Mike Huckabee: He left Arkansas a better state

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ^ | 1/6/08 | Paul Greenberg

[LibFreeOrDie]

He's got a weakness for untested schemes like the national sales tax he's supporting as a substitute for the income tax. His experience in foreign policy is a vacuum.

That's why he should not be President. A governor does not a President make.

[Red_Devil 232]

Are you talking about Edwards?

[Coldwater Creek]

Last time I checked Governor Huckabee still is a resident of Arkansas.

[Coldwater Creek]

What fools! A person’s birthplace or where they were brought up has NOTHING to do with how they would run the country.

[Coldwater Creek]

No Huckabee! I think that you knew that!

[Vinnie]

A person’s birthplace or where they were brought up has NOTHING to do with how they would run the country.

Actually, I think it does.

Southerners tend to be friendly, less likely to offend others. Loyalty towards friends, employees. Particularly brought up in small town South.

Being a Southerner myself it pains me to say it but looking at Carter (especially), and Bush reinforces my thinking that sometimes stepping on someone's toes is necessary . Clinton? how do you categorize him.
Sometimes those attributes must be tossed. Decisiveness is what we need.

I'll agree that Huck is very articulate, likable, a plus. But something about him raises red flags in my mind.
His foreign policy experience is about the same as O'Bama's, Edwards, Romney's, Zero.

If he is nominated he will get my vote.

[MtnClimber]

I keep hearing news commentators mention that Huckabee has “ethical baggage”, but no details about what that might be. Is this the tocacco money that is alledged to have been paid directly to him? Anything else?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Try these for starters:

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12205

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2007/10/mike_huckabees_homeys.aspx

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15853756/

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2007/09/golden_oldie_from_the_huckabee.aspx

[Gipper08]

bull.

He did EVERYTHING HE COULD to tilt the SBC to the left.

[Poincare]

Huckabee mentioned Duncun Hunter for Secretary of Defence

Perhaps we do need a Secretary of De Fence. And Hunter would make a good Secretary of Defense (or De fence). But Duncan is better than that, we need him at the top.

The MSM has turned the world upside down. Hunter is by far the more able and better man than Huckleberry. Huck wouldn't be able to evaluate best possible advice" that he might surround himself with.

[Red Boots]

I live in Arkansas and the column was true. He did a good job.

I'd be interested in your impressions of him as governor. Would you care to elaborate on "good job" ?

[HighlyOpinionated]

Huckabee the huckster.

[Coldwater Creek]

Mike Huckabee would never have filled Adrian Rogers pulpit, if he wasn’t sound.

[Coldwater Creek]

Mine as well. I am seriously considering sitting out the primaries.

[unspun]

He truly isn't a Republican.

Huckabee is the most authentic Republican out there.

It is the corporatists who have reverted to being Whigs -- along with the social liberals and compromisers with them.

[Def Conservative]

Corporatists?

Here come the Huckabee supporters with their class warfare and envy again.

[unspun]

Class warfare was won at Yorktown. The principles of Adams, Madison, and Adam Smith won.

[Def Conservative]

Yeah sure.

I hope one day you can get over your envy of successful people.

[unspun]

I hope one day you can get over your envy of successful people.

Don't tend to find much of that. Americans just resent tyrany -- but just where that actally exists.

My suggestion to you is to pull your head up and look around more and stop taking what the Whigs are feeding.