Posted on 01/13/2008 1:01:49 PM PST by TornadoAlley3
A lot of bashing on this thread ... but THIS post #290 has some real meat about who Huckabee is and what he stands for.
Folks on both side of the argument should read it. Get to know the real Mike Huckabee.
Another lie - the billing records have never been produced!
I’m surprised the AARP isn’t saying anything. Fred’s older than most of the other candidates, so when he’s sober and patient, he’s “tired” or “lazy”, and when he’s assertive, he’s “mean” or “curmudgeonly.”
And thats a reasonable criticism to make. I'm not fully sold on Fred. I wish we had a better selection along conservative lines, but I still say it is not surprising that he supported a fellow Tennessean back then.
I respect Baker and yes, he was a good man. However, we hardly considered him “conservative” back in ‘80. But then, maybe we (Reagan supporters) were as wrong about Baker as FredHeads are about Hucksters or vice versa. Do ya suppose?
while McCain continues to climb higher and higher in the polls!!! Go figure.
He's still there? Oh, never mind, the season hasn't started yet. About the 8th week into next season, the folks at Arkansas better start worrying. Maybe he'll make it through a whole season. LOL!
Go Fred!
Even the Huckster’s hands are Clitonesque. Pasty white and stringy.
#290 Excellent post and it backs up what many of us here at FR have been saying about the Huckster—he’s a phony as a wooden nickel...we can see that and by Nov 2008 the whole country will have a true picture of him because the word will get out...you still cannot turn pyrite into gold...
If Huckabee fizzles, his followers will be looking for another prolife evangelical to fill the void. Hunter fits that bill, no one else in the race is evangelical.
The GOP doesn’t get it. They need to let this faction find a home. The amount of invective aimed at evangelicals is surprising, but then everyone wants their votes.
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.
Prolife evangelicals will be very comfortable in Hunter’s camp, since he’s a prolife evangelical staunch conservative.
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On Poll Results and the End of Conservatism
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951282/posts
The records were produced, but Fred didn't take much credit for the billing. Shades of Hillary Clinton.
Perhaps from me.
Agreed, Hunter seems to be a class act. Too bad he couldn’t get any traction.
There may be an apt Ford - Romney comparison ... both used the veto pen on their respective Democrat legislatures exetensively to stop liberal budgets and legislation.
You are a gentleman. If Fred is the nominee, he has my vote.
I'm sorry, but the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
I'm fairly certain that Fred won't be supporting anyone running against Ronald Reagan in any elections between 2009-12.
Nothing explains Carter, Watergate changed everything. I remember the mood of the country as if it was yesterday, the Republicans could have run anyone short of God and the Dem's would have been elected.
Today we are facing a similar situation, the MSN's relentless criticism of the war in Iraq (regardless of how things are going), the housing market and of course energy prices.
This will be played up as the greatest economic downturn since the great depression, count on it.
The only way we can turn this around is with a Conservative that will energize the base with the ability to get enough crossover votes.
Mark my words, if Thompson or maybe Romney don't get the nomination we are toast.
How will it feel to have Obama in office of another Clintoon administration?
“Don’t know how Thompson is going to deal with McCain one on one being good friends and all.”
Maybe all he has to do is split the conservative vote up enough for McCain to get a plurality of delegates.
Unfortunately, the AARP has been shilling for the DNC as long as I can remember.
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