You may not vote for him but Republican Presidential Candidate, Mike Huckabee is making politics interesting once again. Yesterday he commented " ... how happy he was that Britney Spears, pregnant 16 year old sister, Jamie Lynn, was keeping her baby" Now, no one really asked for Mike's opinion and I really don't think the expecting couple have Mike on "speed dial." But with this comment, Huckabee successfully got a piece of the news headlines and the "Conservative right" and "Bible thumper'" base of the Republican party got his subtle message.
Now he has Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice making him note worthy as she finally felt compelled to say something about Huckabee's take on what has been a poor foreign policy for the last seven years.
Huckabee feels the Bush administrations foreign policy is "arrogant and unilateral" and characterized by a "bunker mentality." Duh? No earth shattering news there. But Huckabee proved himself news worthy again as Condolezza felt completed to responded to these comments, saying, "The idea that somehow this is a go-it-alone policy is just simply ludicrous," she said at a State Department news conference. "One would only have to be not observing the facts, let me say that, to say that this is now a go-it-alone foreign policy."
She then protested she didn't want to dignify these comments with any remarks saying, "Look, I don't comment on other people's comments. I don't have time, all right. I really don't have time to worry about this."
But she wouldn't let it go because she then launched into a vigorous defense of the administration's multilateral diplomatic efforts on Afghanistan, North Korea and Iran, and pointed to improving ties with traditional allies in Europe, some of which were strained by the Iraq war.
"We have right now probably the strongest trans-Atlantic relations ... I would say in a very long time," Rice said, noting in particular Britain, France and Germany.
"We're working with allies in Europe, Russia and China on Iran. The (NATO) alliance is mobilized together in Afghanistan," she said. "We had 50-plus countries at Annapolis to launch the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. We're working together with allies in Lebanon.
"I can go on and on and on and on," Rice concluded. "And so, I would just say to people, look at the facts.
Oooo Mike Huckabee, that woman is mad at you!
The former Arkansas governor has surged in the polls to become a front-runner in the upcoming Iowa caucuses for the GOP presidential nomination. The reason why? Because unlike the other GOP candidates, love him or hate him, Mike Huckabee has something interesting to say.