How Huckabee Could Rock the 2008 Vote

The Washington Post ^ | 11/4/2007 | Charles Mahtesian

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

[WildcatClan]

http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/HuckabeePres08.html

Here is another link, the whys are there. What you are posting is from the Huckabee site. This is from Numbers USA. They have no ax to grind with Gov. Huckabee and I am sure they would love nothing better than what you pulled from the Huckabee site to be the truth. It is however not the truth, and quite frankly, disingenuous of Huckabee to try and re-position himself as if he were with us all along. He has not been with us and I have serious doubts as to whether he is now.

[Mr Apple]

Fred in ‘08.

[Politicalmom]

Immigration
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Fact #1 As Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee denounced an immigration bill (Arkansas Senate Bill 206) that “would have required proof of citizenship to register to vote and would have required state agencies to report suspected cases of people living in the country illegally.”

(Doug Thompson, “Immigration Bill un-christian..governor says”Arkansas News Bureau 1/28/05)

Fact #2. As Governor, Mike Huckabee offered a proposal to give state funded scholarships and state benefits to illegal aliens.

(Laura Kellams, “Huckabee Plan would give aid to illegal aliens” Arkansas Democrat Gazette 1/12/2005)

Fact #3. Governor Huckabee supported a Bush-backed immigration plan that provides a path to citizenship for some illegal aliens.

(CNN 2008 Election Center, http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/mike.huckabee.html)

Fact #4. Governor Huckabee refuses to sign the “No Amnesty Pledge”.

The Governor is suffering from what is called “amnesty amnesia”. It is a contagious ailment spreading rapidly through the ranks of the Republican presidential candidates.

Watch Huckabee admit to selling out our citizenship to illegal aliens. He thinks it’s not amnesty, but illegal aliens still get the grand prize: citizenship.

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January 28, 2005 AR Gov. Mike Huckabee goes on the attack From this:

[AR] Gov. Mike Huckabee on Thursday heaped criticism upon immigration legislation in the Arkansas Legislature, describing it as “inflammatory . . . race-baiting and demagoguery.”

He also challenged the Christian values of its main sponsor.

Huckabee said the bill, seeking to forbid public assistance and voting rights to undocumented immigrants, “inflames those who are racist and bigots and makes them think there’s a real problem. But there’s not...”

...He singled out [Republican Sens. Jim Holt, one of the bill’s sponsors], who often talks of his strong Christian beliefs, saying, “I drink a different kind of Jesus juice. My faith says don’t make false accusations against somebody.

“In the Bible, it’s called don’t bear false witness.”

In response, Holt said he was hurt by the governor’s questioning his faith.

“I just want to uphold the law and protect the benefits that apply to citizens,” Holt said.

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A lingering controversy over the role former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee played in establishing a Mexican consulate office in Little Rock financed by taxpayers and local businesses continues to follow the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign, even as he enjoys a surge in polls.

Critics in Arkansas contend Huckabee worked with some of the state’s most prominent and politically powerful businesses to draw illegal immigrants to the state to accept low-paying jobs.

Space in an Arkansas government facility was leased for $1 a year to the Mexican government to establish the Mexican consulate until a permanent Mexican consulate facility could be built, at the expense of Arkansas citizens and corporations.

“We wanted people to come to Arkansas and get the proper paper work and do things with a work permit and a visa. It’s so much easier to do that if you have a consulate where people can go to get proper documentation, rather than just accommodating people illegally.” -Huckabee

[WildcatClan]

As long as the others are adamant and not weaseling I will trust them.

I think that statement pretty much says it all. You're not alone and more than a few are going to trust these guys to do what they "say" they will. Why should this election be any different, trusting them in the past has worked out so well after all.

Call me a cynic, but I am not wasting another minute of my time nor one more vote on someone the media polls have propped up and convinced some that only they are viable or electable or serious. I'm not convinced, what I am is, a conservative, and as such Duncan Hunter is very "serious", and so am I.

[AzNASCARfan]

Yeah you are right, I meant that more as only one that has always been prolife, but you are right about Hunter too, I did not really have him in consideration though, I was thinking current “top tier” candidates with hope that Huckabee gets to the top tier too...

I actually liked Hunter when this whole process started (too early) but just dont see him gaining any momentum. On immigration I like Tancredo’s stance the best. I also hoped Fred would get in because I thought he was overall the best choice, but he has not shown the fire in the belly to go get elected... He just seems like he would do the job if elected... Maybe that is on purpose, in reality I think it preferable to have somebody in the highest office that does not really want to be there, But will give 110% if he is put there... Just dont know that the majority of people that actually vote think the same thing, I think most of them want so see somebody that wants the job as bad as Hillary does. I just wish Fred would jump on the Fairtax bandwagon too.

I Guess I should have put the FairTax issue as number 1 because that is what really tipped me to support Huckabee at this point, Maybe a little selfish making tax issues #1 priority when I know that National Security and Border Control are higher priority, but I have dealt with the IRS and seen a small tax bill get completely unaffordable by penalties and interest and believe the IRS needs to be abolished and I think the fairtax is exactly that... FAIR, and would really help make our economy the best in the world again as well as fixing social security and medicare... over the long run.

but all that said, I will support whoever gets the Republican nomination... I learned my lesson last time by voting for Perot, and was one of the many that inadvertantly helped put B.J. Clinton in the whitehouse.

[barnicus]

Thank you for the information on Huckabee. I am not going to cast my vote for anybody unless Illegal Immigration is their number one issue and they are on the right side of it. This is singly most important to me.

[Politicalmom]

:)

I agree.