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Senator Tim Hutchinson on Late Edition - 12/30/2007 (on Mike Huckabee)
CNN via You Tube ^ | Wolf Blitzer

Posted on 12/30/2007 1:57:03 PM PST by MrArbitrage123

Hey gang,

Let's watch this video so we can have some more fun maliciously and ignorantly assassinate another good man's character.

Let's propigate some more half truths because we are so credulous as to eat the spoon fed pap of Fred Barnes, Mort Kondrackie, Krauthammer, Matt Drudge and Mitt Romney.

Crucify him! Crucify him! Give us Barabas!


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: huckabee; hutchinson
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To: Coldwater Creek
The people of Arkansas dumped him.

Which was a dumb move that helped elect more Democrats who hide behind the name "conservative" (a lie).

41 posted on 12/30/2007 4:46:01 PM PST by kcvl
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To: MrArbitrage123

Whoa damn, I hadn’t really thought about crucifying the Huck. I was just not gonna vote for him.

How dramatic.


42 posted on 12/30/2007 4:50:55 PM PST by dforest (Duncan Hunter is the best hope we have on both fronts.)
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To: keepitreal
He likes to fib on the campaign trail. He seems to have some ethics issues in Arkansas.

Name a politician who doesn't fib, period. The ethics charges were brought by the same people who think the Clintons are better than God.

And no I am no Huckabee supporter because of immigration. But, I don't see anyone who stands out at this time on any issues.

43 posted on 12/30/2007 4:51:28 PM PST by kcvl
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To: kcvl

“Name a politician who doesn’t fib, period.”

Oh, the old everybody does it argument that my kids use. Sorry, I am looking for better.


44 posted on 12/30/2007 5:00:41 PM PST by keepitreal
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To: keepitreal

Let me know when you find them.


45 posted on 12/30/2007 5:11:51 PM PST by kcvl
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To: BillyBoy
The biggest problem with those that would demonize Huckabee is the documented fact that he was enormously popular with conservatives and especially with freepers when he was actually IN office. Thus, their modern revisioniz[ing] about his "liberal record" has much crediblity as the RATs who whine about how Bush "lied" about WMDs when they were all for taking out Saddam's "WMDs" long before Bush even brought up the subject.

Something odd sure seems to have been driving some, around here. Maybe for some, it has something to do with a kind of angry rationalization response, when Huckabee appeals to principles of respecting and loving God and our neighbor.

It would be sad, even tragic, if very many conservatives actually were as selfish and uncaring as liberals and some moderates say we are.

46 posted on 12/30/2007 5:45:14 PM PST by unspun (God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
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To: unspun

Huck inferred I was a racist and a bigot for being antiamnesty for illegals. He commented that someone else was not drinking the right Jesus juice. His record is very clear and he is very clearly a prolife liberal, I believe more to the left of Clinton and slicker than him too.


47 posted on 12/30/2007 6:00:00 PM PST by libbylu (I am voting for the prettiest.)
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To: libbylu
Huck inferred I was a racist and a bigot for being antiamnesty for illegals. He commented that someone else was not drinking the right Jesus juice.

I think you can get over it, though.

I think he has, so why stay behind?

48 posted on 12/30/2007 6:02:11 PM PST by unspun (God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
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To: LenS
Please. This is what makes Huckabee even more distasteful than his record. It’s the fact that any criticism is never refuted with facts. It’s refuted with over the top emotional tirades about how his opponents are a religious bigots trying to frame him.

Well said. That's what bothers me about Romney, too -- every criticism is met with accusations of bigotry. I don't think I could stomach four years of that.

49 posted on 12/30/2007 10:30:45 PM PST by ellery (I don't remember a constitutional amendment that gives you the right not to be identified-R.Giuliani)
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To: unspun
It would be sad, even tragic, if very many conservatives actually were as selfish and uncaring as liberals and some moderates say we are.

The problem for me is that Huckabee appears to buy into the notion that it's the role of government to compel me to "love my neighbor" with my family's hard-earned income.

It's possible to care about the disadvantaged (and even work to help them) while still opposing increased involvement by the government. My liberal friends don't understand that, and I fear Huckabee doesn't either.

50 posted on 12/30/2007 10:40:50 PM PST by ellery (I don't remember a constitutional amendment that gives you the right not to be identified-R.Giuliani)
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To: ellery
The problem for me is that Huckabee appears to buy into the notion that it's the role of government to compel me to "love my neighbor" with my family's hard-earned income.

Whatever the government of principled people does is done out of among other things, love of neighbor.

It's possible to care about the disadvantaged (and even work to help them) while still opposing increased involvement by the government. My liberal friends don't understand that, and I fear Huckabee doesn't either.

I believe the governor that wrestled with Democrat-entrenched Arkansas for about a decade, holding off massive government expansion while dutifully balancing budgets understands this.

Then again, government must adapt with society and technology. Some new things must be done and some old things must be ended.

And then again, Huckabee is clearly not a great libertarian, according to that philosophy. He could just become a great conservative president, however -- a 'classic liberal' while being reform minded as were Lincoln and T. Roosevelt. That would be a hope, anyway. I think he knows of enough principles to be so.

51 posted on 12/30/2007 11:35:40 PM PST by unspun (God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
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To: unspun
I believe the governor that wrestled with Democrat-entrenched Arkansas for about a decade, holding off massive government expansion while dutifully balancing budgets understands this.

Yeah, Huck held down the massive government expansion to only a 65% increase in spending. Phe-nom-en-al!

52 posted on 12/30/2007 11:49:11 PM PST by the808bass
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To: unspun
when Huckabee appeals to principles of respecting and loving God and our neighbor.

And telling me that I'm un-Christian because I don't support the green light to socialized medicine by giving SCHIP a massive expansion.

53 posted on 12/31/2007 1:00:23 AM PST by GOPyouth (Common Sense! Conservative Principles! Fred Thompson for President!)
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To: GOPyouth
And telling me that I'm un-Christian because I don't support the green light to socialized medicine by giving SCHIP a massive expansion.

It appears you just made all that up. Cease and desist. Huckabee is against government sponsored healthcare.

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=8

The part about "I'm un-Christian because" was especially trashy.

54 posted on 12/31/2007 2:26:32 AM PST by unspun (God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
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To: kcvl

Dumb moves all around!


55 posted on 12/31/2007 5:44:40 AM PST by Coldwater Creek
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To: MrArbitrage123
I am not comparing Mike Huckabee for the purpose of saying he’s a type of Messiah.

I agree with those who believe that we are not electing someone to be the head of the Baptist Convention. In my opinion Rev Huckabee is not "Ready for Prime Time". Look what happened the last time we elected a small state governor (Clinton).

The last time I voted for someone I respected for being a good Christian we elected President Carter. I've since come to the opinion that we do not want someone at the top of the ticket who is ready to turn the other cheek.

Then there's the comparison between Rev Huckabee and President Bush. I believe that Bush has done a wonderful job with the war on terror. He, too, has had some problems because he tried to show some Christian charity to the opposition party....and they walked all over him. He was also a dismal failure on a lot of domestic issues including; illegal aliens, government paid prescriptions, salvaging social security (although I admit he did try), campaign finance reform, and the "No child left behind" educational initiative. The last thing in the world we need is another "Compassionate Conservative" in the White House.

56 posted on 12/31/2007 5:52:23 AM PST by Retired COB (Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
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