“Who is your favorite author?” Aleya Deatsch, 7, of West Des Moines asked Mr. Huckabee in one of those posing-like-a-shopping-mall-Santa moments.I love that girl.
Mr. Huckabee paused, then said his favorite author was Dr. Seuss.
In an interview afterward with the news media, Aleya said she was somewhat surprised. She thought the candidate would be reading at a higher level.
“My favorite author is C. S. Lewis,” she said.
I got the quote from Reason, which linked to the NYT article.
That little vignette sums up the quality of our leadership right there I'm afraid, as another aspiring, wannabe leader panders to the first impulse of a politician, to seek to ingratiate by replying what he assumes his audience wishes to hear. That is not leadership, that is simply opportunism.
ReplyDeleteFrom out of the mouths of babes...God bless the little tike.
Sean Spike Cluckabee is getting weary of saying: "Jesus Christ."
ReplyDeleteEven doublethink can wear off.