We’ve previously written about Mike Huckabee’s love of horse meat. On Wednesday, Mike Huckabee proved that eating horse is not his only odd meat preference. On the MSNBC show Morning Joe, Huckabee, talking about why he can relate to the people of South Carolina, told a story about how in college they would cook fried squirrels in a popcorn popper - the only cooking device they were allowed to keep in the dorms.
“Mike Huckabee is a madman. He kidnapped, slaughtered, skinned and devoured my second cousin, Sammy the Squirrel.”
My first question is: why is Huckabee talking about this stuff? Frying squirrels in a popcorn popper? Eating horse meat? Does he honestly believe this helps him with rural, southern voters? The other question is, even if rural southern voters do eat fried squirrel, do they necessarily want a President who openly talks about doing so? Doesn’t that just perpetuate the “hick” stereotype some people have about rural Southerners? If so, than Huckabee is HURTING not helping these voters.
“Let me emphasize once again that I used to be a fattie. If any of you have been friends with a fattie, then you know where I’m coming from. You can’t hold a fattie responsible for anything they eat, particularly if they haven’t eaten in over 3 hours.”
Also, while I’m sure some people think this is no big deal, haven’t psychologists been saying for years that one of the common traits in serial killers is torturing or killing small animals when they are a child? Now obviously I’m not saying Huckabee is any sort of killer, but it does make you wonder why he would even take the political risk of talking about something like this.
Here’s the footage of his remarks:
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1 Mike Huckabee » Is There Anything Mike Huckabee Won’t Eat? // Jan 18, 2008 at 12:36 pm
[...] Eick wrote an interesting post today on Is There Anything Mike Huckabee Won’t Eat?Here’s a quick excerptWe’ve previously written about Mike Huckabee’s love of horse meat. On Wednesday, Mike Huckabee proved that eating horse is not his only odd meat preference. On the MSNBC show Morning Joe, Huckabee, talking about why he can relate to the … [...]
2 DCBlogs // Jan 18, 2008 at 1:14 pm
3 Mystery Meat « Absurdities! // Jan 18, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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4 Mike Huckabee » Blog Archive » Is There Anything Mike Huckabee Won’t Eat? // Jan 18, 2008 at 2:21 pm
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5 Repulicans Presidential Election 2008 » Is There Anything Mike Huckabee Won’t Eat? // Jan 18, 2008 at 5:47 pm
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6 bloggingzoom.com // Jan 19, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Mike Huckabee Eats Fried Squirrel, Horse Meat…
In Iowa, Mike Huckabee talked about eating horse meat. Now he’s talking about frying up squirrels in a popcorn popper while in college. Huckabee made these comments on the show Morning Joe. In this blog post I poke fun at Huckabee for his strange eati…
7 The Bullshit Observer: Huckabee eats Horses and Squirrels // Jan 21, 2008 at 6:46 pm
8 endless simmer » Blog Archive » Gourmet My Ass // Jan 29, 2008 at 3:34 pm
[...] Gourmet magazine recently reworked their website to include sections on food politics, food making videos and hoity toity advice. Now, this would not normally warrant a post on the anti-establishment ES, but they also added the section: “Vintage Gourmet.” This showcases ghosts of Gourmet’s past. And when I say ghosts, I just don’t mean pineapple, kiwi and goose pudding, or some other gelatin concoction. No, I mean seriously effed up dishes - VARMINT recipes. Yes, I said it. Gourmet actually published recipes for woodchuck, raccoon and squirrel. [...]
9 Mark Twain // Jan 31, 2008 at 11:36 am
Why do you think hunters hunt? For the meat! I don’t know why any of you think it strange to eat animals, afterall, what is it about a cow, a lamb, or a chicken that makes it so much more normal than other animals? They’re all made out of meat.
I, having been raised in rural Missouri, grew up hunting and fishing, and eating my catch. Squirrel is delicious, as is rabbit, ‘coon, deer, etc. As for cooking it up on a popcorn popper, that’s certainly novel, but it is simply a heat generating device, and heat is how one cooks meat. I understand the context was that of restrictive dorm rules on cooking implements…no open flames, obviously. Is this so bizarre to you folks, or is it just that much easier for you to call someone that is obviously better educated and has been more successful in life than most of us ever will a ‘hick’?
Get over yourselves, please. It really is ignorant.
10 Mike Licht // Jun 13, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Don’t you go knockin’ squirrel brains n’ eggs. Mighty good eatin.’
Better breakfast than that gran-ola of yourn.
Fresher, too. Just hold out a peanut and — wham! Breakfast.
11 Thought for Food - On the MSNBC show Morning Joe, Huckabee, talking... // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:34 am
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