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arcane1

(38,613 posts) Fri May 22, 2015, 02:56 PM May 2015

Mike Huckabee's Facebook Fans Tear Him To Shreds For Defending Josh Duggar [View all]

This morning, GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee posted a lengthy Facebook status affirming his “support for the Duggar family,” saying that Josh Duggar – who confessed to molestation – is being attacked by “blood-thirsty media” and deserves “our support.”

This set off a surprising reaction among Huckabee's Facebook fans, with a chorus of his once-supportive Republican loyalists declaring that he had lost their vote over his words on the matter. Here are a few examples:

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http://www.alternet.org/culture/mike-huckabees-facebook-fans-tear-him-shreds-defending-josh-duggar

His Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/mikehuckabee/posts/10152994543137869

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Mike Huckabee's Facebook Fans Tear Him To Shreds For Defending Josh Duggar [View all] arcane1 May 2015 OP

Sometimes it takes a hard splash of ice cold reality to wake people up Siwsan May 2015 #1

Behaps this is an attempt to assuage his own conscience. olegramps May 2015 #19

I was inarticulately referring to the Huckabee supporters who are deserting him, now Siwsan May 2015 #21

mmmmm bunnies May 2015 #2

Poor Suckabee, now he will have to go cry to his BFF Ted "pedo" Nugent. Rex May 2015 #6

Yep. And the more we see the more repulsive he is. bunnies May 2015 #8

I did too, figured he was just like the many people I've run into here in south Texas. Rex May 2015 #9

Multiple rape at that. He needs to go away now. bunnies May 2015 #10

I would have thought Huckabee would have been smarter. He would be Thinkingabout May 2015 #3

He sure misjudged his public, didn't he? SusanCalvin May 2015 #30

These rw preachers are the same ones who used to demand that women who had been abused jwirr May 2015 #4

Or that any child begat by rape or incest should be born(e). erronis May 2015 #23

His campaign has hit the iceberg! Abandon ship! Initech May 2015 #5

Nah, his campaign is about book sales and his FOX contract jeff47 May 2015 #11

Oh, you evil cynic, you! Get thee to the donation plate to expiate your sins! erronis May 2015 #24

It's also about making him look good with the "family values" crowd. Initech May 2015 #25

Defending incestors makes you one, Mike. Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #7

i am glad people are ripping him apart. hrmjustin May 2015 #12

Duggar was big on ranting that the LGBT community was a danger to children amuse bouche May 2015 #13

HELLLLLP!!! I need anger management. slumcamper May 2015 #14

GOOD! nt 7962 May 2015 #15

Haha! Sucks to suck, eh, Huckster? City Lights May 2015 #16

"Sucks to be me", said Huckabee. "God, why hath my Fox News supplied fan base forsaken me? Is this about the boner pills or the survival seeds?" Fred Sanders May 2015 #17

Well, one less nut on the debate stage.. buh bye Mike, mountain grammy May 2015 #18

Great Find!! busterbrown May 2015 #20

I had to go check it go ceck it out... bluegopher May 2015 #26

K&R! Omaha Steve May 2015 #27

His response comes as no mercuryblues May 2015 #28

How low can Huckabee go? greenfish May 2015 #29