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Huckabee is a Fiscal Conservative
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| 11/29/2007
| Dick Morris
Posted on 11/28/2007 7:38:53 AM PST by dano1
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To: codercpc
"Huckabee now leads Romney..."Iowa: Huckabee 28% Romney 25%. Wow! No, I hadn't seen that. Thank you very much for pointing it out. I was also really surprised yesterday to see how well Huckabee is doing in Florida.
IMHO, if things keep up this way before long it will be time for Thompson to gather up his chips and say goodnight
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:52:30 AM PST
by
dano1
To: dano1
Dang! Huckabee has no choice but to balance the Arkansas budget, just as Clinton had no choice. It’s required in the state constution.
To: RockinRight
I was actually impressed with him in the last debate, but he IS NOT my candidate. I am just amazed at the "surge" and wonder if it is sustainable.
Social Conservatives were desperate for a viable candidate, and as we can see, Fred disappointed them. I am not exactly sure why, but we will see how Huckabee does tonight with all of the other candidates having him in their sights.
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:53:57 AM PST
by
codercpc
To: mvpel
re the video, please see below:
News Release: Huckabee Campaign Responds to YouTube Video from 2003
(Source:
Huckabee Issues website)
November 14, 2007
Little Rock, AR Chip Saltsman, Huckabee for President Campaign Manager, issued the following statement in response to a YouTube video being circulated on the Internet. The video is from an anonymous source and contains excerpts taken out of context from a speech when then-Governor Mike Huckabee was opening a special legislative session in 2003.
The governor called a special session. Several proposals had been made by legislators for raising the revenue to address a budget shortfall for necessary services. In the end, a state income tax surcharge was passed with the provision that it would be a temporary tax. Most temporary taxes become permanent. The governor made sure the legislature kept its promise to keep the tax temporary.
More than 90% of the state budget pays for prisons, education, and Medicaid. None of those would have been funded without that budget. The governor acted responsibly to protect Arkansans who are the most vulnerable but the least connected politically.
The fact is that Mike Huckabee cut taxes 94 times including the first broad-based tax cut in the history of the state of Arkansas. While governor, he balanced the budget and returned almost $400 million to Arkansas taxpayers, and left office with almost a $1 billion surplus. The Huckabee Surplus enabled his successor to follow Huckabees lead to begin the elimination of the state sales tax on food.
Despite what some Washington insiders who dont understand the fundamentals of governing or leadership will have you believe, when you discern the facts, the reality is that Mike Huckabee is a true fiscal conservative.
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:54:18 AM PST
by
dano1
To: dano1
Huckabee is very affable, but not Presidential material. He should run a mega-church instead.
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:54:30 AM PST
by
Kuksool
To: dano1
IMHO, if things keep up this way before long it will be time for Thompson to gather up his chips and say goodnight And with it, the only real conservative in the race would be gone.
But he won't and won't need to, so it's a moot point.
Maybe Mike can play some music at Fred's inauguration.
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:54:46 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Just because you're pro-life and talk about God a lot doesn't mean you're a conservative.)
To: RockinRight
To me, being a fiscal conservative is not enough. You have to be a fiscal constitutionist. Stop spending money on programs enumerated for the states.
Privatize Social Security
Make it illegal for federal "Funds" to be invested in Treasuries.
Turn Health care over to the States
End of Federal Welfare Program
Abolish the Department of Education (promote higher education via article 1 section 8 of the constitution.
To: codercpc
The ‘fiscal conservative’, Huckster, is promising the PORK with farm subsidies, that is why he is going up in the polls. This is the big problem with these dinky early states primaries, these states will pick whoever will give them the most federal pork.
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:55:37 AM PST
by
Fred
(The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nilhilism)
To: dano1
He HAD to do it. HAD no choice. His Martian overlords made him.
when he had to pass an income tax surcharge amid the drop in revenues
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:56:06 AM PST
by
DManA
To: csivils
“Still wishing the huckster wuld just go away.”
You must be an Arky. I feel that I’m in some sort of bad dream. If we close our eyes and wish hard enough, maybe we could make them dissapear.
To: dano1
And I am the King of Spain.
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:57:01 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("Don't doubt me" - The Great El Rushbo)
To: 11th Commandment
That sounds more like Fred Thompson than anyone else running (who isn’t crazy and has a realistic chance...)
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:57:51 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Just because you're pro-life and talk about God a lot doesn't mean you're a conservative.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
But how is Huckster on toe-sucking ?Well he sucks genrerally, if that's any clue...
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:58:30 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("Don't doubt me" - The Great El Rushbo)
To: mvpel
Oh geeze, and every half hour his skinney neck is poking up out of a Star Trek shirt, nagging incessantly about how we should all eat healthy foods in moderation and run marathons. He’s worse than a reformed drunk.
To: RockinRight
That YOU?
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posted on
11/28/2007 7:59:58 AM PST
by
tioga
(Dear Santa..........I can explain....)
To: RockinRight
And with it, the only real conservative in the race would “be gone.”
Balderdash! Duncan Hunter hasn’t left yet.
To: dano1
Bonus check from the campaign?
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posted on
11/28/2007 8:01:59 AM PST
by
ejonesie22
(Mitt Romney, like curing cancer with a coronary...)
To: dano1
Riiiiiiiight. Other articles in this series.
Alan Keyes is pro-abortion
Duncan Hunter loves illegals
Mitt Romney is not a weird name
Ron Paul loves the Federal Reserve
Edwards is a brawny he-man
Kucinich is 6’11”
Hillary Clinton supports the police
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posted on
11/28/2007 8:02:15 AM PST
by
VirginiaConstitutionalist
(Scary thought: Half of all people are dumber than the average person.)
To: toomuchcoffee
The only real conservative in the race with more than a snowball's chance in hell of winning would be gone.
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posted on
11/28/2007 8:04:24 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Just because you're pro-life and talk about God a lot doesn't mean you're a conservative.)
To: VirginiaConstitutionalist
My favorites:
Mitt Romney is not a weird name
Edwards is a brawny he-man
Kucinich is 611
ROFL
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posted on
11/28/2007 8:06:42 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Just because you're pro-life and talk about God a lot doesn't mean you're a conservative.)
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