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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:01 PM
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Huckabee Clueless After Bhutto’s Death, Says Pakistan Has ‘Eastern Borders’ With Afghanistan
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Huckabee Clueless After Bhutto’s Death, Says Pakistan Has ‘Eastern Borders’ With Afghanistan



Forced to respond to the tragic assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has spent the last 24 hours constantly fumbling and apologizing for his cluelessness and incompetence on a key foreign policy issue.

This morning on MSNBC, Huckabee said that Musharraf was unable to control Pakistan’s “eastern borders” with Afghanistan:


People who questioned my view of foreign policy probably need go back and read the speech that I delivered back in Washington in September. … What we’ve seen happen is that in the Musharraf government, he has told us that he really does not have enough control of those eastern borders near Afghanistan to be able go after the terrorists. But on the other hand, he doesn’t want us going in because it violates his sovereignty.



Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/28/huckabee-pakistan/


Note to Huckabee: Pakistan shares its “eastern border” with India, not Afghanistan.


Huckabee also seized on the Bhutto assassination to tighten up his hard-line anti-immigration stance. Yesterday, he said the U.S. should be on heightened alert from the threat posed by Pakistani immigrants:


Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee suggested that after the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the United States should, “have an immediate, very clear monitoring of our border, and particularly to make sure, if there’s any unusual activity of Pakistanis coming into the country. We just need to be very very thorough in looking at every aspect of our own security internally.”
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The complete piece is at: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/28/huckabee-pakistan/




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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:03 PM
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1. Most Religious Extremists are the Most Ignorant People
It's no wonder. They live in a bubble of dogma and brainwashing.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:03 PM
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2. Quick! Somebody make him find it on a map!
:rofl:

He's probably just complain that it was 'unfair', though, just like when Bush didn't remember who was running Pakistan back in 2000...

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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:03 PM
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3. That's what will probably get him elected
people want a prez who'll focus on amurka!
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:12 PM
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7. Yup...
...the fundies want Huckabee's vision of America...I don't think they think much in foreign terms beyond Israel...

just my view.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:03 PM
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4. U.S. Americans don't have enough maps
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:05 PM
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5. lol, good one n/t
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:09 PM
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6. His handlers are desperately trying to tie all the red meat together....
for their base.

A few weeks ago he, amazingly and disgustingly, tied abortion with immigration (we wouldn't need immigrant workers if those babies were allowed to live!).

After Bhutto's assassination he tried to link terrorism and immigration.

Now....how oh how can he tie terrorism, immigration, abortion and gay rights together? He'll have the winning ticket for the right-wing extremists if they can pull that combo out of his ass.
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 03:49 PM
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8. "I'm your huckleberry." Val Kilmer, Tombstone
:dem:
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 04:01 PM
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9. Repugs will nominate him....he's as stupid or clueless as the Chimperor...
"They" will find a strong Cheney-like VP" for him...and it will be Bush II all over again.
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