Mike Huckabee Falsely Suggests Obama Grew Up In Kenya
EmailABC News Michael Falcone reports:
UPDATED: Potential 2012 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said he “would love to know more” about President Obama’s birth certificate and mistakenly referred to the president’s experience “growing up in Kenya” in an interview on a New York radio station on Monday.
Huckabee made the comments in an interview with conservative talk radio host Steve Malzberg, who asked the former Arkansas governor whether he thought it was troubling that “we don’t have a health record, we don’t have a college record, we don’t have a birth certificate” for Obama.
“I would love to know more,” said Huckabee, who is a Fox News host and is currently in the midst of a nationwide tour for his new book. “What I know is troubling enough.”
“If you think about it, his perspective as growing up in Kenya with a Kenyan father and grandfather,” Huckabee told Malzberg, “their view of the Mau Mau Revolution in Kenya is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing that the British were a bunch of imperialists who persecuted his grandfather.”
At another point in the interview, Huckabee said, “one thing that I do know is his having grown up in Kenya, his view of the Brits, for example, very different than the average American.”
Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961 and raised there and spent several years in Indonesia. His father was from Kenya, but Obama did not travel there until later in life.
Hogan Gidley, the director of Huckabee’s political action committee, sought to clarify the former governor’s remarks on Tuesday.
“Governor Huckabee simply misspoke when he alluded to President Obama growing up in ‘Kenya.’ The Governor meant to say the President grew up in Indonesia,” Gidley told ABC News. “When the Governor mentioned he wanted to know more about the President, he wasn’t talking about the President’s place of birth — the Governor believes the President was born in Hawaii. The Governor would however like to know more about where President Obama’s liberal policies come from and what else the President plans to do to this country — as do most Americans.”
But Huckabee’s apparent openness to engaging in questions about Obama’s birth in the radio interview contradicts statements he made in a “Good Morning America” interview last week with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
Then, Huckabee dismissed birther conspiracies as “nonsense.”
“If there was any shred of truth to it, Hillary Clinton and her wonderful investigative opposition research machine would have found it and would have used it,” Huckabee told ABC news. “For Republicans to even be bringing it up, I think it’s a waste of energy and time.”
When asked whether he thought it was smart for some Republicans to keep the birth certificate controversy alive, Huckabee responsed: “I’ll leave up to them whether they think it’s smart, I just don’t think it’s completely necessary for us to delve into such extraneous matters.”
And in an interview with ABC’s Terry Moran, Huckabee seemed even more critical of birther talk when presented with poll numbers showing that more than half of all GOP primary voters had some doubts about whether Obama was born in the U.S.
“I think that’s ridiculous,” he said. “There’s a lot of things we need to be talking regarding Barack Obama. But, you know, I find that completely out of the question.”
Huckabee just wrapped up several days of events to promote his book, “A Simple Government” in Iowa this week and plans to head to Texas, South Carolina and several other states over the next few days.
ABC’s Steven Portnoy contributed reporting to this post.
Watch Huckabee’s “Good Morning America” interview last week:
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I thought Huckabee was a Christian? Is this what Jesus would do?
Posted by: Steve From NH | March 1, 2011, 4:42 pm 4:42 pm
SLIME! SLIME! SLIME!!!! When there’s a good audience these Republicans watch their “P’s” & “Q’s” and whole heartedly agree that the President is a natural-born citizen. However, when they think that no one is watching them they continue to promote this BS to the uneducated. Also, Huckabee mentions Carter but did he forget, or conveniently forget, about Mr. Daddy George Bush?
Posted by: mytakonthis61 | March 1, 2011, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm
Real Christian Huck, real Christian.
Posted by: secondlook | March 1, 2011, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm
What an absolute PATHETIC mentality. And “Huckleberry” claims he is a “Christian’ and sits there and falsely panders to this idiot interviewing him. What a bunch of uneducated morons!
Posted by: CND FOX | March 1, 2011, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm
The South wants to RISE AGAIN!!!!!
Posted by: cony007 | March 1, 2011, 4:55 pm 4:55 pm
Rather than concentrate on the Birther question, I wish we could get his college records to see how his education was financed. Did he apply for grants and under what circumstances?
Posted by: nonofmybiznez | March 1, 2011, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm
Mr Huckleberry should talk on how to fix the economy and keep America No.1, rahter than dwell on Mr. President past.
Posted by: andy olu | March 1, 2011, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
Huckabee was just pandering to the emotions of his audience when he came up with that one…….But he can also now claim that he never intended for the audience to think that he doubted Obama’s birthplace….All baloney, of course.
Posted by: Munster42 | March 1, 2011, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm
Huckabee knew exactly how what he said would mean to those who listen to that interview and it came out like he intended it to. If you look at comments that he made earlier on about the subject what he said then and what he said he did not intend for it to sound like you will realize that he isn’t honest, doesn’t tell the truth and most of all isn’t a Christian. I want all of you out there is this the character that a man who has a desire to be POTUS should have. If there was proof That Obama isn’t an American it would have come to light a long time ago, but no there isn’t any yet many hold onto the idea like it is their ” Holy Grail” let it go people.
Posted by: realnard1 | March 1, 2011, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm
So he mispoke. It’s almost as bad as when prez king obama said he’d visited all “52″ states during his prez campaign
Posted by: Redneck Girl | March 1, 2011, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm
I have such low regard for this conspiratorial stuff of LIES!!!!! Is this all they have on President Obama – lies. Huckabee paroled a rapist, murderer because he felt the man had reformed and then he went on to murder two other people. No apology from Mike just excuses. He has no regard for victims – nor does it appear for black people either. We know what it is about and if people don’t like that label – then they shouldn’t pin it on their own lapel.
Posted by: Englander29 | March 1, 2011, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm
While this entire “where born” controversy is a waste of mental process by both sides, wasted mental process time is not a new human phenomena.
What else is not an unusual human behavior is asking/posing/responding to questions about any candidate running for elective office.
The right to question is very much part of our democratic process.
The right to question must remain part of our democratic process.
The earliest manifestation of question asking behavior normally occurs with the development of speech by infants and will remain over the entirety of a human’s life span.
I very much hope that anyone with the mental ability to read this never stops asking questions for the rest of their lives.
Humans, if ever reaching a position where “questioning” is no longer allowed, they always, always, always self-destruct.
We need to be questioned….it keeps all of our egos in check.
As to anyone’s sense of indignation of why any question would be asked more than once, the answer is that people lie.
Lying is a human behavior that begins shorty after birth along with speech development.
Why should we ever have trials? If a person is asked if they did a certain action and that person says “NO”….that should resolve that matter for eternity.
Posted by: Joel G Greer | March 1, 2011, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm
How do we know Huckabee’s inference is false, since Obama won’t divulge his real birth certificate, or any of his early travel and school records, for that matter?
Objectively speaking, which should be the position of ABC and others of the MSM but is so often not, it’s just as fair to say that Obama’s claim of legitimacy is just as false since he could but refuses to provide any proof.
The fact that his alleged home state of Hawaii did not certify him to run for president but Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party did — that alone should raise some questions among really fair-minded people.
Oh, and, REALNARD1, what did you do, go to sleep on your send button? Geez, you and Enuf Already posting the same thing 9 times doesn’t really add any weight to your argument, you know.
Posted by: RME KRNL | March 1, 2011, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
Hogan Gidley, Huckabee’s spokesperson, can spin this whatever way he wants. This is clearly not a “misspeak” since Huckabee returned twice to the notion of the President’s so-called Kenya birthplace informing his views of the British and, in a later reference, to the Mau Mau uprising. I read the transcript of the radio interview. Any respect I had for Huckabee has vanished. Clearly the FOX culture of conspiracy theories and incendiary rhetoric the Hannity and Beck school has rubbed off on this formerly decent guy. Shame, shame on Huckabee!
Posted by: PoliticallySavvy | March 1, 2011, 5:56 pm 5:56 pm
Why is the MSM so hestitant to ask Obama why he is spending so much money keeping his birth certificate under wraps? What’s the big deal with showing a little transparency.
For those who think he is not a citizen, don’t you think even MSNBC would run with the story if they had evidence? I think they would.
What’s the difference between birthers and truthers. The only thing I see is a biased media.
Obama said he was going to be the most transparent ever….prove it. Of course, this is the guy meeting lobbyists off WH grounds so there will not be a record.
Posted by: Gwen | March 1, 2011, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
There are about three truthers to your majority of republican birthers Gwen. That is the difference.
Posted by: secondlook | March 1, 2011, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm
Obama has provided all of the necessary information and proof of his birth place, as did McCain.
The fact that McCain wasn’t even born in this country doesn’t bother people–probably because he’s white.
Huckabee looks like a major fool at the moment–but then again, if you’re trying to get republican votes…
Posted by: Marine Vet | March 1, 2011, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm
“..of conspiracy theories and incendiary rhetoric”
“..What an absolute PATHETIC mentality. And “Huckleberry” claims he is a “Christian’ and sits there and falsely panders to this idiot interviewing him. What a bunch of uneducated morons!”
“..He has no regard for victims – nor does it appear for black people either.”
“..realize that he isn’t honest, doesn’t “..tell the truth and most of all isn’t a Christian.”
“..SLIME! SLIME! SLIME!!!!”
“..The South wants to RISE AGAIN!!!!!
Would the above be incendiary rhetoric?
The President of the US sending a Churchill bust…previously in the WH as a gift… back to England is rooted in something from the past. I have no idea where this intense Anglophile attitude came from as a source, but it isn’t normal behavior.
Sending a bust of Hitler back to Germany would be normal behavior….after figuring out why it was ever in the WH in the 1st place.
If a new Prime Minister of England were to send a bust of Lincoln back to America…countless people would be attempting to figure out why that occured…..what was in the new PMs background to cause such an unusual behavior.
We very much have the right to question the behavior of any and every President’s actions…most especially for any action demonstrating a deeply felt personal bias.
There aren’t any people anywhere without numerous types and degrees of personal bias.
Every bias has a cause and origin.
Posted by: Joel G Greer | March 1, 2011, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm
The fact that McCain wasn’t even born in this country doesn’t bother people–probably because he’s white.Marine Vet | Mar 1, 2011 6:14:50 PM
The fact that McCain was born to two US citizens on a US military base in Panama must have slipped by you
Posted by: Allen | March 1, 2011, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm
and I thought Sarah Palin was an idiot. What is this guy trying to do? Cement the support of the 20% of people who already hate Obama? Those people will never, ever vote for Obama. Regardless of what he says about Obama. Questioning Obama’s birth certificate, referring to him by his middle name, insinuating that he is a Muslim and that he grew up in Kenya is not going to win any independents. That is old news that the majority of the people didn’t care about in the last election. Does he think that people were not aware of those issues before? It didn’t work last time, it is definitely not going to work this time either.
Posted by: EffortPA | March 1, 2011, 6:37 pm 6:37 pm
Joel Greer: I’m still waiting for Bush to tell us the truth about why he invaded Iraq! I don’t want to hear about WMD’s either.
Posted by: rich | March 1, 2011, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm
Can’t these Tea Party guys get elected by telling the truth for a change? Palin’s “Death Panels”, Becks “Obama’s a Socialist”, and now Huckabee’s “Obama raised in Kenya”. If I’m not mistaken, Jesus would not approve of someone bearing false witness against another. What religious hypocrites.
Posted by: A.Lincoln | March 1, 2011, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm
What’s new? Another Republican LOSER trying to get some airtime to distract from the fact he has no new ideas…
Posted by: Azguy64 | March 1, 2011, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Huckerbee…why the backslide…to the level of the tea party? You know and have said yourself he is a citizen and to suggest he grew up in Kenya is an outright lie and you know it. You are sounding like the loon Beck.
This president is a citizen raised in Hawaii which is one of our states, I believe. He was raised by his mother, also a citizen and then by his grandparents who were citizens and his grandad fought in our war. He spent maybe a day with his dad and just how much of an influence could that have on him? Little, I can assure you. As for him being a christian..who is anyone to judge who is or is not a christian. We do not wear our christianity on oursleeve i.e. CATHOLIC..BABTIST, ETC.
Our christianity comes from within and this guy is a good guy. Look at how loved he is by his children. I am surprised and disappointed in you Mr. H.
Posted by: talmag | March 1, 2011, 7:01 pm 7:01 pm
Playing devil’s advocate. We only know about Obama’s history because Obama told us so. Who’s to say that he didn’t visit Kenya as a kid and had a relationship with his father and grandfather. What Huckabee is saying could be true. That said, how do Huckabee know so much about the President’s past? Has Huck got a PI that has found skeletons in Obama’s past? Or is it that Huckabee is shooting spitballs and hoping one will stick?
Huckabee knew what he was doing when he created a skeleton to place in Obama’s closet. Now birthers will say that Obama not only lied about being born in America but he was raised not by his grandparents in Hawaii but his father in Kenya. Got to feel sorry for the GOP. They can’t beat Obama so it’s time to sling fake mud.
Posted by: R8RBOB | March 1, 2011, 7:05 pm 7:05 pm
Huckabee says now he “misspoke”. Who is he trying to kid. He knows EXACTLY what he’s saying and who his audience is. He’s speaking to his southern base of the racist religious right wing. The standard modus operandi for the GOP is to plant the seed of a lie then watch the Limbaugh Lemmings in the blogosphere cultivate the results. By the time he says “ops I misspoke” the weed has flourished and he knows it. It’s a very well thought out and developed procedure by FOX and the neo-con media.
Posted by: dan | March 1, 2011, 7:06 pm 7:06 pm
“…he thought it was troubling that “we don’t have a health record, we don’t have a college record, we don’t have a birth certificate” …..” LIES, LIES, LIES. WE have ALL of these, all you have to do is read them, you can read can’t you? But instead you would rather spread the lie and pander to the right wing nuts. Pretty hypocritical of you, not to mention certainly not a Christian attitude, you are really a Christian aren’t you, wait can you prove that? I know you said you are but I’m sure I can believe what you say, I need proof.
Posted by: FRANK IN LAS VEGAS | March 1, 2011, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm
No one has provided any evidence that he was born some where other than Hawaii. No government official has stated that they have seen evidence that he was born somewhere other than Hawaii. With Bush and Cheney in charge of the FBI, CIA and other undercover groups, don’t you think they would know that there is no proof he was born in Hawaii and would make sure it leaked to the public before election day when democrats did not have time to recover from the news. It is way past time for this discussion to end and discuss real problems we are having.
Posted by: MikeMo1947 | March 1, 2011, 7:23 pm 7:23 pm
“he probably grew up hearing that the British were a bunch of imperialists who persecuted his grandfather.”
What’s wrong with hearing the truth?
Posted by: oonogil | March 1, 2011, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm
Yea, if Huckabee needs a press officer to express what he really meant to say then maybe he’s not the right guy to run for president.
Posted by: Thomas | March 1, 2011, 7:32 pm 7:32 pm
Smacks of dishonest politics, similar to Sarah Palin’s “hanging around with terrorists”, and “death panels” rhetoric. Independents, who decide virtually every election, didn’t buy Palin’s shallow dishonesty; they won’t buy Huck’s either.
Posted by: Freeman | March 1, 2011, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
A few months ago I though Obama was a gonner in 2012, but after seeing the likes of Huckabee and Scott Walker and the tea party extremists (I’m not even mentioning the jokeables — Palin and Bachmann), I’m convinced he will stomp them all in 2012. Maybe in his second term, which these idiots are helping to assure, we’ll get some really good policies, like a public option on health care, etc.
Posted by: bks253 | March 1, 2011, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm
No doubt “the British were a bunch of imperialists who persecuted his grandfather.”
Posted by: Esther Williams | March 1, 2011, 8:00 pm 8:00 pm
Everyone is overreacting. Huckabee didn’t accuse Obama of being born in another country. His statement was that he wanted to know more about Obama’s upbringing because that would shed light on Obama’s views. Obama grew up in Indonesia. That’s not exactly a pro-US country. He has valid concerns. I, too, would like to know what he was learning there. Obviously Obama’s mother had enough concerns about what the Young Obama was being taught there…that’s why she sent him away to his granparents in Hawaii when he was a bit older.
Posted by: Ann | March 1, 2011, 8:01 pm 8:01 pm
Huckabee and Gingrich will make a fine GOP ticket in 2012. Can’t think of two who would better represent the party, unless maybe Palin and Bachmann together if the GOP wants to really go for sincerity and competence. Unless maybe an all Mormon GOP ticket with Romney and Huntsman. Or a double minority-appeal ticket of Cain and Jindal, or an all big-man ticket with Christie and Barbour. So many good ways the GOP can go.
Posted by: GEzus in Texas | March 1, 2011, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
the apple has fallen very close to the tree as it should. foxnews has done a good job of preparing Huckabee for the 2012 race. just lost all the respect i have for him. his spokeman says he meant to say Indonesia instead of Kenya. i didnt know that the Mau Mau revolution also happened in Kenya. shame on you Mr. Huckabee! you are exactly what america doesnt need.
Posted by: melony | March 1, 2011, 8:34 pm 8:34 pm
The snakes are starting to crawl out from under their rocks. There are no Christian Republicans. They worship Mammon very clearly. They dupe true Christians into thinking their doing the right thing with anti-abortion rhetoric. Christ is strong enough to deal with the ramifications of abortion on the mother and child without the help of the money lenders. Judge not….. I think I read that is God’s job. Or do we no longer need God since greed is so much more powerful?
Posted by: Topcat | March 1, 2011, 8:39 pm 8:39 pm
we don’t have a college record—LOL!! HE GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE!! LOok up what that means!!!!! His graduation status from Law School has been public since the day he graduated. My Lord, these ‘conservatives’ are not exactly the Mensa society.
Posted by: Spoken like a true bostonian | March 1, 2011, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm
Huckabee steer clear of any comments concerning the Mau Mau. Your comments on the Mau Mau revolt for independence reflect not only your high level of ignorance and simple mindedness but also misplaced arrogance. Do not insult fellow Americans by claiming that they share your simple view on the Mau Mau. I strongly encourage you to read Caroline Elkins book “Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya”, which was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. Get your facts straight and stop your public display of ignorance. Acting dumb is not cute.
Posted by: Noni | March 1, 2011, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm
Did anyone look for his DRAFT registration info All 18 year old males must register
Posted by: willy | March 1, 2011, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm
Boy he’s getting fat again!!
Posted by: Lila | March 1, 2011, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm
Obama growing up with his father??????? Obama never even knew his father. Had zero memories of him. Obama was raised by a white women after his father abandoned him. The only thing Obama heard growing up was that he best do well in school and “I better see all A’s.” Lord, how racist is Huckabee, huh?
Posted by: Spoken like a true bostonian | March 1, 2011, 9:05 pm 9:05 pm
Well, this certainly changed my opinion of Huckabee. While I never considered him intelligent, I never considered him mean or racist…..until now. I also never realized how close to Palin in ignorance he was. I mean, some pretty across the board ignorance. If you want to comment on someone’s life, perhaps you should study it a bit. If you are going to comment on historical events, would help if you actually looked them up. These are NATIONAL programs! This stuff WILL be double checked, if need be, but these facts are SO EASY to know and he doesn’t. Another Palin. My Lord, why are all the truly stupid people, I mean dumb, dumb as a stone, ALWAYS part of the republican party?????
Posted by: Spoken like a true bostonian | March 1, 2011, 9:08 pm 9:08 pm
Huckabee – here is proverb you may want to take note of as a Christian.
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. Prov. 17:28
Posted by: Noni | March 1, 2011, 9:09 pm 9:09 pm
“his spokeman says he meant to say Indonesia instead of Kenya”–yeah, I can see how they sound so alike,
Posted by: Spoken like a true bostonian | March 1, 2011, 9:10 pm 9:10 pm
Oh, Please!
Every time the subject comes up, his followers race to the blog pages and immediately start posting their non-facts about obama. Since obama had all pertinent records sealed immediately upon taking office, they can only spew their opinions like the rest of us.
Tell you what – the next time any of you have to renew your driver’s license, why don’t you just haul your computer down to the DMV and show them the computerized copy of your birth certificate. Then to erase any remaining doubt the DMV rep might have, show your 2 birth announcements that your granny snipped from the newspaper.
That should really seal the deal.
Also, wear tennis shoes and do this on a day when the weather is nice. That way you can enjoy your long walk home.
Don’t bother with the usual insults – I am black and have a fully functioning brain.
I am not too sure about the rest of you though. :D
Posted by: ceeLee | March 1, 2011, 9:25 pm 9:25 pm
People misspeak all the time, and this could be just such an occasion. Then again, many people don’t know anything about geography, so mistaking a country in the Pacific (Indonesia) for a country in Africa (Kenya) is understandable, if a bit implausible.
But there’s probably something else involved here. Huck may be trying to garner the support of the birthers (AKA liars) and is covertly supporting their claims while publicly denying them. My guess is that this is the tactic. And, by the way, Huck–your tactic failed. You are a dishonorable man, if this is the case.
Posted by: Zadeekah | March 1, 2011, 9:31 pm 9:31 pm
The title of this article: “Mike Huckabee Falsely Suggests Obama Grew Up In Kenya”, is what worries me. Why does the word “falsely” appear in an unbiased news coverage ? Did Huckabee say he was joking ? or is ABC the final authority on the matter ?
ABC just report the news and leave your political bias out of it please.
Posted by: James | March 1, 2011, 9:57 pm 9:57 pm
is huckabee getting these rumors from rush or boehner or lindsay graham? I’m amazed when I hear people in real life say these stupid things but it does happen, and unfortunately a lot of military people or retired military are the ones saying it
Posted by: guest | March 1, 2011, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm
He is getting fat again. Palin must have brought him some cookies.
Posted by: Spoken like a true bostonian | March 1, 2011, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm
Ok, another baffoon comment. Huck said in the interview with George that only Jimmy Carter was a one term president since the 1868. ?????? Hello?????????? Man, he’s the male Sarah Palin. Did ya miss Clinton winning against George Bush???? Man, this guy is dumb as a stone!
Posted by: Spoken like a true bostonian | March 1, 2011, 10:26 pm 10:26 pm
This was no slip of the tongue. He knew exactly what he was saying. He is very educated, a TV show host, a former governor and a former preacher. Speaking, and speaking eloquently is not his weakness.
Posted by: GuestNy | March 1, 2011, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm
that just goes to show that republicans will say and do anything to control this country and all the people in this country.
Posted by: dora | March 1, 2011, 11:49 pm 11:49 pm
He speaks out boths sides of his mouth like any one who has higher asperations. He says that he believes what the presdient has said and what evidence has come out showing that Obama was born in Hawaii. This man is not a Christian, he lied when he believed what was said about the president not he changes his mind.
Posted by: Katie | March 2, 2011, 12:08 am 12:08 am
If this right wing tea party bs doesn’t stop these fascist will continue until they bring about a world in which there are rich people and poor people. The rich already don’t pay their fare share in taxes, and now they want to be the only ones having access to medical care. They are out to break the unions now, (while showing no remorse what so ever) even admitting that they are the party of the rich, and the party whos representing large corporations who want employees that work for nothing and have no health care. They also represent large insurance agencies that fear nothing more than controls on health care costs.
Let us not forget, its these people that destroyed our economy and now insist it was the democrats and the newly elected president who brought this all about. And, once again, who do they want to suffer and go without,,,the poor and the unemployed…and our teachers. While, the large corporations they represent send more and more jobs over-seas.
I also guarantee the business’s who consistently hire illegals are right wing thinking voters. Tea party supporters.
This crap that the republicans keep bring up about Obama’s birth records and his legal american citizenship goes all the way back to germany and its war against the Jews and other minorities….tell the lie long enough, and the idiots will follow. How long will it be before the ovens start back up. Call them what they are fascist!
Its time to get off your butts, get involved and vote!
Posted by: mitchell | March 2, 2011, 1:30 am 1:30 am
Some people have no shame. Huckabee is one of them. Keep up the work, governor: denigrating someone else will get you elected for the white house.
Posted by: what667 | March 2, 2011, 1:36 am 1:36 am
Huck say, “If there was any shred of truth to it, Hillary Clinton and her wonderful investigative opposition research machine would have found it and would have used it,” Huckabee told ABC news. “For Republicans to even be bringing it up, I think it’s a waste of energy and time.”
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Yes, of course it would have been Hillary who would have been the attack dog. As we all know Republicans would NEVER play those kinds of political games to gain an elected seat……who is he fooling other than the base?
Posted by: dk | March 2, 2011, 2:24 am 2:24 am
Rather than concentrate on the Birther question, I wish we could get his college records to see how his education was financed. Did he apply for grants and under what circumstances?
Posted by: nonofmybiznez | Mar 1, 2011 5:04:10 PM
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Hey, I remember you, you were the same guy questioning how ‘C’ average Bush could have ever gotten accepted into a Master’s program at an Ivy League school….NOT!!!!!
You people are pathetic. It’s none of your business how his school was paid for.
Posted by: dk | March 2, 2011, 2:33 am 2:33 am
Is Mr Huckabee implying that the British were not imperialists? One wonders what his foreign policy will be like? And no, Kenyans do not consider President Obama to be Kenyan.
Posted by: Kenyangurl | March 2, 2011, 2:45 am 2:45 am
Huckabee must be getting his information from Charlie Sheen.
Posted by: GladDemocrat | March 2, 2011, 3:49 am 3:49 am
Man, the lame stream media is well trained.
Posted by: Banderman | March 2, 2011, 7:24 am 7:24 am
I’m no Huckabee fan by any means, but you Obama supporters have to be curious as to why Bam Bam won’t release his college transcripts nor his medical history. What is he hiding? Now, I’ll sit back while you call me racist, etc.
Posted by: Mr. X | March 2, 2011, 7:24 am 7:24 am
Can anyone confirm really where the President lived as a child and was born, where he grew up? I haven’t seen any confirmation – visual confirmation of this. And US citizens have a right to know who is running the nation at ALL times, despite rumors to the contrary or using thugs to intimidate those who inquire. How rude.
Posted by: American | March 2, 2011, 7:42 am 7:42 am
Let us be honest. The POTUS is not African American by birth. He cannot trace his roots back to the day of the slaves in the USA. He was born of a white woman, raised by white grandparents. The POTUS conviently has used his skin color to get ahead in life.Can anyone refute my words ??
Posted by: Frank | March 2, 2011, 7:47 am 7:47 am
The question is not if the POTUS was born in the USA or not.The question is what kind of upbring he had while he was growing up in foreign lands.He was not raised as an american but rather as an outsider, influenced by other cultures and ideas.He was not raised in the south, north , east or west in the USA.He grew up in Hawaii,after spending years in Indonesia and Kenya. So it is rightly to ask and be concern about those facts. any questions ?
Posted by: Frank | March 2, 2011, 8:01 am 8:01 am
Joel -”If a new Prime Minister of England were to send a bust of Lincoln back to America…countless people would be attempting to figure out why that occured….” Probably because it was made in China..
Posted by: jenny | March 2, 2011, 8:20 am 8:20 am
Frank you need to get a passport and go travel some so you can grasp the outside world isn’t as scary evil as the GOP tries to tell you guys.
Posted by: secondlook | March 2, 2011, 8:35 am 8:35 am
This guy is an excellent example of eactly what a Republican style “Christian” actually is.
Running for President on the Deceit and Dishonesty Ticket, and ready to run the country the same way.
Posted by: Teabone | March 2, 2011, 9:00 am 9:00 am
I am surprized he made the comment. But, lately the Republican party has shown me the ugly side of what they represent. I am glad I unregistered as a Republican and went indpendent. This party has no respect for working people or the unemployed. They are all about money! The comment he made is old news and boring to me.
Posted by: Steve | March 2, 2011, 9:00 am 9:00 am
Well, with Huck, Mitt, Newt and Sarah all “thinking” about running in 2012 it looks like a win for the Democrats again!
Posted by: Don | March 2, 2011, 9:11 am 9:11 am
These poor befuddled tea party birthers..what a pathetic lot with their lives tormented by paranoia and conspiracy theories. These types are difficult for psychiatrists to treat, and probably would be non-compliant with meds that would help them because they have so much fear that someone is out to get them.
Posted by: leogorky | March 2, 2011, 9:18 am 9:18 am
To me this is the most important subject for republicans, which is wanting to prove that Obama is muslim, socialist, or foreign born. They don’t seem interested in fixing the problems that faces our country but wanting to be as disrespectful to this President and focusing in on subjects that are a waste of time.
Posted by: achillies | March 2, 2011, 9:57 am 9:57 am
These people are shameless. But they know they’re followers won’t know the difference since facts seem to escape them all.
Posted by: pamp205 | March 2, 2011, 10:22 am 10:22 am
This article is merely the attempt by ABC and Michael Falcone to smear Gorvernor Huckaby. It will not work. The more lies that Mr. Falcone and ABC spread about Governor Huckaby the more popular the Governor will become with the American people because Christian honesty and integrity can not be defeated or placed under a bushel.
Mr. Falcone, why don’t you just ask Mr. Obama where he was born? I bet he knows because I bet his Mama told him. I bet his Mama told him that his Kenyan birth certificate is the only real birth certificate he has. I bet his Mama told him that his Hawaiian birth certificate does not exist, which is the reason he has never produced it. I bet his Mama told him that his Hawaiian Certificate of Life Birth, which is not a birth certificate, that was posted by his campaign was all that he needed to peropetuate a lie over the American people. Be a real reported Mr. Falcone and get the facts. As Sergeant Friday use to say on Dragnet, “Just the facts Ma’am.”
Posted by: Flynn | March 2, 2011, 10:44 am 10:44 am
Willy and all the other idiots…Public Records!!!! Also you can spend a $100.00 M.O. to the State of Hawaii and they will gladly send you a copy of his BC. If it’s important to you…by all means. The President has foregone his very private info so you can SEE it! I can’t send for yours without YOUR permission…but the Presidnt has made it possible that YOU can send and SEE HIS. Go for it.
Posted by: raven | March 2, 2011, 10:46 am 10:46 am
Any moron who’s stupid enough to still think President Obama :
1. Was born in another country
2. Is a Muslim
3. Was raised in Kenya
doesn’t deserve the right to vote !!
Hanging on to irrational fear of a biracial President , when the facts are clearly present, means you’re too stupid to make a sound decision in the election booth!
CASE CLOSED !!!
Posted by: TLJ | March 2, 2011, 11:06 am 11:06 am
Mr. Huckabee…I am deeply saddened by your outright lies especially since you once said he was a citizen and a christian.Who or what made you change your mind? While I did not agrees with your policies, I kind of liked that you were honest and did not follow the party rhetoric and that made you respectful. Now I feel you must have received the party memos with the rhetoric which must be followed in order to be a good republican otherwise be sanctioned. That was why I liked Mc Cain once because he was a mavrick even if he denies it and once spoke truths not party lines. Now both of you have lost respect with this country and any thing you say in the future will only have question marks above it. Too bad.. you lost respect as a politician and a religious person.
Posted by: talmag | March 2, 2011, 11:32 am 11:32 am
Marine Vet: the bust was not a gift it was a loan, originally after 9/11 to GWB for his term as President. On his getting a second term the loan was extended at his request. It was then returned, not to the UK but to the British Embassy where it had been before the original loan.
In the UK this raised an amount of fuss and outrage tending to zero. I seem to recall that Obama replaced the bust of Churchill with a bust of an American, can’t remember who but it seems a pretty innocuous act.
Turning to Mr Huckabee’s remarks about the British in Kenya I would dearly dearly love to know how he saw our presence there. We had an Empire, we were imperialists and we did a lot of imperialistic things. It may come as a shock but here goes; the British regard the British Empire as imperialistic, there is no other way to view it.
Posted by: Campbell | March 2, 2011, 11:39 am 11:39 am
There are only two categories of US Citizens. Natural Born or Naturalization. If as the birthers claim that he was born in Kenya, and we know he lived in Indonesia as a child.
*Are we to believe that he first entered the US with No visa, no US Passport and the INS has no record of him?
*Where are his Naturalization Papers?
*Are we to believe that he made a request to the state of Hawaii for his Birth Certificate and they just gave it to him with no research to see if he was actually born there?
Are we to believe that he was able to obtain a US Passport just by saying please without showing anything? Travelled the world, became a US Senator and president just by saying, “I can’t remember where I put my birth certificate, I’ll get back to you latter.”
That defies logic to believe that.
Posted by: Jay | March 2, 2011, 11:49 am 11:49 am
It’s not what we don’t know about Obama that’s the problem. It’s what we do know about him.
Posted by: paulejb | March 2, 2011, 11:51 am 11:51 am
Obama’s father was a British subject, therefore Obama is a dual citizen of the US and Britain.
He may also have obtained Indonesian citizenship when his parents sought to enroll him in school there.
Do Americans want a Commander-in-Chief with divided loyalties due to citizenship?
No, Americans want a natural born citizen of the US, just as the Constitution requires.
When the citizenship issues erupts during the 2012 campaign, it will be the end of the Democratic party for covering this up.
Posted by: Joe White | March 2, 2011, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm
“Why is the MSM so hestitant (sic) to ask Obama why he is spending so much money keeping his birth certificate under wraps?”
Why should Obama stop Republicans from embarrassing themselves? The campaign produced the birth certificate in the summer of 2008. He’s a citizen, born in the USA to an American mother. Deal with it.
Posted by: Milwauken | March 2, 2011, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
To Marine Vet: The bust is no longer in the Oval Office; it is in the President’s residence, the private “home” that the First Family uses.
It was replaced by a bust of Lincoln.
Realnard: Get your fact straight- Obama said “57″ states.
Which if you are more than 40 years old is a VERY COMMON joke, a reference to Heinz “57″ varieties.
You see, many people are either too young or too stupid to get the joke. I wonder which category the many Conservatives who make this statement fall into?
Posted by: Dendroica | March 2, 2011, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
This is truly sad. A new Urban legend that will be repeated over and over without regards to the facts.
Posted by: Jim | March 2, 2011, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm
As I said in my comment feed…I have lost respect for Mr. Huckerbee as a politician and as a religious person. He knew better and he should have never gone there to please anyone not even his party or any other party.
Posted by: talmag | March 2, 2011, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm
Doesn’t matter where Barry was born; he’s still an America-hater doing all he can to bring America down from within.
The REALLY SICK (and treasonous) thing in all this is that the Left DOESN’T CARE where Obama was born, just so long as they have their black Radical Leftist in power. -Talk about putting political above country.
And clearly Huck is spot on when it comes to Obama’s twisted view of America that is SO FAR out of line from our EVERY previous president.
Impeach, coup, whatever it takes…
Posted by: LibsAreTerrorists | March 2, 2011, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm
Huckabee knew exactly what he was doing, from his tone and the cheerleading by Malzberg, it clearly to me sounded intentional and perhaps planned. These are classic right wing disinformation tatics. Huckabee is not that that much of an idiot to “mispeak” at such length. What he, Palin, Rush, Hannity, along with most of the Fox crew and the rest of their ilk often engage in is distraction and misinformation. An uninformed listener would easily be led to believe his statements through his reputation and his tone.
Then they feign a sincere retraction, which incidently is actually just more of the same. As in this case one gets the sense that the Mr. Huckabee’s completely erroneous comments and tepid yet further insinuating statement by his staff were crafted at the same time.
Now the “bright shiny object” has already been dangled before their base and no amount of public denounciation will remove this latest claim from their lexicon. I’ll wager that this bit of dis-info will be revisited over and over and over again during the next campaign, thereby distracting the public from real issues while air and print time are wasted covering and refuting these spurious claims. This is the entire base agenda of the “birthers” and “paling around with terrorists”, and “death panels” (the entire debate and importance of the health care bill was rendered irrelevant in the public’s ear by that little ditty)…need I say more?
I clearly remember how much damage was done to Sen. Kerry, a decorated combat Viet Nam veteran, by the well organized, well funded, Swift Boaters for Justice.
These people truly must not have any shame to attach such behavior to their names.
Posted by: imjustsayin | March 2, 2011, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm
p.s. The bust of Churchill was replaced with one of Abraham Lincoln. Then the Churchill bust was moved to the White House residence.
Posted by: imjustsayin | March 2, 2011, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor” is a Commandment and Huckabee is a former preacher. That’s really all you need to know to know about Mr. Mike Huckabee, Huckster.
Posted by: Dana in NYC | March 2, 2011, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
DK wrote:
“It’s none of your business how his school was paid for.”
Actually it is, especially if he applied for a scholarship based on his citizenship of another country.
Posted by: Joe White | March 2, 2011, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm
Ah yes, Huckabee wishes Obama’s dad wasn’t so critical of our good English colonialists – just ask the Founding Fathers why they didn’t stick around.
Flush goes the sound of Huck’s prez bid.
Posted by: christian | March 2, 2011, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
“a new Prime Minister of England were to send a bust of Lincoln back to America…countless people would be attempting to figure out why that occured…..what was in the new PMs background to cause such an unusual behavior.”
Joel G Greer | Mar 1, 2011 6:22:35 PM
Well that is very true. On the top of list would be the prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Btw, the bust was on loan not a gift.
Posted by: John | March 2, 2011, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
Obama sent the bust back BECAUSE IT WAS ON LOAN TO GWB. Get over it.
Posted by: Ship of Fools | March 2, 2011, 4:05 pm 4:05 pm
“Governor Huckabee simply misspoke when he alluded to President Obama growing up in ‘Kenya.’ The Governor meant to say the President grew up in Indonesia,” Gidley told ABC News.
This is unadulterated B.S. Had Huckabee misspoke, accidentally replacing the word “Kenya” with “Indonesia”, he would not have gone on to cite historical events in Kenya. He may have been mistaken or he may have been trying to mislead people (i.e. lying), but he clearly *meant* to say that Obama grew up in Kenya.
Posted by: Jon | March 2, 2011, 8:01 pm 8:01 pm
I used to think that Huckabee was THE ONE candidate that I would go back to vote Republican for…
…well, he just blew that thought.
What an idiot! But, he will sure gets the idiot votes out there.
Posted by: X_Republican_Because_Of_Bush | March 2, 2011, 10:55 pm 10:55 pm
LIBSARETERRORISTS, 12:39:33 PM, Said: “The REALLY SICK (and treasonous) thing in all this is that the Left DOESN’T CARE where Obama was born, just so long as they have their black Radical Leftist in power.”
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LOL!…just the fact that you use the term, “black radical”, says alot about who you are… LOL!
Let me guess…from Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia or Louisiana, right?
Posted by: X_Republican_Because_Of_Bush | March 2, 2011, 11:00 pm 11:00 pm
Mr Huckabee needs to get himself a real job and get over Mr President Obama’s birth certificate. This is old news and only keeps coming up when a Republican needs to gain votes in a Democratic land.
Posted by: Perry | March 6, 2011, 1:07 am 1:07 am