Stephen did it. He officially put Mike Huckabee on his "On Notice" board, and cut through the spin to get to the REAL reason Huckabee made the Kenya comment about Obama.
Now, in case you missed it, he said Obama grew up in Kenya, with his Kenyan father, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya.
My feelings about this, folks, I gotta say, are complicated. First off, Obama didn't grow up in Kenya. He was born in Kenya, before moving to Islamistan, where he then traveled back in time to plant his birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper.
But I understand the Governor's point. The Kenyan view of the Mau Mau Revolution is far different from the American view, which is generally, "What is the Mau Mau Revolution?" Now, I don't know the answer to that, but I do know we must defend the Sultan of Zanzibar, or bring him down. Either way, land and freedom! Yeah, we're passionate about it.
But after being called out for the inaccuracy, Huckabee took personal responsibility by sending someone else to admit he was wrong, saying:
Governor Huckabee simply misspoke when he alluded to President Obama growing up in "Kenya". The Governor meant to say the President grew up in Indonesia.
OK? He simply misspoke. For five minutes. About the Mau Mau Revolution, which he evidently thought happened in Indonesia. The important thing isn't where the Mau Mau Revolution happened. The important thing is for people to start associating Barack Obama with the words "Mau Mau". After all, wherever not in the United States the President grew up, he had a different childhood.
Video and transcript below the fold.
Nation, I'm also pretty upset about recent comments by friend of the show Mike Huckabee. Listen to what he said to famed conservative film critic and mustache host organism Michael Medved.
MIKE HUCKABEE (2/28/2011): One of the things that's troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, "Hey look, you know, we're having children. We're not married, but we're having these children, and they're doing just fine."
What are you thinking, Governor? Look, I'm no fan of single mothers either, but it's Natalie Portman we're talking about! That kid she's pregnant with is Luke Skywalker! So, I mean logically, if you're against her pregnancy, that means you've aligned yourself politically with Emperor Palpatine! You're alienating all of Tatooine! It's a swing planet!
And this is just the latest. He also dropped this Huck-a-bomb about Obama's childhood on New York's WOR radio.
MIKE HUCKABEE (2/28/2011): If you think about it, his perspective as growing up in Kenya with a Kenyan father and grandfather, their view of the Mau Mau Revolution in Kenya is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing that the British were a bunch of imperialists who persecuted his grandfather.
Now, in case you missed it, he said Obama grew up in Kenya, with his Kenyan father, Kenya, Kenya, Kenya.
My feelings about this, folks, I gotta say, are complicated. First off, Obama didn't grow up in Kenya. He was born in Kenya, before moving to Islamistan, where he then traveled back in time to plant his birth announcement in a Hawaiian newspaper.
But I understand the Governor's point. The Kenyan view of the Mau Mau Revolution is far different from the American view, which is generally, "What is the Mau Mau Revolution?" Now, I don't know the answer to that, but I do know we must defend the Sultan of Zanzibar, or bring him down. Either way, land and freedom! Yeah, we're passionate about it.
But after being called out for the inaccuracy, Huckabee took personal responsibility by sending someone else to admit he was wrong, saying:
Governor Huckabee simply misspoke when he alluded to President Obama growing up in "Kenya". The Governor meant to say the President grew up in Indonesia.
OK? He simply misspoke. For five minutes. About the Mau Mau Revolution, which he evidently thought happened in Indonesia. The important thing isn't where the Mau Mau Revolution happened. The important thing is for people to start associating Barack Obama with the words "Mau Mau". After all, wherever not in the United States the President grew up, he had a different childhood. As Huckabee clarified:
MIKE HUCKABEE (3/2/2011): I've said many times, publicly, that I do think he has a different worldview, and I think it's in part molded out of a very different experience. Most of us grew up going to Boy Scout meetings, not madrassas. ... Does this President have a different worldview than any other President in the history of the United States?
Yes. I know my worldview was permanently set at age 7. That's why I believe the greatest threat facing this nation is my mother vacuuming up our Lincoln Logs. Now Huckabee's comments ticked me off, not because I disagree with them, folks, but because he didn't make them when he was on my show just one week ago! When he was here, he gave me nothing! C'mon, Governor, I'm on your side. I want the juicy stuff you give other people, like this bold statement you made on gay marriage.
MIKE HUCKABEE (4/7/2010): The ideal world, it's a man and a woman. You don't go ahead and accommodate every behavioral pattern that is against the ideal. That would be like saying, well ... there are some people who believe in incest, so we should accommodate them.
Yes. Gay marriage and incest are basically the same thing. That's Westboro Baptist Church territory. That's the red meat I'm talking about. By the way, we shouldn't let gay people marry red meat either. But when you were here, all you gave me was this.
MIKE HUCKABEE (2/24/2011): There's a difference between, really, just the kind of Muslims that live in your neighborhood and they're great citizens, and jihadists. There's a difference. There's a difference between Christians who are nice people, and the ones who are like the Westboro Baptist Church, who are a bunch of loons!
What a steaming pile of reasonable! I'm sorry, sir, until you come on my show, and say something that will get you some unwanted notice, I am putting you on notice! Bring it out, boys!
I'm sorry, sir, but you brought this on yourself. Let's see what we've got here. Let's see, M... M... M... mandrills, marzipan, mescaline (comma, tabs of), here you go, Mike Huckabee!
All right, Governor, brace yourself! See ya, wouldn't want to Huckabee ya!
Boom! Woo! How's that taste, Governor? Is that on your diet? There you are, and you're not coming off notice until you come on my show and recklessly misspeak. And I want it to be something good. Like Barack Obama is the forgotten Pointer Sister, or Michelle Obama is a toothless carny who sells meth behind the zipper.
And you know what? You know what, sir? You know what, if it makes you a little more comfortable, feel free to throw in a Kenya here, a Kenya there, here a Kenya, there a Kenya, everywhere a Mau Mau. We'll be right back.
Stephen also spent a segment
mocking Newt Gingrich for his exploratory bid.
Jon Stewart, meanwhile, looked at how
Fox News continually lied about the
price tag of the "damage" to the Capitol building left by the protesters in Wisconsin, and then John Oliver filed a
field piece from Illinois when he went to search for the Wisconsin 14. You'll never guess who he encounters!!!
And Jon's guest was none other than Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Obviously, the interview went long, so they threw the unedited version online, which you can view here:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
And you'll enjoy the Moment of Zen from Steve Doocy about putting other people's DNA into his mouth. ;-)