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Huckabee pulls new TV ad slamming Romney but plays it for the press corps
Boston Herald ^
| December 31, 2007 (Last year! Wow!)
| Jessica Van Sack
Posted on 01/01/2008 1:23:43 PM PST by TBP
Mike Huckabee, vowing to commit to positive campaigning, announced he would not air a new attack ad slamming Mitt Romney for going negative but then promptly showed the TV ad anyway at a press conference - prompting loud cackles from the press corps.
Huckabee said he had a change of heart just before the press conference and shortly before the ads first scheduled airing at noon today in Iowa.
This morning I ordered our staff to pull the ad. I told them I do not want it to be run, the former Arkansas governor said. If it is run at all it will only be until the stations can get it off the air and we are now committed from now to the rest of the caucus that we will run only the ads that talk about why I should be president and not why Mitt Romney should not.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: gop; huckabee; mikehuckabee; president; romney
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To: Tramonto
Does “working with the media” mean being liberal on illegal immigration and taxes? Or does it mean saying enough is enough on negative ads 1 week then making a negative ad, then having a “change of heart” a few hours before the press conference?
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posted on
01/01/2008 5:47:31 PM PST
by
pulaskibush
(USA, founded by tolerant Christians. USSR, founded by intolerant Secularist.)
To: TBP
HEADLINE: "Crazed Romney supporter, member of Navoo Legion, attacks presidential candidate Mike Huckabee over ads against Romney. Threatens to behead Huckabee Iraqi style."
62
posted on
01/01/2008 5:51:20 PM PST
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: pulaskibush
Does working with the media mean being liberal on illegal immigration and taxes? Or does it mean saying enough is enough on negative ads 1 week then making a negative ad, then having a change of heart a few hours before the press conference? Working the media would be doing things that force the media to cover you whether its positive or negative. The pheasant hunting is a perfect example of this. I don't believe all of the controversies were intentionally created by huckabee but he clearly is able to generate coverage of himself.
Thompson and Hunter seem to lack this ability and it doesn't help them.
63
posted on
01/01/2008 5:59:25 PM PST
by
Tramonto
("The Second Amendment is not about loving guns, it is about ensuring freedom" -Huckabee)
To: sageb1
S.O.B. meaning Son of Brigham
64
posted on
01/01/2008 6:00:03 PM PST
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: AfterManyASummer
Its not what I wouldve done, but I still support Huckabee.
... when good men do nothing!
To: livius
You claimed Romney was more liberal than Huckabee.
That’s a lie.
66
posted on
01/01/2008 6:23:40 PM PST
by
Checkers
(First they came for the Mormons, but I said nothing because I was not Mormon.)
To: indylindy
“I want some of whatever it is that makes you think that.”
Poppers. Weed.
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posted on
01/01/2008 6:25:18 PM PST
by
Checkers
(First they came for the Mormons, but I said nothing because I was not Mormon.)
To: pulaskibush
“Does working with the media mean being liberal on illegal immigration and taxes? Or does it mean saying enough is enough on negative ads 1 week then making a negative ad, then having a change of heart a few hours before the press conference?”
It’s called “pulling a hucklebee”.
68
posted on
01/01/2008 6:28:15 PM PST
by
Checkers
(First they came for the Mormons, but I said nothing because I was not Mormon.)
To: indylindy
Actually I was just joking, but Hucks personality has begun to wear thin, as it seems disingenuous. It is as though he is most impressed with his slick mouth.It's almost like a vulgar tone IMO. His remarks today about his bringing in the "Ressurection" I found offensive.
69
posted on
01/01/2008 7:31:35 PM PST
by
Hattie
To: Sola Veritas
That never would have occurred to me.
70
posted on
01/01/2008 7:42:55 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: pulaskibush
It looks like Huck planned to run/pull this attack ad several days ago. Meaning his "change of heart" is a lie! Yeah, and on H&C tonight he called Romney the one being untruthful. Just like the Clintons and Democrats do: Accuse your opponent of things you, yourself, are guilty of.
To: perfect_rovian_storm
Is there video of the ad? Carl Cameron tonght on H&C said he aquired the video and put it on the Fox news website. Dick Morris then came on to say Huckster favored taxpayer funding of abortions in MA.
To: circumbendibus; All
Huckabee's Pulled Ad This appears to be a video camera from the press conference, where Huckabee showed the ad to press.
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posted on
01/01/2008 8:18:05 PM PST
by
pulaskibush
(USA, founded by tolerant Christians. USSR, founded by intolerant Secularist.)
To: pulaskibush
74
posted on
01/01/2008 9:42:54 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(I can't believe anyone thinks Huckabee can win the White House.)
To: TBP
Gosh, I hope Huck sinks Flip Romney in Iowa. It would be so sweet to watch Iowa slip out of Flip's hands after the tens of millions of dollars he's poured into the state in an attempt to buy votes.
And then, if McCain could beat him in NH--might knock Flip out of the race all together.
75
posted on
01/01/2008 9:47:26 PM PST
by
Antoninus
(If you want the national GOP to look more like the Massachusetts GOP, vote for Flip Romney)
To: AfterManyASummer
Its not what I wouldve done, but I still support Huckabee.
I don't particularly like Huck, but I'd vote for him every time over a total fraud like Romney.
76
posted on
01/01/2008 9:48:47 PM PST
by
Antoninus
(If you want the national GOP to look more like the Massachusetts GOP, vote for Flip Romney)
To: Antoninus
“Gosh, I hope Huck sinks Flip Romney in Iowa. It would be so sweet to watch Iowa slip out of Flip’s hands after the tens of millions of dollars he’s poured into the state in an attempt to buy votes.”
“And then, if McCain could beat him in NH—might knock Flip out of the race all together”
That is exactly how I feel. I want the Mitt distractor taken out now before he can do real harm.
77
posted on
01/01/2008 9:52:08 PM PST
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: unspun
I agree the fear is irrational....Freepers usually are not.
78
posted on
01/02/2008 10:01:38 AM PST
by
missanne
(If we lost the war in Iraq, who won?)
To: livius
The guys a liberal, like it or not. Hes trying to appear more conservative now, but he sure wasnt conservative when he was governor of Ark. And thats his track record.
I fixed it for you.
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posted on
01/02/2008 10:07:18 AM PST
by
Hoodlum91
(I support global warming.)
To: missanne
I agree the fear is irrational....Freepers usually are not. I hope the debil ain't got into 'em. ;-)
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posted on
01/02/2008 10:09:05 AM PST
by
unspun
(God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
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