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Why Huckabee Is A Liability

By: BigGator5 (Diary)  |  March 1st, 2011 at 08:00 PM  | 

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Let’s give the Huckabuck the double facepalm for these dumb comments:

Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2012, said on Monday that he would “love to know more” about where President Obama was born and claimed – falsely – that Mr. Obama was raised in Kenya.

The comments were prompted by the conservative radio host Steve Malzberg ((who is clearly an idiot in his own right)), who asked Mr. Huckabee: “How come we don’t have a health record, we don’t have a college record, we don’t have a birth certificate – why, Mr. Obama, did you spend millions of dollars in courts all over this country to defend against having to present a birth certificate?”

“I would love to know more. What I know is troubling enough.” Mr. Huckabee, who is now a Fox News host, then talked repeatedly about his concerns that Mr. Obama was raised in Kenya. (The audio of the entire interview with Mr. Huckabee was posted on the WOR Web site.)

He was born in Hawaii. End of story. His mother was an American Citizen. End of story. He’s the legit President of the United States. END OF STORY.

This is not a winning issue for anyone. If Huckabee is really not a Birther, he would have stop Steve Malzberg and critized the host for even asking the question. This is clearly a freudian slip by the Huckabuck.

While I won’t call for him not to run, I sure hope he doesn’t run. Honestly, if he runs again, he’ll turn the primary into a running joke. If he runs, the only two things I need to completely destory him is this dumb Birther comment and the Maurice Clemmons Affair. I’ll give this advise freely to anyone who doesn’t want to see the Huckabuck winning the primary. I don’t believe in negative ads, but the Huckabuck and Mitt “RomneyCare” Romney needs to be run out of the primary before it even begins.

Sorry if this frank talk brothers you, because I am not really interested in a Huckabuck run*. I know I might catch flack from the Huckabuck Fanatics, but I honestly don’t care. In fact, I don’t think he’ll have a show much longer. If I was Roger Ailes, I’d call Huckabee into the office and fire him. Fox News does not need a Birther on it’s air.

[Cross-Posted On Practical State.com]

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*Or a Romney or Daniels or Ron Paul run. But we’ll leave it at that.

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  • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

    ** a bald faced liar;
    ** can be bought for “wedding gifts”;
    ** thinks GWB wasn’t compassionate enough;
    ** never met a tax hike he didn’t like’
    ** never met a problem that didn’t have a government solution.

    • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

      Barbour
      Cain
      Gingrich
      Jindal
      Pawlenty

      in alphabetical order

      • NHConservative0227

        His sitting on that couch with Pelosi for global warming?

        His support of Scozzafavva because it’s more important to just win and have a big tent?

        His support for ethanol subsidies?

        Divorcing his dying wife for his secretary?

        • Flagstaff

          It might get him some votes from squishes, though.

          Even his statement Friday was botched.

          Gingrich, Romney, Barbour, and now Huckabee have all done things or made questionable statements that, while perhaps explainable or even acceptable in a vacuum, open up the question of their ability to handle even small problems or the question of their commitment to the conservative cause, or just their competence to answer questions in a way that leaves their feet sans bullet holes. Romney has finally made a reasonable statement backing away from MassCare and denouncing ObamaCare.

          It’s a shame, but we may again be left trying to decide who can best get himself elected vs. Obama, rather than who would make the best President. Too many of these guys would make great advisers but questionable leaders.

          Isn’t it pretty obvious that the one missing ingredient in many of our candidates is a non-flexible backbone? That’s why Chris Christie is so popular, IMHO–he has one. Scott Walker may eventually show he has one, too. We’ll see.

          • Flagstaff
      • Flagstaff

        all those racist bigots at the Tea Party Patriots Summit in Phoenix last weekend choose Herman Cain as their favorite candidate, even over Ron Paul and Tim Pawlenty, who also delivered an inspiring speech.

        Pawlenty moved way up in my opinion of his “electability” by his performance there. Still, he may some explaining to do for actions in Minnesota. I don’t say he DOES, just that having been governor of a liberal state, he may have had to compromise on some issues that he’ll have to explain.

        • NHConservative0227

          Before now changing his mind.

          He also joined the chorus in piling on Palin after Tucson by saying he wouldn’t have used crosshairs.

          As for Christie, he appointed a terrorist defending lawyer to a NJ judgeship, defended a Hamas member from being deported as NJ attorney general, supports cap and tax (the state version), is pro gun control, and won’t sue over Obamacare.

          He should primary Obama!

  • SoFiMil

    Obama *is* a Keynesian. But as for Huckabee’s conservative bona fides, I totally agree with you.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrHkxqNT7s

    Thanks for the 4th or 5th opportunity to repost this video! : )

    • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

      dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO).

      • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack
        • podkayne3000

          and not the job he had early on that might have been a CIA job, plus the travel to Pakistan travel? I think the Kenya thing might by hyped to distract from the spy stuff.

          • Vegas_Rick

            about it. We are obviously uninformed.

    • Flagstaff

      seemed to be the only one who could read the sign.

      Isn’t Hawaii part of microKeynesia?

  • aesthete

    He goes and shatters my already subterranean impression of his governing philosophy and good sense. I don’t think there’s a single person in politics credibly positioned to run for President who would be more damaging in the position than Huck.

  • victrola

    If you have any seriousness about the White House, could you at least do just a little bit of research about your opponent?

    I’m amazed how many conservatives are suckered in by him, somehow being really really pro-life is the only issue that matters for certain social conservatives.

    Huckabee is going nowhere. Those reckless pardons killed more than just an innocent woman, they also killed his chance at ever being a Presidential nominee. If he runs he might win Iowa, but then he’s done. I just hope he doesn’t pursue a vanity campaign like Alan Keyes to just promote himself as a Palin/Oprah-type celebrity, but I’m not holding my breath.

    • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

      He won’t win the nomination, but if he runs he’ll attract the same rash of Single Issue Values Voters as last time. What he will do is dilute the field and that could be a huge minus for our chances to win in ’12. And beating BO isn’t going to a foregone conclusion or even easy. Just ask President Kerry how hard it was to beat the tremendously unpopular Bush.

      • victrola

        If he can’t win the nomination (or obviously the Presidency) he’s no longer a serious political player. If he does decide to run, it’s purely just to further his career, even he’s not delusional enough to think he can win. The rape pardon (and subsequent murder) was his Chappaquiddick, end of story.

        If he does run, it will just one additional member of the Iowa freak show where wannabees try to make a name for themselves and try to get a deal on Fox News or talk radio.

        • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

          has him leading all, and by a lot, in SC…

          CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Less than a year before the South’s first presidential primary, a new poll shows former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee leading a field of prospective Republican candidates among Southern voters.

          Huckabee easily led former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, 21.9 percent to 12.9 percent. Former Govs. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts scored 8.7 percent and 6.9 percent, respectively, in the poll of 11 Southern states by Winthrop University of Rock Hill, S.C. The margin of error is plus or minus 5.3 percentage points.

          While Gingrich is expected to announce an exploratory committee any day, no other likely candidate has taken that official step. The first GOP debate is on May 2 at the Reagan Library in California. The second takes place three days later in Greenville, S.C.

          South Carolina is expected to hold the South’s first presidential contest next February.

          • victrola

            I value polls, but I highly doubt the actual primary looks anything like this poll. No one has really “laid into” Huckabee yet on the pardons. He has high name recognition, and his own show on Fox, but that chink in his armor is too great, he’s one “Willie Horton” ad away from being destroyed, and he knows it.

            If a candidate like Mitt Romney sees an internal poll that tells him Huckabee has a remote chance to win, he’ll take him out in short order. I would also argue that as far as records go, Huckabee by far has the most liberal.

          • acat

            and in more ways than just not nominating Huck.

            When there’s more than one candidate claiming to be a conservative in the primary, the RINO wins. Every time.

            Huck claims conservatism, as do .. well, most of the rest, one way or another.

            If we really don’t want to be holding our noses in November, if we don’t want the media and the early open primaries to pick us another McCain, then conservatives need to get behind *one* candidate before Iowa, and push him or her hard enough that the open primaries can’t hide support, and the media can’t ignore support.

            If we do otherwise, get ready for either President Daniels or President Obama.

            Mew

          • victrola

            The only name thrown around that no one could argue was a “movement” conservative that actually had a real shot was Mike Pence, and he’s out.

            There really is no “perfect’ conservative that’s a legitimate contender. Everyone has their idea of what’s important. To me, Huckabee would be the absolute worst we could do when you look at Conservative principles as a whole. He’d also lose in a landslide, I’d bet my life savings on it.

            I’ve just come to the realization that unless someone else like a Chris Christie or Paul Ryan jumps in, we don’t have a real strong conservative running that can actually beat Obama.

            In a field of center-right candidates, I’m going for electability rather than splitting hairs on who is “one-percent” more conservative. That leaves Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney. I honestly think both can beat Obama. Pawlenty has the more conservative record, but I think Mitt would probably do better against Obama and has what it takes to raise a billion dollars to win the White House.

            I’d prefer to not be in this situation, but I’m not going to throw this election away on a candidate that’s going to get slaughtered by Obama because I demand ideological purity. If a center-right Republican beats Obama in 2012, America will be in much better shape than it was before.

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            Both Christie and Ryan have been excoriated on these pages for various positions. As of right now, I’m expecting the ’12 primary to be a blood bath, cost a fortune and set BO up for another term.

          • victrola

            I’m well aware that there’s a sliver of “conservatives” on this site that think Chris Christie and Paul Ryan are RINOs, but honestly they’re idiots. I would be ecstatic to see either in the White House, and most of the adults in the conservative movement would as well.

            It doesn’t mean either is perfect, but to disqualify either as being “too liberal” is beyond ridiculous, and starts getting into 3rd Party territory.

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            Christie has big 2A problems. I also don’t know how he will deal with the pro-life, pro-traditional-marriage folks. And let’s not forget his strong endorsement of Mike Castle. I like him a whole lot, but I’m not so sure he’ll survive the feeding frenzy.

            As far as Ryan is concerned, he’s a Critter. He talks. That’s what Critters do. I have zero confidence in his ability to be an effective executive. See the current occupant of the WH for a good example of good talk and no experience. And then there’s that TARP thingy.

            The real problem is that the primaries still cater to niche markets and we are going to create big problems for ourselves as a result.

          • acat

            anyone who thinks Romney can be a contender. No offense, but .. that’s nuts.

            The current Team Daniels strategery appears to be to hit Romney – hard – in the Northeast, the turf where Romney’s fiscal conservatism did best in 2008, and where Daniels’ foot-in-mouth over the “truce” hurts him the least. One issue will dominate this dogfight – Romneycare – and the New Hampshire primary is the prize for the winner. Daniels should absolutely bury Mitt.

            I could support Pawlenty. I’ve been watching him since before Captain Ed sailed over to Hot Air, and while I think Pawlenty comes off a little .. young? wonkish? .. I also think he’s done more against harder opponents in government than any of the other current contenders. Note – Palin has had a harder road, but the hardest parts have been outside of government.

            The good news, if you can call it that, is that the less time the media has to focus on “our” candidates, the better… (debates in 2011 for a late-2012 race seem .. very strange…bad way to keep the powder dry, eh?)

            Also, what Becker said is very likely to be true – this primary could get quite bloody.

            Mew

          • victrola

            I’m not arguing for Romney on an ideological level, but in purely political “horse race” sense, the primary is his to lose. Most generic national polls have him near the top, and he leads by 30 points in New Hampshire, which I would argue is usually the most important primary
            http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/15/news/la-pn-new-hampshire-poll-20110215

            He can also comfortably self fund in addition to having a huge donor base. He came in second in 2008 (the GOP has a history of giving it to the “next” guy in line), and has VERY high name recognition He also polls very well against Obama, usually beating him.

            We can argue all day about how he’s not an ideal conservative (I’m with you there) but he is the front runner and far and away the most formidable contender in 2012 (assuming no one else enters of course)

          • acat

            is what got us John McCain. (grin) Polling at this point is little better than “whose name do you remember?” – and, as you say, the #2 guy will definitely benefit.

            The point isn’t that Romney isn’t a contender. He’s running, and his cash and experienced team will be net positives. The point is, he’s wasting his time. Daniels can out-ficon Romney just by hiring the Wisconsin union thugs to do a drum circle and chant “Romney-Care” … and Daniels has left Indiana in a better situation than Romney left Massachusetts.

            Further, I don’t see a way Romney can get traction among anyone but the statists – the “we want to refine obamacare, not repeal it” wing of the GOP – and that’s not going to get him the nomination .. especially when all the problems with him from 2008 still exist.. one being that he’s no conservative, another being that he’s consistently jumping the wrong way, and when there’s the more-viable Daniels right there.

            As to the money thing, at some point the Romney wife and kids are going to say “Honey, can you please find a less expensive hobby? Like producing motion pictures?”

            Mew

          • victrola

            when you said “anyone who thinks Romney can be a contender. No offense, but .. that?s nuts.”

            It’s not nuts at all. You might not like Romney, but he has a MUCH better shot than Daniels at being our nominee. I would prefer Daniels to be President, but I don’t think I’m out of line in saying he’s not the most charismatic and electable figure we could field.

            The knocks against Romney will definitely hurt, but the problem is you can’t beat something with nothing, and there’s no strong figure to capitalize on his weakness. There’s also plenty to criticize about the other nominees, with Daniels candidacy nearly imploding alone with how he handled the union standoff in his state.

            We look at these races from a different perspective than the average primary voter who aren’t policy wonks. Money, Name ID, and organization mean a lot, and most people see Mitt Romney and even if he’s made mistakes like RomneyCare, will go with whom they view to be the strongest Republican against Obama.

            Again, I’m not pushing Romney, my hope is another figure jumps in, but to write him off for RomneyCare is way too inside baseball for most primary voters.

          • acat

            If you disagree that Daniels can take Romney, that’s one thing, but to say there’s “nobody strong enough to capitalize” is overinflating Romney’s strengths. All Romney has right now is name recognition. He can’t run on his record and win the nomination, it will work out just as badly as it did for him in 2008.

            I laid out, specifically, how Daniels could trounce Romney in New Hampshire.

            Yes, Daniels lacks charisma, and is certainly not the best we can do, but .. all Romney has are name recognition, perfect hair and teeth, and a fat wallet. Romney also has Romneycare, and a lot of other leftover baggage from 2008 to answer for. He won’t do any better in the south than he did in 2008… I’d be surprised if he does nearly as well.

            Daniels doesn’t have the hair or the teeth or the bankroll, but he has a solid record on social issues to run the second leg of the primary on, and he’s not trying to out-social-conservative Huckabee et al in Iowa.

            You may disagree with Daniels’ relative strengths, but you’re also overinflating Romney’s appeal to primary voters. Keep in mind that the last cards haven’t been played in Indiana yet.. and Daniels is a planner.

            I will agree that, in 2008, writing Romney off for Romneycare was too “inside baseball”, but .. in 2012, it will be on the minds of everyone involved in the other campaigns … how to use Romneycare to get Mitt out of the race… One simple way would be a print ad listing ten things Romneycare has in common with Obamacare .. and then pointing out that Romney signed off on ‘em.

            The “I had to sign it or the legislature would pass something worse” excuse will not work.

            Mew

          • victrola

            but right now, Daniels is doing poorly in polling, almost always at the bottom, and has badly mishandled the union showdown in Indiana while other Republican Governors are standing strong.

            I don’t think Daniels is a compelling enough figure, even though I think he’s a good conservative.

            I just think it sophomoric to say Romney has no chance to win the NH primary and that Daniels is going to crush him over RomneyCare when Daniels name is nothing but an asterisk in polling, both on a state level and with generic national polls.

            If anything, it’s nuts to think Daniels is a major player in the primary. I wish him well, but so far he’s had a lot of stumbles. He’s angered social conservatives with the “truce comment”, he substantially raised taxes in Indiana, he’s open to a VAT tax and increased oil taxes.

            Newsweek (which has finally come out of the liberal closet) wrote a glowing review on him because of his liberal stance on raising all sort of taxes to lower the deficit

            http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/10/why-the-gop-should-listen-to-mitch-daniels.html

          • acat

            Every insider, in every presidential campaign in both parties is going to look at how to sink Mitt. He’s got name recognition, money, perfect hair and teeth…

            He has two achilles heels. Romneycare is the more obvious one. He also tends to jump the wrong way on issues, but that’s harder to get across.

            I am also hoping someone better jumps in, but .. I do not accept that, in 2012, Romneycare will remain “inside baseball”.

            Mew

          • aesthete

            of Daniels’ tax modifications (so far, anyways) have been a cut on taxes for the “wealthy”, a slight “hike” for the “poor” (meaning that the poor now pay taxes in IN on net), and a slight reduction for the middle brackets.

            I don’t see Romney surviving, either: think about it. If ObamaCare is still an issue, or if ObamaCare is seen as a proxy for fiscal issues in general, ain’t no way Romney gets through. The opposition ads pretty much write themselves for any candidate: for crying out loud, even Huckabee, the man who has never seen a problem that more government couldn’t fix, is slamming Romney for RomneyCare! If “fiscal issues” dominate and are sufficiently divorced from ObamaCare, I could possibly see Romney pulling something off based on a “competent businessman” theme. OTOH, if there’s even a little bit of that populism that Palin has tapped into left over for ’12… it won’t be pretty. As the man who pushed McCain to vote for TARP Romney will become the face of everything that’s wrong with rent-seeking corps in America.

            Where I don’t agree with ‘cat is where he says that this benefits Daniels: it might, and I could see the scenario described by ‘cat happening if Daniels has enough establishment support, but it need not play out that way. I imagine that T-Paw and any other Midwestern gov could do well in New Hampshire. For that matter, Palin might have an outside shot at it: NH is a somewhat more libertarian state in some respects, and Palin might be the right fit for them. Almost any candidate will have a more credible record on healthcare than Romney, and quite a few of them either reversed course on TARP quickly, were quiet about their support, or never supported it in the first place. Those two things are big ‘uns, and I don’t see Romney walking past them.

          • voltron

            “Daniels can out-ficon Romney just by hiring the Wisconsin union thugs to do a drum circle and chant ?Romney-Care?”

            I’m still chuckling over that one!

          • http://redmerrimack.blogspot.com/ charliebravoNH

            What are you talking about? Do you mean run hard hitting ads attacking Romney over Romneycare? If that’s what your talking about that is a recipe for disaster.

            NH voters want to hear from the candidates in small settings where they can ask the candidates questions about what kind of President they will be. NH voters hate political ads for the most part, mostly because during the presidential primary season those are the only ads you see on TV. Also the phone doesn’t stop ringing between the hours of 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM 7 days a week. There is too much noise out there during the primary season, good retail politics is the way you rise above it.The guy who does retail politics the best is the one who win in NH.

          • acat

            measures of ability to put boots on the ground. Retail politics, politics of small groups, the VFW, the union hall, the church luncheon.

            If it’s obvious here that New Hampshire is won on the ground, one has to asssume Daniels’ people know it too… or he’s going to flame out faster than Rudy did in 2008…

            My point isn’t attack ads, my point is to keep tying Romney to Romneycare to Obamacare. It’s a very short chain, with a very heavy anchor on the end… and there’s plenty of room for Daniels to work a few zingers into his “I turned Indiana around” speeches.

            Mew

          • catt

            He said recently that he had no doubt he could win the nomination and the presidency in 2012 if he entered … gotta love the confidence … he just didn’t think it was the right time yet.

            Personally I think he wants to be drafted. He says he “sees the opportunity” for both the primary and general election. He says “I already know I could win” the presidency. Those aren’t the sorts of things you _usually_ hear non-candidates saying. Basically he’s saying that the current field of frontrunners is weak … he could beat all of them if he wanted … and for that matter if the GOP could get him to run he could beat Obama in the general … but for now he’s just going to be sitting this one out … unless somehow he became convinced that he’s the right person at the right time.

            As a young governor he’d look like he was over-reaching if he was setting up an exploratory committee and going to Iowa or New Hampshire every other week. If he responds to a “draft Christie” movement however it’s going to play well with voters.

            Personally I don’t think the other nominees would survive the first round of debates if Christie is behind one of the podiums.

            http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/261069/i-already-know-i-could-win-rich-lowry

      • Diogenes314

        …If we had instant runoffs in place in the primaries.

        Okay, I’m just repeating myself here. There is some good news from the latest NRO poll though…

        Mike Huckabee Suggests He?ll Be More Inclined to Run for President if His Book Does Well. Does This Make You More Likely or Less Likely to Buy It?

        More Likely 6%
        Less Likely-94%

    • Flagstaff

      doesn’t know that President O was born in Hawaii and spent a good part of his childhood in Indonesia, not Kenya. They country name error was a slip of the tongue. I don’t like Huck, but it’s obvious that’s what happened. He said the wrong country, and because he was conversing with a moron he wasn’t called on it.

      How much longer is Bill O’Reilly going to give us years called “two-eleven” and “two-twelve”? I don’t know why HE does it, but when he does, his guests pick up the same lazy habit during the conversation.

      I didn’t hear or read the interview with Huck, but I’d bet he did not say “I would love to know more. About where he was born.” But he might have said “I would love to know more.What I know is troubling enough[,]” meaning “I’ve seen the guy’s behavior as President and I don’t like or understand it. Being raised in other countries can result in a different pattern of thought from what we are accustomed to.”

      It’s all guesswork. Who knows what shaped BO’s view of the world? the moron who interviewed Huck did ask the one question that is relevant to the “birfer” issue, and it has nothing to do with presidential eligibility. It is, “WHY?” Why has the President spent so much to hide all his records? The obvious answer is he’s hiding something on them. Not his place of birth, or the names of his parents. Something else he wants kept secret. OR… he just wants to keep the controversy alive because it gives him a convenient way to show that the people who disagree with him are nuts.

      Still, this is the real unanswered question, “Why?” And some follow-ups are, “Why hasn’t anybody in the Democrat Approved Press or Fox News asked it? Are they all that stupid? [No.] What about opposition candidates? Are they stupid? [Yes.]“

  • gekster

    and the money he makes will make up his mind.
    A run would only be an ego trip, and more money to be made on fox.
    A run would only be self promoting.

    • gekster
    • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908
      • gekster

        He wasn’t conservative enough against McLooser, let alone anyone else.
        Romney is left of him and would beat him.

        • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

          I am concerned about him diluting the field and spending money we will need for the general.

          • gekster

            I’m just saying if he does run, it will be for the publicity, not the Presidancy.

  • jimmyneutron

    are that he was fairly unknown last time (as in he really didn’t have a lot of national exposure) and he said all the right words for certain people. That and the fact that the Republican field was not very conservative, Bush had just spent 8 years more or less denigrating conservatism while promoting compassionate conservatism and the message the O was preaching was seeming to resonate with many voters.
    It was hard for me, as someone who follows politics, to keep up with the field and what they really stood for and what their true history was, so I can only imagine how hard it was for people who only wake up to vote every 4 or 8 years.
    I can not say how nice it was to have Redstate to go to during the last mid term election and before so that I could read about candidates from all across the country and find out who the real conservatives were and who were the posers.

  • chihank

    Huck has engaged in many tough campaigns. For the past 8 years, Huck was the only high profile Republican in AR, a state that rarely elects Republicans to high profile positions. Huck survived while other AR GOPers fell. Also, Huck has 10.5 years as Governor. That’s more executive experience than Romney and Palin combined. Plus he polls competitively against Obama, Why not consider him to be a serious candidate?

    The pardons may or may not hurt him. So far they have not. GOP primary voters could cut Huck some slack for being a loving, compassionate Christian. Huck’s folksy charm and devotion to the Bible is what makes Huck appealing.

    • Flagstaff

      He went as far as he did because of the weak field he played against, and he filled a special niche in it. They all lost to McCain, fer gosh sakes. What does THAT tell you.

      He’s not serious himself. He can’t decide if he wants to be President or a bass player in a bar band. Actually, he’s smart enough to know that bass player is more fun and if he does it on Fox it’s more lucrative.

      What does “folksy charm and devotion to the Bible” have to do with being a President who can say “no” when he needs to?

  • progressivelibertarian

    I am an independent and a disillusioned former Obama backer. I would consider voting for a Republican who genuinely supports the working and middle classes of America, values education, and has a humanitarian pulse. Huckabee appears to be such a Republican.

    • Bill S

      unexpected.

      • aesthete

        Huckabee’s love of conspiracies and big gummint makes him a natural fit for someone who goes by the label “progressive libertarian”, heh.

        • progressivelibertarian

          not a big one.

          • aesthete

            clamors for an ineffective, inefficient, and dumb government? For that matter, what conservative or libertarian do you know who wants that? IOW, what differentiates you from the masses of progs and conservatives who want to see the exact thing that you describe? No one calls for “big government” for government’s sake; most progs do so because a large government is the only size of government that can undertake the tasks that they would like to see done. I appreciate your willingness to engage folk politely, but what you describe is not a descriptor of political persuasion: it barely qualifies as a political slogan. (This is, btw, coming from someone who considers himself a libertarian-conservative: the above was me poking fun at the perception that libertarians are prone to believing conspiracy theories.)

          • progressivelibertarian

            some examples of “big gummint” tasks that progressives would like to see the government undertake, and which you say Huckabee agrees with them on, then I will try to give you my “smart, efficient and effective” perspective on it.

          • Flagstaff

            The gummint we have now is way too efficient at maintaining itself in control.

      • progressivelibertarian

        are you quipping about?

  • Carol Tarasewicz

    I will stay home and would not vote for Huckabee, Daniels or Romney in the GOP primary, if we can afford to have one in MA. We need a star and I think that they are in waiting or we are going to have to make them run. Of all the republicans, I think JIm DeMInt is the best we can choose, he is not a RINO. I am sick of hte GOP recycling candidates.

    We might get McCain againi if they keep that up!

  • cal66iber

    its already been tried , Our focus should not be what Obama is but rather what we are . all the speculation about Obama in 08 founded or unfounded did not help us in the least ,even his Muslim connections did not help us , we must present a better picture of ourselves and emphasize what we are and stand for

  • 1689

    “He was born in Hawaii. End of story. His mother was an American Citizen. End of story. He?s the legit President of the United States. END OF STORY.”

    No. Not end of story. You just want the political issue to go away. Real Americans want truth, justice, and the occupant of the office of the President not to be subject to blackmail.

    Whenever some big corporation hires many attorneys and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to supress a document, it ALWAYS means that there is damaging information in the document. Any non-litigator instinctively understands this; any litigator knows from experience that this is true.

    Why is Comrade Obama hiring several attorneys and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to hide a run-of-the-mill, trivial document? Answer: why, there is damaging information in it! So he could be blackmailed (by someone with a copy) so long as it remains secret.

    The most important office in the world cannot have as an occupant someone who is hiding secrets. For the love of God, shine the light of truth on whatever dark, dank secret is in this stupid document.

    • ssshannon1026

      The man’s mother was an American citizen. If she has a birth cirtificate, I am perfectly satisfied that her son is completely qualified legally to be POTUS. I don’t care if he was born and raised on the moon. Granted, I’m not comfortable with his limited familiarity with America and his obvious disdain for its culture and history, but it does not disqualify him legally. This is simply a silly and uncessesary distraction from the easily varifiable truth about him, his mom, his family and his entire lilfe – he is a radical leftist straining at the bit to get around the constraints placed upon him by the founding fathers. I think it will far easier to get rid of him based on what he actually does than on trying to get some court to make a decision on a case that has never come before any court in all of American history based upon such sketchy evidence.

  • http://redmerrimack.blogspot.com/ charliebravoNH

    announcement. Probably because of his Fox Contract. That’s good if you are not a Huck fan like me. If Huck waits till the summer it will be too late for him to start building a organization.

    The Presidential primary season is looking more like a January event rather than a February one. You can blame Florida on that one. The Florida Legislature plans on keeping their primary date set at January 31st, so that means NH and SC will move their primary dates ahead of Florida.

    Every Presidential Candidate needs a good organization to run. It is not just operatives but a good field organization to help get out the vote. The guy who gets in late doesn’t get first pick on staff and volunteer operatives and is often left running negative ads and push polls to play catch up.

    Do us all a favor Huck , spare us all this stupidity and stay home.

  • ssshannon1026

    conservative principles. Certainly he is socially conservative, and I support that, but otherwise I cannot think of a single reason the man has such a high national profile.

  • NHConservative0227

    1. His support of cap and tax.

    2. His support of Moochelle Obama’s food police program.

    3. His record of rasising taxes as governor.