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Mike Huckabee Insists His ‘Uncle Sugar’ And Libido Comments Showed His Respect And Admiration For Women

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on January 24, 2014 · Flag

Mike Huckabee visited The Kelly File tonight to defend his now-infamous comments about women’s libidos and birth control. He insisted he has nothing to apologize for because the only ones he was knocking were Democrats, not women who want birth control. Au contraire, Huckabee repeatedly maintained, his comments about women believing they need “Uncle Sugar” to provide birth control because “they cannot control their libido” were made out of respect and admiration.

Huckabee made the remarks in question during a speech to the Republican National Committee meeting yesterday. His full quote was:

Democrats think that women are nothing more than helpless or hopeless creatures whose only goal in life is to have the government provide for them birth control medication. Women I know are smart, educated, intelligent, capable of doing anything that anyone else can do. Our party stands for the equality of women and the capacity of women. That’s not a war on them, it’s a war for them.

And if the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it. Let us take that discussion all across America because women are far more than the Democrats have played them to be. And women across America need to stand up and say, “Enough of that nonsense.”

Now, I’ll grant Huckabee that he intended his comments to knock Democrats and not women. But the road to you-know-where is paved with good intentions. And I’m sorry, Huckabee, but I think that’s exactly where your road leads.

Tonight, Huckabee told Megyn Kelly:

Everything I was accused of saying, I was actually saying the polar opposite. This was an affirmation of the intelligence, of the capability of women… It wasn’t even about contraceptives. It was about the way that Democrats have accused Republicans of having a war on women when Republicans believe that women are equal. We don’t think that it somehow is gonna be necessary for them to have a government subsidy and government support or they’re not gonna be able to make it.

Host Megyn Kelly did a reasonably decent job in this particular interview.

KELLY: This is where some women and others have taken issue with you, that the Democrats would say they don’t view women as the victims of their gender. They view them as living, functioning, human beings who have a reproductive system and the ones who have to carry the babies… and, by the way, sexual beings, and, therefore, to be responsible when having sexual relations, they need birth control even if… they’re not having sexual relations for the purpose of enjoyment, then they might need birth control because they have a health issue. …And it’s not about seeing women as victims. It’s about getting them the medical coverage they need.

Kelly listed several medical conditions that are helped by birth control pills, then added that some women feel “There’s no reason that they shouldn’t be able to get (birth control pills) from their employers. That’s what they say. And they say it’s not the government paying for it. It’s the women paying for it when they pay their premium under their policies and so they take issue with you characterizing it as  “Uncle Sugar” having to step in and control their libidos.”

Huckabee protested he’s not opposed to contraception, that he included it in his “state plan” when he was governor of Arkansas. He also said that “Uncle Sugar” is an old southern expression that combines “Uncle Sam” with “sugar daddy.” He continued:

The idea that somehow I was disparaging women, it’s the polar opposite.

…To somehow characterize that I was taking offense to women – it’s the opposite. I was elevating and affirming that women are quite capable as equals to men. It’s why, Megyn, when I was governor, I appointed more women to executive level positions in the state government than any governor in our state’s history, including Bill Clinton So, you know, I’m not having to apologize to anybody for the record I have on women’s issues and I certainly don’t need to say that, “Oh, well, I’m so sorry that I actually believe that women are equal to men and that (they) are capable and strong.”

But here’s the problem that Kelly never got to. If Huckabee really esteems women so much then why did they “fall” for that Democratic ploy he adamantly claims was pulled on them? Also, underneath his declaration that women are too “capable” to be guaranteed contraception in health insurance is the suggestion that no woman would really have a problem paying for it on their own. Or if it is a problem, there’s something a woman must be doing wrong.

Furthermore, the “war on women” charge is not just about contraception, it’s also about Planned Parenthood funding, equal pay laws and abortion rights.  But maybe Huckabee thinks women are “too capable” to be ensured access to those things, too.


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Lakeview Greg commented 2014-01-26 16:45:53 -0500 · Flag
Huckabee refuses to break bread with children who happen to have same-sex parents. That is all I need to know about him.
Kevin Koster commented 2014-01-26 14:03:12 -0500 · Flag
I didn’t detect extra inflection on any of the three conditions Kelly listed, although she did trip over the pronunciation of endometriosis, which can be a very serious condition.

It’s sad to note that Kelly is the only one on Fox News to bring up the fact that these medical conditions exist. Everyone else piled on the double down parade with Huckabee to essentially attack women as just wanting free contraceptives for their personal enjoyment. They have also, particularly O’Reilly, continued the attack Rush Limbaugh started on Sandra Fluke two years ago. And Fluke’s comments were actually about the medical conditions that contraceptives address – something that neither Huckabee nor Limbaugh understand. (In Limbaugh and Hannity’s cases, this is what happens when someone with no real education spends many hours each week opining on subjects they know nothing about. In O’Reilly’s case, theoretically he should know better, but he prides himself on staying ignorant. And in Kelly’s case, she clearly does know better, but chooses to say the things that will work for the network that is making her wealthy.)
Kyle Dorfdorfendorf commented 2014-01-25 22:38:11 -0500 · Flag
Righty-tighty: “Everything I say isn’t what I mean. So: the sky is the ground and yes is no.”
Aria Prescott commented 2014-01-25 12:59:08 -0500 · Flag
ETA: Not even close to kidding- Kelly was one of the hardest railers against contraception during the smearing of Fluke, now she’s defending them, and she even betrays what she’s taking them for with an inflection. Pathetic.
Aria Prescott commented 2014-01-25 12:56:46 -0500 · Flag
Megyn Kelly is defending Oral Contraceptives… Her record suggests that she must have one of these conditions. Quick, which one did she put the most inflection on naming these off?

That’s what she’s taking them to treat.

God, she’s easy to read- No wonder her record in court is such a big secret.
Kortez Tk commented 2014-01-25 11:59:10 -0500 · Flag
Huckleberry need not ever show me his respect. I can live without his bullshark.
truman commented 2014-01-25 09:27:29 -0500 · Flag
Gomer the Huckster oinked proudly: " I elevate and affirm women, even all those Democrat sluts who can’t keep their legs closed. Praise Jeebus!"
doors17 commented 2014-01-25 09:24:23 -0500 · Flag
I have some advice for Mike Huckabee when he talks to Megyn…whatever you do DON’T publicly chided Kelly for taking three months’ maternity leave after the birth of her child, calling it a racket or use the term Uncle Sugar with that.

Megyn doesn’t like that. If you don’t believe me just ask Mike Gallagher.
Joseph West commented 2014-01-25 08:34:26 -0500 · Flag
Well, I’m going to paraphrase something, just for Huckleberry that probably expresses a sentiment many women who heard/read his comments are feeling:

“With folks like you showing respect and admiration for women as you did with those comments, who needs enemies?”
mlp ! commented 2014-01-25 08:20:35 -0500 · Flag
It’s amazing the things that these people think they can get away with just because Jay-sus is on their side.
Next he’ll blame Obama.
Antoinette commented 2014-01-25 02:14:53 -0500 · Flag
We are in the 25th day of 2014, and the GOPers are already covered in scandals:

1. Sugarhuck
2. Old McDonnell
3. Domestic violence Erick Bennett
4. Bridge Over Troubled Christie
5. Annie’s former lover, Dinesh D’Souza
6. MIA Steve Stockman

The rate these clowns are going they will crash and burn before the year is out.

The biggest scandal is coming, and the Fox “News” frauds will not be able to handle this explosive gem.

NOTE TO HUCKY

Talk about your wife’s libido.
NewsHounds posted about Mike Huckabee Insists His ‘Uncle Sugar’ And Libido Comments Showed His Respect And Admiration For Women on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2014-01-25 01:06:13 -0500
Something tells me this won't go down much better than his "Uncle Sugar" "libido" comments.








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