“Im always flattered when people on the far left manufacture a new version of being ‘offended,’” Huckabee told me. “They can be quite creative in finding something that hurts their feelings.” (This is the statement that is supposed to be so controversial.) In his speech to the Republican National Committees winter meeting on Thursday, Huckabee said: “If the Democrats want to insult women by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it.” He added: Our party stands for the recognition of the equality of women and the capacity of women. That’s not a war on them, it’s a war for them.” The use of the word “libido” brought an avalanche of criticism from the left. The Huffington Post ran a screaming headline, “Huckabee: Dems Think Women ‘Can’t Control Their Libido.” MSNBC has run segments titled “Hucked Up” and “What the Huck?” Huckabee put part of the blame on two network reporters, NBC’s Kasie Hunt and CNN’s Dana Bash, who “erroneously tweeted” his remarks “to mean the polar opposite” and had to correct the tweets “because they so totally blew it…and now it’s a scandal?”
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:41:14 +0000