Posted on 10/10/2007 2:53:49 PM PDT by Syncro
FRED SAWYER AND HUCKABEE FINN
October 10, 2007
Conservatives unhappy with our Republican presidential candidates seem to be drifting aimlessly toward Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee in the misguided belief that these candidates are more conservative than Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. This is like breaking up with Bobby Brown so you can date Phil Spector.
On illegal immigration, Huckabee makes George Bush sound like Tom Tancredo. He has compared illegal aliens to slaves brought here in chains from Africa, saying, "I think frankly the Lord is giving us a second chance to do better than we did before."
Toward that end, when an Arkansas legislator introduced a bill that would prevent illegal aliens from voting and receiving state benefits, Huckabee denounced the bill, saying it would rile up "those who are racist and bigots."
He also made the insane point that companies like Toyota would not invest in Arkansas if the state didn't allow non-citizens to vote because it would "send the message that, essentially, 'If you don't look like us, talk like us and speak like us, we don't want you.'"
Like all the (other) Democratic candidates for president, he supports a federal law to ban smoking -- unless you're an illegal alien smoking at a Toyota plant. (I just realized why Mike Huckabee can't run for president as a Democrat -- they've already got Mike Gravel.)
Huckabee also joined with impeached president Bill Clinton in a campaign against childhood obesity. What, O.J. wasn't available?
Bill and Mike's excellent adventure lasted about one week in May 2005 -- or just long enough to burnish the image of the president who committed perjury and obstruction of justice in a civil rights suit against him, molested the help and was credibly accused of rape by Juanita Broaddrick.
Huckabee teamed up with that guy to talk to children about healthy eating habits. Ironically, the obesity campaign kicked off almost exactly nine years from the very Palm Sunday on which President Clinton used a cigar as a sexual aid on Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office.
What is with Republicans? Clinton isn't your average ex-president, like Jerry Ford. This isn't even Jimmy Carter or Walter Mondale.
Decent people shun Clinton, but elected Republicans keep trying to rehabilitate him. President Bush sends his own father on a feel-good "tsunami-relief campaign" with this guy, and Huckabee visits schoolchildren with him.
In 1999, Sen. Fred Thompson joined legal giants like Sens. Jim Jeffords, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to vote against removing Bill Clinton from office for obstruction of justice.
Thompson, whom President Nixon once called "dumb as hell," claimed to have carefully studied the Constitution and determined that obstruction of justice by the president of the United States did not constitute "high crimes and misdemeanors." He must have been looking at one of those living, breathing Constitutions we've heard so much about.
When the framers chose the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" for the Constitution, they were using a term taken from British parliamentary impeachments. There's a 600-year history of what this phrase means -- and Clinton met it about a dozen times before he gave a single statement under oath or suborned a single witness's testimony.
It has been used in this country and in Britain to remove one government official for making "uncivil addresses to a women," another for "notorious excesses and debaucheries" and another for "frequenting bawdy houses and consorting with harlots." Or, as Bill Clinton used to call it, "a three-day weekend."
The House didn't even impeach Clinton for his legion of "notorious excesses and debaucheries." He was impeached for excesses that also happen to be felonies. For a nation of laws, there are no more serious offenses than perjury and obstruction of justice.
The entire Supreme Court -- including the justices Clinton appointed -- boycotted Clinton's State of the Union address after his impeachment trial. That's what they thought of crimes that attack the legal system.
Rep. James Rogan lost his congressional seat because he stuck by his principles as a manager of Clinton's impeachment. Lifelong Democrat David Schippers abandoned his party's lockstep defense of Clinton to pursue Clinton's impeachment as the House Judiciary Committee's chief counsel. Rep. Henry Hyde saw an affair he had in 1965 become front-page news because he wouldn't waiver from doing his job under the Constitution.
Read more at Ann Coulter Website
All this because Fred appeared in an episode of Law and Order that made Coulter look like a psychotic.
Poor Annie sure can hold a grudge (perhaps she grips it with her manhands).
Bookmark for later read, gotta go offline.
Ann, love ya, but don’t try to force Rudy G. on me by going back to Clinton’s impeachment. I’ll vote for him IF he’s the nominee, but I disagree with you on this and think Fred’s the best chance to stop the second coming of a Clinton co-presidency.
“Conservatives unhappy with our Republican presidential candidates seem to be drifting aimlessly toward Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee in the misguided belief that these candidates are more conservative than Rudy Giuliani “
I rarely disagree with Ann, but there is a decided difference between Rudy and Fred.
Ann Coulter campaigning for Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney.
Jumped the Shark.
She’s trying to paint Giuliani and Fred with the same brush.
I doubt if it bothered her.
psychotic
The Personal Attack Brigade.
Oh and LOL at manhands...some people think Coulter has them, some people think they have them.
New column is here!
Pay no attention to the gnats...
Badda BING!
"What is with Republicans?""Decent people shun Clinton, but elected Republicans keep trying to rehabilitate him."
And others keep slammin the messenger!!! (and a lovely one at that)
BTTT.
I’m surprised that she misspelled, “waver.”
But, as The New York Times recently said, Thompson “agonized over what he saw as two ‘bad choices.’”
What bad choices? Punishing a multiple felon or not punishing him? This wasn’t exactly a job for King Solomon, pal.
The Times reported that calls from Thompson’s Tennessee constituents showed that they “overwhelmingly favored removing President Bill Clinton from office.” So Thompson could either: (1) Follow the Constitution and make his constituents happy or, (2) disregard the Constitution and make his Hollywood friends happy.
Only a handful of Republicans voted against all law and reason to keep Clinton in office, and only one of them was from Tennessee.
Here she takes the word of the New York Times about Fred's motivation, rather than read Fred's very well reasoned brief.
And she repeats the lie that Fred "voted . . . to keep Clinton in office." Since conviction on only one count is sufficient to remove a President, and since Fred did vote to convict on Obstruction of Justice, Coulter's lying.
“Shes trying to paint Giuliani and Fred with the same brush.”
Yep, and it won’t fly.
"Thompson, whom President Nixon once called "dumb as hell," (YES!!!)
More magnificent insight, extraordinairre!!! I gotta go check and see if she's ever checked out our Goobernator Schwartzensocialista like this... This is GREAT!!! Don'tcha just love it??? Hot Dang!!!
FALSE
The Coulter gnats are swarming buzy huh?
But gnats have no stingers!!! (grin)
She has a basic fact in the article dead wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton
Thompson voted to convict on Obstruction of Justice.
Either she is stupid or she is lying.
ANN COULTER FAILS BASIC FACT CHECKING (OR LIES) IN HIT PIECE ON FRED THOMPSON:
“In 1999, Sen. Fred Thompson joined legal giants like Sens. Jim Jeffords, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to vote against removing Bill Clinton from office for obstruction of justice.”
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Weird I usually like ann but if all she can come up with is something that happened OH so many years ago dealing with bubba...that’s not much. Not when you have other candidates that are flip flopping in much more recent of times.
You are spelling it wrong.
Or do you have a link?
Ya got any more pertinent comments on her column?
This from a chick who’s dating one of the most liberal guys out there.
I love Ann, but I don’t like she has jumped on the Rudy bandwagon. I understand she wants victory, but you don’t have to distort facts and trash Conservatives just to boost the person you think is the only one who can win.
Hum...
Interesting.
Ann is reaching...
That is actually odd for her...
She spelled “waiver,” but she meant “waver.”
Get a load of #24.
Thompson did vote to acquit the Rapist in Chief on perjury.
Same difference.
Someone please give Mike Huckabee his own Church to preach in..
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It is NOT the same difference. Only one conviction is needed to remove, and Fred voted to convict on Obstruction of Justice.
Coulter’s wrong and so are you.
The Northeast wants it's power back.
Oh I saw it. I rarely agree with Ann so seeing her ignore basic fact checking for shortsighted hysterical rants doesn’t surprise me.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I was having a very serious political conversation with my mom the other day (she's a young 74) and she started talking about "Huckleberry". She was totally sincere ...... it cracked me up.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Well they already think she’s a trannie, so becoming a liberal would make her a god over there.
The gnats that hate Coulter will do anything to marginalize her.
Thus they marginalize themselves.
Like she says in the first chapter of Her Book those that don't want her message to get out...who have been predicticting her demise for 10 years...well they have been relegated to the sidelines while Ann still pumps out bestsellers.
Ann at one time said her choice was Hunter now she is for Romney! I don’t think she was ever for Rudy. She needs to keep her rants focused on the Rats!
first time I ever can remember Ann leaking on the facts and fashion.
Fred voted for acquittal. You cannot ignore the Wikipedia article you yourself cite. Do not deny the facts you yourself cite.
Ann made a simple mistake.
Same difference.
Anne’s great sometimes, BUT she sure sounds like a big-time Rooty fan. Not sure how she squares his liberalism quirks. Been noticin her thumpin the crap outta FRED lately. Must see him coming in the rear-view mirror!!
Ping!
Not those two nutz!
But yea, the Northeast does want it’s power back...
Wasn’t our last New Yorker, FDR?
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