The Tao of Huckabee
Read the Bible more; blogs less.
That is #2 from Mike Huckabee’s “12 Action Steps to STOP Being Cynical.” These conclude chapter 2 of his book From Hope to Higher Ground, recently given to me by a cousin who likes Huckabee. No word on what to do if the a blog is about the Bible.
The list is pretty unobjectionable — practice “random acts of kindness,” have conversations with people different from you, watch classic films (specifically, those “made before 1968”; maybe Huckabee is not a fan of “Midnight Cowboy”), do volunteer work — but then there’s this:
Listen to more music and less talk radio.
I could ponder on what coded message this is sending to Rush Limbaugh et al., or whether it’s just a subtle plug for Huckabee’s band. But I wouldn’t want to be cynical.
Comments
Huckabee has good reason to be wary of conservative bloggers and talk radio. These groups often have a libertarian streak to them. Huckabee has expressed his disdain for libertarians and conservatives with libertarian sympathies and they have returned the favor. Personally it bothers me that someone like Huckabee, in favor of intrusive big government, is ever even referred to as a conservative.
Posted by: Robert L. | January 31, 2009 07:52 PM
Pretty much none of the conservative talk radio has any libertarianism in it. And very few conservative bloggers are libertarian either. A very overused term if there ever was one.
Posted by: Robert S. Porter | February 1, 2009 07:40 PM
the more libertarian stuff i read, the more it seems to converge with anarchism, not conservatism.
i don’t really see how conservatism and libertarianism can be conflated. the fact that both want “less government” doesn’t even begin to capture the main thrust of either.
it strikes me as entirely appropriate that someone like huckabee is considered a conservative. he is probably more representative of the average self-named conservative than someone only concerned with taxes or privatizing the police. the latter should simply be called “texan.”
Posted by: Joel | February 2, 2009 10:48 AM