Posted on 01/31/2008 2:09:25 PM PST by Jim Robinson
While governor, Huckabee gained favor with Hispanic leaders by denouncing a high-profile federal immigration raid and suggesting some anti-illegal immigration measures were driven by racism. He advocated making children of illegal immigrants eligible for college scholarships.The same year Huckabee backed the scholarship provision, he criticized the federal government for a raid on an Arkadelphia poultry plant.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents arrested 119 illegal workers in the raid at a Petit Jean poultry plant, sending 107 out of the country either voluntarily or through deportation.
Huckabee also opposed a GOP lawmaker's efforts in 2005 to require proof of legal status when applying for state services that aren't federally mandated and proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Huckabee derided the bill as un-American and un-Christian, saying the sponsor -- former state Sen. Jim Holt -- drank a different "Jesus juice."
Huckabee promotes 'open door' policy at LULAC convention
Huckabee Was Instrumental In Bringing Mexican Consulate To Little Rock At Tax Payer Expense
Fred Thompson needs to make sure he is registered as a candidate for president in every state.
That one act would give true conservatives a write-in candidate, and it may come down to that by November.
I can’t disagree there.
However, I have reservations about the FairTax, and considering his record in Arkansas, I’m skeptical of Huckabee’s support for it anyway.
Say I do believe him...he couldn’t pass it anyway.
Thank you JR, I agree on all counts.
He will also force the field to the right.
Yea I can’t refute the closing the IRS one at all. I got nothing there.
Huck has the the foreign policy acumen of Jimmy Carter, the spiritual sincerity of Bill Clinton, and the personal persuasiveness of Richard Nixon.
Sorry I cannot support him. Nuh-uh, no thanks.
Can you secure him to play at the Freeper ball again if he wins it all?
I think the point is that for some diehard conservatives, of which I consider myself one, there is no choice at all now that we’re down to Mitt and John. What have we got to lose by voting Huckabee and forcing some form of shake-up?
I plan on writing in as it is.
If this doesn’t work, I can still write in.
I realize Romney supporters aren’t going to go for this, but I sure will.
We may not know whom we will back, but we know it is either the x42 bwitch, or Obama.
x42 has enough of a machine behind it, feeding every dirty little secret, and it has the nerve and that dastardly female way of cutting a man's 8@!!$ off, and smile doin' it.
Whomever we have go against that had better be pretty good with facts and vocals.
Obama is the golden tongued token.
If you close your eyes and just listen ... you might not know it's a socialist speaking.
I remember his debut at the democrat convention, and I tell you ... he made me sit up and take note.I remember thinking, "This is a democrat? ... We'd better get someone against him, but quick ! "
Again, whomever 'debates' Obama had better have the language of our founders, and be well versed in articulating those principles.
In all honesty, I don't think any of the republicans present and past, had the language and fire to go against these two.
We've seen watery repuplican 'debates' and better staged democrat 'debates' ...
We haven't seen a head to head dem/repub. contest yet.
I'm not in a super Tuesday state, and I'm sure glad of that ... because I probably wouldn't be able to make a decision until I was in the booth.
Anybody can answer some questions. Heck I’m pro-life but I could probably withstand a NARAL question and answer session and come out having them convinced I’m pro-abortion.
Your position assumes that Huck is keeping votes from Romney- A flawed perspective, to say the least. Look at Georgia, which Huck will win. Romney is in the basement there. If anything, Huck is keeping votes from McCain (though I doubt that too).
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200712/POL20071204b.html
[When he was governor, Huckabee held the following positions on illegal immigration: He supported higher education benefits for children of illegal immigrants, opposed a federal roundup of illegals from his state in 2005, opposed a 2001 bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in the state, and in 2001, a member of his administration pushed for legislation to grant driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.]
Is a vote for Huckabee a vote for McCain? It depends on which state you’re in.
Several big states, including California and New York, have winner-take-all primaries (at least on the Republican side). In those states, where Huckabee clearly won’t win, the only issue is whether the delegation will be entirely McCain delegates or entirely Romney delegates. If you want to stop McCain, hold your nose and vote for Romney.
A few states, such as Colorado and Tennessee, award delegates proportionally. Huckabee might pick up some delegates without winning the state.
Keyes.
A) He’s still in the race.
B) He’s the only conservative left in the race.
C) Unlike Mike Huckabee, he knows foreign policy, national defense, and will restore our national sovereignty.
> If hes out then Im done
Thanks a lot for your 1/2 vote for hellary or obamarama.
Great tagline! I like your candidates!
Strongly disagree here. There’s no way I’m supporting Huckster.
A brokered convention would be brokered by the party establishment. They’d pick McCain... and a lot of people who would have held their noses and vote for him if they felt that he’d gotten the nomination fair and square by winning the primaries will stay home.
My husband and I will be voting for Romney on Tuesday.
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