Seven good reasons to support Mike Huckabee [be sure to read reason number seven]

The dark and jumbled recesses of my aging feeble brain | January 31, 2008 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

My friends, I have to admit that I've been in a bit of a quandary since the Real Conservatives ® Thompson and Hunter dropped out of the race leaving us to to place our bets on one the four headless horsemen. But after having a day or three to sort it all out, I'm beginning to see a ray of hope.

Number one, my worst fear that the pro-abortion, pro-gay, anti-gun social liberal Rudy Giuliani might be nominated, and thereby bring an abrupt and unholy end to the pro-life conservative movement within the GOP has been allayed. His evil culture of death platform has been soundly rejected by the Republican voters. Thank God! If nothing else is gained, that alone is a huge victory for us!

And that leaves us with the unwelcome slippery task of having to determine and select the least evil of the three remaining RINOs. But wait! When choosing between evils, why not choose the good?

McCain is insane and there are many good reasons not to choose him, but I'll list just five: McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Lieberman, the Keating 5, and the Gang of 14. No thanks. McCain is out!

Romney ran on a pro-abortion platform, is pro gay rights, is prone to BIG government solutions, promises anything to anyone for a vote, and flip-flops on important issues. Can't trust him.

Now Governor Huckabee. Could this be the good vs evil? He's a Baptist minister. A genuine 100% pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, Southron Christian social conservative!

And that would be my reason no. 1 to support Huckabee. He has the trust and backing of the Christian evangelicals and the support of the Bible Belt. You cannot win the presidency without the South, and I believe the pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-America Mike Huckabee is the most likely of the three GOP hopefuls to carry the South. And that's a pretty darn good reason!

My number two reason is that he is NOT McCain (and that's a pretty darn good reason too).

Number three (and this will be a tough one for a lot of my FReeper Friends) is that he is NOT Romney.

Numbers four and five are he's NOT Hillary and NOT Obama. Oohrah!

Number six, he plays a mean bass and he's a traditional favorite at Free Republic's infamous quadrennial Inaugural Balls in Washington, DC. Perhaps we could persuade President Huckabee to drop by our ball and perform his rocking rendition of "Sweet Home Alabama!" Now, wouldn't that be a hoot!

Number seven, if we can keep Huckabee in the race all the way through, thus preventing McCain or Romney from gaining enough delegates to win the nomination, then maybe, just maybe a deadlocked convention might seek out another candidate. One who can re-unite the Reagan Coalition, save the GOP, and put us back on the conservative track. Of course, my personal favorite to be that man would be FRed Thompson.

Woo hoo!!

Let it ring out through grassroots America and on to the convention! Support life! Support the GOP! Support Huckabee! And re-draft FRed Thompson!!

Never give in, never give up, and never lose hope.

Long live the Reagan Revolution!

[Dog Gone]

I think Jim provides an excellent alternative to not voting in the fall, if by supporting Huckabee we can force a brokered convention.

A brokered convention would be decided by the delegates pledged to the candidates who won them.

It's extremely unlikely that a majority would turn to a candidate who was eliminated early.

Far more likely is a deal to be made from the leading candidate and another with enough votes to put him over the top.

I have a very tough time imagining where the delegates select a Fred Thompson, for example.

The only way that could possibly happen is in a hopeless deadlock involving numerous ballots.

[DoughtyOne]

Call me anything you like, just not Shehan, Cindy.

I am a guy.

[DoughtyOne]

Sorry, nice meeting you too.

[Jim Robinson]

Good point. He’s no northeastern liberal. Not a yankee bone in his body.

[DoughtyOne]

I wouldn’t disagree. If each person remained firm, it might work. I am by no means convinced that it would.

As I sit here now, it’s a last chance Hail Mary. What else is there?

[spectre]

Arkansas Freepers tried to warn people about Clinton. This forum listened to them back then.

But now, because we have a Republican running, ya'll turn a deaf ear. Again, you were warned.

Just listen.

sw

[Momaw Nadon]

Question: Since it is the result most fervently desired, what are the odds we actually end-up with a brokered convention?

According to Intrade, the current odds on 1/31/08 of a brokered GOP convention are 5%.

However, the odds on 12/20/07 were 50%.

[greyfoxx39]

Glad you decided on someone...I can vote for Huckabee.

[Bob J]

Did you believe him and what he said in that video?

[big'ol_freeper]

While other politicians (and people) have had pro-life conversions before, they were conversions of the heart and mind. Romney has not had a change of heart on pro-culture of death issues, despite what some wish us to believe. He still has never divested in fetal stem cell research companies and continued to pump up Planned Parenthood in Massachusetts after his "conversion". His pro-life "conversion" is simply a clintonesque scheme to remove an obstacle to his getting elected...and it might work considering the number of truth-deniers we seem to have right in our midst.

[spectre]

It's going to be a real circus around here if McCain gets the nomination and chooses Huckabee as his running mate. Load up on the popcorn!!

sw

[DoughtyOne]

Arkansas Freepers tried to warn people about Clinton. This forum listened to them back then.  But now, because we have a Republican running, ya'll turn a deaf ear. Again, you were warned.  Just listen.  sw

I'm not sure what you want from me.  On November the 4th, if McCain, Romney, Giuliani, Paul or Huckabee's name is on the ballot, I will write in someone else.  I will not cast a vote for any of them in November.

What I have agreed to do, is give Huckabee support on Super Tuesday in hopes three people would remain viable, and the convention could be thrown in to turmoil, so that a brokered convention might result.

If Huckabee then threw his delegates to McCain, I would be right back where I am now, writing in.

If by some miracle a better candidate emerged, I'd be pleased to have someone to vote for as a group.

I have listened to the people of Arkansas.  I am also trying to support Jim as much as I can to force a better nominee than it looks like were going to have if we don't force a brokered convention.

[Diplomat]

Problem is “my friend”, is that the conservative movement has attached itself to the GOP, which was not conservative in the first place.

Who created the Republican party and why? You could not be more wrong with your statement.

[Jim Robinson]

I believe a man who would say the things he said on that video is an evil bastard.

[mowells2]

Romney has had a change of heart and is now pro-life.
President Reagan also had a change of heart and became pro-life.
Did you vote for President Reagan or was this single issue a deal breaker for him as-well?

[GinaLolaB]

I am voting for Huckabee on February 5th in the New York State primary. At first, I was just going to stay home but now I am going to vote.

[not2worry]

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!

Is the “Official” position of Free Republic to Vote for Huckabee?

If so, this is now my worse nightmare.