Huck Camp: Blame Fred

MSNBC ^ | Jan. 19, 2008 | Domenico Montanaro

[FocusNexus]

It's clear who Huckabee camp is blaming for its squeaker of a loss in South Carolina: Fred Thompson.

After Huckabee's gracious concession speech -- in which he had nothing but kind words for John McCain who he said showed great "civility" -- former SC Gov. David Beasley, a Huckabee surrogate, railed against Thompson.

"Fred hurt us in South Carolina," Beasley began. "He had one goal and one goal only -- to distort Mike Huckabee's record so John McCain could pull it out. No ifs, ands or buts about it...

"Thompson came here and just went to the areas where he could gut Huckabee. I have no doubt in my mind, it was Washington politics at its worst.

"One thing about Fred; I love Fred, but Fred's not stupd...I don't think he had any intention in South Carolina but to hurt Mike Huckab... Had Fred Thompson not been in the race, this would have been an overwhelming, dynamic victory for Mike Huckabee."

[Laptop_Ron]

Now, if we he could just take votes away from McCain too...

[cosmic_me]

Workin on it LOL

[FocusNexus]

“Mike Huckabee should drop out, he only won Iowa, and has little money left..... HUCK SHOULD DROP OUT !!! RUDY SHOULD DROP OUT !!! RON PAUL SHOULD DROP OUT !!”

I think all Republicans should drop out and let the Dem candidate run unopposed... It would be a great conservative revenge. (/SARC)

[HerrBlucher]

I think that I shall never see
A politician as sleazy as Huckabee

It may be Fred that your’e out of luck
But at least you stuck it to ClusterHuck

But keep on keeping on Mr FDT
We need you in the Presidency

[Route66]

I’m sincerely pleased that Fred was able to do some political damage to Mike. But the person who deserves to be outraged is Fred. In truth, if Huckabee had not played innocent while his minions placed thousands of deceitful push poll calls aimed at Fred, "the outcome may have been different" and much better for Fred Thompson.

[WOSG]

“Dirty politicking by the Huckster camp continues!”

More proof that - as bad as McCain is - Huckabee would be worse.

[SoConPubbie]

Fred Thompson played a major role in passing McCain’s CFR, Fred was McCain’s campaign co-chair, when McC was running against Bush, before Fred entered the race in 2007 he was doing fundraising for McCain.

So?

That was so 2000ish!

This is tin-foil hat territory my friend, but keep on saying it, it simply makes you and your candidate look silly!

[FocusNexus]

I merely pointed out that because of his history with McCain, if Fred should drop out, it’s quite likely he would endorse McCain. And everything I said in my post is factual.

[GinaLolaB]

I don’t know if I like Huckabee yet or not but PLEASE why is Thompson trying to stick us with McCain. McCain worked with KENNEDY to foist the 120 million plus illegals on our country. How fast Republican voters forget. When I look at McCain all I can think of is Bob Dole and disaster.

[GinaLolaB]

I don’t know if I like Huckabee yet or not but PLEASE why is Thompson trying to stick us with McCain. McCain worked with KENNEDY to foist the 120 million plus illegals on our country. How fast Republican voters forget. When I look at McCain all I can think of is Bob Dole and disaster.

[P. James Moriarty]

More of the same. The Huckster is playing the same tired victim card. Hypocriticaly this time given that Fred challenged him on the issues and the Huckster responded with push-polling and smears without addressing the issues raised.

[EDINVA]

“... before Fred entered the race in 2007 he was doing fundraising for McCain.”

source ?

[Antoninus]

He may well be right, frighteningly enough.

If so, it was a brilliant strategy, even if the FRed-heads feel like they were taken for a ride.

[Hattie]

Well the guy on Fox News tonight said Romney should drop out if he doesn’t win FL. I am through with Fox News. That is a ludicrous statement at this point in time. And the Fox people say not one word.

[cowdog77]

Huck’s toast....and so is Fred.
It will be between McCain and Romney.
(sigh)

[ajay_kumar]

If Fred was really responsible for Huckster’s defeat, Fred deserves the highest accolades. Huckster was flip-flopping daily from his actual record in Arkansas. But he could not foll all the voters in SC.

[ajay_kumar]

The ONLY way McCain would lose if somebody takes him on 1 on 1. If Huckster stays in the race, McCain is your nominee.

[flaglady47]

“I merely pointed out that because of his history with McCain, if Fred should drop out, it’s quite likely he would endorse McCain”

Fred might endorse McCain for another reason also. I suspect Fred felt he was drafted by the conservative Republican base, and when he finally jumped in, pretty much because of the drumroll for his entry by the conservative Pub base, no one supported him very much from the very beginning of his campaign. There was no groundswell of support for him, either financially or otherwise. And one can’t blame it all on the MSM’s lack of attention to him; that shouldn’t stop Pubs from showing their support in spite of the MSM. So Fred might be very, very ticked off at the “conservative base”. Enough to thumb his nose at that base and swing his support to John McCain, knowing it will irritate mightily those that solicited his entry into the race in the first place.

[GinaLolaB]

As soon as McCain gets the chance he is going stick us with 120 million illegals and all of their extended families. Come on people...McCain will be bushes third term, also he will lose to hitlery.

Face it, I like old people but McCain is tooo old to be president. He can't beat Billary Clinton, just like Dole could not beat Billary Clinton.

Also, McCain will probably pick sore loserman to be his vice president and he has Lindsay Grahamnesty standing behind him all of the time waiting to pick the bones the Republican Party and America. What?!?

[org.whodat]

"He had one goal and one goal only -- to distort Mike Huckabee's record "

Distort his record, man he is a liberal, run on what you are and stop whining. Actually, I don't know which is the biggest A-hole McCain are Huckebee.