Ted Kennedy would be more preferable than Hillary as well. He's funnier. Maybe he could run against Huckabaloo. You know, just in case...
Posted on 01/07/2008 12:14:34 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the first Republican primary of the 2008 election last week, but many top conservatives are not happy, with some calling him a "christian socialist" and others a "Republican Jimmy Carter."
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Giuliani -- scandals, baggage, and lack of social conservatism credentials will keep many conservatives and others from voting for him in the general election.
McCain -- McCain-FEingold, opposition to Bush tax cuts, and his amnesty bill -- nuff said.
Ron Paul -- Most Repu8blicans probably wouldn't show up to vote for him, as he does not poll well among most Republicans, and has been lambasted by the other Republican candidates as a political freak, which would be used against him in the general election.
Mitt Romney -- THe Republican candidates have blasted him as being basically a flip-flopper and one who will change his positions at a whim.
Fred Thompson -- I Like him, but will he even come close to winning N.H, Michigan, South Carolina or Florida? Not likely. Maybe S.C. And what if Thompson continues to be cast as boring and barely awake during speeches and debates by arch conservatives like Fred Barnes and others?
What if all we have left is one (Huckabee) who is socially conservative and fiscally moderate compared to Hillary and Obama? He is charismatic and young and can match Obama on this. He isn't even half as bad on illegal immigration as Obama or Hillary.
Should we cut off our nose to spite our face?
Is Rush putting fiscal conservatism before social conservatism? Is Mitt Romney's record (while he was governor) one that is pure social conservatism?
WE must remember that Traditionalists, Christians, Evangelicals and pro-lifers make up the backbone of the Republican Party. Without them, we lose in November.
If fiscally conservative and socially liberal or socially moderate voters in the Republican Party have a problem with Huckabee - and won't show up to vote - then they can let Hillary or Obama win and see what they get.
What say you?
I listened to RUSH today.
He basically slammed Huckelberry and Mclame - RUSH is right!
Soo.....Conservatives like Rush Limbaugh should simply coronate anybody who wins Iowa and STFU forever after, in the name of getting somebody/anybody elected?
Uh, L-fc, the choice isn’t between Huckabee or Hillary. It’s Huckabee or Fred, or Mitt, or Rudy.
if Huck wins the nomination I really doubt he’ll win the general. Nobody wants a First Pastor with nanny state proclivities. it will be very bad
It ain’t over after one lousy primary. The Republicans in Iowa don’t get to select the nominee all by themselves. I believe it has something to do with a delegate count? ;-)
No, you don’t coronate anybody, but you don’t rip a social conservative so hard that you potentially scuttle their chance at beating Hillary or Obama in the general election.
You go Rush. Thank goodness for someone with the intestinal fortitude to speak out. The liberal media is gushing over both Huck and McLame.
Fred is the only one worthy of sending money to. Romney is OK. The rest I would vote for with a paper bag over my head.
As Rush says, Conservatism wins every time its tried.
I like Rush, and he ultimately came to the correct conclusion.
A true Conservative makes his own decision as to whom he/she will support. As Rush stated (paraphrasing), Conservatives can (and should) think for themselves.
That said, I support Huckabee, and even though I acknowledge Romney’s first-rate performance in last night’s forum (a format that I like), I saw nothing to change my support of Huckabee to anyone else.
You do when they are not a conservative which Hickabee is not.
I am agree with Romney on one count, since when is telling the truth about one’s record an attack ad?
rush is telling the truth and true conservatives know it. Hickabee will lose a general election since he is a liberal running under an “R”.
What say I? Secure the borders, Kill the Terrorists, Punch the Hippies.....Thompson/Hunter in ‘08....I am a fredhead
Ted Kennedy would be more preferable than Hillary as well. He's funnier. Maybe he could run against Huckabaloo. You know, just in case...
The whole Thompson schtick about him being boring and barely awake is getting pretty laughable in the face of watching McCain do the NH debates.
It’s getting pretty treadworn, and the MSM and those such as Fred Barnes who keep using it are starting to look like one trick, stumble-bumbling hacks mumbling and grumbling to crickets in the dusty crypt.
After looking at the candidates in the debate, Thompson is by far looking like the least flawed.
Have you been paying attention around here. There's so much peeing in the punchbowl that nobody is going to be left smelling very good. When it does comes down to one, we're all going to have a foul taste in our mouths. Um... so too bad the Huck is tasting a little pee but he's done more than his fair share of tinkling to get his win.
This socially and fiscally right-wing evangelical Christian conservative does NOT want to vote for Huck. I origianlly thought I liked him, but the more I have read about him and the policies he signed his name to in Arkansas, the more I have decided he is NOT the candidate for me.
Huckabee is beyond awful, it is true. We have a number of less than ideal Republicans running this year. However, if we allow Hillary or Obama to gain power because the eventual nominee is not pure enough, we deserve to go the way of Old Europe.
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