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How could I Bee so wrong? I'm convinced: Huckabee for President!
1/13/08 | County Agent Hank Kimball

Posted on 01/12/2008 11:58:31 PM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball

I'll admit it: I've been critical of Mike Huckabee. Since learning of his record as Governor and of his statements since, I've harbored the opinion that he is more or less McCain Lite - every Democrat's favorite Republican. I've listened to him talk about banning smoking, about federally subsidized art programs, and about the need for federal action to fight "global warming," and what I've thought I heard was the consumate nanny-stater.

When he accused our president of having an "arrogant bunker mentality," and said we should close down Guantamnamo, I heard words that might well have been spoken by Nancy Pelosi. And when he called opponents of illegal immigration "nativists" and "racists," I heard the type of rhetoric I expected to hear from La Raza - or so I mistakenly believed.

When Huckabee used traditional Democrat class-warfare rhetoric, railing against "corporate greed," I erroneously suspected him of being a not-so-closeted leftist. I'm now ashamed to admit that his record of massive tax increases in Arkansas only served to magnify that suspicion.

Like many others, I was misled by his pardon of over a thousand convicts, many of whom were violent felons. In those pardons I saw a mushy-headed 60's-style liberalism in which an a priori belief in unlimited forgiveness overcame good, reality-based judgment.

How could I be so wrong?

I have Freeper MrArbitrage123 to thank for my conversion. In this tour de force posting he convinced me that I was wrong in my opposition to Huckabee.

What convinced me? His argument that most Americans are just too stupid to understand the benefits of capitalism? No, though that was special.

Was it his astute trashing of such conservative non-entities as Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham? Not really, though as a conservative it was difficult not to agree that those folks have no real role in the conservative movement, and should be marginalized at all costs.

No, it was something else. While others have been going on about such subjects as immigration, abortion, federalism, taxes, etc., ONLY Mr. Arbitrage had the perspicacity to discern what is TRULY the most important issue facing our imperiled nation: The great Honeybee Holocaust of 2007

I quote Mr. Arbitrage123:

"On top of that (an impending depression) we have out of control oil prices, a policy of burning food as a fuel 'alternative' causing further escalation in food prices, a drought in Georgia of biblical proportions and while most people have no idea, 2/3 of the honey bees have been mysteriously dieing off causing potentially devastating inflation in its own right."

How could I bee so blind? It all ties together - and only Huckabee has had to vision to see it! Global Warming, cigarette smoking, the Georgia drought, federally subsidized clarinet lessons for illegal aliens - and of course, the beleaguered honeybees.

It's all so clear when you look at it through the prism of Huckabism. I wish there was some way I could go back and retract all those terrible things I've said about Huckabee. Alas I cannot, and you cannot begin to imagine my anguish.

I now gaze up at Huckabee's enormous face. Many months it has taken me to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath those bushy eyebrows. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, selfwilled exile from the loving breast! Two tears are trickling down the sides of my nose. But it's all right, everything is all right, the struggle is finished. I've won the victory over myself.

I love Mike Huckabee.

Hank


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To: unspun

Man, I’m glad I read through the thread. I was almost ready to switch from Hillary to Huckabee!


141 posted on 01/13/2008 12:30:24 PM PST by jamndad5 ("I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.")
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To: mamelukesabre

It is sad. It is. There is some black humor in the parody, but obviously it is meant to make us think.

We have had many people in the Presidency but sometimes those who want it the most desperately do for very wrong reasons. Anyone with as many scary details about his behavior as Mike Huckabee should be viewed as suspect, even if he is a member of one’s own religion.


142 posted on 01/13/2008 1:25:45 PM PST by Yaelle (If Fred loses it's our loss. Not his.)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball
A Son’s Past Deeds Come Back To Bite Huckabee
143 posted on 01/13/2008 1:26:10 PM PST by good old days
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To: bethtopaz

Love your song! Of course I agree; I’m living La Vida Loca here in SoCal with all the illegals. “Thanks, John!” (He said three times at the debate that he knew how to fix the borders. Um... He’s been in the Senate a long time; why hasn’t he done it yet?? [crickets]


144 posted on 01/13/2008 1:27:59 PM PST by Yaelle (If Fred loses it's our loss. Not his.)
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To: good old days

Holy heck at the comments on that thread! So many people (Freepers!) think that the senseless torture and killing of a poor stray dog is a NOTHING OFFENSE in his son’s past and is meaningless? That really hurts me as an animal lover.

Everyone knows that the worst serial killers and sociopaths often got their start torturing and killing small animals. At 17, this Huckabee was old enough to know what he was doing. It says a LOT about this person’s character that he found hurting a helpless animal AMUSING.

Of course, I cannot say that everything one’s child does reflects on the parent. That is not true. What his son did should not necessarily affect Huckabee’s quest for the White House. However, trying to cover it up, and firing the head of the AK State Police because he would not grant Huck’s request to cover up the crime, should be considered part of Huckabee’s record as governor and thus fair game to disqualify him from further office on questionable ethics.

What crime committed by his warped son would he choose to cover up as President?


145 posted on 01/13/2008 1:39:45 PM PST by Yaelle (If Fred loses it's our loss. Not his.)
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To: pandoraou812

Ugh. The Snopes story is worse than I thought. Not only did he hang and torture the poor puppy but he slit its throat as well?

That son has serious mental problems.

I think it is SICK that Huckabee went on Larry King and said that the dog was “mangy” and “about to attack.” So he covers up for cruel behavior in his son, and lets thousands of dangerous criminals run free, and he wants to be our President?

I wouldn’t let him be my latex salesman (Seinfeld reference)!


146 posted on 01/13/2008 1:46:46 PM PST by Yaelle (If Fred loses it's our loss. Not his.)
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To: Hoodlum91

Read this, honey! You’ll get a kick out of this.


147 posted on 01/13/2008 1:49:00 PM PST by RockinRight (Huck(abee, not the Freeper Huck) Sucks.)
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To: Yaelle
I don't judge people by their looks usually. But the Huckabee's are sort of strange looking to me...Not because of the weight issue either. The last picture I saw of them in their matching striped blue & white shirts was plain scary looking.

As for trying to cover up the killing of the dog, I do indeed believe Daddy Huckabee did try to do it. If he would do that what else is his covering up about his son? Or other issues?

Then we have the pardon issues. That is just too much for me. He is not getting my vote.

My other BIG issue is the fact he gave up his calling to be in politics. For some reason I find that disturbing. Why would a "man of the cloth" want to give up his calling to be in politics?

148 posted on 01/13/2008 1:58:58 PM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't taunt the animal's at the zoo or they may bite YOU!)
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To: pandoraou812
What got me most about that family portrait was the handling of the dog. I don't really care too much about what other people weigh. Let me get that pic again...

If your son were arrested for killing a dog, why would you pose for a portrait with your wife apparently choking the dog and you, yourself, yanking on the dog's front leg to keep him in the photo?

I never quite understood how Huckabee was a man of the cloth. Didn't he lie about his university degree? Is there a kind of license or ordination that he actually received to become a preacher or minister? I really don't know exactly what his religious title would be.

149 posted on 01/13/2008 2:10:16 PM PST by Yaelle (If Fred loses it's our loss. Not his.)
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To: Yaelle
EWW thats the picture alright. Its just awful. I never noticed the wife choking the dog or the Huck holding the dog's leg. Thanks for pointing that out. I hope they just borrowed the dog.

I found this

The former Arkansas governor and ordained Baptist minister speaks the language of Christian Evangelicals on social issues, but his concern for the poor means he's willing to spend more than fiscal conservatives would like.

Hmm I am disliking him more & more! That picture is not very becoming to any of those Huckabee's either.

150 posted on 01/13/2008 2:19:30 PM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't taunt the animal's at the zoo or they may bite YOU!)
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To: Yaelle

That’s right - why hasn’t he fixed it yet? Because he never plans on fixing it.

Check out www.hughhewitt.com to find out what McCain and Lieberman have up their sleeves to cause our energy costs to go through the roof! (even more)


151 posted on 01/13/2008 3:45:27 PM PST by bethtopaz (Diplomacy is saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock.)
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To: Moral Hazard

Never met him..........


152 posted on 01/13/2008 3:54:03 PM PST by Cold Heat (Mitt....2008)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Huckabee Took Fees From Embryonic Stem Cell Researcher

Hucklebee Supports Democrats

Hucklebee Grants Clemency

Saint Hucklebee Push/Polling in MI NH AND SC

Huckabee: Immigrants' friend
153 posted on 01/13/2008 5:24:03 PM PST by Fred (McCain..'HIS EGO IS WRITING CHECKS HIS BODY CAN'T CASH')
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball
I find little to agree with you about the idea of electing a Socialist with an R next to their name, but I have to give you credit for this little bit of genius in your vanity pimping the Huckster.....

What convinced me? His argument that most Americans are just too stupid


154 posted on 01/13/2008 6:02:44 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

If you think that post was pimping the Huckster, you suffer from SEVERE Irony Deficiency and should see a doctor immediately.

I suggest you reread.

Hank


155 posted on 01/13/2008 7:03:36 PM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball ("Huckabee is the bastard child of Lou Dobbs and Pat Robertson." - Jonah Goldberg)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball
He'd already sold the Hoyt-Clagwell....but he threw in 10 acres down by Simpsons Swamp for nothing! He's such a good Christian.

Uh oh... Doris Ziffle is gonna be ticked. She's had her eye on that swampland (Arnold really needs a place of his own, y'know).

Ah well, at least Huck didn't rope you into buying a stake in the monkey-racing track.

156 posted on 01/13/2008 10:38:01 PM PST by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Re: http://gollymisterdouglas.com/

Thanks for posting that link, Hank. I've got to forward it to my cousin for discussion... it once came up in conversation that some distant relative grew up with Tom in Laurel, MS. Or maybe went to college with him in Oxford... can't recall which.

157 posted on 01/13/2008 10:51:59 PM PST by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: Yaelle
Holy heck at the comments on that thread! So many people (Freepers!) think that the senseless torture and killing of a poor stray dog is a NOTHING OFFENSE in his son’s past and is meaningless? That really hurts me as an animal lover.

As bad as the act itself was the obvious abuse of power to suppress a legitimate police investigation. I'm that Mike's ardent admirers will continue to spin that incident as unimportant or a "desperate attack" on their candidate, but very few of them will see that this is the sort of ammunition that makes the Democrats salivate.

If a Republican rival brings it up, the media will minimize the story. If Huckabee gets the nomination, the Dems will give their pals in the MSM the nod... and the story will land on Huck's head like an anvil.

158 posted on 01/13/2008 11:03:43 PM PST by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: Charles Martel

If the dog story sees the light of day, there is absolutely NOTHING Huck can say about it. NOTHING. If he tries to trivialize it, he is trivializing cruelty to animals. If he tries to defend his son, same thing. The only thing he can really say about it is that it’s in the past and healing has been done. However, how can he defend his covering up his son’s crime? It’s not even CHRISTIAN to do that.


159 posted on 01/14/2008 9:10:38 AM PST by Yaelle (If Fred loses it's our loss. Not his.)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball

Mike Huccubus will suck the life out of you.


160 posted on 01/14/2008 9:12:35 AM PST by DungeonMaster (WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
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