Bye Bye Huckabee. Last Goofball Leaves Presidential Race (Not A Day Too Soon) But Doesn't Drink The Kool-Aid.

Can someone get Huckabee off the stage and end the most painfully embarrassing concession I think I've ever heard? I mean, put him out of my misery. Huckabee seems to have forgotten that this isn't the end of a grand, hard-fought race. It was a farce that everyone indulged because Huckabee's sort of a feel-good wingnut and had a good sense of humor. When he started on to 'Victory or Death' riff at the end I thought he might be about to end with a stunning crescendo of a ritual suicide. But apparently it was Victory or Death (or windy concession speech), the lesser known original version of the line. Huck! by--Josh Marshall in TPM Thanks to Judge C.

Don't forget that the people voting for him were/are the foundation of the Bush presidency, they are studious devotees of conservative talk radio from coast to coast, where they get their civic and history lessons they missed in school. They also are the financial foundation of the country's great mega churches and TV ministries, without which the country would have no culture other than consumerism.

We are only beginning to feel the pain from the Bush's economic policies, the hangover has arrived, the great party to which only the top few percent of Americans was invited is now over. We are going to need more scripture in the coming months than we heard last night to get us through this economic mess. So, McCain might want to keep Huckaby near by. Especially as his cure for the economy is to cut taxes?!? That brings prosperity every time, right?. Lets all pray.
Wall Street economist on the tube this morning said the US economic situation was so depressing he has moved to Asia. -from James The Bruce