Barack Obama is not the only politician willing to raise the level of discourse in America. Watch how Mike Huckabee, with simple earnestness and empathy, completely shuts down Joe Scarborough and his partisan baiting (you can skip to 3:30). It's not just anyone that can reduce a loudmouth partisan hack like Scarborough to lame Atticus Finch quotes in the space of a single response:
I found his brief description of his personal experience with segregation--and plea to "cut some slack" to those who have suffered from it--to be actually, well, touching.
It is also worthwhile to take notice of Huckabee's exceptional ear for politics and ability to maneuver in the political moment. While most conservatives respond with shrill, tone-deaf, knee-jerk reactions to Obama's speech that still just obsess over Reverend Wright's vitriol, Huckabee tacks toward conciliation--and is even able to wring a valid criticism of liberals out of it.
I don't mean this to be an accusation of cynicism on the part of Huckabee. I think this is one of those instances where being sincere just is politically savvy.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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