Mike Huckabee: 'I was tea party' before it existed

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER ^ | 06 JULY 2010 | TIM FUNK

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Before speaking to a July 4 gathering at First Baptist Church, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee talked with the Observer.

He covered everything from the tea party movement to President Obama's handling of the BP oil spill to why a President Huckabee would have let the banks and General Motors fail and would oppose extending unemployment benefits yet again.

On some Republicans' call for the resignation of national GOP chairman Michael Steele : "I think that he's done more right things than he's done things wrong. Unfortunately, the wrong things that he's done have been very public in terms of comments. But that doesn't mean he's not qualified to lead the RNC. He's a visionary guy that has real passion. In many ways, he gets a little too much attention for making a gaffe here or there. But, heck, I've made them ... I'm not at a point where I'm ready to call for his head."

[buccaneer81]

Sounds like Gore re the internet...

[lexington minuteman 1775]

He was also done before he knew he was...

[personalaccts]

Progressive

[onedoug]

And he was an enabler of murderers. Twice!

[personalaccts]

Progressive

[Man50D]

I'm not at a point where I'm ready to call for his head."

You're becoming more of a minority with each passing day on this issue Mike.

[SkyDancer]

Oh give me a break ... this is the guy who paroled the killer who then came to Washington to kill four LEO’s ... yep, that guy .... the only tea party he’s ever been to is on some ladies lawn with another bunch of RINO’s ....

[kempster]

I think he is talking about a party with the mad hatter not the Boston thingy. Just sayin...

[Paladin2]

Mike,"I'm a JUANnabie", the Huckster.

Stick with the TV gigs.

[jessduntno]

[cripplecreek]

Well he certainly isn’t the first pretender to make that claim.

[Molon Labbie]

Exactly. The only “tea” Huck was about , was for “amnestea” for those hundreds of oxygen stealers he let go on pardons.

[9YearLurker]

Bwawawa!!!

[NormsRevenge]

hick before hick was cool

[Brett66]

So what are his thought about "compassionate conservatism"?

Be careful how you answer this Huckster......

[Dead Corpse]

What a tool...

[alstewartfan]

Yeah Mike, you were also a bleeding heart socialist before Obama! Keep playin’ music, and don’t kill the chances of good candidates again, PLEASE. Thanks to you, we got Juan, and as a result, Obama.

[Tijeras_Slim]

HUCK STFU ESAD

[Spartan79]

Ask anyone who remembers Huck’a record as Arkansas governor how “tea party” he was then -— the fraud was a big government social conservative.