I know the act of actually using his own words against him is often considered “bashing” by many of his supporters in the blogosphere, but that just means I’ll have to “bash” him for a minute here. Both come at you via Hot Air.

First, Huckabee claims that more Pakistanis come across our border illegally than any other country, with the exception of those directly south of the border.

On Thursday night he told reporters in Orlando, Fla.: “We ought to have an immediate, very clear monitoring of our borders and particularly to make sure if there’s any unusual activity of Pakistanis coming into the country.”

On Friday, in Pella, Iowa, he expanded on those remarks.

“When I say single them out I am making the observation that we have more Pakistani illegals coming across our border than all other nationalities except those immediately south of the border,” he told reporters in Pella. “And in light of what is happening in Pakistan it ought to give us pause as to why are so many illegals coming across these borders.”

Um, no. The Department of Homeland Security lists several eastern countries with more illegals coming across our borders than Pakistan. When asked, Huckabee claimed 660 illegals from Pakistan crossed the border last year, citing a “newspaper report”. AllahPundit could only find one article, from the Denver Post, which gives the same exact number. However, it explicitly mentions that that number is for 2002-2005. As a matter of fact, Pakistan hasn’t even ranked in the top 10 nations of origin since ’05.

Second up, Huckabee claims former Ambassador John Bolton, someone who definitely swings a chunk of weight with many conservatives, is among his advisers. That’s actually a surprise to Ambassador Bolton, who says he’s yet to speak to Huckabee at all:

In recent days, Mike Huckabee has tried to answer long-standing questions about who is on his foreign policy team. On Friday morning, he listed former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as someone with whom he either has “spoken or will continue to speak.”

At a Thursday evening press conference, Huckabee said, “I’ve corresponded with John Bolton, who’s agreed to work with us on developing foreign policy.”

Bolton, however, has a different view. “I’d be happy to speak with Huckabee, but I haven’t spoken with him yet,” said Bolton, now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington.

“I’m not an official or unofficial adviser to anyone,” said Bolton, who mentioned he’d had conversations with other Republican candidates but refused to name any names.

Good to know.