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By JK

December 19, 2007 12:16 PM | Link to this

So Huckabee is for big, intrustive, nanny-state goverment who makes people’s medical decisions FOR them? How sad. He seemed like such a reasonable fellow.

By Jeff

December 19, 2007 12:29 PM | Link to this

JK:

The same can be said about ALL Presidential Candidates except ONE.

The ONLY ‘Hope for America’, Dr. Ron Paul.

By Ben S.

December 19, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

It is refreshing to have a candidate like Huckabee! People are tired of the political “mumbo jumbo” that candidates spew out of their mouth. They say whatever they think the people want to hear, instead of stating what they actually believe. And JK…he is not making a medical decision for them, but he is standing up against murdering an infant. BIG DIFFERENCE!

By Ben S.

December 19, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

It is refreshing to have a candidate like Huckabee! People are tired of the political “mumbo jumbo” that candidates spew out of their mouth. They say whatever they think the people want to hear, instead of stating what they actually believe. And JK…he is not making a medical decision for them, but he is standing up against murdering an infant. BIG DIFFERENCE!

By Debbie

December 19, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this

Huckabee is a big government, tax and spend Republican. He also believes in amnesty for illegal aliens.

By Will Jones

December 19, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

Saying the lighted “cross” prop staged in the pan behind him was “just a bookcase” makes Huckabee a lying, pandering fraud betraying Our Mottoes “Novus Ordo Seclorem” and “Annuit Coeptis.” Those who endorse such dishonesty and lack of character are not worthy of the name “American.” When Bush and Cheney hang for their 9/11 treason, many striving for leadership serving the same Anti-Christ will also be taken to task for their failure to serve The Constitution and The People, and to obey The Mottoes.

By Clay

December 19, 2007 2:36 PM | Link to this

Will, tell us how you really feel. Stop sugar coating everything!

I wish I would have the time to go see Huckabee at the rally, but I’ll be at work. I’m still kicking myself for not seeing him when he spoke at that North Fulton County church a couple of months ago. Nothing in politics makes me happier than to see Huckabee’s continued rise!

By Jerry

December 19, 2007 2:40 PM | Link to this

I’m mystified why Romney had to promise not to let his religion get in the way of his governing but Huckabee - a much more dangerous character - has not. Remember that in one of the cases upon which Roe v. Wade was based, the Supremes overturned Connecticut’s ban on all birth control devices even for married couples. If Roe falls, stock up on the pill because the theo-Nazis won’t stop with just one form of birth control!

By American Woman

December 19, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this

I am incapable of making decisions about my own life and my own body. I need good preachers, I mean presidents, legislators and judges to protect me from my mental frailties. Thank GOD we have someone in this country willing to do that! Rise, Huckabee, rise up and rule! Thinking is too hard for us womenfolk. Well, back to the kitchen to make more buscuits. Daddy will be home at 4:30, and I don’t want to feel his fist of righteousness again!

By Debbie

December 19, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this

We Must Stop AMNESTY in the Elections! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Please forward, post, and distribute this info far and wide!)

Friends of ALIPAC,

While our movement is on fire with almost unanimous condemnation of the Huckabee ‘touchback’ AMNESTY trick and the betrayal of Jim Gilchrist from the Minutemen, the general public and the voters are under a very false impression today.

While our networks are buzzing with the truth, unfortunate comments by Mike Huckabee and Jim Gilchrist on the major networks of Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and CBS have the public currently hearing…

“That Mike Huckabee is tough on illegal immigration, will make the illegals leave, and those Minutemen support him.”

We apologize for hitting you with this on top of the Christmas holiday, but we need immediate action from you to turn this situation around.

As things stand, Mike Huckabee is poised to win the Iowa primary on Jan 3 and his win will be based on lies. A win by Huckabee using these deceptive tactics will set a precedent with his victory that will be hard for our movement to stop in other states!

Jim Gilchrist has been confronted with the facts by best seller author Dr. Jerome Corsi who co-authored a book with Jim Gilchrist. Despite this confrontation and the signed letter by over 85 organization leaders in our movement, Gilchrist is sticking with his endorsement.

We need you to take the following actions immediately. We must reverse the Huckabee surge. By doing so, the GOP field will be open to a surge by another candidate who could be more honest and synchronized with the public on immigration issues.

Telling the public the truth and bringing Huckabee’s numbers down will likely benefit the campaigns of Tom Tancredo, Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, and possibly Mitt Romney.

Please join us in the following actions.

VIDEO Immigration Watchdog says ‘Adios Jim Gilchrist and Mike Huckabee’ http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=5390

Gilchrist endorsement of Huckabee splits movement by Dr. Jerome Corsi (Not really split 85 to 1) http://www.alipac.us/article-2807-thread-1-0.html

While our activists are hitting the air waves, ALIPAC President William Gheen will be on many talk shows trying to repair the damage that is being done to our cause by Huckabee and Gilchrist.

By itsme

December 19, 2007 3:15 PM | Link to this

Well said, Jerry. You answered your own question. Huckabee has not said he won’t let religion get in the way of governing because religion WILL get in the way of his governing.

By DHD

December 19, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this

At least you know who Huckabee is. Unlike the other candidates, he has a passion for his beliefs and will stick with them. Go ahead and vote for Hillary. You are going to anyway and you don’t know what you’re going to get. She’ll say whatever to get votes.

Is Huckabee such a bad guy to think sticking a needle in the head of a baby and sucking out it’s brains is a bad thing while you do it as a form of birth control?

By GodHatesTrash

December 19, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this

A lot of mentally ill people are attracted to fundamentalist religion - the majority of evangelicals suffer from moderate to severe mental illness.

How sad these mental and emotional defectives are running and ruining our country and its great traditions.

Trash.

By Thomaston Dawg

December 19, 2007 4:40 PM | Link to this

Hmmm…If memory serves me correctly, about 95% of the founding fathers were evangelical Christians.

By CobbGOPer

December 19, 2007 4:47 PM | Link to this

I know it is fun in the political season to misrepresent where a candidate is on the issues. But here are facts:

By Thomaston Dawg

December 19, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

Hey Jerry and American Woman,

The problem is that people think of abortion as a form of birth control. “Oh, I screwed up and got pregnant. I’ll just have an abortion.”

You talk about your right to decide, but what about the baby’s rights? I guess it would be okay with you if your mother’d had an abortion when she was pregnant with you? And Baptist aren’t against birth control, that’s Catholics.

There are certainly cases where abortion is acceptable (rape, incest, danger to mother), but to use it as a simple form of birth control is immoral and unethical. And to say that a fetus is not a living human being is a stupid, irresponsible lie.

By Debbie

December 19, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this

Cobb GOPer, you need to read what I posted above about Huckabee’s Shamnesty Immigration Plan. It is a farse. Please read the following material front to back and watch the video. VIDEO Immigration Watchdog says ‘Adios Jim Gilchrist and Mike Huckabee’ http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=5390

Gilchrist endorsement of Huckabee splits movement by Dr. Jerome Corsi (Not really split 85 to 1) http://www.alipac.us/article-2807-thread-1-0.html

Read what Anti Illegal Immigration Immigration Groups think about it. These groups led the charge against the Senate amnesty bill and defeated it.

By Debbie

December 19, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this

Huckabee supported the Senate Amnesty Bill that was defeated last year. Huckabee called a bill that an Arkansas GOP Legislator introduced un-Christian and Un-Godly that would require proof of citizenship when you register to vote and would deny state benefits to illegals.

Huckabee is saying anything to get elected…

Huckabee ain’t fooling anybody. The light of the truth is being shined on his record..

http://www.alipac.us/article2786.html

By Debbie

December 19, 2007 5:44 PM | Link to this

From The latest Evans Novak Report: Fred Thompson is the ‘X factor’ in Iowa

Republicans: Huckabee’s lead in the polls hardly assures a victory, and this race could change dramatically in the next three weeks.

The “X factor” in this race is former Sen. Fred Thompson (Tenn.). Most Iowa Republicans did not even mention his name in discussing candidates they supported or opposed. He simply does not register in the minds of potential GOP caucus-goers, but when asked about him, voters have little negative to say.

Thompson has far more upside potential than any other Republican, and he is spending the entire final stretch in the Hawkeye State. Thompson has perhaps the most broadly conservative record of any candidate besides the three congressmen (see below). Many conservative Iowans currently settling for Romney, Giuliani or Huckabee (or planning a protest vote of sorts for one of the congressmen) could certainly jump on board with Thompson. If he defies his reputation as a lazy worker, he could make a spectacular surge here.

Huckabee’s high poll numbers and big leads do not guarantee a victory. He has nowhere near the campaign team, organization or money of runner-up Romney. As media scrutiny is finally arriving, he could be in trouble. Still, he is likable, and his openness about his Christianity plays very well among some blocs in the GOP.

Many Iowa Republicans like Huckabee because he comes across as genuine, especially in comparison to Romney. This is soft support that could bail to Thompson if he rises or to another candidate if Huckabee’s negatives continue to surface.

Immigration is a big issue for Iowa Republicans, and Huckabee’s support of state-subsidized education for illegal immigrants hurts him. His big-government record turns off some voters but is not a factor for some of his core supporters.

Huckabee’s dig at Mormons in Sunday’s New York Times magazine has turned off some Republican voters as dirty, bigoted or just politically dumb. This is the sort of thing that could bring him down.

Romney, like Giuliani, can afford to lose Iowa, but he still might win. His poll numbers have held steady amid Huckabee’s rise, and a late Romney collapse seems unlikely. Iowa Republicans who back him generally see him as the most electable conservative (in contrast to Giuliani). His healthcare mandate in Massachusetts turns off some conservatives but appeals to some older Republicans who see it as a legislative triumph in a Democratic environment. Romney’s success in business and the Olympics also appeals to potential caucus-goers.

Many Iowa Republicans who like Romney, however, consider him a general election liability, either because of his Mormonism or because of his record of flip-flopping. Interestingly, the flip-flops on abortion and other issues don’t directly turn off many GOP voters.

Giuliani has some appeal in Iowa, though not much. His personal life — his three marriages, publicly funded trysts — combined with his New York brashness hurt him here in the Heartland. His support for legalized abortion is definitely a net drag, although Iowa Republicans are hardly uniformly pro-life.

Giuliani’s main virtue in the eyes of Iowans is his perceived electability. Some see him as the best chance to “beat Hillary.” His particularly hawkish tone does not appeal too much here, as most Republicans do not put foreign policy at the top of their priorities.

The three congressmen running for President are broadly understood to be the most conservative, but not electable candidates. Representative Duncan Hunter (Calif.) has the respect of many Republican voters in a state where his brand of protectionism has some cachet. Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.) appeals to Iowa voters’ deep apprehension about illegal immigration.

Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) continues to amaze on many levels, and he had finally started to register on the polls. In last Tuesday’s Midwestern ice storm, almost every Iowa event was cancelled. The exception was a Paul rally, which drew hundreds. His crowds are regularly huge and enthusiastic. He chalked up another record fundraising day on Sunday’s anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, with more than $6 million in online donations in a single day.

This battle will hinge on Thompson’s performance down the stretch. If he excels, he could draw down Huckabee’s support significantly, and maybe Romney’s, too. If Thompson is as uninspired as he has been to date, Huckabee will probably win.

The most likely result at this point appears to be a slight Thompson surge at Huckabee’s expense, leaving Romney in first place and either Thompson or Huckabee in second. Leaning Romney.

By Reality : Let's Deal

December 19, 2007 5:55 PM | Link to this

T Dawg: There are certainly cases where abortion is acceptable (rape, incest, danger to mother), but to use it as a simple form of birth control is immoral and unethical.

I think most people agree with you there, TD. That’s why it makes sense to promote education and easy access to birth control for EVERYONE who wants it and reduce the number of immoral abortions. The problem with criminalization is in the LOGISTICS. If you make it illegal “except for,” then somebody has to enforce the law and prove the exceptions. Sounds like a boon to lawyers and no one else. What percentage of rapes are actually prosecuted? Of those, how many convictions? In the time that takes, it’s too late. What you have is a traumatized woman (or girl) and a RAPISTS BILL OF RIGHTS: The right to wonder what his son looks like and to contact that child one day. Do you send the sheriff to investigate a miscarriage? How many women and doctors will you incarcerate and how much will that cost? What about the increase in dumpster babies? Isn’t that immoral too? Whose gonna pay for their health care? The “I wanna keep what I earn” anti-welfare Churchies?

And to say that a fetus is not a living human being is a stupid, irresponsible lie.

That’s your opinion, but again, let’s get back to logistics to solve the problem, since opinions aren’t ever going to change. Reality, Dude. That’s our best shot.

By Andy in Cobb

December 19, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this

Fred has gone home to Thelma and the cave…to never return. Rudy Rudy Rudy - oh yeah, sorry but was just a movie and did not really happen. Mitch, surely this member of the choir can’t be serious in the south (does he really think that religion does not matter in the Bible Belt? - Like to know what is in his kool-aid). John, Is he still in the race… I thought that his anger management class had advised him not to continue the race.

That leaves Mike. The eventual GOP nominee vs. Obama (no one wants to wake up to see the aging hag on the front of their newspaper, especially before they have had their coffee. Just some thoughts about the race. Pretty boy John might be able to break it open if he can get out of the North and remember his roots.

By Debbie

December 19, 2007 6:41 PM | Link to this

Mike Huckabee governs like a Democrat so it would essentially be two Dems facing each other in November. I am sure illegal aliens want Huckabee to win….

I am sure Huckabee has the prison vote all sewed up. It seems they just have to shout Jesus loud enough and Huckabee will grant clemency to even murders.

By Will Jones

December 19, 2007 6:48 PM | Link to this

America’s Founders were members of the original American “Whig Party” which broke from electoral politics to revolt once they became convinced the monarchist Tories were engaged in a conspiracy to enslave the colonies of British North America.

Followers of “king and pope” “divide and conquer” sectarianism are no less un-American today, and equally dangerous.

Thomas Jefferson was the Author of American Independence and an anointed Prophet, of the Creator, evangelizing only for utopian individual sovereignty of The People - uniquely an American ideal. He regarded Rome as “the real Anti-Christ.”

“Whig” means “anti-Roman Catholic” and America’s Founder was in no form or fashion an “Evangelical Christian.” Google “John-Adams popery diary” to fully understand their motives for Revolution.

Our Constitution and Mottoes guide true Americans. Novus Ordo Seclorem is a shibboleth warning us against sectarian faction, represented by Bush, Huckabee, Romney, and all other false religionists; and Annuit Coeptis is the only legitimate governmental or electoral recognition of Nature’s G-d: Divine Providence. Any other term, denying Americanism as valid religious expression, used by candidate for, or occupant of, public office is an offense against The People and each of Our Founding Mottoes.

By CobbGOPer

December 19, 2007 7:05 PM | Link to this

Debbie,

I respectfully disagree. Saying it over and over again does not make it true. Governor Huckabee opposed the Senate’s plan and spoke out against it. Please go back and watch the debates that were happening at the time and read the articles from this past summer.

I understand that you are supporting Thompson. He is a fine man. So is Romney for that matter. As a matter of fact, the GOP has a great field. I appreciate Huckabee’s stand on the border, the FairTax, the sanctity of human life, the need to finish the job in Iraq, the need to get ourselves off of foreign oil in 10 years, and for having a Veterans’ Bill of Rights.

I am sorry that you don’t see him for the honest, articulate, and genuine man that he is. America would be blessed to have a man of his stature leading our Great Land.

By Craig

December 19, 2007 7:46 PM | Link to this

Hey TDawg, actually most of the founding fathers were Deists. They didn’t believe in supernatural events, nor that God involved Himself in human life.

They came to this country to escape the constraints of government sponsored religion.

Early Baptists, by the way, were strong supporters of the seperation of church and state. Back then, they were in the minority, and so they knew how important it was to keep government out of religion.

By WHAT???

December 19, 2007 8:17 PM | Link to this

Craig,

Would you like to back up that statement with any fact?

Other than Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, can you name other deists?

By Craig

December 19, 2007 8:56 PM | Link to this

Sure - James Madison, John Adams, maybe Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine, and maybe George Washington, although the evidence is less for him than some of the others. Plus several others that most people have never heard of, like Cornelius Harnett.

Now, your turn. Do you support TDawg’s statement that “95% of the founding fathers were evangelical Christians”?

By WHAT???

December 19, 2007 10:44 PM | Link to this

Fair enough… although I would dispute you on Hamilton, Adams and Madison were Unitartians (something very close to Deism).

I would dispute that MOST of the founders were Deists, but Deism was certainly represented in the bunch. It is true that although we are a people of deep relgious faith, we are not, nor do we need to be, a theocracy.

The early baptists were concerned that the US would prefer one religion over another (just as England had done), and Jefferson assured them that there was a wall of separation between church and state. He went on to say that Government should play no role in church, but that the free exercise of religion would in no way be hindered by the government.

By Will Jones

December 19, 2007 11:31 PM | Link to this

America’s Whig Founder, Thomas Jefferson, was an anointed Prophet. History, and his life and work prove it. Only incomplete Americans, lacking Grace and the guidance of Divine Providence, fail to recognize it.

By Craig

December 20, 2007 3:08 AM | Link to this

Most was probably sloppy terminology.

By Any Democrat 2008 (except Hillary)

December 20, 2007 6:40 AM | Link to this

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” - Sinclair Lewis

Who would have thought it would have come from a trailer park in Arkansas.

By Debbie

December 20, 2007 7:45 AM | Link to this

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/22/AR2006052201237.html

CobbGoper, I guess the person that gave this interview in May of 2006 during the Immigration debate between the House bill and the Senate was a Huckabee clone. Sure sounds like he supported the Senate version with the path to citizenship and amnesty. The Senate did not call it amnesty either but it was.

“Where are you on the debate that rages here between the House approach on immigration and what seems now to be a consensus approach in the Senate, particularly on the issue of a path to legal status or citizenship for at least quite a few of the 11 to 12 million who are here illegally?

I tend to think that the rational approach is to find a way to give people a pathway to citizenship. You shouldn’t ignore the law or ignore those who break it. But by the same token, I think it’s a little disingenuous when I hear people say they should experience the full weight of the law in every respect with no pathway, because that’s not something we practice in any other area of criminal justice in this country.

We have everything from plea bargainings to suspended sentences to probation to clemency. There’s a whole gamut of ways in which there are lesser than the full penalties applied for a whole variety of reasons — everything from jail overcrowding to non-violent offenses.

To think that we’re going to go lock up 12 million people, or even round them up and drive them to the border and let them go, might make a great political speech, but it’s not going to happen. What should happen, however, is exactly what I think the president has proposed, and that is that we create a process where people make restitution for the fact they have broken the law.

It’s not an amnesty, and I know that there are some who think that anything less than essentially grabbing them by the nape of the neck and tossing them over a fence, real or imaginary, is amnesty. But I think that’s ridiculous. And whether it’s Patrick Kennedy, Rush Limbaugh, or an illegal immigrant, there ought to be some rationality in how we apply our law. We do that every day.

I would imagine if any of us checked the record of prosecutors in my state or yours there are far more sentences that are plea bargained than actually go to trial. And that it’s pretty darn rare that a person even convicted at trial gets the maximum sentence on every charge brought. It’s just not always the way we do it.

Suddenly to say that these people that came over here to pluck a chicken, pick a tomato, or make a bed should suffer the full consequences of the law as if somehow they’ve totally violated our peace and prosperity, is absurd. Now, should they have to pay some type of fine? Should they have to get in line behind the ones who are going through the legal process? Sure. That’s quite appropriate. But criminalizing beyond what they’ve already been criminalized, I mean, they’ve already broken the law. But to make them felons and in essence to say we’re going to put our heel on their head, what’s the point of that?

Why do you think there are so many people in your party and in the leadership of the House of Representatives … feel so strongly in a different direction on this?

I honestly don’t know. I mean, I wish I could tell you I knew the answer to that. I’ve done a lot of town halls. I’ve done a lot of call-in talk shows, both on radio and television, in my own state. And I’ve done a lot of Q&A formats in states all over the country, from one end of the coast to the other.

And I find that there’s a certain segment of the population that is truly exercised about this and virtually nothing but this. And they’ve gone to seed on it. You can’t get them off of it, and you can’t have a discussion beyond the classic, “what part of illegal do you not understand?” I understand it correctly. I know exactly what that means.”

By Debbie

December 20, 2007 7:50 AM | Link to this

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/01/28/News/316347.html

Gov. Mike Huckabee Thursday denounced a bill by Sen. Jim Holt that would deny state benefits to illegal immigrants as un-Christian, un-American, irresponsible and anti-life … Senate Bill 206, filed Wednesday, also would require proof of citizenzhip to register to vote and would require state agencies to report suspected cases of people living in the country illegally … ‘Even if benefits to people who are in the U.S illegally could be stopped, ‘I don’t understand how a practicing Christian can turn his back on a child from this or any other state,’ Huckabee said … Huckabee said he took exception to characterization of immigrants in the bill and by its supporters as exploiters of social programs. ‘They pay sales taxes on their groceries,’ Huckabee said. ‘They pay fuel taxes. If they’re using a fake Social Security number, they’re paying Social Security taxes and will never receive any benefit … Something that’s not worth sharing is not worth celebrating,’ Huckabee said. ‘This is the kind of country that opens its doors. This bill expresses an un-American attitude.’ January 28, 2005

By Jerry

December 20, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

I just read the amusing fantasy about the Founding Fathers being evangelical Christians. Ever read the Jefferson Bible, in which Tom deleted all of the fanciful bits about Jesus being divine? And ol’ Ben, my word. He was far to intelligent to be religious. In fact, there were few “traditional” christians in the lot.

By Nora Sue Condaberger

December 20, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

Debbie, whom has your husband told you to support?

By Debbie

December 20, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this

My husband has not told me anything. He supports Rudy, I support Fred.

By Debbie

December 20, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

THERE’S A HUCKABEE BORN EVERY MINUTE

http://www.anncoulter.com/

By UNaffiliated Voter

December 20, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

THANKS, Debbie for featuring the truth from ALIPAD - Americans for LEGAL Immigration, born in NC to combat the horrific invasion that our democrats in NC have allowed to happen…its what 40+ years of democrackkk corruption will get you! Dont EVER vote for a democrackkk and STRIVE to be SMARTER than one!!!

www.thisDecember21st.com

www.DailyPaul.com

Do any other candidates have their own blimp? Do ANY of the other campaigns have the zeal of the Ron Paul crowd? negative.

By Will Jones

December 20, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

Unquestionably the Roman Catholic Church is overseeing the illegal immigrant invasion for the reasons clearly stated in their “National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry,” and others…such as refilling their coffers emptied by Americans leaving their organization in droves, as in Ireland, due to the pedophilia and judgments.

The Hispanics coming here have been virtual slaves in Latin America, now made “surplus” due to the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions finally reaching onto the “Latifundial” estates.

With the border sealed and secured, Our Land of Promise must be open to welcoming the good and decent newcomers wishing to become legitimate Americans, in Spirit and Ethic…only if Rome, which masterminded this attempted usurpation of the Republic and Constitution, is fully expropriated and banished from Our Shores.

Rome’s political, economic and social Fifth Column, complicit in this published treason, must also be fully removed and expropriated that The People’s sovereignty and Our Constitution be restored.

The is how we began as a Nation. This is how we will be healed as a Nation.

By Debbie

December 20, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this

Gheen: Why 84 Immigration Enforcement Movement Organizations Opposed Mike Huckabee & Jim Gilchrist (pt. 1) http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=55285

Gheen: Take Action With 84 Border Enforcement Orgs To Stop Pro-Amnesty Huckabee & Gilchrist! (pt. 2) http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=55286

By Debbie

December 21, 2007 7:36 AM | Link to this

George Will: Huckabee Repudiates GOP Principles

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/GeorgeWill:HuckabeeRep/2007/12/20/58627.html?s=al&promocode=41AD-1

Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:08 AM

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Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has been surging in the polls among likely GOP voters, but influential columnist George Will believes his candidacy represents a “repudiation” of conservative Republican principles.

“Huckabee’s campaign actually is what Rudy Giuliani’s candidacy is misdescribed as being — a comprehensive apostasy against core Republican beliefs,” Will writes in his latest column.

Giuliani departs from recent GOP positions only on abortion and the recognition of same-sex couples, Will observes.

Huckabee, on the other hand, “broadly repudiates core Republican policies such as free trade, low taxes, the essential legitimacy of America’s corporate entities and the market system allocating wealth and opportunity,” according to Will.

Will points out that the New Hampshire chapter of the National Education Association, a teachers union that is an important part of the Democratic Party’s base, last week endorsed Huckabee in the Republican primary.

The union “likes, as public employees generally do, his record of tax increases, and it applauds his opposition to school choice,” Will writes, adding that Huckabee “represents wholesale repudiation of what came after the 1970s — Reaganism.”

Will also has harsh words for Hillary Clinton, accusing her of having “consistently bad judgment” and saying “her campaign’s behavior radiates bad character.”

By Debbie

December 21, 2007 7:40 AM | Link to this

Huckabee not credible on illegal immigration

One must wonder which Mike Huckabee Minuteman Project co-founder James Gilchrist has endorsed (“Illegals foes reject nod to Huckabee,” Nation, Thursday). Is it the Mr. Huckabee who said that opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens was “driven by racism or nativism” and pushed for in-state tuition for illegal aliens as governor of Arkansas?

Is it the Mr. Huckabee who wrote in his book this year that strict enforcement of our immigration laws would be “sheer folly”? Or is it the Mr. Huckabee who described Arizona’s legislation requiring proof of citizenship to vote and demonstration of eligibility to access public benefits as “inflammatory race-baiting demagoguery”?

Or is it the candidate Huckabee with the Clintonian “anything-for-a-vote,” sudden, poll-driven, new-and-improved position on the organized crime of illegal immigration, illegal employment and our unsecured borders?

D.A. KING

President Dustin Inman Society Marietta Ga.

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