Posted on 12/21/2007 10:46:22 PM PST by FocusNexus
Democratic voters face two challenges heading into 2008. The first is deciding which Democratic candidate to support. The second is agreeing on which Republican candidate they'd most like to run against.
It was hard to believe anybody could be easier to beat than one of the original three frontrunners, until the spotlight turned on Mike Huckabee and the media started swooning over a "Huckaboom."
First, there's that messy matter of an Arkansas state pardon for convicted rapist Wayne Dumond - who went on to rape and murder another woman, maybe two, after his release from prison.
In 1998, for example, Gov. Huckabee was one of 131 signatories on a full-page USA Today ad endorsing a controversial position on the role of women in marriage adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention. The SBC policy declared: "A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ." In turn, the ad Huckabee signed congratulated the SBC: "You are right because you called wives to graciously submit to their husband's sacrificial leadership."
The more we learn about the former governor of Arkansas, the more he becomes the candidate Democrats would be most eager to run against in 2008. Mike Huckabee is just what Democrats were hoping to find under the Christmas tree: an unelectable Republican frontrunner.
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Now, here is where my plea for Mormons to simply tell the truth comes in. This is America. You can believe anything you want.
If you want to believe that God was once a human being, that Jesus was his physical son, that you can become a God yourself, that Jesus and Satan were brothers, you can certainly do so.
But tell the truth! If you believe it, be proud of it—don’t try to hide it.
When Condi Rice spoke yesterday and called the “bunker mantality” remarks COUNTERPRODUCTIVE...I think it says it all!! Huckabee better pack up his bunch and roll on back to Ar! His fifteen minutes have come and gone.
Huckabee has surged because he won a couple of debates and he’s got evangelical support. If a quick rise can happen to the liberal pro-life evangelical Huckster, it can happen to the conservative pro-life evangelical Hunter.
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According to Intrade, the winner of the December 12th GOP debate was... Duncan Hunter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938773/posts
“Now, what would happen if the Republican party lost its evangelical base? Can you say “minority party for Eternity?”
And what do you think will happen if the evangelical base is successful in taking over the Republican party, nominating Huckabee, who thinks that as a Christian, he knows what’s best for everyone, and will use the government as the means to force everyone to do what he thinks is best for people — all for our own good, of course, the Constitution be d^*mned — this is exactly what he wants to do.
“Of course Rush governed a state for 10 years, so he can trash anybody he wants, right?”
So, since Clinton governed a state, you’re okay with Bill and Hill’s politics of personal destruction?
So glad that the Huckabee crew knows the slenderizing effect of stripes.
Such vitriol.
I don't suppose any other Presidential candidate on the Republican side wants to use the government to "force us" to do what they think is best? Some want to build a fence on the border - because they think it's best for the people; some want to have a different tax code. I'm not sure what you think Huckabee would do that is so out of bounds.
I have never seen a Republican candidate for President who has been so bitterly attacked by the punditry. They fear the evangelicals might take over the Republican party, and all of their cherished issues - strong military, taxes, etc. would then take a back burner to the evangelical issues. Oh no!
Maybe the evangelicals will have a third party, and then we can all say: "Minority party for Eternity."
Did it ever occur to you that Rush might have a reason for saying what he said?
Once you've drunk the kool-aid, reason goes out the window. The Hucksters want to turn the republican party into another Jonestown suicide cult. Wonder who they are really working for...
They are incapable of seeing the entirety of a candidate.
Goldwater...Nixon...Reagan...apparently you haven't been around much.
OK, so why not Rutherford B. Hayes or U.S. Grant?
Look at Huckabee’s record:
How Huckabee, Romney, Giuliani rate on taxes
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944632/posts
Club for Growth.Net Increases Ad Buy In Iowa — Again
http://www.clubforgrowth.net/2007/12/ad_buy_increasedagain.html
Washington - Today, Club for Growth.Net increased its advertising buy in Iowa, adding an additional $175,000 to the effort and bringing the total ad buy to $550,000 over three weeks.
“Entitled ‘United,’ the ad seeks to educate the public about Mike Huckabee’s many tax increases and urges taxpayers to call the governor and challenge him on his tax policy,” said Club for Growth.Net President Pat Toomey. “While the former governor has repeatedly argued that he cut taxes 94 times, the ad demonstrates his willingness to raise taxes, with his tax increases far surpassing his tax cuts.”
Mike Huckabee’s support for tax hikes includes:
1996 Sales Tax Hike: Huckabee campaigned for an amendment to raise the sales tax
1999 Gas and Diesel Fuel Tax Hike
2001 Cigarette Tax Hike
2001 Nursing Home Bed Tax
2002 Grocery Tax: Huckabee opposed repeal
2003 Income Surcharge Tax
2003 Tobacco Tax Hike
Taxes on Internet Access
2006 Beer Tax: Huckabee opposed letting the tax expire
The $175,000 ad buy will run on broadcast TV and statewide cable in Iowa. The ad will also continue to run on statewide cable in South Carolina.
Club for Growth Releases Updated Huckabee White Paper
http://www.clubforgrowth.com/2007/11/updated_huckabee_white_paper.php
“The Hucksters ... Wonder who they are really working for...”
Hillary?
If Huck would become the Republican nominee, Hillary’s election is a cakewalk.
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