Minutemen Founder Jim Gilchrist Endorses Huckabee

MSNBC ^ | 12/11/07 | Adam Aigner-Treworgy

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- Huckabee announced this morning the endorsement of Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the anti-illegal immigration and border security group the Minutemen. More to come.

Huckabee also responded on Romney's ad, outlining differences on immigration. “I'm somewhat flattered as I seem to be the recipient of the first negative attack ad in the Republican Primary," Huckabee said. "That's usually a sign of desperation on the part of an opponent who feels that his only way of winning is to attack and to destroy."

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This is a big one, Folks

[ECM]

I’m not taking you to task, but I think this has been posted 17 times today in some form or another :)

[rabscuttle385]

What sort of crack is Mr. Gilchrist smoking...to endorse a RINO?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

It's all about power, just like Brownback endorsing Giuliani.

Gilchrist just sold his soul.

[redgirlinabluestate]

Twilight Zone. Or that Arkansas snake oil is really something.....

[lesser_satan]

Gilchrist is on drugs.

The REAL Mike Huckabee

[trimom]

And I would ask why he made this endorsement?

[pissant]

Did brownback endorse Rudy??

[Reagan79]

I am pretty sure he endorsed McCain.

[TheLion]

I would have thought he would have endorsed Hunter ot Tancredo....this is insane.

[pissant]

That was what I recalled as well.

[pissant]

Well, he’s just being ‘pragmatic’, I reckon. This pragmatism is going to be the death of our party.

[Secret Agent Man]

Huck’s got too much baggage. We already had a social liberal governor from Arkansas as President.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t trust Gilchrist anyway. I would be far more impressed if the endorsement came from Simcox.

[counterpunch]

Yep. A lot of two-bit players see Huckabee’s surge and are trying to capitalize on it, thinking he’s going to be the nominee. It’s all about political calculations and power plays, nothing else.

[pissant]

I don’t care who endorses Huck, he is not gettin my vote.

[marron]

Might be more interesting to poll the Minutemen, to see who they support.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I prefer Hunter but I can go with Huckabee.

[Juan Medén]

Well that’s certainly reasonable. After all, its not about what the man says he stands for, its about what happened over a decade ago! I’m with you, I refuse to listen to anything that happened after 1990. The present is overrated.

[captnorb]

How can any conservative sat that!