- Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:23 pm
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But not according to a potential GOP presidential candidate...
Appearing on ABC’s This Week, potential Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee contended that there exists a “cultural divide” separating the media and political hubs of the country — Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles — from the America in which most people live. His criticism of singer Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z — and their good friends, the Obamas — in his new book, God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, is, he says, focused on precisely this point.
“Beyoncé is a wonderful talent,” said the former Arkansas governor . “My point is, she doesn’t have to do some of the things that she does in the lyrics, because it’s not necessary. She has nothing to make up for. She’s an amazing talent.”
“In speaking about the Obamas — and I said about them, in the book, they’re great parents — but it was President Obama, in an interview with Glamour, who said that some of the lyrics he won’t listen to because it embarrasses him. Well, here’s my point: If it embarrasses you, then why would you possibly think it’s wholesome for your children to put it into their heads? . . . What you put in your brain is also important, as well as what you put into your body.”
Concluded Huckabee, “I think if people read the chapter they see it’s about this cultural divide, this disconnect, between the three bubbles of New York, D.C., and Hollywood, versus the land of God, guns, grits, and gravy.”
Appearing on ABC’s This Week, potential Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee contended that there exists a “cultural divide” separating the media and political hubs of the country — Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles — from the America in which most people live. His criticism of singer Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z — and their good friends, the Obamas — in his new book, God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, is, he says, focused on precisely this point.
“Beyoncé is a wonderful talent,” said the former Arkansas governor . “My point is, she doesn’t have to do some of the things that she does in the lyrics, because it’s not necessary. She has nothing to make up for. She’s an amazing talent.”
“In speaking about the Obamas — and I said about them, in the book, they’re great parents — but it was President Obama, in an interview with Glamour, who said that some of the lyrics he won’t listen to because it embarrasses him. Well, here’s my point: If it embarrasses you, then why would you possibly think it’s wholesome for your children to put it into their heads? . . . What you put in your brain is also important, as well as what you put into your body.”
Concluded Huckabee, “I think if people read the chapter they see it’s about this cultural divide, this disconnect, between the three bubbles of New York, D.C., and Hollywood, versus the land of God, guns, grits, and gravy.”
- By AnonAnon
