he must be stopped.

The religious right was always a means to an end for the GOP. Real politics is about power and economics. Huckabee is saying things that are to the left of many Democrats where it counts - on economic disparity.

For all his very many deficits, Huckabee has not chosen to ignore the bible's view on helping the poor. He is thus a threat to the wealthy corporatocracy.

This has been pointed out elsewhere. Huckabee is the real conservative evangelical that most Republicans pretend to be, including Bush. He really believes this should be a Christian nation and he should be the Protestant Pope if he is elected. Most Republicans pay lip service to right-wing Christians to get their votes, but Huckabee really believes it, and they're scared to death.

fear that a real Christian might actually pass some of the crap they use as talking points.

for many of the same reasons I oppose him and I am a Liberal Democrat.

The people you mention and many others P. Noonan R. Lowery.

Between you and me, they see the Religion thing as having gotten
a little out of control. Minister as President??? They cannot
come and be as blunt about it as I am. After the RR is their base.

More seriously, if you listen to him on Domestic Issues he is
to the left of any Republican i have heard lately. Taxes and
fiscal policy they see him as "out there. They believe his
ideas on foreign policy conflict so badly with theirs, they
call him inadequate.

They probably paid for their endorsements. Maybe Huck didn't because he's a preacher man.

a bible banging snake oil salesman who should have stuck to tent meetings and fake faith healings but who will continue to fuck up everything Gee Dubya has gotten such a great start at fucking up.

They know who his advisers will be.

I believe this is due to a couple of measures he supported as Arkansas Governor. Regardless, how anyone who advocates the flat tax can be considered to be a liberal on economic issues I'm not sure, but I believe this is why the right-wing blowhards dislike Huckabee; apparently if you're not a full-blown fascist on economic issues you're too liberal for today's Repugs. They also may perceive him as less electable than some of the other major Repugs, but I'm not so sure about that myself. I think Huckabee, despite the fact that he seems a bit insane, definitely comes across as more "likeable" than any of the other major Repugs, and that seems to be the deciding factor for many voters, especially those who pay very little attention to the issues.

Those being looking out for the less well off.

He also has a spoken record that is documented and would absolutely CREAM him in a general election (i.e., women should submit to their husbands (you know, like when he's beating the shit out of her?).

Plus, as someone already mentioned, he's dumb as a post (I think he actually makes W look a little smarter by comparison).

knows that that would make them lose.
They like Jesus, but not that much.

I mean, I know that the neocons have been conning and using the religious right for ages, but this explains exactly why Huckabee is not their dream come true. He actually BELIEVES and MEANS what he says when it comes to his religion. This means that he cannot be manipulated like a puppet to do whatever they want.

The bad thing is that some of his views about Christianity are a tad too far down the path of disinformation...he still hasn't really gotten that, "love thy neighbor as thyself" thing down yet, but he's further along than those who do little more than pay lip-service to the religion and dismiss the base tenets.

FWIW, I think he's moving down the path of forgiveness and empathy, but he's got miles to go before he can rest on those issues.

and the left but pleased the moderates in both parties more than I ever thought possible.

I don't care for him, but he didn't play the party line politics in Arkansas that the far right wanted him to.

He is like a snap shot of the Republican base.

They want their votes, but otherwise want nothing to do with them.