Oh, this is something new? Sounds like sound bites from Hillary and her move to socialism where everything will be taken care of by government.
And most conservatives don’t believe it is the gobments job to run healthcare, redistribute wealth in the name of global warming, allow unresticted illegal immigration, or gurantee and living wage. But I’m sure glad he’s a “conservative.” Well he is pro-life but beyond that he’s sounds an aweful lot like Hillary lite.
Note: Ramesh Ponnuru is part of the National Review gang that backs the liberal, Willard Mitt Romney for Prez.
You know what gives ME economic anxiety? The fear that my taxes will continue to increase. The fear that a guy like Huckabee will destroy our economy with regulation and nanny-statism. The fear of another law being passed to stifle my ability to earn a living.
I have lost a great deal of respect for the evangelicals in this country, particularly in Iowa. Seems most want a quasi-theocracy, not a constitutional republic.
I hope they’ll pull their heads out before they get slicked by Huckabee.
Huckabee doesn't seem to comprehend that the problems that the working middle class has have been exacerbated by illegal immigration. Construction trades, mechanics, all kinds of laborers, have been undercut by illegals, and have either lost their jobs or lost wages because of them. I don't trust his phony immigration plan, either. His record in Arkansas speaks for itself, and the fact that he changed his position so sharply shows he either is lying now, or is so fungible in his public positions that we have no idea where he will stand on anything in the future. Either way, it's not want we want in a GOP nominee.
Another good article about the real Huckabee, posted by Responsibility2nd:
Huckacide (Huckabee = Dean)(author: Rich Lowry)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939131/posts
“In general, the public tends to support Democratic proposals for bigger government, which Republicans counter by saying that the proposals will require higher taxes. Huckabee will be equipped poorly to make this traditional Republican comeback, given his tax-raising history in Arkansas. Huckabee tries to compensate with a sales-tax scheme that allows him to say he supports eliminating the IRS, but is so wildly implausible that it would be a liability in a general election.
Then, there’s national security, the Republican trump card during the Cold War and after 9/11. Huckabee not only has zero national-security credentials, he basically has no foreign-policy advisers either, as a New York Times Magazine piece this Sunday makes clear. In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in September, Huckabee struck notes seemingly borrowed from Barack Obama, hitting the Bush administration for its “bunker mentality” and strongly supporting direct talks with Iran. A foreign-policy debate with a Democratic nominee would be a competition over who can promise to be nicer to foreign countries.
Democrats have to be looking at Huckabee the way Republicans once regarded Dean — as a shiny Christmas present that is too good to be true. “
Below...my post about the problems Huckabee’s going to face getting elected just as soon as the ladies at the beauty parlor get a whiff.
http://patfish.blogspot.com/2008/12/cover-page-december-2007.html
The Huckster can talk all he wants, but shouldn’t we be actually looking at his record instead? Talk is cheap as the saying goes, and Huckabee’s actions while governor show he aint no conservative. But hey, just think of how many murderers he could set free as president!
I am pretty leery of Huckabee Thin. I don’t think he would be a strong candidate and the last thing I think we need if we are going to get back suburban and coastel voters is a Baptist preacher man from Arkansas. But I am wondering about all of those working class Dem’s in places like Flint, Muncie, Dayton, Akron and such many have Southrn roots and inclined to unions and such. I am wondering if he might make inroads with them and maybe if he does not run against obma or clinton if he could not attract a few blacks. But this is just speculative.
Let's see how much mileage that gets!
He's talking LIKE a Democrat. I don't see Romney or Thompson "ceding" anything. I do see McCain and Huckabee signing up for the bad idea of carbon trading caps - that IS ceding the issue to the Democrats completely, and will leave us under a socialistic regime in the energy sector.
I’m continually astounded that so many people can look at economic problems caused by the government, and see increased government involvement as a solution.
LLS
The mainstream media is not pushing Mike Huckabee on anyone. He gained stature with potential voters FIRST. The media attention has followed his rise in popularity.
If the media controlled Republican primaries, George W. Bush would never have become president.
Rather than exhorting those who presently support Mike Huckabee to get their heads out of their a****, it might be a more intelligent course for conservative critics of Mike Huckabee to get their heads out of the same location and take a realistic look at WHY Huckabee has gained in stature.
The guy obviously has something appealing and he didn't get it from the liberal press. If anything, the press has been trying to destroy him for his religious beliefs.
If you recall, Reagan was considered to have a Teflon coating because none of the trash thrown at him stuck to him. I think Huckabee may have the same potential for popularity.
Denial is not a river in Egypt.
GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio estimates that half of Republican voters are evangelical or born again. These voters can run the party but only in coalition with others. If they go it alone, they end up isolating themselves. And while they have come a long way--which is why this time their favorite candidate has been a Governor and not only a preacher--they haven't come far enough to guarantee Huckabee the nomination. They could end up instead handing the GOP to Giuliani--probably the last thing they want.
Damn straight. Huckabee is as conservative as Jimmy Carter, the last evangelical to get elected by evangelicals(how did that work for ya?). At least Bush was for cutting taxes and showed up with a much needed "screw turning the other cheek" attitude after 911. Nope, the evangelicals are asking for another Carter. And if they try to go it alone, they will go it alone. Anybody but the Huckster.
Maybe the link changed.
Maybe you cut stuff from the article in a way I didn't appeciate.
Whatever...
... but the lines of the article that YOU posted seemed flat out anti-Republican.