# Can Mike Huckabee win the GOP nomination and the presidency?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 26, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-mike-huckabee-win-the-gop-nomination-and-the-presidency/738603 "2015-11-26T04:40:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-mike-huckabee-win-the-gop-nomination-and-the-presidency/738603/103 "2015-11-27T14:44:13Z")

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I know it’s already been discussed but I’m fascinated by this formulation:

> [@Should the United States cut or increase the defense budget?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-united-states-cut-or-increase-the-defense-budget/738512/1):
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> Some say that the U.S. spends more on defense and military than any other country combined. Some say that President Obama is cutting and gutting the military to pre World War I I levels.

> [@GloryDays](#):
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> Some people are upset that social changes are being made to our society. Some people want to know why Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is repealed. Some people want to know why homosexuals are in the military.

It’s like you used to write introductions for The Stig on _Top Gear_ and can’t stop doing it.

As for “why homosexuals are in the military”, the answer is: because they want to serve their country. In fact, “some people” could make a very strong argument that gay men and women who knew the vast amount of abuse, discrimination and outright persecution they were likely to face and STILL joined up to serve are a hell of a lot more patriotic than your average grunt (and far more so than “your friends” who are bitching about them). Go look at the accomplishments of the likes of, say, [Stephen Snyder-Hill](http://www.soldierofchange.co/) and tell me people like that don’t love their country.

And sure, we could kick out all the homosexuals like we used to, but then you’re asking to _weaken_ the military (as happened when a number of desperately-needed Arabic translators got the boot due to their orientation during the Bush years). Which would be really fucking stupid.

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