That’s six this morning. You are getting near to her (Dane/Dano1) record.
The liberals just love this guy.
These hits are a laugh. Bubba and his mob has been the "role model" for every hit they're trying to make.
“Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006 11:06 a.m. EST Huckabee: Hispanics Offer U.S. ‘Second Chance’ Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday the nation is being given a chance to make up for past racism by the way it handles the influx of Hispanics”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1749993/posts
http://texbetsy.headonradionetwork.com/2007/12/15/more-on-huckabee-clemency/
from the Arkansas Times
Excerpt:
“In the summer of 2003 there’s no real political activity,” said the former official. “It’s always a tough time to raise money in those periods, and all of sudden $10,000 comes walking through the door when there’s no campaign going on? There’s no reason to give that kind of money then.”
Prior to his wife’s donations, Fields had made a $10,000 donation to the Republican Party of Arkansas in October of 2000 under “Fields Investment Company,” the name of his business. Both Mrs. Fields’ 2003 donations and Mr. Fields’ 2000 donation placed them among the largest, individual donors to the Republican Party of Arkansas in those years, on par with donations from members of the Walton family, of the Wal-Mart department store chain. The only other donation made by either Fields to the State Republican Party was in the amount of $500 in August of 2004.
Whitewater, Marcy Park, cattle futures raises questions.
Response: Of course contributions influenced his decision. He is a politician ! It is the very essence of politicians, 2007 A.D., to be corrupt.
In 2004, he allowed a 17% sales tax increase to become law.[12]
Finally, Huckabee argues that the 2003 historically high sales tax hike was mandated by the state Supreme Court and that he refused to sign the final product.[30] This is a blatant misrepresentation of the facts. The Arkansas Supreme Court did not mandate a tax hike. It simply mandated that the state spend more money on education and distribute that money equitably.[31] Reducing state spending in other areas in order to increase education funding would have been a perfectly acceptable remedy for the court ruling, but it is one that Governor Huckabee did not embrace. Instead of cutting spending, the Legislature opted to raise taxes by historical levels.[32] While Huckabee allowed the bill to become law without his signature, his opposition was not due to any philosophical opposition to tax hikes; rather, he opposed it because the Legislature refused to adopt his school consolidation plan,[33] telling the Associated Press through his spokesperson that "He doesn't want to obstruct the wishes of the Legislature but still believes we should have obtained a more-significant level of reform for this size tax increase."I looked at one of their own sources:
[12]The Gurdon Times, 03/02/04which can be found here: http://www.picayune-times.com/showstory.heitml?show=t&k.number=17390&pubname=picayune&headline=Gov.+Huckabee+allows+opposed+bill+into+law From the article:
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is allowing a bill he opposes to become law without his signature.Mike opposed the tax increase.
Huckabee wrote the bill doesn't represent "a serious, systematic approach to restructuring public school districts in order to achieve efficiency in the expenditure of taxpayer dollars."
According to Huckabee, the new law will mean the state is again paying for inefficiency and keeping high administrative salaries at the expense of classroom teachers.Mike wanted to make schools more efficient rather than raise taxes.
"If the Legislature doesn't want to responsibly confront the need for an efficient public education system so we can maximize the tax dollars paid by our overtaxed citizens, then I feel you need to explain this to your constituents."Mike thinks that the citizens are not getting a fair deal for their taxes. CFG said
his opposition was not due to any philosophical opposition to tax hikesThis is in direct contradiction to this article which is one of their own sources.
He said he didn't want to be a "mere obstructionist" and will allow this bill to become an unsigned law.It is my understanding that the Governor of Arkansas has very weak veto power and can be overruled by a simple majority. If this is indeed the case, that would be a valid reason IMO for not vetoing the tax increase which already passed the legislature. Mike Huckabee was working with a heavily democratic legislature and doing his best to lower taxes and reform the tax code. Can someone from Arkansas who knows more about this(and isn't a rabid antihuck) confirm any of this?
I keep reading on FR that the Arkansas republican party HATES Mike Huckabee. If this is the case how does donating money to the Republican Party help Huckabee?