CBS “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson on Sunday quizzed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on his recent Holocaust reference, questioning why he felt bringing up the Nazis would help him make his point.
“I want to know, has there ever been a modern debate where an argument was won by using a Nazi analogy?” Dickerson asked, referencing Huckabee’s recent remark that with the Iran deal, President Obama was marching Israelis “to the door of the oven.”
“I don’t know if a debate has been won. But I know that we are in a very dangerous situation because of the deal with the Iranians,” Huckabee answered. “We just released $150 billion so they can buy conventional weapons from the Russians and can continue what is already a very deadly pursuit of terrorism around the world. We got nothing out of this deal.”
The presidential candidate then defended his Nazi analogy.
“And my comments, while the President may have called them ‘ridiculous,’ what’s ridiculous is that we would ever trust the Iranians, who for 36 years have vowed that they will wipe Israel off the face of the map and have vowed that they will bring death to America,” Huckabee said.
Dickerson then quizzed Huckabee on why he believes the Obama administration trusts Iran.
“So I’m confused about how you say they do trust them. They’ve been saying they don’t trust them at all. You just don’t believe them,” Dickerson said.
“Well, if you don’t trust them, how come you give them 24 days before you actually go and do the inspection that you announce you’re going to do?” Huckabee asked in response. “That’s trust, John. That’s the problem with the entire deal.”
Watch the clip via CBS:
Once again, Huckabee gets to leverage the Holocaust for political gain. Nice one, Dickerson, you jerk.
Best sequence?
18.) The actress Jamie Lynn Spears, for being pregnant and unmarried. “A tragedy.” (2007).
19.) The media, for criticizing Bristol Palin after she became pregnant while unmarried. “The most shameful thing I’ve ever seen in my life…Everyone understands that the basis of being a Christian is that everyone has fallen short of God’s ideal.” (2008)
20.) The actress Natalie Portman, for being pregnant and unmarried. “It gives a distorted image…most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can’t get a job.” (2011).
“What’s ridiculous is that we would ever trust the Iranians, who for 36 years have vowed that they will wipe Israel off the face of the map and have vowed that they will bring death to America,” Huckabee said.
And for 36 years they haven’t done it. Why? Because they know it would be the end of Iran. Huckabee likes to blow smoke up peoples ass just like Iranian leaders. Huck gives real Christians a bad name.
But sadly, there is a significant portion of the voting population that agrees with him. Don’t ever confuse that segment with the facts.
Huck to Williams: Just now. Thanks for the setup.