Yes Master

by digby

He’s a good person who said a bad thing. Again:

IMUS: What do you like on the other side. Well, Huckabee, is he for real?

SEVERIN: I don’t think so. First of all, full disclosure, I’m for Mitt Romney, always have been. I believe he’d be a great president of the United States, also a great candidate against the Democrats, and I believe Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee. That having been said, certainly Huckabee is making mischief, and he could make serious mischief such that he could throw the Republican thing back out into the, you know, completely up in the air.

The Huckabee surge in Iowa is attributable to a singe factor, and that is Iowa is unique in that the largest group of Republican voters, the largest discernible group of Republican voters in Iowa are self-described evangelical Christians.

IMUS: Why don’t you like Huckabee? Because you’re gay, or what?

All those fine mainstream media mavens and Democrats who are flocking back to Imus should be so proud.

SEVERIN: I would like to make another admission on the Imus in the Morning program. I am, I am very happy, yes. And no, I would think that would make me — I would think that would make me like Huckabee, think a little different than what I see of this guy.

IMUS: Here’s what you have to wonder, is here I am picking on poor Jay Severin, who couldn’t be more loyal to me —

McCORD: No.

IMUS: — unless he were Sean Hannity, who was magnificent in his support of me, and I don’t know why I’m being mean to you. But, so I apologize.

I don’t know why he didn’t mention all the Democratic politicians who supported him too. He really is mean.

I actually believe him that he doesn’t know why he said it. Being an asshole is just a reflexive, uncontrollable response for him. Bullies are like that — it’s lizard brain, primitive pecking order stuff. He was just making sure that Severin and other supporters understand that just because they spoke up for him it doesn’t change the fact that Imus is the alpha. And he is.

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