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Rockin' Huckabee
Monday September 3, 2007
If you haven't seen it yet, check out the clip below from the Washington Post of the Gov. talking about how he issued a pardon to Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.
Predictably, some whiner posted a big thing on one of the conservative blogs about how he'll never vote for Huck because this incident shows that the Gov. has no respect for the law and will show favoritism towards . . . guitar players I guess. Who knows.
What nonsense! Watch the clip. The Richards arrest was in 1975! And was for reckless driving -- no accident, no drugs involved, just a stupid traffic beef. These whining bloggers are making a mountain out of a molehill. Do you know how many pardons Bill Clinton issued as president? I think it is over 400, and many of those to serious felony arrests.
So get a reality check boys. Judge the man on his accomplishments and his vision and quit inventing things to bitch about. jeez | | Posted by postaldog at 9:45 AM - | |
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Sunday September 2, 2007
Saturday September 1, 2007
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A couple of interesting tidbits:
Over at RealClearPolitics.com they have a running tally of polls and the candidates positions in them. Up until either today or yesterday (I forgot to check on Friday), the polls included only Romney, Giuliani, McCain, Thompson (why?), and Newt Gingrich (huh?). But apparently sanity has crept in and they now have dropped Newt off the polls and replaced him with the Gov. This marks a turning point in Huck's campaign as he is now being mentioned along with the top three (or four if Fred? ever gets off the dime) candidates. Good stuff!
Duncan Hunter won today's Texas straw poll. The turnout was around 1300 voters -- I guess they don't do everything bigger in Texas. Hunter got 41% of the vote, with Fred? getting 21% and truther Ron Paul coming in third with 17%.
Huck came in fourth with 6% of the vote. A paltry amount, but he did not show up or campaign there. And that finish is above the other so-called top-tier candidates -- Rudy, Mitt, or John. Again, this is good stuff, and shows that Huck is building name recognition and gaining respect from the process.
I've debated posting my thoughts on this, but I think it is important. There are a lot of conservative bloggers out there, many have high-profile sites and the cache that comes with it. But in the vein of absolute power corrupts... I find that sometimes these folks get a little carried away with their own sense of self importance and vaunted influence in the political arena.
hotair.com is one of my favorite sites. They post lots of interesting stories, and have some insightful and humorous replies to their items of interest. A few days ago, they posted a quote from the Gov. about Fred? and his curious appeal:
In an interview I conducted this week in Iowa with presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, I asked him to explain why Fred Thompson was getting so much attention before he even enters the presidential race.
He said, “I frankly don’t get it. I mean I’m not being unkind I just don’t understand it because there’s not a substantial record in the Senate in him having authored the landmark signature bill that changed America. There’s not been in essence the kind of thing that says boy I remember when he did and then you fill in the blank. I think a lot of it is that people aren’t sure whether they’re electing a former senator or Arthur Branch. Anytime a person is on television a lot and a celebrity there’s a sense in which people are given a unique pedestal on which to stand and it’s the celebrity more than it is anything, the attention that comes from that and the sort of gee whiz factor and I’ve seen him on TV.”
At the lead in to that quote, the poster lamented that Huck was a Bloombergian nanny-state scold and included as justification, a link to a video of the Gov. on Hardball where he discussed cancer issues with Lance Armstrong. In the video, the Gov. was asked if presented with legislation banning smoking from the workplace (excepting bars and restaurants), would he support it? And Huck said he would.
The comments on this ranged from completely missing what the Gov. had said, to comparing this sort of legislation, and Huck's stated support for it, to Nazi-ism, totalitarian governments, one step away from complete loss of rights, etc.
Hey guys? Get ahold of yourselves! Perhaps if you stepped away from your computer you'd see that smoking is prohibited in all government buildings already. And in my state of Florida, smoking is banned in malls and other indoor arenas. I suspect it is that way in other states as well.
Lets face it, smoking is deadly. And so is second hand smoke. You don't have the right to kill your co-worker just to satisfy your nicotine habit. Got it?! And the Gov. wasn't saying he was making this a platform in his campaign, he just stated his beliefs on the matter. So get over yourselves already!
While these arrogant typists are drooling over Rudy "pro-abortion, anti-gun, open-borders" Giuliani and Mitt "flip-flop" Romney and Fred "do I or don't I" Thompson and John "I'm just out of gas" McCain, we've got a real conservative candidate here who stands for all the things you believe in.
Think of the progress we could make if these whiners would get behind the Gov. It's not too late. | | Posted by postaldog at 8:18 PM - | |
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Friday August 31, 2007
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Excellent article at washingtonpost.com today by Sridhar Pappu.
A balanced article that doesn't sugar-coat the uphill battle Huck faces, but brings out some new thoughts and positions that
seem more substantive than what has been heard from other candidates. Be sure to check out the video at the end to hear
the Gov do his Keith Richards impression.
On the presidential race:
"I'd like to think the people of the country are looking for somebody that's not running because he's mad and angry," Huckabee says in an interview here. "My two strongest critics are the extreme right and the extreme left, both of whom say the same things about me. It's not unlike 'The Manchurian Candidate' -- the original, which I think was better. The extreme right and extreme left are so extreme that they join together at the other side of the world. That's really what that movie was about. At some point, extremism almost loses distinction."
and this:
"I'm so tired of thinking our goal is to beat Democrats," Huckabee says of his party. "No. Our goal is to lift up America. And if we lift up America, people will elect us. . . . If we don't lift up America and the opportunities, then we shouldn't get elected. This isn't about beating Democrats. This is about having better ideas."
A new look at pro-life:
"The pro-life movement has often been castigated for its focus on the child in the womb, and once the child got out of the womb, he was on his own," Huckabee says. "My point is, for us to show true credibility, we must show as much compassion for the child sleeping under the bridge or in the back seat of the car as we do for the one in the womb.
and this:
"That's what pro-life really means," he continues. "It is really about understanding the value of each individual life as having intrinsic worth. So whether that life is in the womb or is an 89-year-old invalid in long-term care, what we value is the individual and respect the dignity and value of that person."
Classic humor:
"There are several things you'll never hear an Arkansan say. One of them is, 'Honey, I don't think duct tape will fix that.' Another one is 'No, we don't need another dog.' " |
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Read the entire article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/30/AR2007083002103.html?hpid=topnews |
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Wednesday August 29, 2007
In the Sept 10 issue of National Review there is an excellent article on the Gov. by Byron York. He touches on a lot of the issues and criticisms of the Gov. including what may be Huck's version of Willie Horton.
"Huckabee emerges as an amalgam of conservative principles, pragmatism, religious faith, and solid executive talent. He speaks at length about his record in Arkansas, not only on the big issues but also on a bizarre episode -- the case of a violent criminal Huckabee helped free, only to see him commit a murder -- that will surely receive scrutiny should he continue to move ahead in the GOP race. If voters ultimately decide to pay close attention to Mike Huckabee, they'll find a complicated, and sometimes surprising, man."
On frustration with single-minded campaign questions:
"Among the Republican candidates, there's really very little separation about Iraq, with the exception of Ron Paul . . . And yet, we still go back through it over and over and over again, and I just never quite understood why we continued to plow the same ground when in four debates we never had a single question on education? Not one. And two on health care, that I can recall."
On charges of taxing internet access:
"I have always staunchly opposed any tax on Internet access. I am adamantly opposed, always have been. For them to say anything otherwise is an outright lie."
On taxing internet sales:
"It's simply a way to create a level playing field for taxes for Internet merchants as well as Main Street merchants . . . It wasn't a new tax at all."
On a small measure of bullet-proofness:
"They won't say, 'There's no way an Arkansas governor can be president -- he doesn't have any foreign policy experience.' That one's off the table." | | Posted by postaldog at 9:27 PM - | |
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