Posted on 04/22/2011 8:17:54 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
“Probably a nice guy, but we don’t need just a nice guy right now...this timing in history is WAAAAY TOO IMPORTANT. “
Excellent point!
Ammo from my personal archives on Huckabee:
RUSH: ‘Populism” isn’t “conservatism” and neither is Huckabee.’
The “H” Files: ( More than 35 pages in this section)
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/eibessential/populism_and_mike.member.html
2008: Populism and Mike Huckabee
Rush Responds to Gov. Huckabee
November 8: What if Huckabee Wins Iowa?
The beginning of the Drive-By Media love affair with Huckabee.
Huckabee Denies Mormon Slur
The Future of Conservatism
The Hucksters Make Their Case — and Finally Convince the Host?
Rush Analyzes the GOP Debates
Again: No Endorsements Here
Dictionary Time: Populist (n.)
Populism Is Not Conservatism
Democrats Want Mike Huckabee
Analyzing the Huckabee Appeal
Huckabee Targets South Carolina
Rush on Fox News Channel Iowa Caucus Coverage
Dems, Huck Ride Populist Train
Huckabee Is No Ronald Reagan; There Is No Reagan in the Race
Democrats Salivate Over Huckabee
Identity Politics and the Hucksters: Part Two
Why the Media Helped Huckabee
Huckabee’s Clintonesque Ad Move
Governor Huckabee E-mails Rush; Drive-Bys Miss Point of the Story
Gov. Huckabee Sounds Like Perot
Huckabee’s Rollins Trashes Rush Instead of Debating Conservatism
The Heat Turns Up on Gov Huckabee
Why Gov. Huckabee Distances from Bush
Huckabee Forces Attack El Rushbo
Callers React to Huckabee Attacks
Identity Politics and the Hucksters: Part One
Why Conservatism Matters Most
Read the Background Material...
The Politico: Rush Responds to Huck Peace Offering
The Politico: Huck Offers Olive Branch to Rush, Asks for Him to Get in Touch
CBS: Ed Rollins: Huckabee Will Win Iowa
The Atlantic: A Huckabee Ally on El Rushbo
AP: Huckabee Plays the Woe-Is-Me Card
The Atlantic: A Huckabee Ally on El Rushbo
The American Thinker: The Huckabee Hustle
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Pete Wehner at NRO took issue with the first two paragraphs of a Huckabee essay in Foreign Affairs magazine, particularly the claim by Huckabee that were too mean around the world; were trying to dominate the world, and we need to be more like a top high school student, modest about our abilities and achievements, generous, and then we will be loved. If we keep dominating people, well be despised, and the Bush administrations arrogant and bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad.
National Review Online http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjgzMzYzY2Y1ZjAxNTg5YzAzNzY2MjMwOWYxNWM0ZTc=
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Mike God is Green Huckabee’s agenda to advance his higher taxes on gasoline and home energy use:
Excerpt:
Mark Steyn on Huckabee: ...Where I part company with Hucks supporters is in believing hes any kind of solution. Hes friendlier to the teachers unions than any other so-called cultural conservative which is why in New Hampshire hes the first Republican to be endorsed by the NEA. His healthcare pitch is Attack Of The Fifty Foot Nanny, beginning with his nationwide smoking ban. This is, as Jonah Goldberg put it, compassionate conservatism on steroids big paternalistic government that can only enervate even further our culture. So Iowa chose to reward, on the Democrat side, a proponent of the conventional secular left, and, on the Republican side, a proponent of a new Christian left. If thats the choice, this is going to be a long election year.”
Feelin Hucky are ya?
http://www.nysun.com/opinion/you-feelin-hucky/69011/
Mark Steyn: ...As for Huckabee, the thinking on the right is that the mainstream media are boosting him up because hes the Republican wholl be easiest to beat. Its undoubtedly true that they see him as the designated pushover, but in that theyre wrong. If Iowas choice becomes the nations and its Huckabee vs Obama this November, Id bet on Huck. As governor, as preacher and even as discjockey, hes spent his entire life in professions that depend on connecting with an audience and hes very good at it. His gag on The Tonight Show People are looking for a presidential candidate who reminds them more of the guy they work with rather than the guy that laid them off had a kind of brilliance: True, it is, at one level, cornball (imagine John Edwards doing it with all his smarmy sanctimoniousness) but it also devastatingly cuts to the nub of the difference between him and Romney. Its a disc-jockey line: the morning man on the radio is a guy doing a tricky job hes a celebrity trying to pass himself off as a regular joe which is pretty much what the presidential candidate has to do, too. Huckabees good at that.
I dont know whether the Jay Leno shtick was written for him by a professional, but, if so, by the time it came out of his mouth it sounded like him. When Hucks campaign honcho, Ed Rollins, revealed the other day that he wanted to punch Romney in the teeth, Mitt had a good comeback: I have just one thing to say to Mr. Rollins, he began. Please, dont touch the hair. Funny line but it sounds like a line, like something written by a professional and then put in his mouth.
This is the Huckabee advantage. On stage, hes quick-witted and thinks on his feet. Hes not paralyzed by consultants and trimmers and triangulators. Put him in a Presidential debate and hell have sharper ripostes and funnier throwaways and more plausible self-deprecating quips than anyone on the other side. Hell be a great campaigner. The problems begin when he stops campaigning and starts governing.
In The Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan observed of Huck that, his great power, the thing really pushing his supporters, is that they believe that what ails America and threatens its continued existence is not economic collapse or jihad, it is our culture.
Shes right. Its not the economy, stupid. The economys fine. Its gangbusters. Indeed, despite John Edwards dinner-theatre Dickens routine about coatless girls shivering through the night because daddys been laid off at the mill, the sub-text of both Democrat and Republican messages is essentially that this country is so rich it can afford to be stupid it can afford to pork up the federal budget; it can afford to put middle-class families on government health care; it can afford to surrender its borders.
There is a potentially huge segment of the population that thinks homo economicus is missing the point. Theyre tired of the artificial and, indeed, creepily coercive secular multiculti pseudo-religion imposed on American grade schools. Im sympathetic to this pitch myself. Unlike Miss Noonan, I think its actually connected to the jihad, in the sense that radical Islamism is an opportunist enemy which has arisen in the wake of the western worlds one-way multiculturalism. In the long run, the relativist mush peddled in our grade schools is a national security threat. But, even in the short term, its a form of child abuse that cuts off Americas next generation from the glories of their inheritance.
Where I part company with Hucks supporters is in believing hes any kind of solution. Hes friendlier to the teachers unions than any other so-called cultural conservative which is why in New Hampshire hes the first Republican to be endorsed by the NEA. His healthcare pitch is Attack Of The Fifty Foot Nanny, beginning with his nationwide smoking ban. This is, as Jonah Goldberg put it, compassionate conservatism on steroids big paternalistic government that can only enervate even further our culture. So Iowa chose to reward, on the Democrat side, a proponent of the conventional secular left, and, on the Republican side, a proponent of a new Christian left. If thats the choice, this is going to be a long election year.
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Whats troubling about The Man From Hope 2.0 is what he represents. Huckabee represents compassionate conservatism on steroids. A devout social conservative on issues such as abortion, school prayer, homosexuality and evolution, Huckabees a populist on economics, a fad-follower on the environment and an all-around do-gooder who believes that the biblical obligation to do good works extends to using government and your tax dollars to bring us closer to the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.
For example, Huckabee would support a nationwide ban on public smoking. Why? Because hes on a health kick, thinks smoking is bad and believes the government should do the right thing.
Jonah Goldberg November 21, 2007 12:00 A.M. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/222895/dont-be-scared/jonah-goldberg
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Huck Looks for Black Helicopters [Mark R. Levin] 02/02/08 03:07 PM
This is incredible. Mike Huckabee accuses Sean Hannity, who has announced he will vote for Mitt Romney on Tuesday, of being influenced by Bain Capital, which Huckabee says owns Sean’s network Clear Channel.
First, the facts. Bain is trying to buy Clear Channel, or parts of it. Clear Channel does own many radio stations. Sean appears on many of their stations, as do many of us. But Sean’s syndication partner is ABC Radio Networks, which was recently acquired by Citadel Broadcasting.
So, not only does Huckabee get his facts wrong, like most conspiracy kooks, he makes a scurrilous charge in his usual matter-of-fact way and then admits he really doesn’t know. Here’s the video.
Not enough attention is given this tendency we’ve seen from Huckabee. In South Carolina, where the Confederate flag issue was largely settled, he brought up during campaign stops to agitate for support. It was utterly irresponsible act. And then there was his devil-worship line about the Mormon faith, which was intended to raise questions about Romney’s religion.
This is disgraceful stuff. http://corner.nationalreview.com/
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It was a nefarious year for nettlesome nosy-bodies employed by the Nanny State. Here are the top power-grabbers of 2010 who just can’t leave us alone:
“....Nanny State Republican Mike Huckabee, who used his bully pulpit position as Arkansas governor to campaign for Big Government-endorsed “healthier living” in public schools and private life, naturally sided with Mrs. Obama — and took a swipe at Sarah Palin last week for criticizing the White House usurpation of parental responsibility and rights. Huckabee scoffed at the idea that the feds are “trying to force the government’s desires on people.” But school bake sales are already under siege, and Mrs. Obama’s childhood obesity task force has already called for new and dramatic controls on the marketing of unhealthy foods. Did Huckabee miss (or does he agree with) Mrs. Obama’s officious rallying cry on child nutrition: “We can’t just leave it up to parents”? God save us from more busybody bipartisanship in 2011.
Big Nannies Of The Year by Michelle Malkin Posted 12/29/2010 ET http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=40861
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December 17, 2007 The Huckabee Hustle By Selwyn Duke
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/12/the_huckabee_hustle.html
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Mike Huckabee claimed God wants us to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. As Governor of Arkansas he advocated letting illegal aliens vote. While Huckabee is now lying and saying he is dedicated to fighting illegal immigration, his record is clear. As Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee passed a law that added major restrictions to the Arakansas Homeschool Rights Act passed by Bill Clinton, making Arkansas one of the most hostile state to homeschoolers outside of the Northeast. Homeschoolers in Arkansas had more rights when Clinton left office than when Huckabee left office.
Mike Huckabee was the keynote speaker at the 2007 NEA national convention!
The Socialist From Arkansas
http://cofcc.org/2007/10/conservative-huckabee/
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John Fund
Another Man From Hope
Who is Mike Huckabee?
Friday, October 26, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT
http://opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110010782
“....Mr. Huckabee’s praises have been sung by liberal columnists such as Gail Collins of the New York Times and Jonathan Alter of Newsweek. ....Mr. Huckabee attributes his support to the fact he is a “hardworking, consistent conservative with some authenticity about those convictions.” He is certainly qualified for national office, having served nearly 11 years as a chief executive. I have known and liked him for years; on the stump he often tells the story of how we first met outside his boarded-up office in the state Capitol, which had been sealed by Arkansas Democrats who refused to accept he had won an upset election for lieutenant governor in 1993. But I also know he is not the “consistent conservative” he now claims to be. ...”
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Huckabee has a record of raising taxes and increasing spending
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120243266768552299.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
By PAT TOOMEY February 8, 2008
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This is going to be an issue which evangelicals are going to look at when they cast their ballots, Cizik said. .. But only Republican former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas otherwise considered among the more conservative candidates in the race has explicitly aligned himself with the creation care movement. .. [The Reverend Richard Cizik ] Much more: God is Green 11/06/2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21656644/
NY Times Friday 11 March 2005: “.. Mr. Cizik said he had a “conversion” on climate change so profound in Oxford that he likened it to an “altar call,” when nonbelievers accept Jesus as their savior. Mr. Cizik recently bought a Toyota Prius, a hybrid vehicle. “ http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/9554
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Ill never watch or listen to Beck until he does a show allowing birthers to come on and debate him and present their evidence. Until that happens, hes in the tank for Obama.
I'm with you. Huckster is a no-go, and Beck really screwed the pooch by attacking Americans who simply want to see the Birth Certificate (in other words, who want to see the Constitution followed).
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When two RINOs attack each other....
I guess this is more important than Obama’s Eligibility....
Tell the atheists
Someone needed to.
STFU, Huck-a-duck.
But the BC is the easiest way to get Obama out of office. It either shows he wasnt born in the US, was adopted, has a different dad, changed his name to a Muslim name later in life post conversion.
It also weakens Obama. Beck avoiding it is odd to say the least.
Huck is a loser. Huck is not a man. Huck is a wimp like barak hussein obama.
So???
That’s because he is a sociopath.
Bullsh!t.
Elmer Gantry’s no Christian, either.
He’s a socialist, and socialists CANNOT be Christians.
Great post, thanks!
Good work Beck—Lets get Huckster out of the running! We need new blood in the race—Conservative Blood and Good ideas. Now if we could pull of the elimination of Mitt.
Huck’s not going to run anyway. He can’t afford to give up his lucrative TV show.
You have a big chalk board here, fell free to show us all the misinformation Beck has posted about the huckster, or any one else for that matter.
Nonetheless...they are still PROGRESSIVES. And just like McCain would have done...it still is in the same direction, just at a much slower pace, and people will just go back to sleep again.
NO THANK YOU!!
We need a force to be reckoned with who doesn’t put up with the MSM and Lefts BS, not a pal around with the progressives type guy.
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