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Why Huckabee is Like Reagan (Real Clear Politics Title)
Gwinnett Daily Post ^ | 1-20-2008 | By John Linder

Posted on 01/22/2008 8:45:14 PM PST by nckerr

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To: wardaddy
They are drinking Clinton (Arkansas) backlash cool-aid. Huckabee may have been the best thing since .99 a gallon gasoline but he never stood a chance here. One even claimed their dislike for Huckabee was discernment ... LOL.

With all that burfing going on you would think they could at least burp out one winning/lasting candidate!

Enjoy the “left” overs!

41 posted on 01/22/2008 10:51:20 PM PST by SoulSearching
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To: nckerr

To even mention that phony Huckabee in the same article with Ronald Reagan is an insult to all honorable Reagan conservatives.


42 posted on 01/22/2008 11:00:58 PM PST by detective
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To: nckerr
I am thinking that the more of this rhetoric for Huckabee there is, the better. People will make sure they don’t vote for him in the primaries.
43 posted on 01/22/2008 11:18:15 PM PST by jonrick46
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To: CyberAnt

I know Huckabee has a mixed record, but he did have a large income tax cut...I believe the first Arkansas governor to do so in a long time. That’s not liberal.


44 posted on 01/22/2008 11:27:28 PM PST by fabian
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To: nckerr

Riiiiggghhtt!

The only valid comparisons that can be made between the Huckster and the leader of the Conservative movement, Reagan are as follows:

1. He is a Man.
2. He has a R next to his name.
3. He is anti-abortion
4. He is anti Same Sex Marriage.
5. He is pro 2nd Amendment

That’s it folks, the similiarities end right there.

On the following, he just does not measure up:

1. Taxes
2. Spending
3. Small Government (The Huckster wants to solve all our problems by a Government Program).
4. Law and Order (See his multitude of pardons.
5. Homeschooling
6. Educational Vouchers
7. Foriegn Policy (See Gitmo and Bunker Mentality).
8. Strict Constrictionist Judges (See the Constitution is a Living Document)
9. Communication Skills - His responses when under attack or under pressure are infantile.
10. Environment - The Huckster is a proponent of the Global Warming Hysteria.


45 posted on 01/22/2008 11:42:06 PM PST by SoConPubbie
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To: fabian
I know Huckabee has a mixed record, but he did have a large income tax cut...I believe the first Arkansas governor to do so in a long time. That’s not liberal.

Yes he did, and then he managed to raise taxes SO MUCH, that the sum total of the TAXES HE RAISED, was more than 600 million dollars more than the Taxes he Cut!

An absolutely horrible record by any standard on taxes!
46 posted on 01/22/2008 11:43:43 PM PST by SoConPubbie
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To: wardaddy

Ditto here.... and I’ll vote for whoever the GOP puts up, anything to keep the Clintons from trashing the White House for another 8 years.


47 posted on 01/22/2008 11:56:50 PM PST by cowdog77 (Circle the Wagons)
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To: SoConPubbie

well, he did have to deal with a very liberal legistlature. I wonder how Reagan’s history was before he became president? I heard from his son Micheal that he raised taxes too as governor. And pushing the fairtax pretty strongly is totally anti-status quo and extremely conservative. I’m not saying that I am voting for him, but he is not really a liberal.


48 posted on 01/23/2008 12:15:12 AM PST by fabian
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To: nckerr
Ronald Reagan NEVER had a 'No Felon Left Behind' parole and amnesty program for violent criminals like Huckleberry Hound did.

Despite pleas from both victims and prosecutors, Huckabee routinely sided with the criminal, turning them loose back on society.

Comparing the newest Dope from Hope with the Gipper is absolutely obscene.
49 posted on 01/23/2008 1:25:05 AM PST by mkjessup (...........................................................>> GOP + FOX = The new "Axis of RINOs" <<)
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To: detective
To even mention that phony Huckabee in the same article with Ronald Reagan is an insult to all honorable Reagan conservatives.

The Huckster isn't fit to clean the toilets at the Reagan Presidential Library.
50 posted on 01/23/2008 1:26:26 AM PST by mkjessup (...........................................................>> GOP + FOX = The new "Axis of RINOs" <<)
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To: clamper1797
Can I barf now ...

Can I say make me puke???

51 posted on 01/23/2008 5:57:20 AM PST by Doofer (Carl Cameron Is A Weasel)
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To: nckerr
I am Army Strong!

Big whoopie.......

52 posted on 01/23/2008 6:02:10 AM PST by Doofer (Carl Cameron Is A Weasel)
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To: nckerr
The closest point of the comparison between him and Reagan is liberal policies while governor? HOW THE HECK IS THAT A COMPELLING ARGUMENT? Well guess what, Rudy and Mitt have also done liberal things as governor. I guess they are all the new Reagan. Shoulda had a 'barf alert' on this one.
53 posted on 01/23/2008 6:16:34 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: nckerr

Huckabee is an idiot.


54 posted on 01/23/2008 6:36:41 AM PST by ejonesie22 (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.)
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To: SeaWolf

Great analogy.


55 posted on 01/23/2008 8:15:14 AM PST by CottonBall (The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854 ))
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To: SoConPubbie

Don’t forget illegals on your list. Oops - ok, it looks like both Huckabee and Reagan were for amnesty. That’s the one thing Reagan did wrong, so Huck matching him isn’t exactly a positive.


56 posted on 01/23/2008 8:18:05 AM PST by CottonBall (The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854 ))
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To: nckerr

No one has posted the one big problem to this fair tax proposal. Lets say that in theory, the Huckster gets his fair tax proposal through and then even abolishes the income tax. It’s still a bad idea. Why? Because the income tax can always come back, thats why!!

In order for this tax plan to work, not only must you do the above but you must get the 16th amendment repealed with another amendment. Does anyone think the Huckster would have enough votes to do that??? They would need 2/3 of the congress to pass and 3/4 of the states to ratify.

Also, we may abolish the IRS by doing this, but there would still have to be some agency in place to collect and enforce the national sales tax. An agency that would audit businesses to ensure they were properly collecting the tax.

If there was not an amendment to repeal the 16th, then an income tax could always come back later on. Then we could possibly have a large national sales tax and an income tax enacted by a congress later on.

That’s why his support of this is a fraud. It is just to cover up his tax and spending ways as governor. Fred Thompson had the best proposal with the optional flatter tax rate. It was so good that Rudy adopted it into his tax plan. The best ideas are the ones to get the tax system to be flatter and have as little loopholes as possible. A tax return should need to be about 10 lines long.


57 posted on 01/23/2008 8:40:21 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: nckerr

You’ve got to be kidding me...


58 posted on 01/23/2008 1:20:41 PM PST by WiseGuyF686
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To: nckerr

Please!!!! Don’t make me puke!


59 posted on 01/23/2008 1:21:32 PM PST by devane617 (I WILL NOT HOLD MY NOSE AND VOTE !!!!)
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To: nckerr

I can answer this.

They both have an E in their name.

What did I win?


60 posted on 01/23/2008 1:22:59 PM PST by Yaelle
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