Huckabee Backs Mandatory U.S. Cap on Global-Warming Pollution (two weeks old but missed on FR?)

Point Carbon ^ | October 16, 2007

[xjcsa]

Former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee, said he supports a mandatory cap-and-trade system to cut US greenhouse gas emissions, becoming the second Republican presidential candidate to call for a carbon market to address climate change.

[NonValueAdded]

That’s it for him. Thompson / Hunter all the way.

[ZULU]

I stand corrected. Don’t know how to create the Spanish squiggly on my P.C. though.

[nordicstan]

yeah. I too was interested in Huck as I didn’t know much about him. He seems to be a nice person and pro-life, but other than that, I think he is totally unacceptable.

[Incorrigible]

Juan McCañez

[wastedyears]

Thank you

There it is, ZULU.

[Def Conservative]

I’ve been fearful of Huckabee for a while now. His support from the unions, illegal immigrant front groups and overall condemnation by fiscal (and many social) conservatives, plus the fact that after Huckabee left office the GOP was left in shambles in Arkansas...it’s wayyyy too much. For Rudy or Romney it’s one thing, only Huckabee can turn Arkansas blue.

[JAKraig]

As far as I’m concerned I’m done with him. Peggy Noonan wrote an article on him showing him to be pretty liberal in many areas so I was hesitant anyway but now I’m done. That leaves Thompson and Romney for me to watch. It's a shame I really thought he was the one for a while.

Now I have to get past Mcain/Fingold election reform and Romney's change of heart. There is a lot of good on the Republican side of the candidates but there is so much in the closets of these candidates.

[Newfy]

Well dang! He was my first choice but if he’s jumped on that bandwagon sayonara! That leaves me with zilch, zero, nada choices. I pray there’s a dark horse out there somewhere ready to jump into the fray otherwise we’re going to be stuck with her heinous.

[pgyanke]

Here's the field as I see it:

Rudy
Fred
Mitt
John
Mike
Duncan
Ron

[A. Morgan]

Don’t be taken in by the Huckster!

[dubie]

I was duped. I saw some good things and did not know about his immigration stance and now this crap. I also thought it was going to be Fred but I am just not inspired by him. He seems shaky in the debates and I am just not sure. He needs to get a footing and fast.

I am looking for a leader. I see none in our field of choises thus far... pretty much sucks but no doubt I will vote for whoever makes it as Hillary is NOT an option... This blows...

[hsalaw]

Uh oh. Big stumble for Mike, here.

[MNJohnnie]

Peggy Noonan

I wouldn'ty take "Pat Buchannan in a dress" Noonan too seriously. Just another bitter old has been whining because her glory days are gone and lost foever.

However, it looks like she finally got one right. Huckabee is Democrat lite.

[mountainfolk]

Huckabee also endorses giving the District of Columbia two senators and a full fledged congressional representative who will all vote permanently for the democrats. Not content with abandoning the Arkansas Republican Party that gave him the opportunity to become Governor in the first place, he is fast becoming as liberal as the RATS who fought to defeat him.
Any Presidential candidate who thinks they can use Huckabee as a token Christian Vice President had better think again. He will lose more votes than he will gain for them.

[samtheman]

This might be one issue where he’s actually worse than Hillary.

[toomuchcoffee]

See that skinny, sour looking guy? He used to be chubby and have a sense of humor. He was diagnosed with diabetes, and felt the fear of death, I guess. Anyway, now he’s a strident, annoying stick. All that’s left of a formerly plesant man.

[samtheman]

``It goes to the moral issue,'' the former Arkansas governor said at a climate-change conference today in Manchester, New Hampshire. ``We have a responsibility to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions

How is this different from Al Gore?

[xjcsa]

Ping...thought this might interest you.

[samtheman]

Maybe Fred is, but he needs to turn up the volume.

Not maybe. Fred IS a conservative.

But you're right about the volume.

Hey, Fred, We can't hear you!

[xjcsa]

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