No problem. Guess they didn’t delve too deeply into amnesty at the debate?
Huckabee: Hispanics Offer U.S. 'Second Chance'
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday the nation is being given a chance to make up for past racism by the way it handles the influx of Hispanics.
Huckabee, a Republican who is considering a run for president in 2008, said Arkansas has made progress on racial justice and has a fresh opportunity to do the right thing in the way it welcomes the growing Hispanic population.
"One of the great challenges facing us is that we do not commit the same mistakes with our growing Hispanic population that we did with African Americans 150 years ago and beyond. We're still paying the price for the pathetic manner in which this country handled that," Huckabee said at a meeting of the Political Animals Club in Little Rock. The club meets monthly to hear from political figures and experts.
"I think frankly the Lord is giving us a second chance to do better than we did before," Huckabee said.
Yea it's News Max... Link
I just checked OnTheIssues.org which is pretty accurate on most things and they seem to have Huck playing all sides on this one.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Mike_Huckabee.htm#Immigration
http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Mike_Huckabee_Immigration.htm
Some anti-immigration advocates are based on racism. (Sep 2007)
People are angry at government for failing to track illegals. (Sep 2007)
Problems with McCain-Kennedy: credibility; secrecy; spending. (Jun 2007)
Allow in professionals as legal immigrants, but seal border. (Jun 2007)
Change rule barring immigrants from running for president. (May 2007)
Path to citizenship if illegals admit guilt & pay fine. (Jan 2007)
Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
Import farm workers from Mexico. (Sep 2001)
They did ask a few questions about amnesty at the debate and he seemed to give good answers at the debate. However, many of the questions which were asked were asked in a yes or no format which didn’t provide a lot of information about the nuances of the candidates views. However, he seemed solid enough on immigration that I was surprised after the debate when some other posters showed me that Huckabee had previously been strongly pro-immigration. So, he seems to have flip-flopped on this issue but at least he is on the right side now.
That said, he seems really solid on his other conservative views and I love his fair tax policy. So, he may be a lot better candidate than many of us have given him credit. If the social conservatives start to really unify around him - I for one would probably be ok with that.