Huckabee Is In

[Content Note: Christian Supremacy; eliminationism.]


Former Arkansas Governor and Christian Dominionist Mike Huckabee has officially announced he is running for president, and his first shot across the bow at "the Clintons" appears to be stealing Bill Clinton's shtick:

Huckabee, who is popular with the religious right, shared the news of his candidacy with supporters at Hempstead Hall in his hometown of Hope, 113 miles southwest of Little Rock.

"I was raised to believe that where a person started doesn't mean that's where he has to stop," he said. "I always believed that a kid could go from Hope to higher ground."

For those of you who aren't older than dirt and/or don't have a lint trap of a memory, here is [video autoplays at link] a 1992 Bill Clinton campaign ad called "Hope" which documents Clinton's journey, as someone might describe it, "from Hope to higher ground."

All you Huckabee fans out there are probably pretty worried that Huckabee's plagiarism barely left any time for eliminationism, but fear not! The man can multitask:

In a speech filled with fiery rhetoric, Huckabee...was also tough on Islamic State, saying he would change the U.S. approach from attempting to contain the militant group and instead would "conquer" it.

"We will deal with jihadis just like we deal with deadly snakes," he said.

Cool rhetoric, Reverend. As we all know, the most perfect solution to gruesome violence rooted in othering and dehumanization, it's more gruesome violence rooted in othering and dehumanization!

There was, of course, plenty of Bibletalk, too—because Mike Huckabee's #1 qualification for GOP presidential politics is being THE BEST at using the Bible to justify rank bigotry.

This guy is the worst, and his entire platform sticks like a rancid dog fart.