Posted on 01/01/2008 8:26:18 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Huckabee Unveils Dirt He Won't Use Against Rivals by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace · No Comments
(2008-01-01) — To further demonstrate his commitment to a positive campaign strategy, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee today showed reporters a Powerpoint presentation of opposition research that his staff has compiled against his top GOP rivals and announced he would not be using any of it in his effort to win his party’s nomination.
The revelations come just a day after Mr. Huckabee held a news conference to unveil to reporters an attack ad against Mitt Romney Mitt-Romney-MBA Sep-07 that his campaign will not broadcast in the waning hours before Thursday’s Iowa caucuses.
In today’s 47-minute narrated presentation, the former Arkansas governor revealed the findings of private investigators, as well as leaks from Democrat operatives, and innuendo “that we haven’t had time to confirm yet”, all of which Mr. Huckabee said “would never be released by his campaign, except to you people at this press conference, whom I have come to know and trust.”
The collection of political ammunition, known to campaign insiders as “the Huckabee dirt bag”, includes potentially-damaging, allegations about Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson Fred-Thompson-Failed-Hearings Nov-07 and John McCain, which “could prove devastating, or even true, if we had time to do more research.”
“But what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and yet lose his own soul,” said Mr. Huckabee, “which is why I’m not going take the traditional route of highlighting my opponents’ flaws and potential scandals, even though, as you can see, there’s no shortage of material for that.”
To “prove his sincerity,” Mr. Huckabee’s staffers gave copies of the Powerpoint presentation, along with 653 pages of supporting documentation, and dozens of audio and video clips to political reporters at the news conference.
“If I didn’t show this material to you,” he said, “you’d probably think I didn’t really have any dirt on Mitt, Fred and John, and so you would never realize how gracious I have been in refusing to use the kind of garbage that would virtually guarantee a Huckabee victory.”
guffaw!
satire or not, this really just happened
It’s parody of course, but with the Huckster it’s so hard to tell.
Chuckle!
The Onion must be running this boob’s campaign or is there something in the water in Hope AK?
I never, ever thought I would say this...but a Huckabee candidacy could prevent me from voting Republican for the first time in my life.
Mike Huckabee is like some sort of bizarre Democratic Party creation. He’s like what would result if Jimmy Carter slept with Bill Clinton and spawned some kind of Satanic, Left Wing, Pacifist child with NO morals.
Country Preacher: “Today I want to preach on Pornography. Last week one of our Church Members gave me a tape of a disgusting pornographic tape involving of one of our female members! I tell you that after watching it, it literally disgusting! Even after seeing it 3 more times, it was still disgusting!”
This guy is a tool. What separates him from Clinton?
I’m sure neither one has bedded Hitlery!
Huckster sounds more like a Southern version of John Kerry: “I voted for it before I voted against it” type of garbage
What a stand up guy!!! NOT
Does anyone really want an * a * hole for president?
Note: Check the source.
When ask Chris Wallace about the problems in Pakistan and the fact of Fred’s experience with national security, saying it helps Fred but wont it also boost McCain?
Fred laid out his own experience but he also agreed that McCain had as much or even more experience in national security.
I doubt any of the others running for POTUS would show that much class and honesty.
that’s the only line that distinguishes this from reality.
But it was on Drudge for a couple of days... sorry but really can't stand the behind-the-back stabbing... :o)
Then, the whinning when the candidate is caught up in a snafu... really marks the candidate as a whiny, girly man or the Hildabeast who does this stuff routinely.
THIS GUY IS TOAST
47 MINUTES TO SPREAD RUMORS
“....after confronting the harlot, I was able to confirm, during many very personal investigative episodes, that she is, truly and indeed, a lascivious, imaginative, dynamic, tireless and perverted slut.”
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