Predictably, Mike Huckabee had a meltdown over the arrival ceremony for Pope Francis at the White House Wednesday morning. He took issue with who had been invited, calling it a “politicized cattle call.” The guests he had a problem with included the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, an activist nun and LGBT activists. One Vatican source said that the guest list bothered them but another Vatican adviser shrugged it off.
Shrugging it off is not in Huckabee’s repertoire, though. He took to Twitter on Monday to throw a hissy fit about it in a trio of Tweets:
Classless decision by @POTUS to transform @Pontifex visit into a politicized cattle call is an insult to millions of Catholics #PopeInUS
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 21, 2015
.@POTUS show of disrespect for @Pontifex is a new low for an admin that will go down as most anti-Christian in American history #PopeInUS
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 21, 2015
Why is it that @POTUS goes to extremes to accommodate Muslim terrorists but shows nothing but disdain for Christians? #PopeInUS
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 21, 2015
As usual, Huckabee is reporting from LaLaLand. To what extremes did the President go to “accommodate Muslim terrorists” or shown “disdain for Christians?” Geez, you’d think that the guy is just making stuff up to get all pissy about. Talk about classless.
During the daily briefing on Monday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest was asked about Huckabee’s hysterics. Earnest noted that there had been no theological or ideological test for attendance at the morning welcoming ceremony. Though the Obama administration did issue some of the 15,000 invitations to the event, most were the province of faith organizations, including Catholic ones. Earnest told the press corps:
“The president’s approach is to welcome the pope warmly to the United States and to eagerly anticipate and participate in a discussion about their shared values… There is so much about what Pope Francis has to say that is inclusive and that reflects the kind of personal commitment that Pope Francis has to a wide range of issues, particularly when it comes to social justice… the president is looking forward to the opportunity to sit down with Pope Francis for a second time and to talk about some of — many of those values that they have in common… There’s plenty of opportunity for others to inject politics into this situation. It certainly is a protected constitutional right of theirs to do that. But that’s not what the president is interested in.”
Huckabee will, of course, continue to inject politics into the Pope’s U.S. visit. He can’t help himself. Anything that goes against his particular — and very narrow — view of Christianity is to be attacked. But it would be nice if Huckabee could have his conniption fits in private — it’s getting really old. Then again, it is amusing. Looks like we’ll be putting up with him for a while longer.
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Ya know as I have said before the are about 5000 different worshipped in this world is yours the only right one or is his the right one or is the right one the spaghetti god who knows and frankly who cares but I know Hucks can’t be the right one b/c it teaches hate
Mike Huckabee: You can’t “Camouflage”your vile,vitriol and despicable “Racial Hatred”.You possess for President “Barack H.Obama”,it is on full display,for the “Whole World”,to “Observe”!!!!!
I doubt there are very many people who could care about what this fanatic has to say.
My mom’s cousin from Denmark is in full agreement and “liked” what Mike Huckabee shares. Because people can’t always filter all the truth, you’d be surprised at how faithfully those who follow “christian” messages from people like Huckabee are staying tuned in. I wish what you said was true, but until we begin to deconstruct the factual errors in Huckabee’s posts, we’re gonna have that following.
Just go to his Facebook page. There is an entire cult-following devote to being Huckin’ stupid.
Love it. I’m gonna head on over and see about Huckin’ Mitt UP!
It really is classless, which is no surprise.
Huckabee is ignorant fool
clown
Huckabee is more suitable to the Kim Davis types.
The point is….tolerance is not a characteristic of Huck….sad for him. He will be left behind the rest of us whom “get” it. He will have to deal with that at some point. There is no room for hate here. It’s the absolute antithesis of what a “true Christian” would do and SO many other religious beliefs or spiritual awareness’ believe/practice… it shouldn’t matter your “declared” faith type…it’s kindness and love for ALL of the major faiths….so whats the issue? i dont get it…fear maybe..?) would do. Why so many still dont understand is mind blowing. They will all be left behind as maybe they should be. Keep up or get out. Sorry…rules are rules…right is right…wrong is wrong..and LOVE IS LOVE. Be kind. It will make you feel better. Make YOU better. Make the world better. jeesh.
Constantly expanding the frontiers of stupidity. Every word he says distances him further from anything resembling reality. Back in his glory days I was indifferent to him, but my opinion of him continues to diminish.
Since the Pontiff stressed love and tolerance, I’d say the guest list was appropriate. According to the Pope, Huckabee needs to find love and tolerance.
Uh Huck-a-billy, leave your sick twisted, vile, hateful god out of my country. Your bible thumping freak.