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Huckabee slams CPAC: It was too libertarian for me this year
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| February 22, 2010
| Allahpundit
Posted on 02/22/2010 10:03:57 AM PST by C19fan
Im resisting the idea that he said this purely out of personal pique but I cant come up with a good alternative strategic explanation. What political benefit is there, in this year of all years, to knock CPAC for being more libertarian and less Republican? Libertarianism has never had more cachet within the GOP than it has right now; its not perfectly synonymous with the tea-party movement (of which Huckabee is predictably complimentary) but its close enough, especially with Beck in the role of TPers patron saint. Maybe Huck thinks finding any reason to knock an establishment event like CPAC will burnish his brand as an outsider? Thatd be a goofy read on a conference whose straw poll was won by Ron Paul. Or maybe he thinks therell be such a scrum for the libertarian vote among the GOP field in 2012 that hes better off staking out a position slightly to the left and letting Palin, Paul, etc fight it out for the small-government right. (Americas Greatest Patriot is reportedly undecided on a bid.)
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Call it triangulation: Palin takes the small-government grassroots, Romney takes the centrists, and Huck takes the Christian conservatives, banking on the fact that his niche in a three-way race is slightly bigger than the other two.
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KEYWORDS: christianvote; cpac; cpac2010; friedsquirrel; huckabee; libertarian; pardonscopkillers; rino; ronpaul2012
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Huckabee is as much a nanny stater as the Democrats. In terms of 2012 I say of the three "major" candidates I vote None of the Above.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:03:58 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:05:10 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: C19fan
After seeing his love-fest with Michelle Obama last weekend, I have almost no respect for this f@+ @$$ whatsoever. Huck is a RINO who is in favor of big, big government.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:05:13 AM PST
by
Engineer_Soldier
(What a joke! Gov. Granholm (Michigan) was on Fox News Sunday talking about the economy.)
To: C19fan
Call it triangulation: Palin takes the small-government grassroots, Romney takes the centrists, and Huck takes the Christian conservatives, banking on the fact that his niche in a three-way race is slightly bigger than the other two.
Actually, Palin takes both the small-government grassroots and the Christian Conservatives while Romney takes RINOs and Mormons, and the Huckster takes those Christians who really, really like the Big-Top, Big-TV Christian Evangelists who prey on the gullible.
To: C19fan
Maybe if they pardoned a few thousand violent criminals and they went on a murder spree he would like it. Huckabee is a phony and I wish he would just shut up and go away.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:06:44 AM PST
by
detective
To: C19fan
Too libertarian? With Flip Romney and Pawlenty there, you had plenty of Nanny State comrades, Huck.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:08:21 AM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: C19fan
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:09:54 AM PST
by
yellowroses
(a Yankee in Texas)
To: SoConPubbie
If you send money to Benny Hinn, you'll likely back the Huckster.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:10:40 AM PST
by
bwc2221
To: SoConPubbie
Romney does NOT have this Mormon, and never will.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:10:43 AM PST
by
yellowroses
(a Yankee in Texas)
To: bwc2221
If you send money to Benny Hinn, you'll likely back the Huckster.
Sadly, this is too true.
Benny Hinn is in the same camp as the Huckster.
To: C19fan
Huckster is all about the burgeoning ship of state. He just wants to change the logos.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:12:09 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Waste and fraud are synonymous with gov't spending)
To: C19fan
Huckabee is becoming irrelevant.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:13:39 AM PST
by
FTJM
To: SoConPubbie
Huckabee doesn’t know the difference between being born again and born yesterday.
To: C19fan
HEY HUCKLEBERRY: SHUT YOUR FAT, HILLBILLY MOUTH. You had Michelle Obama on your program this week (which I refused to watch) so go on and suck up to the Obamas, give them free air time, kiss their butts on national TV...but DON'T YOU DARE EVER ASK FOR THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE YOU PIG!!!
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:15:33 AM PST
by
no dems
(If you think Obama is a better President than Sarah Palin would be, lay down the crack pipe.)
To: C19fan
Why won’t this rino say this stuff to everyones face on Fox News? He slammed Sarah Palin last year and she is on the same network. He has some character talking behind people’s back.
Yes we know the CPAC went Queer. But Huckabee is not worth an ounce in gold. If I were Fox News I would let him go. He is too Rino for me. The same with Mitt Romney.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:16:00 AM PST
by
Mozilla
To: C19fan
Like anyone cares what Huckabee thinks.
He’s Second Hand News, wrapped around sour grapes.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:17:13 AM PST
by
DGHoodini
(Iran Azadi!)
To: SoConPubbie
Huck takes the Christian conservatives....
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WHOA!!! I’m a Christian conservative and I NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL VOTE FOR HIM.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:17:23 AM PST
by
no dems
(If you think Obama is a better President than Sarah Palin would be, lay down the crack pipe.)
To: C19fan
Huck and McCain make a cute couple: tell the taxpayer one thing, then go legislate something else.
To: C19fan
Who cares what you think Mike? CPAC was just fine without you.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:18:35 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: C19fan
On Second thought if he leaves Fox News then he will be itchy to run for President. Maybe the should stay just so he can say he is enjoy his show so he won’t run.
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posted on
02/22/2010 10:18:36 AM PST
by
Mozilla
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