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!

[Jim Robinson]

Which reminds me, I forgot reason number 1b. One of his major goals is to close down the IRS. Now anyone who wants to ban the IRS cannot possibly be all bad.

[dan1123]

Voting for Huckabee means McCain would get the nomination.

Nope, exactly the opposite. Huckabee pulls 9% more votes from McCain than Romney.

[Cedric]

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

[mnehring]

Yet NumbersUSA rated him "Excellent" on immigration.

Only after he signed their pledge, they had him rated as poor before that based on his record.

[dan1123]

You can not compare Florida exit poll voters to the rest of the country.

So your opinion that Huckabee voters would go to Romney over McCain is based on what? Hope?

[Walrus]

Agree.

John McCain is this election cycle’s version of Bob Dole. Both the Clinton and Obama camps are licking their chops at the prospect of facing McCain.

Can’t put my finger on it, but somehow I just don’t like the guy. On the other hand, there is something about Mike Huckabee that I just plain like.

Nothing at all against Romney, I just like Mike.

[pgkdan]

Sorry but I can't agree with you. A brokered convention would be great but I don't think keeping Huckleberry in the race will accomplish that. Huck's only function now is to split conservatives and act as McCain's stalking horse. McCain can only beat Romney in a three man race. Head to head he's dead in the water.

I understand and empathize with your misgivings about Mitt...but he IS campaigning as a conservative and he's hitched his wagon to conservative issues. I've been actively pro life ever since the very first time I heard the Roe v Wade decision condemned from the pulpit when I was 15 years old. I've marched, lobbied, prayed and counseled teenagers for th epro-life cause. All my adult life I've tried to convert pro choicers...Mitt Romney says he's had a conversion. I'll take him at his word.

[Truthsearcher]

Exactly. A brokered convention=McCain.

[Lakeshark]

As a fellow Thompson supporter, I have to say that Huck is simply not viable as a candidate and can never win. A vote for him is a vote for McCain who is our (as conservatives) worst nightmare.

I have to say, moving to and supporting Romney would be a whole lot smarter, and quite frankly, I think he's a lot more conservative than Huck.

So, I respectfully disagree with your post.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Maybe this was also Hunter’s reason for endorsing Huckabee.

[mewzilla]

Well, I can’t vote in the primary since I’m still a registered ‘Rat, but after seeing this the Big Mew might be willing to pull the lever for Huck. We’re both voting for FDT in the presidential election in any case, pulling the lever or writing him in.

[TexasNative2000]

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

Actually, you have two questions:

1. The chances of a brokered convention are probably about 25% given that Romney has the money to stay in it as long as he wants to.

2. The chances of a brokered convention where the Republican establishment doesn't choose McCain? 0.00%

[SterlingSilver]

Agreed... if republicans (and especially Evangelicals) do not understand that the Huckster is never going to receive the GOP nomination, so any vote for him simply splits the votes for Romney and delivers the nomination on a silver platter to McCain, then the GOP will deserve what they get and we conservatives will be left to clean up the mess in future elections, like Regan had to do after the Carter fiasco. please wake up people, its still not too late..

[Bigh4u2]

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[ejonesie22]

The asteroid looks good right now. I tried to start a thread the other day but the sidebar admin yanked it.

[RobRoy]

Sounds like Jimmy Carter II.

[Kevmo]

A genuine 100% pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, Southron Christian social conservative!
***He’s also a Freeper. The lesser of 3 remaining evils... so I can vote for him but I have trouble supporting him.

[\/\/ayne]

Well said, I had come to the same conclusion. To those who say Huckabee is too liberal, well then start sending him emails explaining exactly what he is doing wrong and ask him to change. (Hint - yelling "you're not conservative" is not the correct procedure.) Tell him what you want. That's what I'm doing.

And I'm also voting for Huckabee.

[dan1123]

Only after he signed their pledge

NumbersUSA stated no such thing. They grilled Huckabee on a set of questions to vet out any amnesty weaseling and Huckabee passed. That's why they gave him an "Excellent" rating.

[Tribune7]

Can't' say I'm a Huck fan -- actually, he was the third I ruled out after Paul and Julie. But then I'm not a real Romney fan either.

I'll think about switching my vote.