Posted on 11/17/2008 12:28:36 PM PST by Chet 99
November 17, 2008
Categories: Huckabee
Huck unloads on Mitt; Romney camp hits back
Mike Huckabee is using his new book, out this week, to settle a few scores, not the least of which is with his fierce primary rival, Mitt Romney.
Per Michael Scherer, Huckabee picks up where he left off earlier this year, tweaking Romney as a rich guy and firing what may be the first shots of the 2012 primary.
Romney, Huckabee, writes, was "anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president.”
At another point, Huckabee portrays a Romney proposal to encourage more investment in the market as, "Let them eat stocks!”
The former Arkansas governor also takes a shot at Fred Thompson – who ensured his defeat in the pivotal South Carolina primary – as well as those evangelical leaders who didn’t get behind his bid.
But none of these people may emerge again in four years as political rivals of Huckabee.
Asked to respond, Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said Huckabee was acting small.
“This type of pettiness is beneath Mike Huckabee,” Fehrnstrom. “If we’re going to move the party forward, we need to offer more than personal recriminations. Unfortunately, in this book, Mike Huckabee is consumed with presumed slights, and he seems more interested in settling scores than in bringing people together.”
Romney is more conservative than McCain that’s for sure. Imagine if it were Romney in those debates against Obama...
RINO vs RINO
I’ve had enough of Slugabee.
Huckabee is a crab egg on the pubes of life!
“These two guys have as much relevance as two homeless guys fighting over a cardboard box.”
I’m afraid you are very wrong. The hucksters fans are loud and donate! He will run in 2012, insuring the conservative base is split and we’ll get another Rino... And before the huckster fans start... No I won’t support the huckster, he is a Rino with a bible in his hand.
not on spending. and even huckabee was against the bailout.
Personally I don't want to see or hear anything from either of them. But that just might be my opinion!
I say nobody from 2008 should run again for 2012
Much ado about nothing.
Neither of these represent Conservatism, and neither can win the presidency.
That was hilarious but (hopefully) true. I have no intention of supporting either of these two in the primary.
The bailout sure pointed out who the socialists are in the party. The socialists include the entire misnamed “leadership”.
Campaigns are brutal. Everyone wants to win and they will play every advantage they have to become the nominee.
I like to see the behind the scenes because then we know what is really going on and how the smiles on the outside really don’t show what is going on internally with the candidates campaign.
A person who survives to be the nominee is generally tested by the process.
Huck is just terrible. What a joke. Both these guys lost to a dreadful candidate who tanked in the general election. Neither should be in the conversation for 2112 unless they do something to up their game as a national candidate in the meantime.
Romney, who I ended up voting for at least talked the talk in terms of conservatism. No one else did. I was not 100% convinced he genuinely believed everything he was saying, but the others were acting like Democrats. As someone said above, I will take the guy moving to the right over the other guys drifting full speed to the left.
Meanwhile the conservative candidates keep their mouth shut and let the RINOs fight among themselves.
Siding with a fraud? Tell me: is this your first time?
I don’t want either of these two. I hope they “destroy” each other (meaphorically speaking) before the next race even begins.
RINO Fight, RINO Fight.
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