http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mikehuckabee/ en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:46:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277103/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In an interview with Jon Stewart of the "Daily Show" on Comedy Central last week, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee blasted the false notion that common ground exists in the abortion debate. The notion that there is common ground on killing children and hurting women has been repeatedly taken to task by pro-life advocates. Huckabee said that abortion advocates don't want to give an inch in the abortion debate by accepting even modest limits on abortion such as parental notification, which would allow parents to know when their daughters are considering the life-altering decision. Stewart talked... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277103/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:46:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259151/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) – Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has rolled out a succession of endorsements from national Republicans since announcing his entrance into the 2010 Senate race. Now his Republican primary rival, former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio, has a national endorsement of his own from a conservative heavyweight: Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor will formally endorse Rubio in about two weeks, according to a Florida Republican familiar with the plans. The details of where the endorsement will take place have not been decided. Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259151/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 16:57:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246428/posts Uh oh -- looks like the 2012 GOP primary, or at least a preview of it, is getting underway. In a fresh round of GOP infighting over the soul of the battered party, Mike Huckabee just took a shot at a host of potential primary rivals, disparaging Eric Cantor's new group to revive the GOP, the National Council for a New America, and the high-profile Republicans that make up the group's "panel of experts." The experts Huckabee was referring to include Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, and Bobby Jindal, all of whom are being talked about for 2012. Huckabee's broadside came... WhoRunsGov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246428/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 21:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218671/posts There are a handful of times in life where you get to experience something that has the feeling of brushing the presence of greatness. In my life at various times that has been something I didn't always realize up front. But having returned from a day and a half and a sum total of nine events over that period of time with one person in particular I have to tell you... I think I did this weekend. In December of 2006 I wrote a column in which I was the first pundit in America to predict that Barack Obama would... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218671/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:42:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215074/posts Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee led a chapel service this morning at Palm Beach Atlantic University, softly delivering his message of Christian activism between one-liners about being mistaken for White House competitor Mitt Romney and his fondness for the band Led Zeppelin. Huckabee, who released his latest book, "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America," in the fall, was part of the Christian university's Annual Ethics & Character Lecture Series. As part of the series, Huckabee, 53, spoke Tuesday evening during a $200-a-plate fund raiser for PBA at The Breakers in Palm... Palm Beach Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215074/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:31:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213584/posts Jefferson City, MO (LifeNews.com) -- Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee compared abortion to slavery during a speaking engagement at a recent pro-life event. However, his comments are drawing criticism from a leader of the NAACP, the nation's largest civil rights group.During a Monday speech for the Missouri-based Vitae Caring Foundation, which creates and sponsors pro-life television advertisements across the country, Huckabee made the remarks.Huckabee said that, when the United States abolished slavery, it got rid of the concept that one person had the powerful life and death decision over another. he said such a decision was wrong when... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213584/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:04:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197358/posts In his book, Do the Right Thing, Mike Huckabee talked about the concepts of vertical and horizontal politics. Horizontal politics is when solutions to policy are figured out based on ideology. In other words, whatever is the issue, the individual tries to figure out how their ideology should deal with the issue. Vertical politics is when someone just tries to figure out what the solution is and doesn't worry about how that applies to ideology. Huckabee made the point that most voters want people that solve problems. They aren't ideological and so they aren't as impressed with ideological solutions. Explain... The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197358/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:41:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2194901/posts Here is video from Gov. Mike Huckabee's speech today at CPAC, where he defended the Social Conservatives in the Republican Party against attacks that they are to blame for recent election losses. Huckabee makes a strong case that Social Conservatives are the heart of the GOP, and are the most reliable Republican voters. He urges reconciliation between the two wings of the Conservative Movement - Fiscal Conservatives, and Social Conservatives - in order to make the movement "fly" once again. . . . . (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2194901/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192060/posts Former GOP presidential candidate Gov. Mike Huckabee in an exclusive Newsmax interview says President Obama’s early job performance is “cause for alarm,” and warns his penchant for talking down the economy is “the worst possible direction he could take.” Obama’s dark portrayal of the U.S. economy -- apparently intended to lower the high expectations stoked by his rhetoric during the campaign -- is on the verge of becoming a “self-fulfilling prophecy,” Huckabee adds. The former Arkansas governor’s criticism followed a week that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a six-year low. The S & P 500, the index that... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192060/posts#comment Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:11:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157377/posts The Republican Party paid a steep price for race-baiting in the presidential campaign. Remember the ferocious backlash against the California Republican group that produced a racist newsletter depicting Barack Obama on a food stamp, surrounded by images of fried chicken and watermelon? Then there were those two congressmen who were rightly excoriated for condemning Mr. Obama’s candidacy in the language of the Jim Crow South — one describing him as a “boy” and the other as “uppity.” We thought after all that — and, oh yes, losing the election — everyone in the Republican Party leadership would have figured out... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157377/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:37:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2155118/posts If 2002 was Mormonism's debutante ball, 2008 may go down as its first semester of college. The Utah-based church made new friends, endured back-stabbing from would-be friends, joined some clubs, got a taste of fame and had a few wrenching exams. From the possibility of a Mormon in the White House to a stream of Latter-day Saints on reality television, from being attacked as belonging to a cult (or mistaken for a polygamous sect in Texas) to participating in California's bitter battle for traditional marriage, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would see their faith in... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2155118/posts#comment Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:39:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2144295/posts Former presidential candidate and Christian minister Gov. Mike Huckabee is a pretty busy guy these days. Huck's on a 56-city book tour and on Monday will be signing his new book Do the Right Thing at the Colonial Drive Barnes & Noble in Orlando from 12 to 1 p.m. But before then, on Sunday he'll be spending some time with us on my radio program for a touch and go interview between the book covers at 3 p.m. ET - get there by clicking this Link.Huckabee hosted his own TV show on Fox News Channel Saturday night from a BooksAMillion... The Radio Patriot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2144295/posts#comment Sun, 7 Dec 2008 03:19:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134954/posts He’s not saying it critically, mind you. Since when has Huck ever been critical of a rival, overtly or otherwise? Huckabee had some interesting observations about Sarah Palin, a potential 2012 opponent, suggesting that she didn’t earn her spurs and was more appealing to the base of the party because she hadn’t been scrutinized in the primary. “What John McCain did for her was to give her the capacity to sort of leapfrog over the process and get right to the center stage,” he said of the GOP’s vice presidential nominee. Unlike those, he added, who had competed in the... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134954/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134040/posts Once (and future?) presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is out with his third book in as many years, Do the Right Thing, a searing picture of a day on a Brooklyn city block a memoir of his unlikely, underfunded, and proudly socially conservative bid. A big chunk of the book is dedicated to settling some scores between Huck and the economic conservatives and libertarians who considered (and still consider) him unacceptable. The real threat to the Republican Party is something we saw a lot of this past election cycle: libertarianism masked as conservatism. And it threatens to not only split the... Reason http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134040/posts#comment Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:15:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032864/posts TOKYO (AFP) - Former US presidential contender Mike Huckabee urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday not to denigrate Democrat Barack Obama, saying they should celebrate the historic moment of a black candidate. "Republicans will make a fundamental if not fatal mistake if they seek to win the election by demonising Barack Obama," Huckabee told a news conference on a visit to Tokyo. The former Arkansas governor said that, having grown up in the segregated South, he never thought he would see an African-American win the nomination of a major party for the US presidency. "I do not want to have... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032864/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:08:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2027784/posts Mike Huckabee performed the Heimlich Maneuver successfully on a fellow politician Saturday in North Carolina. ... Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2027784/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 04:19:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2026353/posts A T-R-I reader says a “former Republican candidate for the presidency in 2008 is shopping a radio commentary/talk show to all the networks, and it’s not his first job in radio.” Sounds like the Tennessee talker himself, Fred Thompson, doesn’t it? But no – it’s former Arkansas Governor, minister and onetime teenage radio host Mike Huckabee. His witty and self-deprecating persona was a hit with a lot of media types during the campaign and you’d think he could be exploring all kinds of options (including the VP slot with McCain, without seeming to want it). But he’s shaking hands and... Taylor on radio-info.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2026353/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:33:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021776/posts Early on January 22, I posted the following to Free Republic: "In my opinion someone definitely needs to get word to Governor Huckabee that his unholy alliance with Senator McCain isn’t ultimately going to work for anyone, except possibly their Democrat opponents."http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957488/posts?page=1#25 (post #25) On April 25, this was the featured Huckabee quote at Google News: "Sometimes I got accused of being in collusion with him during the course of the campaign — that we were somehow forming some unholy alliance."http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5731969.html (fourth paragraph) Did Governor Huckabee get word about the "unholy alliance" or was that just a coincidence? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021776/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 05:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015583/posts "Me? I'm just hangin' out, listening for McCain's phone call and waiting for reporters..." Mike "The Huckster" Huckabee, is at the top of the short list of John McCain's vice presidential candidates. At least according to a top McCain fundraiser. Economic conservatives are likely to oppose the choice of Huckabee as McCain’s vice presidential candidate, given the populist tone of his campaign and his tax record as governor of Arkansas. But in his “Capital Commerce” column for U.S. News & World Report, James Pethokoukis points to the fundraiser’s disclosure and cites several factors that could make Huckabee a strong asset... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015583/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 01:29:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2014115/posts Commentary by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director, RFFM.org Houston, we have a problem! Or perhaps I should say, Republicans have a problem. Even though GOP crybabies--including Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity--now seem to be rallying around the candidacy of Sen. John McCain, the message has yet to filter down to the Party's base. Though McCain is the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, in Pennsylvania Rep. Ron Paul finished second with over 15% of the Republican votes cast. Gov. Mike Huckabee snatched up nearly 12% of those who voted on the GOP's side of the ballot. Both men tallied a... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2014115/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 18:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003389/posts Some Republicans groaned at Gov. Rick Perry's announcement that he plans to seek another term in 2010, but Mayor Bill White's camp reacted with glee. White has made no effort to hide the fact that he is looking to run for governor after being term-limited out of the mayor's office next year. And Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the biggest vote-getter in Texas history, has been more than hinting that she plans to "come home" to run for the same office. She outlined to Texas Monthly last November a plan to resign the Senate in 2009 to make the race, while... The Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003389/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:21:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002235/posts Mike Huckabee, still one of many names being floated as John McCain’s vice presidential nominee, has started up his own political action committee, Huck PAC. In his kick-off blog on his Web site, the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate writes that he’s launching the PAC to promote candidates who “hold firm” to the principles of “tax reform, a strong national defense, real border security, life, the family, less government and individual liberty.” Aside from that, Huckabee has high goals for upending the power balance in Washington. “Huck PAC is committed to helping Republicans regain control of the House... Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002235/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:10:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2000076/posts GOP Vice-President Slot Still Open, But Is Huckabee Getting Serious Cconsideration? RFFM.org Commentary by Daniel T. Zanoza Yes, I know. Supposedly there are no bosses in the Republican Party any longer. But even though the smoke-filled back room may be a thing of the past, there is an elitist faction of the GOP who makes decisions for all who believe in the Republican brand. Well, they try to make decisions. But as an institution starts to crumble, power brokers have less and less command over what goes on. Such was evidenced during the past presidential primary season. I believe Party... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2000076/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:30:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998208/posts In my first race, I was an unknown candidate running for the United States Senate against a three-term incumbent. Most political figures believed I couldn't win so did nothing to help. There was a major exception: Charlton Heston. When others didn't have time for me, he did. I didn't win that first race, but his encouragement is something I'll never forget. Six years later, I was an incumbent governor running for reelection and Charlton Heston came to two small communities in South Arkansas to do campaign events. The events were stunningly successful, bringing record crowds to these communities who were... MikeHuckabee.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998208/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:28:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990392/posts The story of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection has deep meaning to Christians for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, it is the defining moment of the Christian faith. But for the resurrection, Christianity would be nothing more than a legend, not unlike the stories from Greek or Roman mythology. As the Apostle Paul notes in I Corinthians 15:17-18, "And if Christ be not raised, your faith is in vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished." Indeed, our very hope of eternal life depends upon the resurrection of... MikeHuckabee.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990392/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:11:28 GMT