Governor Mike Huckabee: The Clear Choice

MrArbitrage123

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Huckabee surely is the clear choice: I can see right through him!

[WOSG]

“My point is that this election – as much as we don’t like it – is going to be won by someone who appeals to the middle-class, “working American” (or out of work) who doesn’t understand supply-side economics, Milton Friedman and will not come to understand it in the 60 second sound bites of an election campaign.”

Thanks for this. If the above comment is the best one can say to justify the soft-on-crime tax-and-spend immigration-flipflopper Huckabee, well it’s a great anti-endorsement!

The voters who elected Ronald Reagan didn’t ‘understand supply-side economics’ BUT RONALD REAGAN DID. And THAT is the difference. The voters wanted prosperity, and Reagan delivered on a prosperity based on more economic freedom, and he PREACHED IT. Huckster is defending and preaching tax hikes and big Govt ways and class warfare rhetoric.

Reality is - Huckabee is not a conservative.

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http://schotlinepress.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/huckabees-liberal-ways/

Huckabee’s Liberal Ways

Endorsed a federal smoking ban.

“Huckabee committed to sign a nationwide smoking ban in public places, should such a measure win approval in Congress.” (Grant Schulte, “Candidates Agree To Fight Cancer, Split On Strategy, Des Moines Register, 8/29/07)

Called for Closing Guantanamo Bay

In December 2007, Huckabee flipped on Guantanamo Bay, now saying it should be closed because it has become a symbol people are angry about. “I have also come to understand that from a perspective of the way the world looks at us, GITMO has become a symbol of what a lot of people are angry about, and whatever value it has, it’s being lost by the ill-will that it has generated. So rather than continuing something that is doing us more harm than good, there’re other places to keep these detainees. I want to make clear. Closing Guantanamo is not letting these detainees loose. It’s simply putting them in a different location and not allowing this symbol, which has become a part of Guantanamo, to further damage the prestige of the United States.” (Fox News, 12/4/07) http://hotair.com/archives/2007/12/04/war-questions-for-mike-huckabee/

And suggested sending terrorists at Guantanamo Bay to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. “My concern is that the facility has become a distraction from our Global War on Terror. Other facilities, like Fort Leavenworth, can serve the same purpose without the controversy.” (Mike Huckabee, “Statement on Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility,” Blog Post, 12/4/07)

Endorsed by the New Hampshire Teacher’s Union

The New Hampshire National Education Association endorsed Hillary Clinton and…Mike Huckabee. “The New Hampshire chapter of the National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers union, has endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mike Huckabee for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations respectively.” (Philip Elliott, “NH NEA To Endorse Clinton, Huckabee,” AP, 12/5/07)

Championed In-State Tuition and Tax-Payer Funded Scholarships for Illegal Immigrants

”Another bill in the draft stages, backed by Gov. Mike Huckabee, would make illegal aliens eligible for state-funded scholarships and in-state tuition if they graduate from high school in Arkansas.” (Laura Kellams, “Senators research U.S. law on aliens,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 1/27/05)

Huckabee: Bush Administration has an “Arrogant Bunker Mentality”

Huckabee: “American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, open up, and reach out. The Bush administration’s arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad.” (Mike Huckabee, “America’s Priorities In The War On Terror,” Foreign Affairs, Jan. 2008)

[vbmoneyspender]

2/3 of the honey bees have been mysteriously dieing off causing potentially devastating inflation in its own right

I'm sold. Eliminating inflation by saving the honey bees sounds like a winning campaign platform to me.

[mrsmel]

Same here. I’m one of those “fundies”, and I won’t vote for a Christian socialist who frees convicted felons and wants to disregard the rights of American citizens even while making them foot the bill for illegal immigrants, and having the crassness to call us racists or bigots while extorting money from our pockets to pay for the illegals. Forget it.

[WOSG]

“According to Coulter, the former Arkansas Governor believes sodomy is protected by the Constitution.

He responded to my column last week — pointing out that he is on record supporting the Supreme Court’s sodomy-is-a-constitutional-right decision — by saying that he was relying on the word of a caller to his radio show and didn’t know the details of the case. “

Are you saying huckabee is pleading IGNORANCE on this?

That is pathetic. The Thomas dissent to Lawrence v Texas is one paragraph long and says it all, basically, it may be a bad law but its not a constitutional matter one way or the other.

One more reason to call Huckabee the “Harriet Miers candidate”.

[org.whodat]

The clear choice for the open border loons. The bubba hucksters and the clintoon clones. Just think, with buba Gunp in office, the illegal they arrested in Florida, for beating his 4 months old to death, could repent and huckster would pardon him.

[Petronski]

The Clear Choice for European-style Christian Socialists, for the open-borders crowd, for those who want to give habeas corpus rights to Gitmo terrorists, for those who didn’t get enough of Jimmuh Carter and Bill Clinton, etc.

[TomGuy]

has no clue on foreign policy

Neither Huckabee nor Obama seem to have much knowledge of international affairs and foreign policy. Obama's handlers have reigned him in somewhat, since his early days on the campaign trail. Huckabee needs some of his handlers to reign him him too.

[Radix]

"Since that wasn't intended so much to be a post about Huckabee but more of a post about the gentle treatment of Romney and his controversial faith, I thought I would start a new thread in my response to AmericaVictory regarding Huckabee.".

 

 

Since you are so interested in posting out here about your personal views....I thought that it might be interesting if you would also post about just when it was that you ceased indulging in the recreational use of hallucinogenics.

[jrooney]

It is shocking that Huckabee pardoned 1058 convicted criminals during his tenure as Governor. Too scary to ever give him the Whitehouse.

[elli1]

And today he promised free college tuition for national service. John Kerry promised the same thing in 2004. Huckabee sounds like the clear choice for the dem nomination.

What? Bubba already did that. Americorps.

Americorps

[ElkGroveDan]

That was his idea, not mine. I can’t stand Huckabee.

[Rome2000]

They purged this site of Giuliani supporters but Hucksters and McInsaniacs are still here in droves.

Thompson is the candidate or there is no GOP.

[CitadelArmyJag]

The Huckster snakeoil salesman is selling leftist policy in the guise of “Good Ol Brer Pastor Mike.” Salt of the earth he is not...

Guy reminds me of a male Tammy Fay Baker

[not2worry]

For being a Christian he doesn’t seem to have passed his values on to his kids.

But I guess prayer saved the dog his son deliberately hung at camp.

Also, if recall, he did a Clinton when he moved out of the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion, taking State property that the family evidently felt entitled to.

BTW, why hasn’t there been an expo on Huck’s family? Everyone else’s family has been put under the microscope.

[Gabz]

Supporting smoking bans on private property is NOT supporting the “little guy” or hard working Americans -— it is putting them out of business and on the unemployment line................

[Rome2000]

Good one!

[Big E]

Well, I went through that, and basically what I came up with from your essay is I need to vote for Huckabee because he can win. I guess he’ll win by outpandering the Democrats. Promise everything to everybody, say anything, ‘cause it doesn’t matter, you don’t actually have to deliver. I’m still waiting for someone to tell me why I should support Huckabee, and I’ve yet to hear it. He’s a liberal, just like McCain. I’ll support Thompson, Giuliani, or Romney in the general election but not Huckabee or McCain.

[Big E]

Well, I went through that, and basically what I came up with from your essay is I need to vote for Huckabee because he can win. I guess he’ll win by outpandering the Democrats. Promise everything to everybody, say anything, ‘cause it doesn’t matter, you don’t actually have to deliver. I’m still waiting for someone to tell me why I should support Huckabee, and I’ve yet to hear it. He’s a liberal, just like McCain. I’ll support Thompson, Giuliani, or Romney in the general election but not Huckabee or McCain.

[Travis McGee]

"Honest, I never noticed that glowing white cross hovering behind me for 16 seconds. Honest."

“Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”

Huckabee promotes 'open door' policy at LULAC convention

"Pretty soon, Southern white guys like me may be in the minority," Huckabee said jokingly as the crowd roared in laughter.

Thursday, Jun 30, 2005

By Wesley Brown

Arkansas News Bureau

LITTLE ROCK - In a impassioned speech before hundreds of influential Hispanic civil rights leaders from across the nation, Gov. Mike Huckabee told a captive audience Wednesday that America is great because it has always opened it doors up to people seeking a better way of life.

"I would hope that no matter who we are, or where we are from, that America should always be a place that opens its arms, opens it heart, opens its spirit to people who come because they want the best for their families ...," Huckabee said as the largely Hispanic audience gave him a standing ovation.

Huckabee was the keynote speaker, along with Tyson Foods Inc. Chairman and CEO John Tyson, at a noon luncheon of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which is holding its 76th annual convention in Little Rock.

About 10,000 political, community and business leaders, along with exhibitors and speakers are in Little Rock attending the convention at the Statehouse Convention Center. The convention started Monday and runs through Saturday.

Although he never actually talked about the U.S. or Arkansas immigration policy, Huckabee made it very clear where he stood on the issue. In his opening remarks, he said the nation will need to address the concerns of the Hispanic community because of its growing influence and population base.

"Pretty soon, Southern white guys like me may be in the minority," Huckabee said jokingly as the crowd roared in laughter.

He told the LULAC delegates that their presence in the state's capital city was very important because Arkansas has one of the fastest growing Hispanic populations in the nation. "Your gathering is so very significant for our state," Huckabee said. "We are delighted to have you."

Despite several light moments, Huckabee did not stray away from several controversial issues that made him a target of criticism during the recently ended 85th General Assembly. He said Arkansas needs to make the transition from a traditional Southern state to one that recognizes and cherishes diversity "in culture, in language and in population."

"This is an issue that is going to require extraordinary efforts on both sides of the border, particularly those coming from Mexico," Huckabee said of verifying the status of illegal aliens. "But I am confident that our government will recognize that we should accommodate people who wish to provide the best opportunities for their families (and) employers so that we can make sure our economy has the necessary work force."

During the legislation session, Huckabee criticized an immigration bill by Republican senators Jim Holt of Springdale and Denny Altes of Fort Smith as un-Christian, un-American, irresponsible and anti-life. Senate Bill 206, which died in the Senate, would have required proof of citizenship to register to vote and also force state agencies to report suspected cases of people living in the country illegally. Holt, R-Springdale, replied later to Huckabee's comments that Christian charity does not include turning a blind eye to lawbreaking.