Posted on 02/21/2008 1:32:44 AM PST by Kurt Evans
This is video from a rally on Wednesday night. If you don't have time to watch it all, just watch the first few minutes.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs11tv.com ...
One On One With Mike Huckabee (7 minutes):
http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=26366
Governor Mike Huckabee held a rally at the Spring Creek Collin County Community College in Plano. But before the rally, he sat down with CBS 11 and talked about why he’s staying in the race.
Huckabee said he is under no illusion that he could win the 1,191 delegates needed to secure the nomination. His strategy is to stop John McCain from doing that and force the nomination process to the convention. That’s where he believes the more conservative candidate, namely him, will win.
http://cbs11tv.com/politics/republicans.north.texas.2.659107.html
“The way I look at it, it ain’t over until Texas says it’s over!” Mike Huckabee said to a boisterous crowd of over 2,500 people that had flattened two collapsible walls to squeeze into the room. “We win Texas and it all changes.”
Huckabee is seeking to turn the tide for his campaign by winning over conservative voters here. It didn’t hurt that the the enthusiastic crowd that had come to see him had begun lining up at the door over an hour before the event was scheduled to start.
Huckabee supporter Kelly Schackelford introduced the former Arkansas governor by recalling the way Ronald Reagan captured Texas in 1976 even though Gerald Ford had been sweeping the primaries...
Huckabee also made an active effort to attack the Democratic field in a way that asserted his own conservative credentials.
“I know there’s some wonderful rhetoric floating out there from Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. But you need to ask yourself, do you want your taxes to up or go down?”
“Down!” the crowd shouted.
“Do you want us to protect life or disregard human life?” Huckabee asked.
“Protect!”
“Do you want us to have a strong military or do you want to drop the guns and run for your lives?”
“Strong!”
“My friends, I believe we ought to be on the offense and not the defense when it comes to terror. I believe mothers and fathers raise better kids than governments ever will. Governments ought to get off the backs of parents. I am convinced that the best government is the most local government. We don’t need Washington telling everybody in Texas how to live. Let Texas decide those things for themselves. And the fact is, there’s one candidate in this race who’s run government and been chief executive, and that would be me.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/02/20/politics/fromtheroad/entry3855426.shtml
do you mean the part that looks like a Ron Paul rally?
Did you ping JimRob with this?
And, at that point, the hook swept in from stage left to yank Tax Hike Mike away from the podium.
I’m glad the Huckster hasn’t dropped out. Considering the way that the Huckster has aligned himself with conservatism, in this campaign, I’d have less trouble overlooking his past than McCain.
Wanted to make sure you saw this.
Bwaaaa!
Saw it. Very good. It’s tough to counter the massive endorsement campaign that McCain has run, but we still have a shot in Texas.
“Hey, buthead!”
Point at you, is he, Eric?
Just don’t try to pull his finger.
i don’t totally agree with everything the Huckster stands for, but he is the only supporter of the Fair Tax. Sooner or later the rest of the country will realize that the income tax is stifling our economy, and a detriment to our society. if you don’t believe that or want to learn more, i urge you to go to the: Fair Tax.org website and check it out for yourselves. War Huckster and War Fair Tax!
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