The Real Mike Huckabee

The Nation ^ | 1/11/08 | Max Blumenthal

[NoobRep]

The Real Mike Huckabee

[posted online on January 11, 2008]

Of all the right-wing figures who have promoted Mike Huckabee's extraordinary political rise from a backwater church to the national pulpit of a presidential campaign--and there are many--perhaps none know the former Arkansas governor and current Republican presidential front-runner better than Jay Cole. A Baptist minister based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with a right-wing radio talk show of his own, Cole has been instrumental in inspiring Huckabee's rise over more than two decades. Indeed, when Huckabee was the governor of Arkansas, it was Cole who persuaded him to arrange the release from prison of a convicted rapist, Wayne Dumond, who had become a born-again evangelical in prison--the most controversial act of Huckabee's career, which still dogs him on the campaign trail.

I spoke to Cole by telephone a week before Huckabee's surprise victory in the Iowa caucuses on January 3. He was supremely confident that his saintly friend would prevail over the hosts of darkness. "Mike is one of the finest and most gracious individuals God has ever placed on Earth," Cole told me in his thick Southern drawl. "Not only does he have speaking ability, he has the Lord looking over him."

[MamaB]

Sorry but this SBG will not vote for him.

[unspun]

It is evil to promote lies about Gov. Huckabee.

It is evil to use a murder victim’s mother, to campaign.

Mike Huckabee has fully denied attempting to influence anyone, to parole Dumont.

No evidence has been submitted against him. Only the testimony of people given office by Clinton or Tucker and whom Huckabee dismissed.

Shame on you.

[unspun]

Furthermore, the others on the parole board refute these Democrats’ charges.

[chaos_5]

I read the title and expected an article about a tax raising liberal who supports amnesty.

Just a little disappointed that it was a puff piece. :o(

[coramdeo]

Well, there are the letters, no doubt forged by the same evil people who keep pointing out the facts about Huckabee’s record as Governor.

[SoConPubbie]

It is evil to promote lies about Gov. Huckabee.

What is evil is Mike Huckabee lying about being a fiscal conservative and avoiding answering direct questions about whether or not he raised taxes while governor of Arkansas.

In effect, Huckabee is lying about himself, bearing a false witness about himself.

[Gabz]

I am not voting for a Pastor-in-Chief, nor a NANNY-in Chief.

[unspun]

What is evil is Mike Huckabee lying about being a fiscal conservative and avoiding answering direct questions about whether or not he raised taxes while governor of Arkansas. In effect, Huckabee is lying about himself, bearing a false witness about himself.

Huckabee has not denied raising taxes. He has spoken about what he did and why it was done.

[Plutarch]

The Nation is serving here as opposition research for the MSM should Huckabee get onto the GOP ticket. At that point the MSM, which is now supporting Huckabee in every way they can, will do a 180, and turn against him. The NYT will draw upon this Nation piece to write a shocking expose, and the rest of the MSM will be in full cry. Being particularly glib won't help Huckabee then.

[SoConPubbie]

It is evil to use a murder victim’s mother, to campaign.

Typical Governor from Hope (see Bill Clinton) trick, take the truth and twist it to use it against the victims.

You and your candidate should be ashamed yourselfs, using a claim of Christianity to hide behind while you act this way.

Absolutely Shameful!

[NoobRep]

No puff piece. It clearly shows Jay Cole is about as loony toons as Ron Paul. And he forced his good friend Huckabee’s hand to release a monster that would later rape and kill. There is simply no way this man should be considered for POTUS. No way.

[IM2MAD]

You forgot the extreme barf alert!!

[SoConPubbie]

And he lied about that too, blaming it on various things, while never acknowledging the UNNEEDED largess he instituted in order to "need" those tax hikes.

He tried to work in it was for the roads, however, as has already been shown by the yearly budgets while he was Governor, he spent the money on everything but the roads as the sum total spent on roads declined during his tenure.

Everything with the Huckster is spin, spin, spin!

[Gabz]

Did he parole a person who should not have been paroled? Someone that went on to commit an even more heinous crime?

Forget what you consider to be “evil” please just answer yes or no to the above questions.........

BTW — the Dumont case had absolutely NOTHING to do with my opposition to Huckabee, in fact I had made my decision against him long BEFORE I even was aware of that.

[unspun]

This liberal hit piece is littered with falsity after falsity.

What a coincidence all of them come in the same narrative.

What a coincidence, the story got here.

[chaos_5]

OH, OK, I quit reading after the first paragraph or two.

[LibertyRocks]

Same here... I made my decisions based on his political record. The pushing of his “saintliness” makes me sick to my stomach, but I had already made my decision before he and others started pushing so hard in that regard.

[SoConPubbie]

Come on unspun, quit acting like your candidate and answer Gabz’s question.

Be a Man or a Women and simply answer the question without all the noise.

[LetMarch]

Don’t we all love our nation and also love:”If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then shall I hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.” (II Chronicles 7:14)
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance. (Psalm 33:12) GOD Bless America !!!!!!!!!!