Posted on 02/23/2008 1:00:57 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
The immortal, uncensored words of John Kerry in 2004 come to mind: "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy." The same lament from Hillary and Bill Clinton, updated for 2008, would be a sense of utter incredulity that they are rotting in steerage class with this guy, while the Great Helmsman Obama and the Aviator McCain bestride the flying bridge...
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It would be great if Huckabee was more conservative but nonetheless here is the heart of it.
“when you really compare the resumes of Hillary and Huckabee, despite her pretensions as the candidate of experience, his ten years as governor give him the decisive edge in experience preparatory to being America’s chief executive. When you look at political skills and overall campaign moxie, you see him on a come-from-nowhere rising trajectory to become one of the two Republican finalists, whereas her glide path is more and more downward — from inevitability to doubt to dismay and desperation.”
Here is the punch line (and true)
“It’s true that her odds to become the Democratic presidential nominee (about 19% vs. Barack’s 79%, according to the University of Iowa political futures market), though poor, are still far better than Huckabee’s odds to become the Republican presidential nominee (a miniscule 1% vs. McCain’s dominant 92%).
But when media stereotypes of her as a star and him as a hick are put aside, the matchup as far as beating the preseason political point spread clearly flatters Gov. Huckabee, the Other Man from Hope, and reflects unflatteringly on Sen. Clinton, the Original Mrs. from Little Rock.
The immortal, uncensored words of John Kerry in 2004 come to mind: “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy.” The same lament from Hillary and Bill Clinton, updated for 2008, would be a sense of utter incredulity that they are rotting in steerage class with this guy, while the Great Helmsman Obama and the Aviator McCain bestride the flying bridge. Oh, the mortification.”
Just as long as Huckabee is there 3/4, so I can vote against McCain.
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