The Huckster stands by his scam

Arkansas Times ^ | May 7, 2015 | David Ramsey

[SoConPubbie]

As noted here before, Mike Huckabee's special knack for turning political attention into wealth for himself includes shilling for dubious products and selling sponsored ad space to disreputable sorts in emails sent to supporters. 

Huckabee was questioned by CNN about the practice of spamming his own supporters in order to grab some extra cash for himself. 

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee defended renting out his email list to a group selling hidden cures for cancer embedded in Bible verses, saying it was no different than CNN allowing advertisers for catheters or adult diapers to air alongside programming.

"My gosh, that's like saying, 'You run some ads on CNN. Do you personally agree with all the ads that run on CNN?' Huckabee said Wednesday to CNN's Jake Tapper on The Lead.

Huckabee has sent emails to supporters (with information about it being sponsored content in the fine print, natch) pushing sketchy advice to purchase individual stocks, medical quacks claiming dubious disease cures, miracle cures for cancer hidden in the Bible, fraudulent financial firms, survivalist companies asking for money to help people deal with being "herded into FEMA camps" or selling food kits for the coming food shortage. He's also done infomercials for what appeared to be a scam "diabetes solution kit." 

So we will leave it to readers to decide whether this is more or less the same thing as commercials for adult diapers airing on a network. But the really galling thing here is that Huckabee is scamming and spamming his own supporters. The folks on his email list might have already devoted time and money because they believed in Huckabee's political message. Now, in order to enrich himself, he's bleeding them for more. It's outrageous.

Huckabee is only one of the most flagrant of the conservative celebrities using their status to hustle their own fans. Right-wing blogger Erick Erickson has called this kind of hucksterism "a plague on conservatives." If you want to get really mad, think about the fact that much of Huckabee's base is made up of older voters. Internet scammers know that seniors often make the best marks.   

[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[jjotto]

Jesus wants him to have more money.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Huckabee gets uglier by the day.

100% POS.

[sickoflibs]

HAHA, Suckers!

[longtermmemmory]

Huckster is being paid to split votes from Rubio and walker to protect Jeb Bush. It is that simple.

He is there for the stupid bible thumper vote.

[MuttTheHoople]

We intelligent Bible thumpers prefer Ted Cruz.

[Jim Robinson]

Amen.

[onedoug]

I think so, even though he is a Senator. ...Gag....

[Captain Peter Blood]

You have to understand that Huck has to pay for that $2 or 3 Million Dollar home in Florida, he doesn’t even own a home in Arkansas anymore as far as I know.

[Servant of the Cross]

TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MIKE HUCKABEE:

1. Soft-on-crime Governor who went on a pardon/commutation spree
2. Pro-instate-tuition for illegal aliens and other giveaways – poor record on immigration
3. Fiscal liberal Tax-and-spender as Governor
4. Dissembled about his record when challenged (pardons, taxes, ethics)
5. Not a conservative, hurt conservatives in Arkansas
6. Ethics issues, taking public money for private use
7. Flipflopper, on immigration, Cuba and other issues
8. An incompetent Jimmy Carteresque boob on foreign policy
9. Is a nanny-stater supporter of smoking bans and enviro-wacko CO2 caps
10. Fired the prosecutor who filed animal cruelty charges against his son David

Huckabee: Anybody with an IQ above Broccoli, knows I am a conservative

A plea from (an) Arkansas Christian conservative

I don’t want to use the word conspiracy, but …

Which candidate has the mental disorder(41)

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Din Maker]

Huckabee gets uglier by the day.
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And, he needs to take his fat, ugly wife and his fat, ugly kids and go back to Arkansas.

[Din Maker]

It would be nice if you could get that complete list to some Conservative activists in Iowa so that the Huckster will not win Iowa this go around. He's just in the race for campaign money that he will keep when he drops and, and to hurt Cruz while he is in the running.

[hosepipe]

lol.......

[stephenjohnbanker]

Like you said, we need a conservative coalition to “Alinsky” Huckster.

[Qiviut]

I’ve called him “Huckabuck” for a couple of years now.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Good name for him.