I don’t recall that Thompson used dirty tricks against Huckabee, but Huckabee certainly pulled out all the stops against Thompson, including all those push polls and flyers claiming that Thompson was pro-abortion.
The two of them appeal to the same audience, but Thompson tells the truth and Huckabee is a serial liar.
As Bob Kerrey said about Huckabee’s clone from Hope, Bill Clinton, he is “an unusually good liar.” Or, to put it another way, he is a snake oil salesman.
The sooner he gets out of the race, the better. But he won’t, because he has a very big ego.
I would love someone to post a scan of those flyers.
As far as ego, see my post on ego above at 66. There are now LOTS of pastors like this thanks to HIM.