The Latest Huckabee Meltdown

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This is a train treck...

SPIKES SPOT ATTACKING ROMNEY ON ABORTION, SPENDING, GUNS.

AD HAD ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED TO STATIONS.

HUCKABEE SAID HE CHANGED HIS MIND JUST BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE, HOPES IOWA VOTERS WILL REJECT NEGATIVE ADS JUST AS HE HAS.

LAUGHTER FILLS ROOM AS HUCKABEE SCREENS AD ANYWAY FOR MEDIA.

SKEPTICAL QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS ABOUT HIS PROFESSED CHANGE OF HEART, AS CAMERAS RECORD AD PLAYED ON GIANT SCREEN.

ROOM FILLED WITH EASELS DISPLAYING OPPOSITION RESEARCH ON ROMNEY.

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Romney camp responds:

http://thepage.time.com/response-to-huckabee-event-from-romney-campaign/

Good afternoon, folks-

For those of you who saw it with your own eyes, there’s no need for me to describe how bizarre it was.

But for those of you who didn’t, The Politico has a report of Mike Huckabee’s meltdown at a campaign press conference today where he displayed a negative TV ad attacking Governor Romney, at the same time he said he was running a “positive” campaign.

[Neu Pragmatist]

Huckster telling the truth about Romney is negative ?

Romney has been going negative for quite some time now and with great effect .

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don’t know if I would call that a meltdown, but it is pretty funny.

[libbylu]

Is he trying to get the ads out there without paying?

[Red Badger]

ROOM FILLED WITH WEASELS DISPLAYING OPPOSITION RESEARCH ON ROMNEY........

[wastedpotential]

Come now, this is hardly a melt down. He would have had done far more damage to Mitt had he run the ads on television stations. His campaign pressed him to run the ads, he pulled them. He showed them to the media to prove he had made the ads, so they would not accuse him of making it up.

The things the campaign had prepared about Mitt were not untrue, most of it is already in the public discussoin at this point.

[nathanbedford]

Stop shouting!

[keepitreal]

Enough is Enough, Huckabee.

Just call him Mr. Passive Agressive Man.

[keepitreal]

Actually he just pasted. That’s the way the article was written by Halpern.

[colonialhk]

Good tactic if you have limited money.

[Constantine XIII]

Being a gentleman, I won’t mention how you beat your wife, but rather I will stick to the issue at hand.

[i_dont_chat]

Well, that should do it for Huckabee. Not presidential material. Can you just imagine if he did something similar with foreign policy? Announce it — then denounce it.

[Neu Pragmatist]

This might prove to be the Huckster’s biggest mistake , if true, as he just handed Romney a free pass through Iowa .

He should run the Ad and expose Romney for being the Liberal he truly is .

[kingu]

Look, see, we’re not going to be running this ad, and let me stand back so you can focus your camera on the screen. What? Oh, sure, all of that attack is true, uh-huh, but we’re sure that the voter doesn’t want a negative campaign. We’re taking the high road. Hmm? Oh, right, let me make sure you can see this placard here with the truth about Romney. Yup, we’re taking the high road here, ending this constant cycle of negative coverage. Hmm? Oh, we’re not really going to talk about the ad, because we’re not running it, but we’ll keep the disc looping for you so you can get additional shots of it for your coverage...

[Kakaze]

Huckster telling the truth about Romney is negative ?

Telling the truth about Mitt is fine.....acting like your holier than thou, above reproach and still dropping the ads for reporters to view isn't just tacky..........It is Damn Cowardly!

[Maelstorm]

Stupid is as stupid does. Either attack or not don’t play stupid and withdrawal before the big moment. All that does is disappoint and leave no one satisfied.

[romanesq]

Romney will be the next President.

[cgbg]

The Huckenanny hasn't melted down yet.

You'll know the moment when he starts scarfing down a Big Mac while he lights up a cigarette.

:-)

[keepitreal]

And ain’t it a pity that one of those pesky bloggers recorded the ad and put it on YouTube. But, we’re running a postive campaign.

[The KG9 Kid]

I can't believe that these are the two likeliest Republicans we've got to choose from.

Oy.