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The Face of Conservative Populism (Mike Huckabee Snorts With Derision at Libertarians)
National Review reposted on Reason.com Blog ^ | January 21, 2011 | By Brian Stewart National Review

Posted on 01/25/2011 4:57:05 PM PST by BfloGuy

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21 posted on 01/25/2011 5:46:23 PM PST by paulycy (Liberals suck all the joy out of America. Let's make them stop.)
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To: Graybeard58

I’m certain they exist, but I haven’t seen many pro-choice/libertarian types here in my ten years or so.

It’s too bad they are censored and are unable to speak their minds. We’d all learn something with a free dialogue.

Oh, “free” is a subjective concept, isn’t it?

/I can’t complain too much. I get away with a lot here...


22 posted on 01/25/2011 5:55:56 PM PST by warchild9
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Huck is a Christian Socialist. A nanny-stater extraordinaire. George Bush's compassionate conservatism on steroids. We've said it all before.

He snorts with derision at anti-statist Libertarians because he doesn't believe in limited government. Its that simple. He wants a Christian nanny-state that provides an expensive safety net for anyone who has any type of problem. Its that simple.

And he's not alone. You see it with a lot of the social conservative groups throwing a tantrum because economic issues are first priority these days. They could care less if the state is running trillion dollar deficits as long as abortion and gay marriage are illegal and you can teach prayer in school. And so they attack anyone who realizes that the state has to be shrunk before it destroys us all as dope smoking, pro-abortion “Libertarians” as if Libertarian is a pejorative.

23 posted on 01/25/2011 7:26:52 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard
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Help me out here folks - what sort of Conservative is it that finds Huckabee appealing? I just don’t get it.


24 posted on 01/25/2011 7:28:35 PM PST by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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He doesn’t appeal to me


25 posted on 01/25/2011 8:20:08 PM PST by tommythev (No Dick Dale in the R&R HOF? for shame!)
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Hopefully Huckaduck won’t get so many conservative votes this time.

Playing kissy face with Lady Chewbacca won’t help him.


26 posted on 01/26/2011 2:56:29 AM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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He doesn’t appeal to me

He actually repulses me. He has a five minute radio spot mornings on my local radio station and if I am listening when it comes on, I change stations.

I get the feeling he is an actor just playing a part. For some reason, he comes across as a phony. And I don't even have a TV and have never listened to a complete speech of his.

Is that wrong of me?

27 posted on 01/26/2011 3:12:40 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory; and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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Huckabee would endorse a police state as long as he could be the Chief of Police.


28 posted on 01/26/2011 3:21:26 AM PST by monocle
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