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Posted on 03/02/2008 11:00:53 PM PST by Keyes2000mt
Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign may be nearing its end, but those around him say he won't disappear and is poised to claim political leadership of conservative evangelicals. Mr. Huckabee's inner circle says he's the perfect bridge to re-establish the Christian right, which has suffered over the last decade, as a political force that speaks for millions of voters. "He has become the leader of a new generation of Christian conservative voters," said Rex Nelson, who was communications director when Mr. Huckabee was Arkansas' governor. "The old leadership has either passed on in the case of [the Rev. Jerry] Falwell or become either irrelevant or out of touch — the Pat Robertson endorsement of Rudy Giuliani proves that." "There is nobody else you can identify outside of Mike Huckabee as a leading person to take on that role, really in a new era where evangelicals care about a lot of things like the environment and working with the poor," Mr. Nelson said. Mr. Huckabee said he will remain in the Republican nomination battle until someone reaches 1,191 delegates to the September convention. Sen. John McCain of Arizona would clinch the nomination tomorrow with wins in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island. Several of Mr. Huckabee's close advisers, speaking on the condition of anonymity to freely discuss possibilities, said he does not have an interest in a Cabinet position or in running for the U.S. Senate from Arkansas, but said being on a ticket as vice president would be an attractive alternative. One adviser mentioned a role as Republican National Committee chairman, while another said he might be best suited for a role outside the party.
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Sorry. Huckabee’s not leading conservatives anywhere, except for perhaps the naive ones into the McCain camp, as soon as Mike determines it’s time to kiss the head RINO’s ring.
Huckabee is the judas goat, whose only purpose is to lead the sheep into the slaughter pen at the appropriate moment.
Will he be working out of the Mexican consulate in Little Rock or a triple-wide in Hope?
Huckabee is a liberal. You have figured that out, right?
Is this the same guy that say we should look to the government for solutions to our social problems?
Conservative evangelical is an oxymoron. The evangelicals don’t care about whether someone is conservative or far left moonbat socialist as long as they carry a bible to church every Sunday and are anti-abortion.
the same guy who wants to abolish the income tax, corporate tax and capital gains tax.
The same guy who said “the Second Amendment isn’t really about hunting. It’s about tyranny and self-defense. The Founding Fathers weren’t worried about our being able to bag a duck or a deer, they were worried about our keeping our fundamental freedoms.”
He must be a commie.
I’m an evangelical and a conservative. And I don’t resemble your other remarks.
Oh, and I don’t support Huckabee.
Now this took me by surprise...not! Huckabee trys to play his losses as wins because he got the second most votes (over Ron Paul) when the truth is he has benefited from receiving almost all the oxegen that was previously consumed by Romney, Thompson, Hunter etc. Huckabee wants to have it both ways..."I'm staying in to win even though mathematically I cannot win but I'll tell you what: if you pick me for VP then I end my campaign." Whatever. I pray that McCain sweeps Huckabee off the table Tuesday and we can get on with the battle against Billary and Obama.
he has done it in a way that doesn’t hurt mccain.
I bet that would attract quite a few Republicans, including me, out of the party.
Huck’s one of the few people McCain could pick that would actually make me enthusiastic about voting for him.
Bzzzt! Wrong answer. Try again --
Huck is one of the few people who could make this evangelical less excited about voting for McCain than I currently am, not an easy task.
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He’s a politician, and its what people want to hear.
Perhaps thats how it should be.
Yet you and I would both have voted enthusiastically for a Reagan clone for president -- right? Reagan appealed to the different groups that form the party. Huckabee (and for that matter Romney) will never be able to do that. Fragmenting the party makes a McCain possible.
When half the party loathes your candidate, it is time to find someone else.
I'm retired, so I already paid my taxes. Now he wants to tax me again on what I spend?
well your investments won’t be taxed. You’ll be able to make more money from them as they will go up in value once the tax burden on capital is completely eliminated.
I favor a flat tax but there is more research, grassroots and congressional support for the fair tax than any other plan. I don’t see how a fair tax would be worse than our current system.
While I agree with many of huckster voter issues, except the hate mongers, I cannot take anything this snake oil salesman peddles. The huckster is a complete fraud. he is now caught up in his own self importance. He will fall...like most frauds and when he does the damage to social conservatives will last for a long time.
I can’t think of a Cabinet position he’d be qualified for, but Senator from Arkansas would be a great way for him to prove his newly found conservative mettle.
Why won’t he do that for his party and his constituents? Too much work?
Ignorant comment of the day.
It’s good for everybody except those who actually saved money for their retirement.
You’re an idiot.
Ah Huck - how can we miss you when you won’t go away?
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Somebody has been smoking the wacky weed.
Huckabee has all the credibility of a used car salesman.
factually wrong PERHAPS.
However Huckabee has trading on that exactly. His Christain socialism has been proped up on his anti-abortion stand as a smoke and mirror “fix” to excuse all the other issues.
Because half the party loathed Romney and half the party loathed anyone openly Christian, we ended up with McCain, only loathed by 40% of the party. November will be a blood-bath.
"On Capitol Hill, he holds Bible studies nearly everyday and prayer breakfasts weekly. He also serves as sort of an on-site pastor to the senators, their families, and staff."
Just doing my part trying to guide the Reverend Mike in the right direction...
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EV, please remind us once again -- what candidate have you been for?
I have been and am for Dr. Alan Keyes.
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Somebody has been smoking the wacky weed.”
Obviously.
Huckabee is a lot more than just "openly Christian."
November will be a blood-bath.
That seems inevitable.
We lose if McCain wins, we lose worse if Obama wins, and if what I have read recently is correct, we will lose the next House and Senate races.
My take: We lose if Obamaillary wins; we lose worse if McCain wins.
Do you really believe that he is motivated to serve his party and his constituents? Besides, why would he take the pay cut? Those speaking fees can really add up.
You might be right about that. McCain's coattails would be even shorter than Bush's.
LOL!
Put down the rattlesnakes and think for a change.
See, now you are trying too hard to be stupid.
LOL! Thumpers crack me up. The GOP party in Oregon is full of nutters thumping away while driving off the 35% of voters that aren’t marxists and thumpers. The fiscal conservatives (who also happen to be liberals in the classic sense) that believe in a smaller government and less regulation are getting shafted from both sides. Frankly I could care less anymore about the two parties. You win, thumpers can have the GOP, I wash my hands of them.
That’s OK though, all you have to do is convert all the illegal aliens in Oregon to thumpers and they’ll be voting lockstep with the nutcases candidates the Oregon GOP puts up for office. Oh by the way, most of those thumpers are former Democrats that converted to the GOP after roe vs. wade just like the southern blue dog Democrats that switched to the GOP.
What a great deal that was. The party of Lincoln got to bring in a bunch of racist southern baptists, get labeled as anti black for the next 100 years, and cave in to all of the liberal garbage brought up in congress due to the RINOS like Trent Lott.
But hey, at least they went to church every Sunday with a Bible under their arm.
I don't think half the party loathes any of the candidates, including McCain. You can be mislead by reading posts on FR, where a relatively few number of folks care far more about political differences than the average voter, even the average Republican. Probably 5-10% of the party actually loathes one or another of the candidates. Admittedly, that could be enough to swing a close election. Then maybe another 25% or so who are dissatisfied but not really disgusted. That's a bigger problem, as they may just stay home. Fortunately, either Hillary or Obama will be a great motivator for Pubs to vote.
Unfortunately, finding another candidate is easier said than done. There was a wide array of candidates this year, and all of them were flawed. So we have McCain. We can't wait for another Reagan. We have to adopt Reagan's maxim that someone who agrees with us 65% of the time is our friend. I am quite ready to vote for McCain, no matter who he chooses for VP, though I would love to see it be Huckabee. I also fully expect to have to push the Pubs in Congress to fight some of McCain's dangerous liberal ideas. But then we had to do that with Bush too.
You make was too many ASSumptions. You paint with such a broad brush and have no idea what you are talking about. You throw insults and innuendos around like candy. This country was founded by a bunch of small government Bible thumpers. The Reagan coalition foundation were Christian Conservatism. You go on and on about your bigotry, you just dig yourself into a bigger hole of stupidity.
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