Huckabee calls his base "Shiite Republicans"

Well at least he did back in 2001 when he was attempting to discredit them while governor of Arkansas.
Look I can't do justice to this topic and Bryan over at Hot Air has an excellent piece on this explaining it.
Go read it and let the realization of those supporters whom the press and the Huckster consider his base today were nothing more then a group to be ridiculed and put down a few short years ago when he was governor.