Posted on 01/03/2008 7:26:17 PM PST by MrArbitrage123
Ed Rollins is my new hero. It was nice to see him turn the tables on Chris Wallace and put that pompous man in his place.
The treatment Fox News and "conservative" celebrities like Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham & Sean Hannity have given to Mike Huckabee is deserving of shame and infamy. Britt Hume is the one who truly disappoints me. I truly thought he would be above joining in the subtle mockery, condescension and propagation of distorted “facts” on this honorable man.
Frankly, I would not at all be surprised if this so-called “blogger” whom Chris Wall claims “overheard” him in a diner talking about Giuliani was nothing other than a free-lance reporter bought and paid for by the news media or a private investigator paid for by a desperate candidate. That is more likely the REAL story. I float my conjecture, “YOU DECIDE”.
Let's reflect as a nation about WHO may have been the real impetus for this SLEAZY tactic. The establishment media pundits have insulted our intelligence from the moment Huckabee climbed to the top of the polls.
The slogan of “we report, you decide” has been undermined beyond repair. Fox News has stooped to using all of the underhanded tactics perfected by the left-wing media to bring down Mike Huckabee to the point they have sounded more juvenile than a convention of playground bullys.
I fully expect to bombard us with talking points to palliate the magnitude of this decisive victory over the next week. I fully expect for them to spend the next few weeks looking for ways to distort the record of Mike Huckabee. I fully expect them to spend the next few weeks to carefully assassinate the character and question the MOTIVES of Governor Mike Huckabee. I expect them to sum this up as only being a victory for "the Christian right".
To that end I say as I said before on my youtube blogs under the pseudynom “DrArbitrage”, the more they insult our intelligence with this nonsense, the more people will look at Huckabee themselves and see that the slander and libel don't ring true. The TRUTH will win.
I am offended and will never view this network in the same light. I don't think Fox understands the number of viewers they have deeply offended. Fox News is biting the hand that feeds it. Do they think that they made it to the top of cable news because they TAUGHT US what to think? Roger Ailes needs to make some serious changes to these panels.
I am deeply disappointed in them and I cling to the hope that if the venerable Tony Snow were still there that he would not have resorted to the despicable character assassination we have witnessed.
The people are speaking. Let's continue to make history.
MrArbitrage
“I respect your opinion, but calling Huck an “honorable man” is rediculous. He is a lying, smarmy politician. Honorable men are currently serving our country right now though. Get new heroes please.”
Look at the bright side.
We get to kick this Arkansan around for a few more weeks!
Remember, Pat Robertson won here in 1988, so what does that tell you?
Remember, Pat Robertson won here in 1988, so what does that tell you?
Huck will never win the presidency.
But he also worked for Ross Perot and Jack Kemp, so his track record is flawed.
Huckabee should hire Karl Rove IMO.
But he also worked for Ross Perot and Jack Kemp, so his track record is flawed.
Huckabee should hire Karl Rove IMO.
I agree with you, but don’t count on many other FReepers to do so. It’s ugly time around here.
MrArbitrage123
Since May 17, 2007
I am not a Huckabee fan. Not in the least. However, I had to laugh when I saw that post saying Ed Rollins was not welcome in the GOP. As you pointed out, Rollins was Reagan’s campaign manager! Further, I think Rollins was Reagan’s political director for awhile in the Reagan White House.
That being said, I have met Ed Rollins on a few occasions, and once on a professional basis. Without doubt, he is one of the ablest (if not one of the nastiest) hard ball campaign warriors out there. Huckabee is truly fortunate to have him.
“Huckabee should hire Karl Rove IMO.”
Rove is not a whore.
Eddie Rollins was Ross Perot Campaign manager too. Absolute truth but you won’t hear it from the Huckster.
Eddie Rollins was Ross Perot Campaign manager too. Absolute truth but you won’t hear it from the Huckster.
“MrArbitrage123
Since May 17, 2007”
Look up “MrArbitrage”. If nothing, Google it.
Rollins left the Pub Party to go with Ross Perot in his third party effort. After Perot was the spoiler and lost, then Rollins slowly started moving back into Pub circles. He had to go slow because many Pubs despised him for having jumped ship to support a third party candidate. So he is now only nominally a Pub party member. I believe he actually just goes to the highest bidder or whomever will give him a job these days. He’s no spring chicken anymore.
I’m not a Huck fan. I don’t even like the man.
However, he did win the Iowa caucus however, so congratulations to him and to his supporters.
As my son always said in a reply when he was about four: I already knew that.
Yeah, and about Rollins, he’s been known to play dirty - remember him paying those Black ministers NOT to vote back in the 90’s?
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