{"id":369,"date":"2008-01-17T09:45:05","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T13:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godandculture.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/17\/jonah-goldberg-and-republican-hypocrisy\/"},"modified":"2008-01-17T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2008-01-17T13:45:05","slug":"jonah-goldberg-and-republican-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/jonah-goldberg-and-republican-hypocrisy","title":{"rendered":"Jonah Goldberg and Republican Hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonah Goldberg, editor at large for National Review\u00a0Online<\/a>,\u00a0has been hitting the talk show circuit peddling his new book. This morning on Morning Joe he actually put into words why the Republican establishment HATES Mike Huckabee.<\/p>\n

To paraphrase Goldberg, Mike Huckabee is “Compassionate Conservatism” on steroids. According to Goldberg, George Bush used “Compassionate Conservatism” as a marketing slogan, but he didn’t really believe in it. Mike Huckabee on the other hand really believes it, and that makes him dangerous.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: I just got the audio from MSNBC and here is Goldberg’s exact quote:<\/p>\n

I think [Huckabee] represents Compassionate Conservatism on steroids. He really believes this stuff. At least\u00a0the defense of Bush’s Compassionate Conservatism was, well, it was just a marketing slogan. I think Huckabee really does believe that the government is there to do whatever he thinks is good, and whatever he thinks is just, and nice, and kind, and all that kind of stuff. And so for me, I think it’s a kind of right wing progressivism and I don’t like it. I think he is<\/em> an economic liberal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There you have it: National Review’s Jonah Goldberg applauding hypocrisy in the Republican establishment, revealing the arrogance of those opposed to Huckabee. Bush’s talk of helping the poor was just that: talk. What worries establishment Republicans is that Huckabee might actually help the poor.<\/p>\n

Of course the candidate of choice for people like Goldberg – Mitt Romney – can offer the auto industry a $20 BILLION DOLLAR government bailout, yet they still view Romney as an economic conservative. Giving your tax dollars to corporate America is ok, but God forbid we should use tax dollars to help the poor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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