Dr. McCainlove 2008
Posted on 03/01/2007 10:45:28 AM PST by BplusK
(AgapePress) -- An Arkansas congressman is throwing his support behind Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, saying the former governor espouses the conservative values that many Americans expect and possesses the skills necessary to effectively communicate his message to the American people.
Friday on Capitol Hill, Governor Mike Huckabee, considered by many political analysts to be a long-shot candidate, plans to announce that Representatives John Boozman of Arkansas and Don Young of Alaska will serve as congressional chairmen of his presidential campaign. Boozman, a member of the Republican Study Committee, says he believes Huckabee has the communication skills necessary to set himself apart from GOP frontrunners Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.
"He's an excellent speaker," Boozman says of Huckabee. "He's able to take very difficult, complex problems and phrase them in such a way that people understand what he's talking about the solution that he would offer." And that, says the Arkansas congressman, is "a tremendous asset" for the presidential hopeful. "His challenge is going to be setting up a national base, and then also raising the money they he needs to him viable early on [in the campaign]," he adds.
Boozman says Huckabee's style is a perfect fit for early primary states. "The states that we're talking about [like] Iowa, New Hampshire ... are states where [meeting] one-on-one and speaking to small groups are so important," he says. "Nobody does that better than the [former] governor of Arkansas."
The Republican lawmaker also points to two other former state governors who ascended to the Oval Office. "Jimmy Carter, President [Bill] Clinton, those were guys who came from nowhere [and were elected president]," says Boozman; "so I think that the governor [Huckabee], based on the fact that he is such a good communicator, has a good chance to get his message out."
Boozman characterizes the race for the GOP nomination as "wide-open," noting that on the Democratic side Senators Joe Biden and John Kerry have shown that with one mistaken comment, a candidate can be "in and out overnight."
Huckabee is a tax-hiking, cigarette hating, 'compassionate conservative' RINO. But the liberals love him, just like Chuck Hagel, that's for sure.
Rudy and Romney are the only ones I have ruled out (for the primary AND general).
He is absolutely worth consideration.
The challenge (unfortunately) is getting name recognition and air time.
It's tough coming from a small media market (politically speaking) and breaking into the big leagues.
You never know - it's all going to come down to the debates.
Our parties candidate will shine in the debates - I think.
ROFLMAO, the same guy who praises Romney attacking Huckabee. Wow, that's rich!
At least Romney has been a fiscal conservative. He did not raise taxes, like Huckabee did.
Huckabee left the AR state GOP in shambles, same as with Romney. Only 1 federal officeholder, zero statewide, and stagnant numbers in the legislature. Don't forget Huckabee is a big-time squish on illegals. Rudy McRomneybee can get stuffed.
Romney is preferable to Huckabee on many fronts.
First, he's been a fiscal conservative. Huckabee hasn't.
Second, Romney opposes amnesty plans on the border and has set forth his ideas on immigration reform that include fining employers who hire illegal immigrants and setting up a national identification system required for employment for foreign born people in this country.
Huckabee is has very adamantly pro-amnesty.
I wouldn't even consider Huckabee. Romney is at the top of my list.
should read: Huckabee has been...
Talk talk talk talk talk .... based on Romney's political history, you've got to be a fool to trust anything he says.
Well, McCain passes my minimally acceptable test, as well as Huckabee.
I'm a generous guy.
Huckabee is an open-borders schmuck
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Sorry. Try again.
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First, a candidate must possess sanity and mental stability, and McCain got eliminated from that some time ago. This truly has got to be the most appalling lineup of GOP Presidential candidates I have ever seen in the past 100 years. There isn't a single declared candidate I find acceptable or without serious liabilities. The people that ought to be running aren't. It looks like a big contest between media whores and raving prima donnas. This isn't a primary, this is a Fellini film.
That is no fun.
Well, hey, if he were running for the Earl of North Korea or the Emperor of San Francisco we might be able to indulge him (but we'd still have to hide the nukes from him).
This country has enough of Arkansas governors to last this century.
Huckabee? perhaps when pigs fly
Crack smokin going on in the congress.
I,for one, am in total agreement with you.What the hell are these people thinking?
LMFAO
"There isn't a single declared candidate I find acceptable or without serious liabilities. The people that ought to be running aren't."
I think it would be interesting to know who you think should be running. That's not a flip comment, that's a serious want-to-know. Maybe there's still time to convince someone.....
Where's the fun in that?
Actually that was last century.......but I agree with the sentiment. ;-)
Romney didnt leave the MASSGOP in shambles, it was in shambles.
The duration of the new policy is in doubt because Romney leaves office early next month. His successor, Democrat Deval Patrick, has said he opposes placing the additional burden on the troopers.
After FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE Mitt signs an agreement to crack down on illegal immigrants -- which is repealed by his successor a month later.
Way to wait until the very end of your term, try to grab a headline, and accomplish absolutely nothing.
One governor of Arkansas was more than enough.
Gotta say I'm a bit off governors at 1600 for a long while. Reagan was the exception.
He has no chance. I hope he runs for Senator against Pyror.
Just what the country needs, another jerk from Hope as President.
"Mein Fuhrer, I can walk !"
ROFL, much better, a year and a half after deciding to run for president.
Governors such as Haley Barbour of MS (whose handling of the Katrina crisis was a model for the nation, and managed a major coup in the past week with getting the new Toyota plant over my state of TN); Mark Sanford of SC, a fiscal Libertarian, a very rare bird indeed (though Sanford may end up as the running mate of McCain); Sonny Perdue of GA; Dave Heineman of Nebraska.
Senators such as Jeff Sessions of AL; Jon Kyl of AZ; Saxby Chambliss of GA; Dr. Tom Coburn of OK.
House members such as Virgil Goode of VA and Sam Johnson of TX.
Business leaders and intellectuals such as Herman Cain of GA and Professor Walter Williams.
Put it this way, he nailed the coffin lid shut. You don't abandon a state in such dire straits to selfishly pursue higher office and leave a hapless Lieutenant in charge along with a moribund party begging him for help, that's a Weld move. If he had run AS a Conservative and lost reelection last November, he'd have a lot more respect from people around here.
You are correct.
Comparing Huckabee to Carter and Clinton doesn't say much..LOL.
The Huckster needs to quit politics and get a real job now. He'll never get another vote out of me.
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Worth Consideration? Not to this Arkansan who grew to dislike the Huckster (there is a reason people in his own party call him that...).
Nothing like a Republican who likes to tax and spend, give all the entitlements he can, destroy evidence (hard drives in state computers when he left office - not just format to DOD standards which is normal proceedure).
He is also a "reformed fatty" - who has decided to join with the far left in dictating what children and adults eat, if and when they can smoke (I am a non-smoker and he even bothered me on the issue!), Body Mass Index testing and reporting (that is often quite flawed or just wrong), and generally wants to control the diet of every American.
And we probably shouldn't even consider that he is even weaker on border security/illegal immigration than the RINO/GOP frontrunners.
The ONLY strong points to the Huckster - and I am beginning to doubt his unwavering stand on those issues:
2nd Amendment
Pro-Life
And yes, those are two of my biggest issues, and I don't know that I could hold my breath and vote for the man. I have heard it said that if those who know you wouldn't vote for you... well, that definitely applies here - and I am not alone. The Arkansas page of FR has had many long-running gripe sessions about the Huckster... There are so many more qualified people out there. Huckabee just muddies the water.
Huckabee is not pro-amnesty / pro-open borders. Here is what Mike Huckcabee said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC:
Stephanopoulos: Let's talk about immigration. I was struck by something in USA Today this morning, a headline that says, "Immigration Becomes KKK Rallying Point." You've said that you believe that there is some racism behind the immigration debate today.
What did you mean by that?
Huckabee: Well, first of all, I didn't mean that everybody who has some anxiety about immigration is a racist. And that was one of those things that suddenly blew up and people said, "Oh, he accused us all of being racists." Absolutely not. There are a lot of people who are concerned. I'm concerned. I'm concerned that our borders are porous and we're allowing people to come in and out without any real check as to who they are, where they're going, why they're here, do they have a communicable disease or a criminal background? We need to know those things.
Stephanopoulos: But you've also said we're going to be judged by how we treat the illegals who are here right now.
Huckabee: We shouldn't have amnesty where we just say, "Fine, everybody's good, we're going to let it go." We should have a process where people can pay the penalties, step up and accept responsibility for not being here legally. But here's the point. The objective is not to be punitive. The objective is to make things right. Right for us. Right for them. And what I have objected to in the past is when we are punishing the children for the laws that maybe their parents have broken. I do have a problem with that.
"We should have a process where people can pay the penalties, step up and accept responsibility for not being here legally. But here's the point. The objective is not to be punitive. The objective is to make things right. Right for us. Right for them."
Looks pretty pro-amnesty to me. Compare that to hitting employers with fines if they hire illegals. What Huckabee is of course saying is that the laws of this country can be ignored and US citizenship can be bought. And for a pretty freaking cheap price, undoubtedly. I'm fundamentally opposed to that.
He's also pretty much saying that he wants to naturalize these people after they pay a fine. And then, of course, they're eligible for social services...
No way, no how. Our country should not be blowing our future and our taxes on unskilled, cheap Mexican labor. You want immigrants? Fine, control the number of unskilled laborers you let in (and make sure they leave if they're guest workers) and focus on bringing in engineers from Eastern Europe and Asia. What we're doing now is suicidal.
Our is a society that needs to be based on technological innovation and application--not gardeners, construction workers, and pool boys. We had plenty of those before this invasion. We just paid them above the minimum wage.
Huckabee is not pro-amnesty / pro-open borders. Here's what he said.....
You might want to look at what he did vs what he is now saying. He wanted us to pay for college scholarships for illegals, he pardon murders against the victim's family wishes, he is a socialists.
I voted for him once while holding my nose. Never again, not even for dogcatcher.
If you want him for your governor, good, invite him to your state. We sure don't need him as President.
Which "conservative values" might he be talking about? Tax-raising? Big Government? Multiplication of Entitlement programs? Unlimited illegal immigration and support? Free college education for Illegals? Big Brother Government control over our children and how we raise them?
The Huckster's talent is in being able to look you in the eye and convince you that increased taxes is a good thing.
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