But I suspect that they will settle for the reality that it helps divide the GOP for no gain whatsoever.
But the point is made, not just about him, but almost all the rest. Read 'em and weep (for the once-Republic).
Those kinds of statements by Huckabee really infuriate me. We live in serious times and jokes about one’s ability to navigate our country through them, especially in the realm of foreign affairs, is a slap in the face to this wonderful country and all who died defending it.
Little Richie Lowry having a hissy fit that Freddy is faltering.
A co-worker of mine was a Huck supporter until this week. Now she doesn’t want anything to do with him, largely based on the parole/pardon stories.
Huckabee is MSM creation of their vision of the perfect GOP nominee disaster. It will only happen in their dreams.
His comments are to over the top to the point of being condescending to Christians to be real. The fact he is from Hope and replaced Jim Guy Tucker, Whitewater buddy of Bill.
Does anyone think that in Arkansas these guys don't know each other very well? How does Huck and Bill come from the same town, both becoming governor of the state around the same time and now he runs for President while Bills wife runs for the other side?
I believe that the Huckster will drop like a rock when conservative voters begin to realize the catastrophe that awaits in a Huckster nomination. Look for Rudy or Romney to regain momentum and pass him then. I wish it were Fred, but that is not looking likely.
Rich Lowry and the National Review are backing Romney.
I’d say Mitt Boy is even worse then the Huckster, when it comes to conservatism. Neither one should be the GOP nominee.
God help us!
“Social conservative” sometimes is used as polite shorthand for Southern Baptist or Evangelical, or what the left disparagingly refers to as extreme right wing fundamentalists.
But that’s not really accurate. A substantial majority of Evangelicals are now voting Republican because of social issues like religion, marriage, family, and abortion. But I think it’s fair to say that maybe a quarter or a third of such people are still fairly liberal in their politics. They still vote Democrat, as their southern forebears did for a hundred years.
Also, “social conservative” includes many Catholics. Tradition-minded lay Catholics were actually first out of the blocks on the abortion issue, and it took the Evangelicals a number of years to see the picture and catch up with them. (Many of the Catholic bishops are still trying to figure it out.) Catholic voters are now divided about 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, after having once been about 95% Democrat, mainly because of the social issues and because they came from formerly despisted groups like Irish, Italians, and Poles.
Huckabee ain’t no social conservative. He ain’t gonna appeal to most Catholic social conservatives, and he ain’t gonna appeal to real social conservatives among the Baptists and other Evangelicals, once they take a closer look at him.
The only danger is that they may not look fast enough. They hear his words and they take them at face value at first. But I think the word is getting out, hopefully in time to dash his hopes in the primaries.
Is this empty suit to be foisted upon conservative voters as was Viagara King, Robert Dole?
We must beware of southern governors and twitish senators like Dole.
I believe that Giuliani, Romney, or Thompson any of the three could win. I don’t see how Huckabee could.
The Republican nomination process is far from settled even yet. So what if Mike Huckabee DOES stumble, and end up as an asterisk in a Trivia game? Or conversely, he somehow DOES manage to go to the Republican National Convention next summer, as a real contender?
Stranger things have happened. This is not global warming, folks, in which we are all doomed. Think of the worst, the very WORST, person who has ever served as President. Then consider, that by the grace of God, we are still here.
I don’t think Huckabee will get passed the 4th primary.
I’m hoping that Obama is still viable by then!
...just to keep Hillary as far from the White House as possible.
Below, my Blog post about Huckabee’s problem should the ladies at the beauty parlor learn about Huck’s history of setting murderers and rapists loose.
http://patfish.blogspot.com/2006/12/wayne-dumondmike-huckabees-hero.html