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August 15, 2021
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Good evening!

Blessings on you and your family, and from all the Huckabee staff! Topics include:

  • Bible Verse of the Day - Mark 9:23
  • My Thoughts On Andrew Cuomo's Resignation
  • Wonderful Examples
  • Avenatti Lawuit Is Thrown Out
  • Weekend Reading
  • Profiles In Hypocrisy
  • Three Cheers

Sincerely,

Mike Huckabee


DAILY BIBLE VERSE

“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”

Mark 9:23


My Thoughts On Andrew Cuomo's Resignation

By Mike Huckabee

This week saw the resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, who was ultimately all by himself trying to defend against charges brought by 11 different women who revealed alleged behavior that was sleazy, creepy, disgusting, and in some cases criminal. The women accusing him were mostly women who worked for him at one time or another. His political allies abandoned him and called on him to resign, including his own senior staff, President Biden, Nancy Pelosi, the entire Democrat NY Congressional delegation and a majority of the Democrats in the state Assembly—more than enough to successfully impeach him, which they had started doing. Even then, the political world was caught off guard when he abruptly announced his resignation, effective 2 weeks from the announcement.

Cuomo is one of the most arrogant political figures of modern times. He vowed he would fight the allegations and never resign. To be fair, he was entitled to due process and a presumption of innocence. But those are LEGAL rights. His decision to get out of office was a political surrender, but it became obvious even to him that he had run out of good will and support from his political peers, the voters and even the press.

But it shouldn’t be forgotten that the serious and troubling accusations about his sexual harassment and even assault of various women were not the only serious charges he was facing. For well over a year, he has been under scrutiny for ordering Covid positive patients from hospitals to nursing homes which infected thousands of nursing home residents who died from what was a deadly decision. Making matters worse, it appeared that he not only lied about the number of those who died, revealed to be over 15,000, but he had covered up the numbers and under-reported them and had his staff help conceal the truth from the families, the legislature and the press. And in the midst of that, he wrote a vanity book about his self-proclaimed superior leadership of the Covid crisis, for which he was apparently paid north of $5 million dollars which he pocketed, even though his taxpayer funded staff helped research and prepare the book. So there were really 3 things that pushed him out of his prideful perch and any one of the three alone would have been grounds for his impeachment or his resignation. And did I mention that he got an Emmy for his long and insufferable press conferences during the early months of Covid because he mostly whined that the federal government wasn’t doing enough for him, despite President Trump sending him a hospital ship he never used, more ventilators than he asked for or ever needed, and medical supplies by the truckload.

I was the Republican Lt. Governor of AR in 1996 when the Democrat Governor was forced to resign after being convicted of felonies by an Arkansas jury. I have feelings of empathy for the NY Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul who has less than 2 weeks to prepare to ascend to the governorship. An abrupt change in leadership is a tumultuous time for a state, and the transition is intense. She will have limited time to assemble a staff, physically move into the office and Governor’s mansion, meet with the current staff and cabinet members and discuss with the legislators the path going forward.

We should never celebrate the fall of a political leader, but we should celebrate that when a politician totally betrays the trust of the people, he does step aside so the people can remember that they are the ones with the power—and sometimes they simply have a right to take it back.


Wonderful Examples

By Mike Huckabee

Thanks to Instapundit for these wonderful examples of why Americans no longer trust the media or government authorities. It’s partly because they seem to find math, or even basic fact-checking, to be really, really hard.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/467353/

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/467395/

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/467339/



Avenatti Lawsuit Is Thrown Out

By Mike Huckabee

More bad news for disgraced, convicted lawyer and one-time anti-Trump media darling Michael Avenatti: a federal judge threw out his libel lawsuit against Fox News. The judge wrote:

https://reason.com/volokh/2021/08/13/michael-avenattis-libel-lawsuit-against-fox-thrown-out-by-judge/

“News outlets are not liable for minor mistakes, especially when reporting on public figures and matters of public concern. Michael Avenatti, a famous lawyer, was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. Fox News covered his arrest. He sued, claiming that its reporting defamed him (by saying he was charged with domestic violence.) But most of its statements were substantially true. And Avenatti does not plausibly plead that Fox or its employees knew that the statements were false or recklessly disregarded that possibility. He also fails to allege any recoverable damages. I will thus dismiss his complaint…”

The judge added, “Defamatory speech must be materially false. Minor inaccuracies do not amount to falsity so long as 'the substance, the gist, the sting, of the libelous charge be justified.'" The heart of Avenatti's case is just such a minor error.”

So minor honest mistakes are not libel or defamation. Then why do they merit the death penalty on social media?

I might have added that no matter what you say about Michael Avenatti that turns out to be slightly wrong, it couldn’t possibly be worse than the truth.


Weekend Reading

By Mike Huckabee

While we take a little time off, here are a couple of articles to provide food for serious thought. First, Scott McKay at The American Spectator assesses how badly the Republicans and conservatives have failed in stopping the far-left from overwhelming America and argues that if we are going to save this nation and restore our founding principles, we need a new movement. In that regard, he says the media were wrong about Trump. He wasn’t a “messiah” figure to his supporters. He was more like John the Baptist, sounding the alarm and setting the table for what’s coming.

https://spectator.org/revivalists-conservatives/

And Deborah Bucknam at the American Thinker has an article that should be required reading for every American, but especially those who live in cities and states ravaged by decades of one-party Democrat rule, but who keep reelecting them because no matter how badly they ruin people’s lives, they say you can’t vote for Republicans because they’re “racist.”

It’s a detailed look back at the long, deep, ugly history of racism in the Democratic Party (the Republican Party was actually founded to force the Democrats to give up their slaves.) But it’s not just 18th century racism. Like the Energizer Bunny, Democrat Party racism just keeps going and going, from the Civil War to the KKK to Jim Crow to the poll tax (that Republicans tried to end) and right up to today, when they want to defund the police in crime-ridden, riot-torn black neighborhoods while keeping their own private security; bring back segregation in schools; and judge people solely by their skin color, only they now call that “Critical Race Theory” rather than what it really is: racism.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/a_racial_reckoning_for_the_democrats.html

I hope minorities who keep reelecting Democrats because they believe the endless lies that Republicans are “racist” will read this and consider Einstein’s rule that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.


Profiles In Hypocrisy

By Mike Huckabee

The same Philadelphia mayor who shut down his city over COVID then went to another city to dine in a restaurant without a mask has now mandated that unvaccinated people have to wear TWO masks. He should wear two masks, both soundproof.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/467440/


Three Cheers

By Mike Huckabee

We live in a strange new world where stating what should be blindingly obvious is often loudly condemned and can get you canceled. So three cheers for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for living up to its name by having the guts to state outright: “Genital mutilation of a child through (gender) reassignment surgery is child abuse, subject to all rules and procedures pertaining to child abuse.”

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/08/13/texas-department-of-family-and-protective-services-rules-sex-changes-for-minors-is-child-abuse-n1469160

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  • Jerry

    08/16/2021 08:43 AM

    Back home after a 1000 mile road trip I put on a propaganda outlet watching another Biden and Obama disaster and calamity in the foreign policy of Afghanistan supporters of these two Obama and Biden are now saying to trump elections have consequences as I sit here and listen to the cheers of a failing America many dark thoughts of this administration gold star families feel as I do with the open borders we now haw the terrorists here look out Americans the terrorists are here by the thousands

  • Ann Atwell

    08/16/2021 08:33 AM

    I am beginning to wonder if President Trump made a huge mistake with his choice of federal judges. Amy Barrett turned away a lawsuit by students at a university, because the university mandated all students had to be vaccinated. This is not the only time she has made a ruling that went against conservative beliefs. I have been vaccinated but not because I was forced to do so. What if the government said all child bearing women were to be sterilized? Our government is going too far with their radical agenda. If I were those students I would transfer to another college.

  • Jerry

    08/16/2021 08:24 AM

    The same plan Obama and Biden had with Iraq and don’t forget the numb skull general Austin has connected America to disaster these halfwits are using their positions to destroy the country they will call the former United States

  • Dick Algire

    08/16/2021 06:50 AM

    The Scott McKay's article is right on about where the United States is as a nation and his assessment of Trump as President is spot on. The Democrats didn't believe Trump had a chance to beat Hillary, the 'fix' was already in place and yet she lost to a man who was not a politician. This nation has lost its religious heritage and few would ever believe that God intervened in the 2016 election to get Donald Trump elected. Why would God do so? Because he wanted to show the American people just how corrupt our government has become and how far we have drifted away from His law. Here is a quote from an article President Garfield penned in 1877 in the "Atlantic Monthly": "Congress must always be the exponent of the political character and culture of the people; and if the next centennial does not find us a great nation, with a great and worthy Congress, it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces which are employed to select the men who shall occupy the great places of trust and power. And this leads me to say that now, more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand those high qualities to represent them in the national legislature."

  • Peggy Paul

    08/16/2021 12:52 AM

    I have prayed for our Country and its good people(and there are lots of them) but I get so discouraged when things are getting worse by the day. I blame our so called Republican leaders for the mess we are in. I have no faith in anything they say. They sat on their buts(and still do) and did nothing when they had the power. They let Obama have anything he wanted. There are too many of them in the Swamp. They do not care one thing about their people. They only look out for #1(themselves). I am 83 years old and know my days are numbered but I do worry about my children and grandchildren. They sure don't have much to look forward to. I worry about if I have enough left in my retirement to last until I die . You sure can't live on Social Security and that may be taken away from us. I know God gave us the knowledge to know right from wrong but we are also selfish and make the wrong choices. It is not God's fault we are in the mess we are in. We did this to ourselves. He gave us choices and boy did we make the wrong choices. I sure miss the old days. Do you remember Bro. Chuck McAlister? I was a member of Second Baptist Church in Hot Springs until we moved and formed Crossgate Church . I remember you coming to Second Baptist Church. Those were the good old days. I still stay in touch with Bro. Chuck. I read you letter tonight and all the articles and really liked the one about how our Republican Party has not done the things they should have and still not doing and probably never will. I just had to let a little steam off. Everyone complains but the truth is we don't know what else we can do. We are all afraid. Please pray for me and my family and all the other scared families in America. God Bless You and Your Family. I am betting on Sara to be our next Governor. GOD IS GOOD.

  • Joyce Kanlan

    08/16/2021 12:30 AM

    3 cheers! God IS still in Control, He still sits on the Throne and He still answers Prayer!????????! Keep the Faith! Continue to pray without ceasing for our One Nation Under God, our elect Officials & our Legal Citizens!!

  • Joyce Kanlan

    08/16/2021 12:18 AM

    Weekend reading….continue to share that information, repeat it, rerun it, share it on Sean, Levin, Tucker, radio talk shows, pod casts. Use bill boards acrossAmerica to EDUCATE our Americans that are obviously lazy to fact check, willing to go along to get along! OPEN some eyes! Thank you!

  • Joyce Kanlan

    08/16/2021 12:12 AM

    Cuomo. Resignation, all well & good, however, what must not be undone or forgotten is punishment. Full, to the fullest extent of the law punishment FOR sexual harassment AND Murder. NO ONE should, but democrats continue TO get away with literally MURDER! Hillary, Obama,BIDEN in covering up,hiding Terrorism in Benghazi killing our Americans by ignoring their plea for HELP! How many LIFES LOST after forced unaffordable healthcare by Obama,Biden, prices tripled in states like Arizona, we Lost our Doctors, Lost our Plan WHILE democrats in office, muslims, Amish HELD ONTO THEIR gold star plan. America, Speak Out! Stand Strong, Be Courageous!

  • Anne Turner

    08/15/2021 10:49 PM

    Dear Governor,
    I assume you will be commenting on the Afghan debacle tomorrow. How is it possible that, knowing our troops were going to be leaving on a given date, there is an apparently chaotic struggle to get Americans and Afghan supporters and their families out of the country before they are beheaded by the Taliban? I feel so badly for the Afghan women who will once again be prisoners in their homes with no educations and no freedom. I guess the Afghan army just did not have the heart or courage to stand up and protect their country. It is still a backward tribal country with a religion that oppresses women and men too.
    Can this administration do anything right? If Taiwan or any other place in Asia thinks this administration will honor treaties and come to their rescue , I, too, have bridge I can sell back to you. The .Chinese and .Russians are no longer fearful of us, and for good reason.

    Did you view the conversation between the King if Jordon and Biden. I am not sure when it occurred but it was hugely embarrassing to everyone. Despite having notes on cards Mr. Biden became completely unglued. He could not get his train of thinking going. If this video is somehow doctored and this was not that bad, .I would like to know. Otherwise please, it is becoming very apparent that Amendment 25 must be invoked , sooner, rather than later. I feel sorry for the man. He is being used like a ventriloquist dummy. Much as I dread a .Harris presidency, it has to be done. I doubt if she will hold up well but if something happened that she can’t serve we get .Nancy.
    Now that is a sick thought.

    I only pray that somehow middle America will look at our inflation and not blame .
    Trump. It is sad to elect a President based on hating his opponent so much with no regard for the consequences for their country. Of course the media will continue to protect Biden, etal. That is a given.

  • Susan Ratliff

    08/15/2021 10:25 PM

    Mike, Governor, you are too kind. At least NY Lt Gov Kathy Hochul will not need the crowbar you needed to get her former boss out of his former office.
    SRatliff
    Resident and Voter in Arkansas -- who remembers the Tucker Barricade.

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