Does anybody read his speeches before he speaks?
During Mike Huckabee’s farewell to Michigan address he made two assertions which are just bizarre.
The first is that he would “amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards.” I don’t have much to say because others have spoken more eloquently than I on this subject, especially Andy McCarthy and the rest of the Corner crew (here and here, as well as this one demonstrating an important contrast between Huckabee and Thompson).
I’ll add just this: I can’t help but to think that if by some quirk of fate Mike Huckabee is the nominee, he’ll name God to be his copilot running mate.
The second item which I will comment on, is Huckabee’s promise to erect a wall on our southern border in 18 months.
Let’s do a little math: One of the more common ideas is to erect a 12-foot high, 2-foot thick concrete wall. Such a wall would need to sit on a footing at least two by six feet (probably twice that size). Since the southern border is 1,952 miles long, that means that the entire project would require at least 14 million cubic yards of concrete.
That’s a lot of concrete! In fact, it’s the equivalent of four Hoover Dams, the building of just one of which took four years.
Building a wall on our borders is important, but lets be reallistic. It’s not going to happen in a mere 18 months. Huckabee is prone to setting silly goals not based in reality. For example, his promise to make America energy independent in ten years. Really? Every President since Nixon has promised that and 35 years later we’re still where we started. What makes Huckabee think he’s so special? He isn’t even as qualified as Jimmy Carter, who could at least boast the fact that he had nuclear training in the Navy.
Contrast Huckabee’s claim with Fred Thompson’s refreshingly honest response to a questioner who wanted to know what Fred could do about energy independence:
Probably not much. Two terms isn’t long enough.
UPDATE:
Donna Locke, in the comment section, brings us the QOTD:
“When they build it, I hope Huckabee is on the other side of it.”
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