# Huckabee's 2016 bid **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 5, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318 "2015-05-05T15:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/101 "2015-07-27T12:42:31Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > THeir leaders are religious fundies. They believe what they are saying. Thank goodness the US could never elect a fundie. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/102 "2015-07-27T12:45:06Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > The destruction of Israel is still Iranian policy. Huck’s statement is hyperbolic because of the balance of power in the region, not because Iran doesn’t want to kill all the Jews. The Israelis. Iran’s beef is with Israel, not Jews. Iran has a small Jewish population. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/103 "2015-07-27T13:22:39Z")
Then why the Hezbollah attack on a Jewish Community Center all the way over in Argentina? I don’t think they are that sophisticated. No need to deny the Holocaust if your problem is just with Israel. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/104 "2015-07-27T13:26:23Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Then why the Hezbollah attack on a Jewish Community Center all the way over in Argentina? > > I don’t think they are that sophisticated. No need to deny the Holocaust if your problem is just with Israel. Isreal was founded right after the Holocaust. The horror of that event certainly contributed to the support for a Jewish state. It you want to paint Isreal as illegitimate, denying the Holocaust makes some sense. ---
**Author:** ![Donald\_Rump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/105 "2015-07-27T14:16:30Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > On his twitter account, Huckabee is defending his remarks, in part, by posting quotes by the Ayatollah Khamenei. Didn’t that guy die awhile back? [No](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei). You’re thinking of [Khomeini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/106 "2015-07-27T14:20:37Z")
> [@Donald\_Rump](#): > > [No](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei). > > You’re thinking of [Khomeini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini). Now you can say ayatollah you so! ---
**Author:** ![RagingxMarmoset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@RagingxMarmoset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RagingxMarmoset)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/107 "2015-07-27T14:31:05Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Now you can say ayatollah you so! Iran away from that joke myself, but the funny Israel. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/108 "2015-07-31T21:28:24Z")
Huckabee wants to send the National Guard and the FBI to prevent women from getting abortions, according to Matt Taibbi: [Mike Huckabee Won't Rule Out Using Federal Troops To Stop Abortions | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-huckabee-troops-abortion_55bbc20ee4b06363d5a22323)? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/109 "2015-07-31T23:56:44Z")
[Nation needs to get ‘on its knees and repent’](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mike-huckabee-ministers-tinley-park-met-0801-20150731-story.html) Repent Dopers, Repent! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/110 "2015-08-01T01:35:59Z")
Moses and Aaron on a stick, this is embarrassing for my state. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/111 "2015-08-01T04:04:29Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Moses and Aaron on a stick, this is embarrassing for my state. > :rolleyes: It’s embarrassing for any decent person who identifies as a Christian even more. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/112 "2015-09-04T15:44:41Z")
[From the AP: > [@](#): > > Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says he plans to meet with the Kentucky clerk who has been jailed because she refuses to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. > > Huckabee said Friday that he would meet with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis next week and hold a rally in support of her. ]([http://bigstory.ap.org/article/47d0af561ade453c9099acfbc9310d4e/latest-jailed-clerks-husband-says-she-wont-resign](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/47d0af561ade453c9099acfbc9310d4e/latest-jailed-clerks-husband-says-she-wont-resign)) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/113 "2015-10-01T19:18:14Z")
[Bizarre new “strip club” ad.](http://www.salon.com/2015/10/01/this_bizarre_new_strip_club_ad_shows_just_how_desperate_mike_huckabee_is_getting/) > [@](#): > > “Washington. It’s a strip club,” the narrator opens to a shot of crumbled up dollar bills strewn beneath a what looks to be a strip poll. “The political class dances for the donor class, and the working class gets stuck with the tab,” the gruff voice continues. > > “Let’s burn down the Washington political machine and rebuild this country,” Huckabee suggests. An image on a man lighting a match is shown. The worst part is, I can think of no actual, non-stylistic point of disagreement with the message. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/114 "2015-11-20T02:37:51Z")
[Huckabee sued for copyright infringement.](http://news.yahoo.com/huckabee-sued-playing-eye-tiger-kim-davis-rally-195829698.html) > [@](#): > > The co-writer of 1980s hit “Eye of the Tiger” has filed a federal lawsuit against Republican Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign for playing the song at a rally for Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign gay marriage licenses. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/115 "2015-11-20T02:52:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Huckabee sued for copyright infringement.](http://news.yahoo.com/huckabee-sued-playing-eye-tiger-kim-davis-rally-195829698.html) …inadvertently giving Huck, and his support for Kim Davis, publicity worth far more than any likely settlement. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/116 "2015-11-20T02:56:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Huckabee sued for copyright infringement.](http://news.yahoo.com/huckabee-sued-playing-eye-tiger-kim-davis-rally-195829698.html) 🙂 Good news! How I hate that evil son of a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/117 "2015-11-20T03:03:57Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > …inadvertently giving Huck, and his support for Kim Davis, publicity worth far more than any likely settlement. Will people not regard him as a thief? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/118 "2015-11-20T03:05:52Z")
I am a huge Jim Peterik fan, but he deserves to lose tons of money on this one. ASCAP exists for a reason. If ASCAP does not actually sell you rights to play a song, then ASCAP is not actually selling a product it is legally entitled to sell, and should thus be sued and put out of business, and all artists will have to personally approve every use of their songs. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/119 "2015-11-20T03:10:43Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I am a huge Jim Peterik fan, but he deserves to lose tons of money on this one. ASCAP exists for a reason. If ASCAP does not actually sell you rights to play a song, then ASCAP is not actually selling a product it is legally entitled to sell, and should thus be sued and put out of business, and all artists will have to personally approve every use of their songs. There’s no mention of ASCAP nor any mention that Huckabee had permission or paid a performance fee. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318/120 "2015-11-20T03:21:04Z")
That’s usually not mentioned in such stories, but that would be an incredible blunder if his campaign didn’t buy the license. But if that was the case, Peterik wouldn’t need to sue. The label and ASCAP could sue. Peterik would have to sue under other laws, but I doubt any court would rule in his favor, since those laws generally cover things like people thinking that Peterik endorses Kim Davis or Mike Huckabee. Which no one with an IQ over 70 would assume. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabees-2016-bid/719318.md?page=7)