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Governor Mike Huckabee RIP'S on the President.....
....Dear Mr. President:
How’s the vacation going on Martha’s Vineyard? Pretty swell place for sure. Ocean breeze, beautiful homes, and packed out with America’s top 1% of the 1%—you must be in your element.
And golf? I’m sure you’re playing so much golf, you’re getting almost tired of it. But then, you never tire of golf. You just seem to tire of that “Presidency thing.”
My neighbors in Louisiana aren’t having it so good, Mr. President. They are underwater—again. Historic floods that have impacted or destroyed 40,000 homes and left thousands of families homeless are sure ruining their hopes for a summer vacation this year. Probably will take away hopes for a summer vacation next year as well. Their once nice homes are now waterfront property. In fact their homes don’t just front the water—they are IN the water and the water is in them.
I realize that in the hustle and bustle of golf, having ice cream, and strolling the quaint streets of the Vineyard you may not have noticed this catastrophic natural disaster. And because you have paid so little attention to it, sadly not many Americans have either.
It’s one reason that when a apocalyptic event like a flood, tornado, or hurricane happens, Governors and Presidents show up. It’s not because their presence can make the water recede (although I do recall you saying something back in 2008 about how nature itself would respond to your election), or pick up the shattered splinters of a home, or recover the lost personal effects a family will never get back. I know this because in my 10 1/2 years as Governor, I walked through many flood waters, stepped over fallen trees during ice storm, held in my arms a weeping widow whose husband was killed shielding her from the fierce and unforgiving winds of a tornado.
I wasn’t there because I could singularly “fix it.” I was there because my presence brought attention to the crisis that my absence wouldn’t have. The news crews who went because I did caused churches and individuals to see the devastation and it mobilized them to action. It gave voice to the victims, and it let those whose lives were irreparably changed know they were not forgotten. It also drove home the degree of devastation to me, and gave me a greater sense of urgency to Marshall all the resources of my state to help in the recovery.
President Clinton—you know him, right? He plays a lot of golf too, but when major disasters struck, President Clinton came. Natural disasters aren’t political. And elected officials shouldn’t be either in the midst of one. I personally walked, drove, and flew through many scenes of human tragedy with President Clinton. Whatever our political differences, he understood that his presence, like that of the local Governor, was reassuring to people who will never know the sweet sea breeze of Martha’s Vineyard. Right now, some of your citizens only smell the stench of a flood’s aftermath—rotting fish and animal carcasses, growing mildew inside homes, and floating sewage that comes as treatment plants involuntarily discharge their waste because of the rising water.
Maybe if it rains in Martha’s Vineyard and you have to cancel a golf game, you might fire up ol’ Air Force One and venture down to check on my friends in Louisiana. I know it will make it there, because it’s taken you and the fam all over the world on some pretty nifty vacations. I don’t begrudge you those vacations, by the way. You need them. But Louisiana needs you right now. Not because you can personally fix it, but because you showing up means a lot of resources will show up as will the cameras to help the nations see how bad it is.
Yes, I’m a partisan Republican when it comes to politics, but this isn’t about our politics—it’s about our people. President Clinton would have already been there. I know there are some things about his Presidency we don’t want you to imitate. But showing up when Americans are hurting would do you and the country some good.
The Governor doesn't want him there. Good for him for not grandstanding at the expense of the flood victims.
If people are too stupid to realize that being on vacation is no actual vacation for POTUS then they're too stupid to write such self righteous letters and be taken seriously. Wtf is Huckabee doing for the victims, besides stirring up crap?
You really believe he's there to give comfort to the victims? Even though his very presence is causing more problems for the relief effort than it's helping? Even though the governor asked that visits by dignitaries be postponed a few weeks so they can concentrate on the work they have in front of them?
Even given all that, you still believe he's there for purely altruistic reasons?
The victims I've talked to says he sure has, but I'm sure you believe your opinion is more valid than theirs right?
I didn't say he complicated anything. I said he was a phony trying to win an election.
The Democratic governor never told Obama to stay away. He's helping the pretend president save face.
Eye roll at "pretend president." You're about to have another "pretend president" for eight more years so it's a good thing you're used to it.
The governor clearly stated that a presidential visit would tax logistics at this point. But Obama could cure cancer, stop war in the Middle East and beat Usain Bolt in the 100m., all in one week, and you'd still refuse to do anything but criticize him.
Eye roll at "pretend president." You're about to have another "pretend president" for eight more years so it's a good thing you're used to it.
The governor clearly stated that a presidential visit would tax logistics at this point. But Obama could cure cancer, stop war in the Middle East and beat Usain Bolt in the 100m., all in one week, and you'd still refuse to do anything but criticize him.
The LA democrat governor would let every resident in his state drown or go hungry before he even thought about criticizing his democrat President in this situation.
The LA democrat governor would let every resident in his state drown or go hungry before he even thought about criticizing his democrat President in this situation.
Hyperbole much?
Everyone knows that streets get shut down and local law enforcement get called in when the president comes to town. That's the last thing that area needs right now. It's completely logical that the governor would comment that a visit would be more appreciated in a few weeks.
Everyone knows that streets get shut down and local law enforcement get called in when the president comes to town. That's the last thing that area needs right now. It's completely logical that the governor would comment that a visit would be more appreciated in a few weeks.
Then why didn't democrats, especially Louisiana democrat governor Kathleen Blanco tell President Bush to wait a few weeks after hurricane Katrina? Do you people really think this country has forgotten how illogical and insane democrats were towards the POTUS following Katrina? Do you people think we've gotten over how political you made that tragedy? Give me a break, we remember it like it was yesterday. Democrats were downright vile and evil during that event and we all know why, the people of Louisiana remember it very well.
Everyone knows that streets get shut down and local law enforcement get called in when the president comes to town. That's the last thing that area needs right now. It's completely logical that the governor would comment that a visit would be more appreciated in a few weeks.
Do you think Donald Trump cares what the area needs or how his media tour impacts the relief efforts? There's a camera, damn it! Get me in front of it now!
Hey, these poor victims make a great backdrop, don't you think? Just make sure none of them blocks me in the frame, because this isn't about them, it's about ME! ME! ME!**
**If that wasn't true he would have respected the wishes of the people on the ground doing the hard work. But that was something he never even considered. Not when there was an opportunity for a photo op.
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Give me a break, we remember it like it was yesterday. Democrats were downright vile and evil during that event and we all know why, the people of Louisiana remember it very well.