Monday, December 31, 2007
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Huck Vs. Russert
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Posted by:
Michael Medved at
3:19 PM
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On MEET THE PRESS on NBC on Sunday, Mike Huckabee received an appropriately aggressive grilling from Tim Russert --- and showed, once again, why those who write him off as a country-bumpkin/religious zealot/political-flash-in-the-pan utterly underestimate the guy and his appeal.
Yes, he couldn't defend his own stupid "plan" on immigration-- no one could -- but he was no more embarrassing on that issue than is Romney or Thompson (they're all pathetic -- and Rudy isn't much better. Only McCain speaks with anything like credibility on immigration).
Meanwhile, I've attached some of the excerpts of the transcript where Huckabee is hit hard-- and hits right back, effectively it seems to me. The selections begin with his response to Romney criticism about his foreign policy...
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And it's interesting to me that while a few weeks ago on this program Mitt Romney was very critical of me for making that statement, a few months earlier on MEET THE--rather, on "60 Minutes," he himself had talked about the major mistakes that had been made by the administration. He demanded of me an apology, but he did not demand of himself an apology for also being critical, as have most Republicans. Now, I think Republicans are big enough and maybe wise enough that we can be in disagreement with certain policies and still be behind our president and behind this administration in many of the things which they have done right. And I've been very complimentary of the president on the issues where I think he's been right. I stood by him in the war, I stood by him in the surge. I wasn't a latecomer like Mitt Romney was to believing that the surge was effective. And we've seen 76 percent decline in civilian deaths, 62 percent decline in military casualties since the surge began. It is working. We are finally beginning to see those signs of victory in Iraq.
MR. RUSSERT: You're suggesting that Mitt Romney's not running an honorable campaign.
GOV. HUCKABEE: I've been very clear about it. Mitt Romney is running a very desperate and, frankly, a dishonest campaign. He's attacked me, and, and yesterday--or Friday, I guess it was, he launched then just a broadside attack against Senator McCain. Now, Senator McCain and I are rivals for the presidency, but I've said on many occasions, I'll say it again here today, Senator McCain is an honorable man, and I believe he's an honest man. I believe he's a man of conviction. And I felt like that, when Mitt Romney went after the integrity of John McCain, he stepped across a line. John McCain's a hero in this country. He's a hero to me.
And I just felt like that when Mitt Romney gets on your show and says that he had the NRA endorsement when he didn't; when he comes on and says he's pro-life and yet he signed a bill that gives a $50 co-pay for an elective abortion in his state's health care plan; when he claims that he's really for the Second Amendment, but he--on this show he talked about how he supported limitations and restrictions on lawful, law-abiding citizens having gun ownership rights, those are not the marks of a person who's pro-life and pro-Second Amendment. And then the things where he's made up these visions that he's had of marching with Martin Luther King and his dad marching with him. You know, Tim, what I've said, and I've been pretty blunt about it, if you aren't being honest in obtaining a job, can we trust you to be honest if you get the job?.....
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MR. RUSSERT: Do you think some of the commercials that have been on the air talking about your record have hurt?
GOV. HUCKABEE: Well, they may have. I mean, people in Iowa have been bombarded. I mean, bombarded. Not only on commercials, but in the mail, at a time when most people were kind of looking forward to going out to the mailbox and picking up some nice Christmas cards, instead they were finding out what a bum Mike Huckabee is. And I don't know what kind of effect it has. People of Iowa, I think, like a positive campaign. But the relentless attacks--and they have been relentless. And when you're outspent 20-to-1, as I have been here in Iowa, you know, I think it's pretty amazing that I'm where I am.
MR. RUSSERT: But has Mitt Romney said anything that's untrue about you?
GOV. HUCKABEE: How long do we have on the program today? He's said many things that are untrue. He said that I reduced methamphetamine sentences in Arkansas. Truth is I signed a bill in 1999 that doubled those sentences. We did not reduce them. Our sentences were four times harsher than they were in Massachusetts. He said that I supported special breaks for illegal aliens. That's not true, Tim. We supported simply giving children who had earned a scholarship the same--it never happened, it didn't make the legislature. He made allegations that our increased spending by ridiculous amounts, and The New York Times came back and defended that, and said that's just simply not true. And they took him apart and showed that the increases in spending were, frankly, the same if not a little better than his if you took into consideration the accounting methods we changed in Arkansas, very modest gains in spending.
He made claims about things like tax increases, but he failed to mention that some of those were either court ordered or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for things as roads. And I left my roads in great shape, took them from the worst in the country to what Truckers magazine said were the most improved. He left his roads in a mess in Massachusetts, with huge problems in the infrastructure. He claimed that he didn't raise taxes, but, in fact, he did raise taxes by half a billion dollars.
MR. RUSSERT: Fees.
GOV. HUCKABEE: Fees. It's a tax. If you're a small business person and you pay more money than you paid last year to the government, you can call it a fee, call it a tax, it's a three letter word that means the same.
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On faith as central to America...
MR. RUSSERT: But where does this leave non-Christians?
GOV. HUCKABEE: Oh, it leaves them right in the middle of America. I think the Judeo-Christian background of this country is one that respects people not only of faith, but it respects people who don't have faith. The, the key issue of real faith is that it never can be forced on someone. And never would I want to use the government institutions to impose mine or anybody else's faith or to restrict. I think the First Amendment, Tim, is explicitly clear. Government should be restricted, not faith, government. And government's restriction is on two fronts: one, it's not to prefer one faith over another; and the second, it's not to prohibit the practice of somebody's religion, period.
MR. RUSSERT: So you'd have no problem appointing atheists to your Cabinet?
GOV. HUCKABEE: No, I wouldn't have any problem at all appointing atheists. I probably had some working for me as governor. You know, I think you got to realize if people want--say, "Well, you were a pastor," but I was a governor 10 1/2 years. I have more executive experience running a government. I was actually in a government position longer than I was a pastor. And if people want to know how I would blend these issues, the best way to look at it is how I served as a governor. I didn't ever propose a bill that we would remove the capitol dome of Arkansas and replace it with a steeple. You know, we didn't do tent revivals on the grounds of the capitol. But my faith is important to me. I try to be more descriptive of it. I just don't want to run from it and act like it's not important. It drives my views on everything from the environment to poverty to disease to hunger. Issues, frankly, I think the Republicans need to take a greater leadership role in. And as a Republican, but as a Christian, I would want to make sure that we're speaking out on some of these issues that I think we've been lacking in as a party and as, as a nation.
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on homosexuality....
MR. RUSSERT: But this is what concerns people. This, this is what you did say about homosexuality: "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural and sinful lifestyle." That's millions of Americans.
GOV. HUCKABEE: Tim, understand, when a Christian speaks of sin, a Christian says all of us are sinners. I'm a sinner, everybody's a sinner. What one's sin is, means it's missing the mark. It's missing the bull's eye, the perfect point. I miss it every day; we all do. The perfection of God is seen in a marriage in which one man, one woman live together as a couple committed to each other as life partners. Now, even married couples don't do that perfectly, so sin is not some act of equating people with being murderers or rapists...
MR. RUSSERT: But when you say aberrant or unnatural, do you believe you're born gay or you choose to be gay?
GOV. HUCKABEE: I don't know whether people are born that way. People who are gay say that they're born that way. But one thing I know, that the behavior one practices is a choice. We may have certain tendencies, but how we behave and how we carry out our behavior--but the important issue that I want to address, because I think when you bring up the faith question, Tim, I've been asked more about my faith than any person running for president. I'm OK with that. I hope I've answered these questions very candidly and very honestly. I think it's important for us to talk about it. But the most important thing is to find out, does our faith influence our public policy and how? I've never tried to rewrite science textbooks. I've never tried to come out with some way of imposing a doctrinaire Christian perspective in a way that is really against the Constitution. I've never done that.
MR. RUSSERT: But you said you would ban all abortions.
GOV. HUCKABEE: Well, that's not just because I'm a Christian, that's because I'm an American. Our founding fathers said that we're all created equal. I think every person has intrinsic worth and value...
MR. RUSSERT: But many Americans believe that that would be, that would be you imposing your faith belief...
GOV. HUCKABEE: But, no. It's not a faith belief. It's deeper than that. It's a human belief. It goes to the heart of who we are as a civilization. If I believe that your intrinsic worth is not changed by your ancestry, your last name, by your IQ, by your abilities or disabilities, if I value your life and respect it with dignity and worth because it is human, then that's what draws me to the inescapable conclusion that I should be for the sanctity of every and each human life. That's why we go after that 12-year-old boy in the woods of North Carolina when he's lost, not because he has greater worth than someone else, but because we believe he has equal worth as everyone else. I like it that in this country we treat each other--at least we should--with that sense of equality. Our founding fathers penned that in the Declaration of Independence when they declared...
MR. RUSSERT: Some Americans believe that life does not begin at conception, and that it's...
GOV. HUCKABEE: Well, scientifically I think that's almost...
MR. RUSSERT: But...
GOV. HUCKABEE: ...a point that you couldn't argue. How, how could you say that life doesn't begin at conception...
MR. RUSSERT: Right. Do you respect that view?
GOV. HUCKABEE: ...biologically?
MR. RUSSERT: Do you respect that view?
GOV. HUCKABEE: I respect it as a view, but I don't think it has biological credibility.
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I hope that Huckabee does well on Thursday. A strong showing in Iowa for the former Arkansas governor would constitute an appropriate rebuke to the negativity and saturation advertising by the Romney campaign. Even if Romney goes on to win the nomination (still a very real possibility) he will help himself, the party and the country if he turns away from the idea of spending millions of dollars to distort the records of his opponents. Surely, the Mittster has a more positive message to offer the nation about his own vision and leadership abilities (both of which command respect) than concentrating all his resources on sliming Huckabee and McCain.
Meanwhile, good luck to all our candidates and heaven protect us from the Democrats.....
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Can't wait to see all the rest of the conservative pundits(besides Medved) go out of business after Huckabee wins the nomination.
Romney is the worst GOP candidate ever bar none! Congrats to Medved for having the brains to stop a demoncrat win in 08, which if Romney is our nominee is assured! |
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onto the notion that Mitt is tougher on meth. manufacturers when compared to Huckabee.
Sticking with your claim that not a single point Romney makes in his attack ads are untrue.
We are all waitng on your nuanced response that will refute the facts.
Mitt 2.5 to 5 years prison time/Meth. dealers
Mike 5 to 10 years prison time/Meth, dealers
Mitt couldn't pass a law to toughen.
Mike did pass a law that got tougher.
Mitt's been dishonest. Own up to it. Then I'll walk you through the next point where Mitt misrepresented the facts.
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Thank you Mr. Medved. I am glad someone has their head screwed on right this morning. |
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Sure, I'll discuss Mormonism with a bigoted Pastor at the same time I discuss constitutional constructionism with Ruth Ginsberg. |
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Also reflecting his ignorance or stupidity or insincerity or inconsistency...
...was when the Huckster said he thought that the Writers' Guild strike had been settled with the late-show hosts (not true) as a rationalization for having crossed the picket-lines of the union for which he professed "full support." |
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...I would still conclude that no one has refuted my extensive comments "at the top" about how the MtP interview was such a soft-ball experience...noting that Russert is a "D" (which explains a lot).
The Huckster was great with Leno, but this was reminiscent (per Bill Bennett on the radio, last hour) of Clinton playing the sax on Arsenio Hall's show. No hardball from Jay, but none expected (in contrast with Tim).
I'm amazed at how people say they rationalize support for the Huckster over Mitt, as I now listen to discussion of how his paralypsis arises from listening to contradictory advisors.
He said he met with Frank Gafney (who denied ever conversing with him and decried his quotes) and Tom Friedman (who is an Arabist-supporter, noting his ego's adherence to the Saudi Peace PLan); also, he claimed interactions with Bolton (voice, then e-mail) that were also personally denied.
The Huckster is so dangerous that Bill Bennett just said his foreign policy borders on being worse than Billary's; he's willing to be convinced, but he clearly is dissatisfied.
Let's see the Huckster reply to such pungent queries...and then assess the damage. |
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Lets face facts.
Huckabee is for Amnesty for illegal aliens, wants them to work here with impunity, thinks the American taxpayers should support them, and is opposed to border security.
Yeah, now he's claiming otherwise, but I just cited his record, which is what makes Medved swoon for him.
Lets face it, Medved is an Amnesty for illegal aliens fanatic, and will vilify all those who really want existing laws enforced and the border secured.
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Ron,
I am not going to turn this forum into a debate on doctrines of various Christian faiths. I will point out that you are incorrect in your statement that "Mormonism" redefines Christ as less than God. It is not true. You are obviously not a Mormon and have obviously never done an honest study on Mormon doctrine. If you are open for others to define what you believe, we can have this conversation. I will simply invent ludicrous statements about your faith or regurgitate some false ideas my preacher may have said about you in a hypocritical sermon or sunday school course. But, as I would think you are not open to that idea, I suggest you quit pretending to be an authority on a topic to which you are clearly quite oblivious. |
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Today, that's right Huckafans, the hypocrite and holier than thou Huckabee went ahead and ran the attack ad he had promised not to do.
He did this for two reasons.
1) By thinking he could dupe the press into being his useful idiots he was mocked openly. This did nothing to promote his campaign.
2) He is not who he says he is. Huckabee is a politician through and through who believes he is qualified to run a country because of the support of a small group of other useful idiots, namely the Christian Conservatives.
Again, he does this because not airing doesn't help. Unfortunately for those with common sense the Huckafans do not 1) research or 2) care about what the facts say. If you have put your eggs in the Huckabasket be prepared for a guy that will glady do the opposite of what he says because he knows his little support group won't care.
I will grant that the same thing could be said about several candidates, including Romney. If we can't get Thompson I'd gladly take Romney though who is at least competent. |
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Medved is in the political wilderness without a compass -- how many different candidates has he leaned toward? Or, like a compass in the Devil's Triangle spinning hopelessly out of control.
The only constant is his trained seal response to amnesty -- I can hear Medved barking like a seal, hoping he gets invited to the open borders clam bake next summer.
No, Medved won't -- they don't invite trained seals... |
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Good job remaining objective. If anything you have been too kind to Romney who looks more like Cliton with all his spin and orwellian manipulation of the truth then he looks like a conservative. What amazes me the most is how all your radio pals at Clear Channel and Townhall are obviously shilling for Romney? I thought conservatives were not about blind ideology, but about being thoughtful and honestly engaging the issues? Anyway, thanks for being one of the true conservatives out there. My only remaining question is when will Romney's pals at Bain Capital have their newly acquired arm of Romney (a.k.a. Clear Channel) fire you for not towing the party line? :)
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Agreed: Medved, McCain, Huckabee = Illegal Immigration
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I wanted to post the link to the Douglas MacKinnon article entitled Huck-a-Smear which perfectly outlines how Huckabee has added nasty to his presidential characteristics list. Then I thought, the people to whom it is intended obviously have not researched anything about the candidate anyway, otherwise Huckabee's support would be limited to Rove's 3 million missing evengelicals.
Here is a synopsis for MM and all of the Huckafans who think poor little Mikey has been so unfairly used.
At the press conference where Huckabee was set to release a blatantly false and patently nasty smear add against Romney (who is not my choice by the way, I am a Thompson fan but would choose Romney over the Huck seven ways from Sunday) he decided after "excercise and prayer" that he would take the high ground and pull the add. Fair enough, even laudable (it still does nothing for his qualifications). Huckabee then follows up with trying to explain just how nasty it could have been to the 150 assembled reporters. And just to prove it he tells them that even though the add will be pulled, he will show it to them.
Now I am no fan of the associated press, but their response to Huck's attempt at using them as pawns in his wacky little campaign was to laugh in his face. Huck was not kidding, he was not making a joke, and the press openly scorns him. So Huck goes on to show the clip, it is indeed a true smear ad, not the contrasting ads Romney is airing, and Huck proves once again that to elect him is to elect a relative yokel. |
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Rich L.
I respect that you are a Thompson guy, i really do. But it is anticipated that to run for president in 2008 will require hundreds of millions of dollars. It's not that Fred cannot win on policy, it's just that logistically he does not have the organization or capital. As of now I actually am supporting Thompson out here in Utah. I read his releases, build him up with friends, even have his sign on my lawn. I think the guy, albeit not perfect, is the best remaining choice. But before Thompson I would opt for Duncan Hunter, and we know that's not happening. On the same note I just don't believe the Thompson train has the resources for the election trail. It's that simple. |
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starts! If you support Fred, then by all means SUPPORT him. He is running a non-conformist campaign and it is very refreshing to have that example played out to the conclusion. At this point in 1992, everyone thought that Bubba was not a serious candidate either.
Since Tancredo rightly got out of the way as his purpose of putting illegal immigration at the top of the list of issues is complete and he had no other reason to be in the race. Hunter has shown that he is a very good man, but not a good politician and has achieved no traction either with any media, surprise surprise, or at the grass roots level. That leaves only Fred as the conservative candidate. The other leave a bad taste in my mouth and I would be sorely pressed to hold my nose and vote for any of them unless it is Hitlery as the opponent. |
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Michael, McCain is not credible on immigration, he is out of touch. Thank God Huckabee is no McCain. Huckabee is against the phony amnesty that would have accomplished nothing, McCain's baby.
Huckabee realizes, like all of us came to understand, that if you don't seal the border first, you are just inviting more illegals to walk across the border in front of honest immigrants. |
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"...he was no more embarrassing on that issue than is Romney or Thompson.."
Did I miss something? I thought Fred's plan included things like 'secure the border' and 'enforce the laws'...
Someone tell me which parts are 'embarrassing' and which are 'pathetic'...
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I am a Fred Thompson supporter but let's face it, the guy is not going to win a general election barring some sort of miracle. I hope he gets the VP nod from the frontrunner whoever it may be.
I'm torn between Romney and Giuliani first, McCain second, and if worst comes to worst, Huckabee. I have only recently come to this conclusion and the pro Huckabee postings have helped me feel more and more comfortable about my opinions toward Huckabee.
I am the voter concerned with the competency and aptitude of a president. Huckabee is charasmatic yes, but presidential material? How anyone comes to that conclusion is beyond me. He has recently sacrificed his holier than thou attitude in Iowa for one where he acts like a spoiled, entitled baby who has had his feelings hurt. I don't want that attitude when he deals with foreign policy and leaders.
The fact that people in this blog want to support Huckabee for being pro-life and use that to overlook his painfully obvious political shortcomings is scary. I grew up listening to MM and am quite surprised to read of his practical endorsement of such and unqualified candidate.
I am not looking for an occasional flash of brilliance or descent debate as Huckabee is clearly capable of. I am looking for a tried and tested executive who can handle the rigors of importantn decision making on the scale such as the presidency will provide.
I cannot see how an honest, common sense analysis of the facts would not automatically boot Huckabee from the race. |
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Then Mike Huckabee will:
http://www.victimsvoice527.com
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Medved, McCain, Huckabee = Illegal Immigration |
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If Huck were a used car salesmen he would not do so well as Romney. Huck would say, "Look this car has bad valves, like it or not, but that is the way it is." Romney would say whatever it took to sale the car. |
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Mitt's "Faith" speech was both a cogent response to the anti-Mormon rhetoric (hear, elsewhere) AND an academic lecture on the origin/application of the Judeo-Christian Ethic in America. It also had the potential to render the listener misty-eyed.
No, Mitt has DWARFED the Huckster in terms of stature, precision and lucidity. |
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It is amusing how the Huckabee (and McCain) crowd brands ads that identify their guy's voting record as "negative" and "distorting." OMG, can you imagine the weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth that will take place when Huckabee faces real negative ads from the dems and liberal 527's if he somehow makes it to the general election? Those ads would make Romney's seem like a Huckabee endorsement! |
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"Mike Huckabee received an appropriately aggressive grilling from Tim Russert." Are you serious Mike? That's good quality humor there. |
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This video is very good and shows Mitt Romney's going back and forth on the abortion issue.
Romney was for it big time, then against it, then for it, then against it.
It is interesting for people to see that he has claimed to change to being pro-life before, only to return to being pro-choice when it would help him out politically.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7y1HMZNJy0
Watch the video please. |
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The Huckster just confirmed that he perceives Mitt as "dishonest."
Mitt has not said anything comparable about the Huckster.
Who is the negative one? |
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NOW I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR ROMNEY!!!
ROMNEY IS TOO NEGATIVE, MEAN AND NASTY. MITT ROMNEY WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SPOUT negative Ads against McCain and Huckabee. Not too long ago Romeny was way down in the polls by a large margin then suddenly Romney places highly negative ads against Huckabee and made dishonest statements against him within his print media. For two weeks Huckabee did not respond with negative ads. Since Huckabee did not retaliate negatively to Romney's ads, some thought that Huckabee was conceding that they were true about Huckabee. Then Huckabee's poll numbers started to go down with Romney in the lead.
Suddenly Huckabee threatens those negative ads and the hate mail hand delivered to peoples doors from Romney by presenting the truth about his own record and facts about Romney's record then suddenly Romney wimpy Romney cries out, "Not fair... I should be the only one to be allowed to use negative ads because the republican establishment will let me get away with it."
So when Romney gets a taste of his own medicine from any other candidate, he falls apart and screams that everyone else is being negative.
WHAT A WEASLE and A PHONEY!!!
Huckabee is the BEST candidate for the dangerous times that we live in. What also makes Mike Huckabee the most logical candidate is that he is not only attracts Republicans but also Democrats to his side without compromising his principles. Both side support is needed to win this election in 2008 and he has it.
And checkout this link called Hidden Agendas at this link below or after clicking my profile blog.
Huckabee IS NOT A POLITICAL MASON and learn why this is good for America.
http://evolutionfacts.townhall.com |
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This is Medved. They(curropt Mexican government oficials banding with curropt politicians in power) proliferated in our governemtn thanks to a partner McCain who shut off the voice of the individual American and helped the Mexican government garner a welfare system for its citizens and their greatest moneymaker funds from the US. A good portion is from the moneys the anchorbabies take from our social security system. Where is the compassion for the victims of this racket? Don't tell me McCain is not literally on La Razas Ceo of decades, the Raul Yzaguire Foundation. Of course the media is for this because the sooner we are bombarded by a third world the sooner we will become socialists. Heaven protect us from the Democrats?! Please we would have gained more Democrats if we didn't have all these open border self interested politicians and spokesholes on the Republican side. |
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Huckabeee gets a free ride from his Clinton Derangement Syndrome that allowed him to release a thrice convicted rapist back into the world.
If Hillary is the nom, she could destroy Huck by bringing this up in a debate. It would be Huck's bad karma. And it reveals the limits of his brain and heart. |
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If you like RINO's then Mitt is the man! |
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A few points have arisen through the day.
First, people who make undocumented assertions are best ignored (such as whatever the $$$-effect of RomneyCare in Massachusetts is projected to be).
Second, the site "rightsmart.blogspot.com" was touted to equate Mitt's campaign with Nazi propoganda. Not withstanding the vile reference (which serves to impugn the attacker), there is nothing there that skewers Mitt effectively.
For example, that property taxes rose after state-level subsidies were cut is hardly (1)--heinous, or (2)--unreasonable. If fiscal responsibility mandated such an approach, then the locals had to "deal with it."
And the ballyhooed video focuses on the abortion issue, and he has addressed his transition exhaustively. In fact, I didn't know Ann Coulter had formally endorsed him AND had appeared with him. [She had appeared on a New York talk-show this past Saturday @ 8:45 a.m. to suggest that she was leaning towards him--over Rudy--because, of these two leading candidates who had served as executives over liberal-entities, she preferred what he said he'd do over what Rudy said he'd do.] And I like her line that he was successful previously in hoodwinking liberals into voting for him...so why not try again?
Thus, the Hucksters have BOTH been unable to reply to the thrust of my dozen-points AND been unable to raise new concerns.
THEREFORE, Mitt's the Man! |
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To: Deadpan,
Uh, I'm not sure where you get your info from, but I have to correct you about the Illegal's issue. First read this....."Roy Beck at Numbers USA said that Fred Thompson's Illegal Immigration plan "blew him away". He said it will work. But that message is being ignored."
McCain, Guliani, Huckabee, and Romney are all RINO's. In case you are not that familiar with that term, it means 'Republican In Name Only'. This term should be self-explanatory.
As Rush is fond of saying, and it goes for me to "I am a Conservative first, a Republican second". This is the exact reason I will be voting for Fred. We need to get back to the core principles of Conservatism, and if any of the above mentioned candidates win it will be another step closer to liberalism. If this is what you want, then fine, vote for a RINO. But when God and all other things that are good about our country are forbidden, don't come crying to me.
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I'm not sure how ANYBODY who has watched MTP consistently can claim that Russert was being aggressive to Huckabee.
He served up softball questions, allowed full paragraph responses and was unfailingly polite-- no gotcha moments like he had done with McCain and Ron Paul.
If you only saw it to see YOUR candidate, you really don't have the frame of reference to evaluate objectively. |
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DeadFreds, Giulia-gulias
Which are you?
I hear dueling banjos starting up.
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You woke up? What happened to "we have 5 absolutely wonderful candidates I would be glad to support"???? Did someone mail you a clue? They are pathetic. I voted for nixon, ford, reagan, reagan twice (we got a very, very clear letter about that twice thing), bush 41, bush 41, dole, W (aka Bush the Great) and sorry if I missed one. I am thinking of voting for Oprama/Obrah you know the octaroon if huckleberry runs. When the madman of Arizona starts to look like the thoughtful candidate--we are in trubbel. |
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Romney supporters apparently didn't read the transcript or see the broadcast. Huckabee answered the questions straight, that was the point of the blog. I don't see how building a fence and starting legal immigration is un-definable. |
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as in fined!
It's Jan. 1st 2008, and if you live in Massachusetts and you haven't signed up for Mitt's mandatory health plan... You will be fined on your state tax return.
Oh yeah, fiscal Mitt underestimated the cost to Mass. for his plan. Mitt guessed it would cost approximately 400 million to the state.
OOPS, so far Romney's only 50% off on that guess.
Since fiscal Mitt didn't include any way to actually pay for his health plan...
Just add it onto the deficit that Mitt left office with.
Total deficit: approx. $1 BILLION DOLLARS!!!
Sounds like a great plan for the other 49 states to model.
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This was a pretty balanced assessment of Huckabee's appearance on MTP. I believe that Huckabee's immigration plan is too punitive, though it has defused criticism from so-called immigration "hawks". Huckabee again proves here why he is far more authentic and effective as our Next Great Communicator that Romney could ever be.
To those who insist Romney's "contrast" ads aren't attacks, get a dose of truth at rightsmart.blogspot.com. Romney is trying to rewrite history in a way that Goebbels would be proud of. |
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Really, I could cut and past the Meet The Press interview, too. Mr. Medved is extremely biased in this article and has spent absolutely no time on the issues that are being raised by Huckabee and Romney. Why doesn't Medved do his homework? It is all emotion driven. We need journalist now more than ever that will check out the facts and give it to us straight. I read all I can on the candidates and watch their interviews. It looks like Mitt Romney all the way for me.
Huckabee's crazy AND devious stunt yesterday should seal his fate as a looser in Iowa for sure. Who does he think he is fooling? I have this negative ad but I am not going to run it but I will show it to you insiders. The insiders? The Press! That stunt stunk to high heaven! No offense, Mr. Huckabee, since you seem to regard heaven so highly. Somehow I don't think heaven would regard him so highly after this guile and deviousness. We want good men in the white house and you sir, are not a good man, no matter what you SAY. It is what you do that counts! |
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You claim that 2.5 to 5 years in prison under Mitt... verses 5 to 10 years in prison under Mike
for meth. manufacturers is nuanced?
Mitt is somehow tougher on meth. dealers?
You can't check out the facts?
It's called the internet.
Public records. Google.
Ignorance is bliss!
Have a happy New Year!
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Since you condemned Mitt for CONTRAST Ads.
What do you have to say about Huckabee's negative ads/attacks, slanders, calling mitt "dishonest" and cynical press conference where he punctuated his commitment to run a positive campaign by showing room full of reporters an attack ad?
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Eleventh, the hyperlink provided by ProfessorX ["http://evolutionfacts.townhall.com"] yields his personal blog. It contains a diatribe against Masons (despite the fact that he refrains from "accusing" Mitt of being one).
If this reflects the degree of ranting to which all the Hucksters have been reduced, then Mitt should prevail.
And if this reflects the type of papered-over rhetoric (particularly regarding Foreign Policy) that MM would purvey, then it would behoove him to confront himself with the charge that dinaz has leveled against him: "Do you, MM, support the Huckster only as a foil against Mitt?" [Secondary query: "Do you, MM, dislike Mitt because he refuses to endorse Shamnesty?"]
Mitt's the Man. |
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Are we going to have to pay tithing to Huckabee when he is elected? You know Judas Iscariot sold Christ for Money also! If he is the pastor are we the Congregation? If I am a Romneybot are youa Huckabot? |
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Why is he propping Huck up this way? Huckabee has no credibility left, especially after his embarassing display yesterday. What a hoot? A classic case of giving a guy enough rope.
Ruusert was so soft on Huck it became ridiculous. No follow-ups, and letting Huck slide on so many obvious points was just what I expected, and he delivered.
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Mitt's not paying me anything. Just throwing my two cents in when I see garbage thrown up on this site by the same people over and over. If I could afford it I'd go knock doors for Romney in Iowa for free. If the AZ primary meant anything in the scheme of things, that's what i'd be doing right now. And Medved's take on Huckabee makes me want to vomit so I need to vent.
Honestly, I'm not a wacko hack like a Ron Paul supporter or anything like that. I think Mitt really is our best shot. If he weren't Mormon this thing would've been over months ago. If there was another decent, telegenic, family guy w/no skeletons in the closet, w/EXECUTIVE experience,w/a longer history of conservative social/fiscal/foreign policy experience than Romney, I'd prefer THAT guy. And if that guy existed - Romney would not have decided to run. Everyone, let go of your biases or prejudices and get behind this guy. Please. |
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Ninth, the back-and-forth on the METH-ad doesn't contradict what Mitt asserted, it merely superimposes nuanace that--frankly--I would not have the capacity to check-out. CERTAINLY, however, it doesn't constitute "lying" on Mitt's part...nor do his other points (which quote the Huckster).
Tenth, I'm neither Mormon nor a paid-Mitt worker. I post because I want to help those who aren't Zealots (such as Sarah) to want to mesh...because that is what will be needed to defeat the D's.
Eleventh, having nailed the Huckster's hucksterism on Illegals, these hyperlinks are worthy of merit (and response from Sarah and her pals):
Here's some real news about the REAL HUCKABEE. Please see the links below.
http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/002611.html
http://illegalprotest.com/2007/12/17/gilchrists-endorsement -of-huckabee/
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/11/minuteman-project-foun der-endorses-huckabee/
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Jim Bowie - seriously, what do you not like about Romney.
"Attack style", what do you mean? Romney ran contrast ads. If the assertions in Romney's ads were false, why not address them and make Romney look foolish instead of name calling and the press conference? |
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Eighth, Sarah's culmination-rant ends in a query that is worth answering. ["Tom, that is what republicans seem to forget. Social conservatives take the culture of life very seriously and given Romney's flips on this issue, he will never be able to unite the center-right. Also, his position to allow embroynic stem cell research with private funding makes him as bad as Hillary on the issue of preserving life.....Hillary will be quick to remind people her opponent did implement the largest mandatory healthcare system including abortion subsidies in MA. This will make Hillary look moderate....and lets not talk about the gay marriage mess he created in MA. What are republicans thinking?????"]
Republicans want to win with a winner.
Social conservatives focus on pro-life postures, but they also accommodate reality. That's why the projection of Billary's stance is so laughably naive. Mitt's posture on stem-cells mirrors precisely that of Bush, so it would be difficult for a credible attack to be unleashed thereupon by Billary. Similarly, the heatlh care reform package has been couched carefully in "federalism" terminology and, ultimately, Mitt's accomplishment will place him above whatever Billary's rhetoric would entail.
Finally, the Gay Marriage point is disingenuous, for the mandate that the legislature act within a finite time-frame was issued by the Mass. Supreme Court (and Sarah should know that).
THUS, Mitt's the Man!!! |
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Fifth, Monica has a piece today on Fred being poised to give-it-up. Ostensibly, that would help McCain (a friend, as per bloggers)--and, thus, redound to the benefit of the anti-Mitt crowd--only if it were to transpire before Tuesday, but it appears it's not imminent.
Sixth, Sarah's comments ["Romney is the only candidate who has received a national poll stating 48% of americans would not consider voting for him regardless of who his opponent ends up being. I am one of those people. I will stay home and change my party affiliation if republicans are pathetic enough to allow Mitt's Money to buy the nomination."] must be recognized as originating from a Huckster (based on her prior postings).
I'm sure Mitt would want her support, but would she really (1)--quote unnamed sources for the absurdity of her claim (which may actually reflect what has been consistently reported about Billary), and (2)--vote for a "D" over an "R"? What a way to try to make a point!
Seventh, if it wasn't clear in the initial posting, let it be perfectly understood now: the interview on MtP was so soft-ball as to have been appalling. NOT ONCE did Russert interrupt his recitation of talking-points with a follow-up query that would isolate a specific facet thereof. [Natch, this contrasts with how he handled Mitt for a full-hour, rather than just a half-hour.] |
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It's time to address a few of the less predictable points made above.
First, as per Wikipedia, "Russert graduated from law school and went to work on New York Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan's 1976 Senatorial campaign. He later went to work on New York Democrat Mario Cuomo's 1982 gubernatorial campaign."
This may explain why he was so soft on the Huckster; he would be the easiest R for any D to defeat. [Last night, I chatted with two Democrats in Pennsylvania's House, and BOTH confirmed that fact.]
Second, MM has been a strong McCain/Shamnesty supporter; when he was in Philly, he said that the R's will lose the Presidency because of the loss of the Hispanic Vote. I tried to suggest that Hispanics who are not ILLEGALS may not concur with his sweeping condemnation, but he was stridently adamant...even claiming that Illegals aren't breaking any laws (as had Rudy) despite the obvious facts that (1)--they routinely merit deportation when they slip over the borders (based on no statute?), and (2)--they necessarily forge ID's (e.g., SSN's) to remain in America.
Third, even MM hasn't been able to ID (either here on on audio) any factual errors in Mitt's ads, nor has he recognized the distinction between issues-focus and personality-smearing (which both the Huckster and McCain have pursued).
Fourth, it is amazing to note the depths to which people will attempt to perpetuate negative narratives on Mitt; the focus, for example, on the MLK-quote ignores (in addition to the above-points from the Huckster) comparable rhetorical approaches in MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.
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you must be joined at the hip to Mitt. How much is he paying you? If nothing you need to send your responses to him so you can get some of that cash he is passing out.
The core of social conservatives are offended by Mitty's attack style and recognize another neocon in waiting. We have had enough of that crap for 7 years. To paraphrase an old country line, "take that neocon crap and shove it, we ain't voting for it no more." |
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and he proved it w/that press conference yesterday. What a scuzball move. If Medved doesn't say so you know his usually phenomenal intellect has been temporarily disabled by his emotions (whichever way they're leaning, he guards it pretty well)-I'll have to stop listening until we have a nominee. Besides the utter lack of ethics on display yesterday by Huck - what poor, pathetic judgment in practical strategic terms and lack of common sense. This yuck yuck has no business anywhere near the White House. |
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MITT ROMNEY: THE GREAT AMERICAN WEENIE
Romney has run out of gas. He has been the worst investment money could buy. His persecution complex makes him so defensive, weepy and wimpy that he easily cracks under pressure. His fake, calculated tears make him look like a BIG WEENIE before now Czar Putin in mother Russia and the rest of the world. Romney's negative campaigning reveals his unprofessional, underhanded desperation that he'll do anything to get elected. Romney has shown the world that he is an unkind, angry old man. Romney's and Giuliani's flip flop past makes both of them a liability and not an asset for Republicans in 2008.
The Shift in Momentum IS FOR PRESIDENT HUCKABEE in 2008
Mike Huckabee is presidential material and is alone able to defeat Hillary & Obama. I am now convinced that those wealthier donors to Romney's, Giuliani’s, and Thompson's campaign have wasted their money and if they continue, are wasting their hard earned money on candidates who do not have voter appeal or substance. As a member of the younger generation, I will tell you point blank, Romney, Giuliani, and Thompson DO NOT connect with us.
Huckabee is the BEST candidate for the dangerous times that we live in. What also makes Mike Huckabee the most logical candidate is that he is not only attracts Republicans but also Democrats to his side without compromising his principles. Both side support is needed to win this election in 2008 and he has it.
And checkout this link called Hidden Agendas at this web site below
Huckabee IS NOT A POLITICAL MASON and learn why that is good for America.
http://evolutionfacts.townhall.com
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I didn't want to bring religion in but it's very general. Mitt has served as what is known as a bishop and a stake president in his local ward and stake respectively in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints . He did not petition or apply or run for the jobs, he was called and Mitt accepted and as I understand served faithfully for many years in those capacities. Bishop is like a local pastor of roughly a few hundred people and stake president I guess is like what a catholic diocese is. It's presiding over roughly 10-15 wards. Holding those positions is like having another full-time job w/no pay. One should take that into consideration when looking at Mitt's life work and what he's accomplished. His church duties are fulfilled on evenings, weekends obviously. Mitt would never mention his church service as part of his resume or tout it in an ad like some candidates have b/c Mitt's not that kind of a guy. Not to mention he cannot talk about his commitment to faith in Jesus Christ like some do for very obvious reasons and I think that's a shame. This is not an invitation to debate theology so Bible thumpers please save it. |
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One other thing, a while back Medved was taking calls and some of the callers were making the same points I am on Mitt v. Huck and Mike poo pooed them saying that Huck is a self-made guy and Mitt was a spoiled gov's son. Well, great for Huck that he has done as much as he has given his background. But it's not like the Romneys are the Bushes, old WASP money and all that. George Romney ,mitt's dad, was born in a Mormon colony in MEXICO. He was basically a refugee, fleeing Pancho Villa's revolution I think. He didn't go to college. He was a self-made guy for sure. Mitt himself excelled at Stanford, graduated tops at BYU where I doubt they have the same disease of grade inflation as the ivy league, especially in the 60s. Graduated highly from Harvard Bus and law concurrently -the very top of the bus. school, actually. Then climbed to the top of bus. consulting and venture capital world. I don't think that was George Romney's money he was playing around with at Bain & Co.. So to say Romney is not a self-made guy just b/c his dad was successful isn't exactly fair. Mitt made his own way in a field completely diff from his dad's and in an entirely different world from his own which is very cutthroat. |
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Michael's been on this whole underdog- winning -good -for- the -party thing the last few months in light of Hucks rise. Underdogs are good for sports and other types of competition, not presidential elections - war and peace, life/death, taxes, etc.. you want the best, not the guy who "gosh, he's come a long way from where he started in life - let's give him a crack at the most important office in the world". Look at their C.V.s. (that's life resume, roughly, for all you Big 10 fans)Romney has the edge in breadth and depth of experience not to mention success. All candidates included. Rudy's all New York. Huckabee all Arkansas, way worse, no offense Arkansans. McCain and Fred, the buck has never stopped w/them, ever. Mitt has multiple experiences in multiple regions. Exec. experience in gov and bus. Loads of int'l. experience over decades albeit not w/nat.sec issues.
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I consider myself a medhead who's just not willing to pay the membership fee. I love Mike's show, the smartest guy on the radio, period. But his analysis on the GOP race has been garbage. I thought Rich Lowry had Mike dead to rights the other week when they were debating about whether Romney's ads on huck were negative. You wanna talk about negativity and dishonesty? Hey Michael, did you see the stunt Huckabee pulled today? He was almost laughed out of the room by the media. Huckabee's a joke. What feigned indignance about negative politics from you two. Who really should be insulted is the average evangelical iowa voter b/c Huck thinks he can play them for fools w/this two-bit act. Huckabee is not worthy of the Oval office. Maybe he should see if he can get a job working for Benny Hinn or get his own gig as a televangelist quack.
I can't be sure if Mike's for Huckabee or just against Romney. I think it started out as just an anti-Mitt thing for Mitt having the audacity to not give Michael a satisfactory answer as to why he's against McCain/Kennedy. Huck just became a convenient foil to Romney for Michael to exploit. |
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I wish him well in Iowa on Thursday, and I will support him as long as he remains in the race. Hopefully, he will go all the way to the GOP nomination.
If not, I will support the nominee -unless its the masschusetts flipper who is trying to buy the job with his millions.
It will be a rough ride for Mike Huckabee, from here on out, as his principle Iowa opponent is an ambitious, driven multimillionaire with no discernible conscience who has the money to repeat the big lies over and over-and its worked according to the polls.
Mike is learning as he goes how to deal with a slick media and the gotcha politics of presidential campaigns, where journalists all dream of being the one to provoke a candidate into a "Gaffe" and being credited with bringing down a Presidential candidate.
Mike has certianly made some blunders of late after his press spokesperson left two weeks ago and he had to assume that job himself and rapidly respond on the stump in statements to the press.
He has my prayers and well wishes. |
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And it's my birthday, oh well.
Here's the deal, Michael spent the first half of the year going on and on about how great Romney was and how he found it odd that it took him a while to get any traction in the polls (especially about Mitt's looks and family). Enter McCain/Kennedy comprehensive immigr. reform where McCain tried to ram it down the country's throat and called people who resisted it rabblerousers and racists. Medved was the lone wolf in the conservative world who supported it; Romney saw the chance to pound McCain on it and when Mike had Mitt on his show and asked him why he was against the bill and didn't like Mitt's answer he turned permanently on Romney. That was the shift.
Ever since Michael has only given Mitt backhanded compliments and grudgingly acknowledged his successes in the campaign while falling over and slobbering on himself to magnify every success for Huck. (EXCEPT Mike's praise for The Speech, which was very,very nice). Example: last week Medved sounded like he was gonnna pee his pants when he announced the latimes/bloomberg poll that had Huck like 13 pts on Romney in Iowa when the 2 or 3 other polls from same time frame had Romney up and by much more realistic margins given the immediate trends previous. But that's the poll Mike chose to tout. Never did he mention that the very same poll had Romney up 13 or 14 on McCain in NH, but then that would take away from the nice little manufactured 'surge' the MSM has going for McCain.
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So the last few weeks of the campaigns have left me with these feelings at the start of '08:
McCain is the man, for now. His Christmas ad made me cry. He is a lot more conservative than people give him credit for. He was/is right about Iraq. His total intolerance for wasteful spending caused him to vote against the Bush tax cuts (because no spending cuts went along with them). Today, he advocates extending those cuts, while promising to deploy his veto pen against any pork that might dare cross his desk. I'll take his word on that. I trust him on national security. He will scare the bad guys.
Huckabee, if not McCain. I like the honesty, executive experience, communication skills, positive vision. But I'm not sure if he can scare, well, anybody -- let alone the bad guys.
If not the above, then Giuliani. He will scare the bad guys.
If not them, Thompson. He'll bore the bad guys to death.
If all else fails, Romney. He saved the olympics. He has good hair. He'll talk to his lawyers about scaring the bad guys.
So, here's to getting on Medved's blog on New Years. Who does that? What a dork I must be.
Have a great '08
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don't want to see where Mitt dishonestly represented (or contrasted) Huckabee in Mitt's attack ad.
***Remember Romney backers, this is one of those facts you say can't be disputed by Gov. Huckabee. And thus is not an attack because you think it's true.
Mitt's ad stated that Huckabee was weak on meth. manufacturers and Mitt got tough on them.
The LIE uncovered: Mitt's idea of getting tough on meth. dealers: proposing a new meth. law that was never passed in Massachusets.
The result was meth. sentencing in
Massachusetts = 2.5 to 5 years behind bars.
While Arkansas doubled the penalty under a law that Huckabee did pass and sign in 1999. This new law required meth. manufacturers a sentence of: 5 to 10 years behind bars.
And yet, Mitt said Massachusetts was tougher on meth. dealers, and Huckabee was weaker.
Dishonest said Huckabee. I'll call it what it is
A LIE.
The facts and the truth are on the side of Huckabee, regarding this dishonest attack.
And yes, the other Romney massaged and manipulated statistics can and have been brought to light. If you're willing to see the truth.
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All of this is happening outside of the media. Yet, they are completely, 100% aware of this. Why have they been so silent about this?
Wouldn't this be a big deal?
Are they just waiting to use it?
I am afraid of Romney winning the nomination only because I have seen this with my own eyes and know what is at stake here for the party.
The corruption is just disgusting this time around. The party leaders know we are **ssed about this and know we are most likely going to vote them out as a result (not that they are well liked anymore anyway.) |
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most of these kids were too young to know that this isn't how it is normally done. They honestly didn't think there was anything 'wrong' with what they were doing. They were told "this is how politics work." So not only is Romney buying the nomination, he is corrupting a bunch of young kids (mostly high-school age and almost always from the LDS youth groups.)
*Disclaimer: I am not making a big deal about Romney's religion. I couldn't care less about that. I am just pointing out that this IS a big deal to his OWN religion to get him elected and 'trust' him. I can guarantee you that 98% of his 'supporters' on townhall.com are Mormons. |
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I promised the Romneybots that I would accuse them anymore of what you just wrote, but many of us (that have even bothered to stick around on Townhall.com) have had this suspicion for a long time. I will tell you what I DO know:
Being a long-time member of the GOP, I have been to many of the candidates' events here in my state.
Romney is literally trying to BUY the nomination. He has hired the State Party leaders onto his staff and pays them a great deal of money (more than they make from the party, that's for sure.) He buys endorsements and favor.
At every Mitt event I have been to, it appears more like a movie production than press coverage. He brings in paid 'supporters' and they are coached and choreographed. Mitt's team does this right in front of the media. They are fully aware of this, but never cover it.
At our state straw poll, Romney paid for everything for his supporters (actually, a bunch of high school kids) and paid them $50 each to vote in the straw poll. It is his supporters that manned the straw poll and counted the votes.
We talked to several of them on camera and found this out. They knew nothing about Romney before that weekend.
So the question is this: If Romney has been literally buying the nomination, what is that going to do to the Republicans in the general election? If his support is almost entirely fake, who is going to vote for him besides the absolute party faithful?
As grunts in the GOP, we are very offended by this and that our party leaders are a part of this. I almost think they feel the GOP has no chance next year anyway and are trying to pocket a little cash while they can. |
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It is clear to me that many of these Romney robots posting on this and other blogs must be paid workers sitting in some boileroom dining on Mitt donuts and kool aid. The posts are oh so similar, and bely the fact that 48% of Americans would not vote for Mitt under any circumstance.
The fact is that McCain and Huckabee have responded to Mitt the Pit's lies and distortions.
Medved is light years ahead of Hewitt in intellectual honesty and concern for the real America, not the America of CEO's,corporate lawyers and hedge fund managers that Hugh is most concerned about. |
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You have done what was bravest and best and I listen mostly to you on the radio. May your ratings and loyal listeners be glad.
Well, let us all repent of the dorky things we have done, some more than others, and let us give thanks. :)
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seem to forget. Social conservatives take the culture of life very seriously and given Romney's flips on this issue, he will never be able to unite the center-right. Also, his position to allow embroynic stem cell research with private funding makes him as bad as Hillary on the issue of preserving life.....Hillary will be quick to remind people her opponent did implement the largest mandatory healthcare system including abortion subsidies in MA. This will make Hillary look moderate....and lets not talk about the gay marriage mess he created in MA. What are republicans thinking????? |
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a vote for Hillary. All republican candidates have shown enough evidence that they can unite the center-right and draw minorities to vote republican in 2008. Romney is the only candidate who has received a national poll stating 48% of americans would not consider voting for him regardless of who his opponent ends up being. I am one of those people. I will stay home and change my party affiliation if republicans are pathetic enough to allow Mitt's Money to buy the nomination. |
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but you are not a conservative when you support McCain's immigration plan and Huckabee's incoherent mutterings on abortion. Both of these guys are not conservative, and thy both think Reagan was a nut job. Why don't you ask them about his plans and approaches instead of defending them when Jimmy Carter's speechwriter interviews them?
Get off Romney. Every one of these guys you are defending want to increase the nanny state. Let's have some Americans who stand on their hind legs again. |
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I cant wait till Huck loses because I am sick of hearing Michael the huckaleeder on the sidelines. Everyone pokes fun of Hewitt but Medved is tons worse.At least Hewitt has articles on something else. Michael says that he hasnt chosen his candidate but come on do you think your listeners are stupid Michael? Oh let me guess youd support Mccain if Huck loses. Let me tell you all the secret to Michaels show. How many articles on townhall are calling huckabee a"country-bumpkin/religious zealot/political-flash-in-the-pan" Very few if any. He said the same thing a week ago about those who disagree with Romney are "bigots" Where did that come from? Its easy to knock down a Straw Man you build up! |
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Uh, I'm not sure where you get your info from, but I have to correct you about the Illegal's issue. First read this....."Roy Beck at Numbers USA said that Fred Thompson's Illegal Immigration plan "blew him away". He said it will work. But that message is being ignored."
McCain, Guliani, Huckabee, and Romney are all RINO's. In case you are not that familiar with that term, it means 'Republican In Name Only'. This term should be self-explanatory.
As Rush is fond of saying, and it goes for me to "I am a Conservative first, a Republican second". This is the exact reason I will be voting for Fred. We need to get back to the core principles of Conservatism, and if any of the above mentioned candidates win it will be another step closer to liberalism. If this is what you want, then fine, vote for a RINO. But when God and all other things that are good about our country are forbidden, don't come crying to me. |
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Yep, you are right on that one. I choose to vote for someone that has always been pro life not someone who jumped on the bandwagon in the last two years. Ok so that makes me a single issue voter, not exactly single, I am voting for the millions of those who never got the chance to vote because of "wonderful" plans like the one Mitt signed on in Mass when he was daGOv. This is tooooooooo important an issue to trust to someone with a record of flip flopping on this issue. |
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"he was no more embarrassing on that issue than is Romney or Thompson (they're all pathetic -- and Rudy isn't much better. Only McCain speaks with anything like credibility on immigration)."
What a ringing endorsement! The reason the McCain-Kennedy bill tanked was that the government has lost credibility with the populace after the earlier amnesty. Romney understands that, and that until government demonstrates its commitment to controlling our borders, no other reform is acceptable. I don't think more than a tiny minority of Americans are motivated by racism. They will support higher immigration quotas and work permits, but they are fed up with our porous borders, especially after 9/11.
Michael, you sound more and more like a populist yourself, like Huckabee, not the intelligent conservative I took you for. Huckabee is drawing on the past 20 years of anti-Mormonism being preached among evangelical churches to defeat Mitt Romney, and that is unacceptable in this country, because these people also believe that religion, whether Mormon, Catholic or Jewish, trumps political issues. |
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That is sooo funny! Your comment shows how Romney is held up to a bizarre standard. |
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Bravado, nice one! Send that as a letter to the editor |
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Don Arndt Jr.,
I have as a matter of fact spent a great deal of time at Huck's blog on his website, pouring over his claims. I've been AMAZED and frustrated at how his minions have distorted the facts. Have you been to MittRomney.com and read his press releases responding to Huck? Go there and see for yourself. |
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Medved quoted Huckabee as saying: "I stood by [Bush] in the war, I stood by [Bush] in the surge."
My question is, did Huckabee really "stand" by Bush in the war? Cuz thats just downright crazy if he did. I mean, I had no idea Huckabee stood next to Bush in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or when Bush announced we would send troops to Iraq. Wow.
Or was he being figurative here? Well, I guess thats how he'll have to spin it, otherwise he is nothing but a lying, slick, sheister bible thumper. Right ya'all?
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Have you not read the tons of stuff about Hucks slippery grabbing of under the table money (Reynolds, wedding accounts after 30 years of marriage, etc. etc.). The only public officials I have ever heard of that has been more crooked in accumulating money and property under the table was Huck likely heroes, the Clintons. It must me an "Arkansas" thing.
You are not seeking truth, you are burying your head in the sand. Huckabee has lied everytime he has mentioned Mitt Romney for the last week. Romney is pointing out differences in positions - Huckabee is like a baby crying, "liar liar". He reminds me of my baby sister when I was a kid.
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Huck's record has been distorted and lied about. Have you mittbots done any research or do you swallow Hugh's swill without a thought? I guarantee you have not been to Huckabee's website and seen the clear and obvious refutations of Mitt's lies and distortions. Huck has done more with less and will still probably win Iowa. Mitt Moneybags has wasted his money because he is uninspring and a political opportunist.
Anyone but mitt or rudy |
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condem Huck and condone Mitt is beyond me. I personally have no dog in that race. They both suck But come on. At least Huck is honest. |
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Repub - Anyone but the Huck. I will vote for Gulliani or McCain since they are slightly less liberal than the Dems. At least I belive they are honest and have some character. Huckabee is a stone caster,thief, liar and deceiver. He grabs any money he can get by hook or crook and stuffs it any secret places he can find. I have no respect for him. I would vote for Fred in a heartbeat, but won't need to. I don't think I could do it for Ron Paul. I just don't have the stomach. |
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Huckabee got a pass on his interview with Tim Russert. Huckabee has yet to produce data that will refute Romneys claims. Why? Because he can't refute the truth. So, he calls Romney a lier and claims to take the high ground. And that was all Tim Russert needed to hear. A good reporter would press Huckabee for data.
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I take my hat off to you Micheal for this great article. I am growing increasingly worried about the Mitt Bots that seem to be willing to sabotage the GOP to make sure there man is elected or else. They are adding more fodder for the Dems every day. So it appears the us versus them is not Dems versus Reps, it is the Mitt Bots versus all the rest of us that are voting for someone else in the primaries. As I have said, I will hold my nose and vote for Mitt if I have to, in the General, but I am not sure that Drex and his Mittions will do the same if Romney is NOT on the ballot. |
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Tim Russert or Larry King disguised as Russert Sunday? My problem is the interview focused on the Romney spat rather tha the issues being raised about Huck,particuarly his record in Ark.They downplayed his foreign policy gaffes as much as possible.It was nothing but a forum for Huck to air his greiveces rather than the between the eyes interviews he did on Romney,Rudi and even paul. |
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Huckabee said he was going to answer the criticisms in the Romney contrast adds, but I've never heard him address them directly. Seems like a pretty straightforward task to me.
And Mike Medved--I like you, but you have to understand that Romney is a very intelligent pragmatist--the goal of this political race is TO WIN by proving how you have governed or served better than the other guy (or gal). Showing the contrast on past issues is one very effective way of doing just that. It's not negative or slimy, but it can be very upsetting (as shown) for the guy who then has to defend his record if he knows what he did isn't favorable.
Going personally negative is slimy (and reveals the character of the perpetrator). Both McCain and Huckabee have done this. |
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Those are CONTRAST ads being run, not attack ads.
All claims were fully documented with quotes and votes by Huck himself - NONE of which Huckabee has chosen to address and defend.
It's Huck's record and Huck's just put out that it's been made known.
Hey, Huck. THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL.
And, Medved, you need to do some reading instead of circulating the Huckabee talking points!
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If you keep this up, I will fire you from TownHall.
Prop my guy Romney or else..
Happy New Year by the way
Hugh |
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Medved, do a little research! Romney has provided tons of source material (see the press releases on MittRomney.com)responding to Huck. Yet you claim that Romney distorted Huckabee's record... despite the fact that Romney has hard evidence to back all he said?
Why not look at the facts? Why do you hate facts so much, Medved?
This isn't the first time you've been lazy. You recently claimed, for instance, that the Republican candidates who receive less than 15% in an Iowa precinct get to switch their vote. Wrong! Only the Democrats do that, idiot!
You are intellectually lazy and irresponsible for attacking Mitt non-stop without doing your fact checking. Try a little honest work. |
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Mike Huckabee is as viable a candidate for President as anyone running. People can make fun of his name, where he comes from, his religion. Truth be told, no one is his master as a communicator. He seems to be communicating a common-sense approach to the office of President.
He's got my vote! |
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