Posted on 01/23/2008 12:29:02 PM PST by TitansAFC
This was a surprise. From the Hunter statement:
"I got to know Governor Huckabee well on the campaign trail," said Hunter. "Of the remaining candidates I feel that he is strongly committed to strengthening national defense, constructing the border fence and meeting the challenge of China's emergence as a military superpower that is taking large portions of America‚s industrial base."
"Along with these issues of national security, border enforcement and protecting the U.S. industrial base, I see another quality of Mike Huckabee's candidacy that compels my endorsement. Mike Huckabee is a man of outstanding character and integrity. I saw that character over the last year of campaigning and was greatly impressed. The other Republican candidates have many strengths and I wish them all well. My personal choice is Mike Huckabee," Hunter concluded.
Thank you for that and there might be a reason for Hunter’s actions. I just can’t see him flipping.
Before we all go bananas LOL; let’s see what is behind this. I can’t see Hunter flipping. He is just not the type to do this.
Huck may not be perfect, but Hunter is right.
Judges are one good reason.
LOL... Anyone who sports a Ron Paul tag deserves to be parted from his money.
He may have been duped, but he is as conservative as they come, dingbat.
My head's not gonna explode but I do have the hiccups.
DH picking Huckabee is twilight zone time.
The five US Circuit Court judges Mitt Romney appointed as Massachusetts Governor were very conservative, a fact which has been verified and published by NRO and other respected publications.
Not sure about the local judges he appointed, although they don’t matter nearly as much because local judges don’t deal with Constitutional issues, only litigation and criminal law, etc.
Amazing to me that you are gonna support Huckabee over a belief the GOP leaders are jamming “socially moderate” candidates down your throat.
Well, you are jamming the MOST socially moderate candidate — Huckabee — down your OWN throat if you continue to support him.
Huck/Hunter,,,If it was to go that way,Mr. Hunter could keep Mr.Huckabee in line..
This is arguably the single most important aspect of the 2008 presidental election. But unless we win both the White House and the Senate, the chance of getting another Roberts/Alito/Thomas/Scalia is slim to none. If the Huckster wins, then he is more likely to nominate justices in the mold of Stevens and Souter, who were appointed by Republicans, and there is not a lot of difference between those two and Ginsburg and Beyer, who were apppointed by RATs, except, perhaps that Ginsburg might be a bit more conservative in some respects. And so if Huck is elected, then we get a Souter and if Clinton/Obama is elected we get a Ginsburg/Beyer. Either way, we are not getting a conservative, and we may never get another conservative justice, no matter who is elected POTUS, if we don't win back the Senate.
Hope you’re enjoying your soda.
It’s been fun reading. Kind of like the old days on FR when we all felt national politics were a zoo, and we had fun being alternatively sarcastic and fey about it.
Since then people have invested so much of their souls for certain candidates and against others that they became vitriolic against other FReepers that didn’t agree with their candidate choice instead of just against the politician they didn’t like.
I think we had too much success with President Bush and then got really picky and critical over the things we didn’t get from him. And then the fission at FR began in earnest.
A fair number of our former contributors are now at another website, when the candidates that all the fighting was about are now history or soon to be history. As a result we are scraping to raise the money to keep this place going.
I say, ultimately, even when a guy you really like is in office, that politics is a circus.
Time to bring in the clowns!!
At least Fred didn’t endorse anyone. But endorsing the Huckster is the worst of them all!
I agree. It looks like an anti-establishment endorsement.
You want to compare our rhetoric about illegal immigration? Go ahead....show me YOUR class.
Furthermore, I've already covered that with freekitty and I believe we understand each other.
Now, run along and play.
Rudy mcRomeny is equally bad. Always has been.
Exactly.
Can’t help you on the quote but lots of lifelong pubbies are turning indy. Huckaee or McCain as the nominee mean people will sit the election out. They’re unacceptable.
1000!!!
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