I think the moneyed cronies took Huck in a back room and told him to run to draw away the conservatives, splitting the vote away from any true conservative.
I like that your post continues to expose Huckster for what he is….but I have to point out a major major major difference between Scott Brown and Huck. Brown is from Mass, and Huck from Arkansas……and geography matters. Brown is very conservative compared to the entire population of Massachusetts…..and he’s the best senator we’ve had from that state in our lifetime. Period.
Huckster is just a phony, a fraud, and a pro life liberal, who I bet fooled a TON of Freepers in 08.
I wrote a research paper for a “Religion and Politics” course back in the early 80’s noting that religious people have a variety of views and could be swayed to the Left or Right.
The Republican Party sucked in millions of evangelical Christians in the late 70’s and 80’s many of whose ancestors were happy voting for FDR, Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan, not exactly conservatives on economics.
Not being conservative is in Mike Huckabee’s Arkansas “genes” so to speak.
We can hear a rumor of one of those who purport to be on our side, of making an un-conservative comment to an audience that might be able to provide funds and is wiling to fund conservatives that don't sound to radical. Our first action is to pile on because it "proves" that this person is a RINO/unclean/unworthy, etc.
We handcuff our guys while the other side has unfettered permission to use whatever guile it takes to stay funded and garner support. We have adopted the fighting tactics that got the British creamed during the revolution while the other side has adopted tactics more along the lines of Sun-Tzu...
The Achilles heel of any politician and most preachers is other peoples money. And the unlearned lesson of President Reagan was the idea that it is just flat out wrong to enslave the masses via taxation/mandates without representation. The majority of politicians and most preachers using whatever means necessary seek to gain control over other peoples money.
There is nothing Godly about social justice using taxation/mandates without representation to feign compassion.
Huckabee is a huckaboob.
The Huckster won't be winning any National elections. McCain screwed that pooch but good.
Huckabee has played his cards and we all know that he is a finger-to-the-wind kind of guy. That doesn’t speak to much conviction and I’d prefer a principled man of conviction. Let’s be honest. Any staunch conservative will never get all they want, but having a staunch conservative raises the chances of getting more rather than less. Having a moderate means we have more of the same as we do now, maybe slower, maybe not. So, aim higher. This is an argument for those who believe a staunch conservative will run away and make everything far right. It didn’t happen under Reagan, and it had a better chance of it then than now.
The Huckster never disappoints.
He hasn’t changed. He’s the same as he was the first time he ran.
He’s a progressive republican’t.
Huckabee should stick to playing the Guitar.
We Conservatives need our own party, The GOP doesn’t want us.
Always trace the money trail.
Always.
Tax Hike Mike was never a conservative.
Huckabee is a long way from AR now, where the state party has moved more conservative since he left the governorship.
Now you know why and how he has a show on faux news.
When a RINO (GOPe) or a DINO (progresso) speaks, you need to negate every non-factural point to get the whole truth. Example follows.
Conservatives are hurting the Republican Party.
Phrase contains two not factual declarations.
A run through the babel fish translator produces the following factul statement.
The Republican Party is hurting conservatives.
In more ways then one,
I might add
You're being way too nice.
huck off, fuckabee.
When he decided to run for Prez, he thumped his Baptist bible (I am a Baptist so I can admit this) that those claiming to be "bible-believing Christians" believed.
Now, many of those decent folk have never read the bible in its entirety, so they knew not what Huckabee was about, only that he claimed to be "one of them," so off they trotted to pull the lever for him in some very conservative areas.
Barna (the Christian pollster) has shown that even people claiming to be "believers" don't really know what they believe but it sounds good and so they latch on to it.
Having facilitated a few bible studies over the years and being quite politically attuned, I found that many of those desiring to learn more of the bible, weren't conservatives at all but maybe conservative on a few points, i.e. pro-life and strong on marriage, though they can and have been persuaded to give on that one over the years. They aren't strong on the Second Amendment, school choice or even religious liberty issues, so I can only call them semi-conservative and easily led in the wrong direction.
In fact, most people are very ignorant on civics, constitutional freedoms, personal responsibility and terribly unversed on how our nation was founded and willingly give up liberties to some government promises.
No wonder FDR got so many nice folk thinking he was second to Jesus Christ for their salvation!
Nah, Huckabee could draw them away from a genuine Christian conservative simply because he has his own show on FNC, plays and sings and knows enough about the bible to mis-quote scripture to coincide with big government programs!