Video at link.
I thought they might begin to fall by now. I am beginning to become concerned with the outcome of the SC results, the fate of a country, and possible the world, is at stake. If a strong originalist doesn't step up to the plate, the country will take a harsh pull to the left. With the state of the world right now, I don't think it will be possible to recover from such a harsh transformation.
If all that matters to the candidate is the almighty "Vote." Then pandering to popular opinion will be all that matters to the popular politician.
What we need now is a strong "leader" to pull the country to the originalist position to keep the country from being yanked to the left.
I have learned from my past mistake of voting for "Arnold" in CA. To him "popularity" is all that matters.
I pray that we don't make the same mistake on the national level.
Contriol of the "Fate of the World" is a terrible thing to lose.
Of all the candidates, the one who has taken the most personal swipes at other candidates is Huckabee. The attacks on Huckabee have been regarding his record, but his alone have been personal. Potty humor, immature nastiness. McCain’s too old, Fred needs Metamucil, Romney’s a Mormon. I don’t like this man and quite frankly, of all the Republican candidates, he exhibits the least Christian behavior. The man is a slime.
Fred doesn’t have to explain anything to anyone, especially the likes of Huck. If I were Fred, I stay in the race just to piss off that charlatan.
In order to match the intellectual level of his response with that of this challenge, Fred should simply say: "That's for me to know and you to find out".
The debate on the 25th promises to be fun
Huck as usual has only a passing acquantance with the facts.
Huck blaming Thompson for his defeats misses a bigger factor:
He is an unqualified buffoon of a candidate who is running in the wrong party, has gotten as far as he did on dirty tactics (like robo-push-polling) and is NOT even a true conservative. Rather he is a prolife populist with a shallow and non-conservative view of the constitution, foreign policy and other important issues.
Huckabee will, thankfully, not be our nominee.
He needs to go away, fast.
I have to chuckle at the republican faithful who take their candidates so seriously. I wonder why none of them are disheartened by the fact that a republican administration has led this country into economic, geopolitical, and moral disaster. What a bunch of ridiculous hypocrites these republican candidates are! None of them address the undermining of the U.S. Constitution, the evisceration of the rule of law and individual liberties, and the near-total collapse of our economic under their sage, W. Bush. They just wrap themselves in the flag and thump the bible. Pitiful, truly pitiful.When the final history of the U.S. is written, these 8 years will be marked as the start of a precipitous fall of an empire. And you republicans blather on about patriotism! If you only knew better, you’d be deeply ashamed.
Remember the crack a couple of days ago from that “class act” Mike Huckabee about Fred Thompson appearing to be in need of Metamucil?
This guy’s a real riot, no? Yet now it seems the former Governor, the rodent-eater, could use a lifetime supply of Imodium.
His problem is diarrhea of the mouth, which, some of his old friends tell us, “is just Mike.” All of which makes him well-suited to become the chief architect of American foreign policy, and for starting the kind of Championship Riot with his laugh act that breaks out in tense Third World cities, leaving piles of corpses, when American Presidents “crack wise.”
Whether they like us or not, people around the world pay close attention and both buy and sell based on what the American President says and does not say.
It seems clear, as Governor Huckabee prattles on and on, it may be past time for someone, somewhere to tell the best Democrat on the Republican team to put a sock in it.
As he smashes Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment and shames Southern Baptists with his interpretation of the first Ten, it’s becomes more and more obvious Mike Huckabee is intent on violating yet another Cardinal Rule of Politics.
A campaign blind to its flaws is doomed.
Generally speaking, a candidate can be ugly as sin and make great progress, perhaps even win, if the candidate is aware of this and can make light of it. A candidate can have a dangerous ego and, in what seems a contradiction in terms, and only if they are aware of and can make light of this, they can survive and overcome. The opposite, unfortunately for Governor Huckabee, is certainly not true.
In the wee hours after the South Carolina Primary votes were counted, not one, but two former Governors, Mike Huckabee and his supporter South Carolina’s own charming Kevin Beasley were spouting off to anyone who would listen that Fred Thompson had stolen their victory over John McCain.
That paragon of Republican interests Time magazine felt such sympathy for Huck they went online with their upcoming puff piece Huckabee and his winning, populist mangling of Ronald Reagan’s legacy.
By golly, you can bet when Time is doing its upmost to fluff your campaign you must be a real contender. It means you really must be a real threat to those disciples of Saul Alinsky chewing on each other for the Democrat nomination.
“The fact of Fred Thompson’s being in the race took away some votes that we most likely had,” the Governor said. “I believe every analyst has looked at it that way.”
Folks who’ve been Conservative in the historic, non-statist frame for any length of time and those who’ve looked at the crosstabs a little closer than Ed Rollins, apparently, can do the math.
If Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson were a single hybrid candidate, combining the virtues of both men, the results last night would have been a three-way split. Fred Willard would probably have come in Third, but the result would have been no different.
Those of us who genuinely believe Fred Thompson said it best when he called the contest for the Republican nomination “a battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party,” would have supported the Huckster long before Senator Thompson entered the race.
It’s fair to assume Huckabee believes many of us have had a long, hard look at him and then moved toward Thompson as soon as he entered the race.
After all, Huck’s been in the contest a long time, and if he’s half the candidate he’s made himself out to be we wouldn’t have encouraged Fred Thompson to enter the race. The Governor apparently doesn’t think very confidently about himself in comparison to Senator Thompson, and maybe he’s worried those around him will find out.
Nevertheless, in the spirit of the 11th Commandment, here’s some basic Dale Carnegie for the haughty, self-impressed Beasley and the blabbermouth former Governor of Arkansas. The way to Win Friends and Influence People isn’t to grind salt into the wounds of your political rivals and their champion when they’re down. Something akin to authentic, not feigned sympathy is in order on such occasions.
But this is academic, isn’t it, and the sort of thing we learn from our parents or in kindergarten? You’re paying Ed Rollins how much? To put it simply, Preacher, “the microphone is open, Lonesome Rhodes. Put a lid on it.”
Pssst. On second though, there, Governor, and make sure you keep insulting Fred Thompson and his supporters as much as possible. Keep cracking wise, too, about the personal qualities of your opponents. It’s so endearing.
Heck, I was just joshing you with that crack about Imodium. People just love it these “stream of conscience” moments of yours. Everyone loves just loves you, Mike, just as you hoped, just as you knew they would.
This type of slime from Mike Huckabee is exactly why Fred Thompson needs to stay in.
There is no good “second choice” for conservatives. I wish there was. But what could Fred do by leaving? He can’t say “I’m getting out for the good of the country...” because there is no one for him to endorse. There is simply nothing to be gained from falling on his sword. The only way anything good can come of this Republican primary is for Fred to keep fighting with everything he’s got and go for a win.
This whole process has been unusual from the start. Fred’s campaign managers must know this. It must be almost impossible to guess at the future from here. I know it will be a hard a frustrating road, but we need the conservative to stay in otherwise we have no one to vote for.
Go Fred!
...... and here is hoping that Huckabee sticks hit foot all the way into his mouth and keeps it there. His lack of decency and slimy campaigning makes me ill.
Thompson’s staying in the race will guarantee him a prominent cabinet job if McCain wins the nomination and election. He is helping McCain by splitting the evangelical and social conservative vote, thus denying Huckster and Romney critical support.
Huckabee’s best day was Iowa.
I’m pretty confident thats what will be said in December of THIS YEAR, if he’s mentioned.