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Huckabee: 'I Feel Like Seabiscuit'
CNS News ^ | January 4, 2008 | Susan Jones

Posted on 01/04/2008 11:56:22 AM PST by Cecily

Many Americans like to know that the underdog can win, Mike Huckabee said on Friday morning, fresh off his first-place showing in the Iowa Republican caucuses.

Huckabee joked about being the "Seabiscuit" candidate, a reference the thoroughbred race horse that defeated a Triple Crown champion in 1938 after a lackluster start to his career.

In an interview on "Fox & Friends" Friday, Huckabee said people are connecting to his campaign "because I'm talking about how to make America better." He said he won't change what he's doing because it's working.

The Limbaugh factor

Asked about Rush Limbaugh's comments that Huckabee is not a true Ronald Reagan conservative, Huckabee responded that he was an early supporter of Ronald Reagan when Reagan ranked last in the polls.

Limbaugh called Fox News Thursday night, saying Huckabee doesn't have "Reagan credentials" and that very few of the Republican candidates do.) Huckabee said he finds the criticism "ridiculous."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: huckabee; ia2008
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1 posted on 01/04/2008 11:56:24 AM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

Maybe just the the rear part?


2 posted on 01/04/2008 11:58:52 AM PST by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president!)
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To: Cecily

3 posted on 01/04/2008 12:00:11 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( UNITED BY OUR CORE BELIEFS Fred08)
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4 posted on 01/04/2008 12:00:23 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Paladin2
Maybe just the the rear part?

LOL. My thought as well.

5 posted on 01/04/2008 12:00:30 PM PST by Bahbah
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To: Paladin2

Mike Huckabe goes to SC after the NH Primaries and the bartender says; “Why the long face?”


6 posted on 01/04/2008 12:00:33 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: TornadoAlley3

He looks like Seabiscuit.


7 posted on 01/04/2008 12:00:57 PM PST by the lastbestlady (I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
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To: Paladin2

He has the right teeth for it!


8 posted on 01/04/2008 12:01:10 PM PST by somfphite (We gotta do it, cause no one else will!)
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To: Cecily
Sorry, goober, 14% of the non-evangelical vote and 45% of the evangelical vote does not a winner make.

The only question now is whether you want to be VP for McCain or Guilani because you simply do not have the intellectual necessities to be president.

9 posted on 01/04/2008 12:01:20 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Cecily

He may “feel” like Seabiscuit (my guess is “feelings” are important to the Huckster, as they are to most leftists).

But his behavior and policy reveals him to be more like “Bullplop”.


10 posted on 01/04/2008 12:01:23 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: Cecily

what an insult to a legend, SeaBiscuit....


11 posted on 01/04/2008 12:02:28 PM PST by advertising guy (If computer skills namedo us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: Nervous Tick

“But his behavior and policy reveals him to be more like “Bullplop”.”

Yes but he’ll apologize for it.


12 posted on 01/04/2008 12:02:43 PM PST by driftdiver
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To: Cecily

Now I’m doubly offended. Huckabee is no Ronald Reagan, nor is he Seabiscuit by any stretch of the imagination.


13 posted on 01/04/2008 12:02:48 PM PST by penowa
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To: Cecily

How’s about “horse apple”?


14 posted on 01/04/2008 12:02:52 PM PST by dforest (Duncan Hunter is the best hope we have on both fronts.)
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To: Cecily
Hey Huckster!

Jesse Jackson is a Christian Minister too!

I'd never vote for either of you.

15 posted on 01/04/2008 12:03:40 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Bitsy

Yup you were right it was Huck.

I was having a ditzy moment.


16 posted on 01/04/2008 12:03:48 PM PST by Global2010 ( Happy New Year Ya'll)
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To: Cecily

Seabiscuit is *dead*.


17 posted on 01/04/2008 12:06:13 PM PST by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: advertising guy
what an insult to a legend, SeaBiscuit....

Absolutely right. That's why Huckabee chose this comparison--trying to make himself look better by associating himself with the memory of a great champion. It didn't work.

18 posted on 01/04/2008 12:06:23 PM PST by American Quilter (In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. - Charles De Gaulle)
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To: Cecily

No, just a white cracker.....


19 posted on 01/04/2008 12:07:20 PM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Cecily

He’s a longshot in the daily double.


20 posted on 01/04/2008 12:07:47 PM PST by PGalt
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