Do you really think we needed you to tell us that Huck has zero in his bag of tricks when it comes to foriegn policy?
Go with a strong Conservative, vote Fred Thompson! |
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Mitt Romney and Huckabee both have no foreign policy experience whatsoever.
I'm sorry to hear that Huckabee's campaign is "over" after your pronouncement. I guess that will make Romney's loss in Iowa burn all the more... |
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Tying Pakistan to immigration is plain goofy. Huckabee now takes first place in the most mismanaged campaign. It is understandable that Huck is partially unprepared to interact as he froths because of the liberal press and because of his Randy Brinson marketing list.
What is really surprising the full extent of the amateurish and irrational choices of Huckabee and his campaign. Late night could not write a better joke unfortunately the country needs serious leaders not the class clown.
DANA BASH: “Well, Wolf, in a very candid moment today, a senior Huckabee campaign official told me that with their candidate, quote, ‘There is no foreign policy credential.’ And that unlike many other presidential candidates, he can’t boast about knowing Benazir Bhutto. This official also said that until they can, quote, ‘get him briefed’ and up to speed on Pakistan, they’re going to try to bring it closer to home. Mike Huckabee is responding to crisis in Pakistan in an offbeat way, tying it to a red hot campaign issue: immigration.” |
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Mike Huckabee does not have the brain power needed to be POTUS.
Ron Paul knows more about foriegn policy than Mike Huckabee.
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Global business is uniquely intertwined with foreign policy. The populists like Edwards want to talk about two Americas. Nah. We have one America in a global environment. And the flows of trade, wealth, technology, and strength are very much a part of foreign policy. |
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RE: The whole crop of candidates:
Senators and congressman on committees that deal with foreign affairs may have a little more exposure to FP issues -but thats still not much actual FP experience in making Policy decisions.
And certainly nothing to brag about or slam their opponents over.
State governors like mitt and huck have no FP credentials. So what?
Really its not that important to have prior FP experience before taking office -remember few if any new presidents have had any real FP experiernce-except formwee VPs like Nixon, Ford, G HW Bush (Bush 41)
And lets remember that Governor Reagan has almost NONE-same with GW Bush
FP decisions will be largely governed by the advisors and cabinet memebers selected.
And I would be more worried by 660- Pakistani muslims sneaking into the country illegally than any number of mexicans with leaf blowers.
If Dana Bash thinks thats "intolerant" as her remark implies, then she's crazy.
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All the other Republican candidates have been in Iowa for months practically begging them to buy into their "I really am a conservative" ploy, which isn't working. Instead people are realizing they're all phonies and getting turned off. Iowa is a big waste of time anyways. If they're gonna choose Huck based on his religous background, then let them have him. Huck won't last long after his win in Iowa. Rudy, on the other hand, has stayed above the fist fight in Iowa and is campaigning in the later states that will decide the race. It's pretty obvious that no one will run away with the nomination before Feb. Rudy is looking smarter everyday.
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Well, that stuff doesn't matter cus he's the only "real" Christian in the race, right!!!!!!
(By the way, did you hear the one about Mormons believing Satan and Jesus are brothers?)
Not only is Huckabee unprepared to be president, he is a sleazy bigot! |
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If Huck's rise in the polls is due to divine intervention and if Huck sez that Afghanistan is on Pakistan's eastern border -- is he revealing a divinely inspired global re-organization per Huck's New World Atlas?
Inquiring minds want to know if we need to tie down the lawn chairs and cover the azaleas before the sun begins to set in the north.
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All he did was lay low after a string of his own gaffes and scandalous revelations. The guy who prevailed over America's premier sanctuary city has nothing to laugh about. That is why he went back to square one with his current ads talking again about 9/11. I'm sure he's laughing about his plunging poll numbers too. |
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Exposed insight.
Not quite inspiring |
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You mean the phony scandal that later turned out to be false? LOL |
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No. I'm thinking more along the line of his creapy and corrupt buddies, mobster Keric and his pedophile priest pal. And on that "phony" scandal, the scandal is that he used taxpayer money to ferry his tootsie around regardless of whether it came from the mayor's office budget or elsewhere. This guy is a creep. We impeached a Democrat president for far less. |
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All this criticism of our Governor Mike Huckabee is just the New York-Washington elite piling on. They hate it that our Governor Mike Huckabee is The People's Choice (TM). |
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I think you forgot to take your medication today, because you are in LA LA land. |
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Nah, it'll be more like Gomer Pyle: "Shazam! Shazam! Shazam!" |
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I suspected you were a troll. Now it is confirmed. Sixteen years old and still in the fifth grade are we? Man-love thing for Rudy? |
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post above I put up while you were busy trying to decide who has the best foriegn policy credentials. It has Mitt several points above Huckabee in Iowa with an oversized polling sample. No comments?
Novak says Bob Dole's rebuttal of Huckabee's Bush attack was a factor. I suppose it could be manufactured BS to help Mitt, but I doubt that from Novak. I assume we will be hearing more about this. I am surprised Hugh has not done three or four posts already on it.
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You've been saying that Huckabee's campaign is over for a month now. Despite what you say Huckabee is still in first in Iowa. His campaign is far from over. Romney on the other hand is in danger of losing both Iowa and New Hampshire.
Hugh, you post a lot about Romney. Why haven't you talked about this yet?
Probe: Mitt missed chance to keep Tavares jailed
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/politics/2008/vie w.bg?articleid=1063236
Uh oh...I guess Romney's campaign is over! |
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...shows Huckabee ahead of Romney by about 6%. Their poll is usually the most accurate because they average all of the polls together. |
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that I just don't want a Democrat to be president, I almost hope you all listen to Hugh, and select Romney as the candidate. Then those of us who know McCain has the only real chance will sit back and watch as poor Mitt gets destroyed in the general election. What will Hugh say then? |
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Darn! There goes my only chance to be the White House Press Secretary!!!!!! I've ruined my credibility by being a shill for Romney...and it was all for nothing! |
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I'm not all that impressed with anyone's alleged foreign policy experience. There've been previous presidents who did quite well in that area, with zero experience. I'm more interested in character of the man and his over-all stance on the issues. I think Huckabee has a better, more well-rounded approach.
I completely disagree that foreign policy trumps, say, the economy or energy independence. Without either one of those, this country is nothing. A three legged stool can't stand if any one leg is missing... |
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.....for being a phony.
Love this McCain response ad.
Willard will likely lose in Iowa and McCain will finish him in NH.
Check out this ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJUdMJIKnTs
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How much do you think all the free MSM puff for Huck is worth over the past month? A very pretty penny. |
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Hugh seriously, the last 2 days have been insane. First you try to magically compare Mitt to Reagan. Mitt is the UNReagan. Reagan had sincerity and passion and a belief system. Mitt has none of that. Then somehow you use the ghost of Bhutto to claim a victory for Mitt in the area of foreign affairs. Hate to break it to you but Mitt has 0 that is Zero experience with foreign affairs.
God help the Republicans if they select Mitt. But then again maybe I would be closer to my dream after 4 years of Hillary or Obama, then we could throw all the bums out of the republican party (and their pundits) and birth a new truly conservative party that means what it says and does what it means.
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HUGH So, President-elect Romney, congratulations! I knew you could do it. When do you announce that I'm the press secretary?
MITT Well, about that Hugh. I've decided that I'm going to have to consult with a team of experts, and we'll certainly consider your name among others, and once we reach a consensus, then we'll see how that plays out.
HUGH What? But you promised me! You said that if you were elected, I would be Press Secretary!
MITT Well Hugh, "promise" is a figurative word. What I meant was in my mind's eye I could see you as Press Secretary, but I could also see others in that role as well.
HUGH But I did everything for you! I fought for you! Does any of that matter to you?
MITT Does it matter? That's an interesting question. I'll have to check with my team about that, and we'll have to see if I can answer you in a constructive way once we've achieved consensus, how's that?
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From the Boston Herald, via Michelle Malkin:
Former Gov. Mitt Romney’s administration failed to act on disciplinary recommendations that would have kept ex-con killer Daniel Tavares locked up another year - and behind bars at the time he was accused of killing a newlywed couple in Washington state.
Despite Tavares’ long history of violence, the Romney-led Department of Correction took no action on recommendations that he be stripped of “good time” because of assaults on prison guards in 2003 and 2005, said sources familiar with a state probe into the case.
Instead, Tavares was allowed to cash in on those 360 days of “good time” to get out of prison July 16, 2007, sources said. It was just 123 days later that newlyweds Brian and Beverly Mauck were slaughtered in Graham, Wash.
“If that time had been (served), he would still be incarcerated and would not have killed those two individuals,” said one source familiar with the probe launched by the Patrick administration. “Tavares’ pattern of behavior before and during incarceration pointed to a person who was going to do this.”
Romney has decried the early release of Tavares by a judge, but the “good time” could have been revoked administratively while he was governor under the state prison disciplinary process, sources said.
The DOC’s failure to act on the recommendations stretched over the administrations of Republican Govs. William Weld, Jane Swift and Romney.
But sources said the single most egregious breakdown came under Romney in 2003, when administration officials missed a 60-day deadline for filing paperwork to strip Tavares of 300 days of previously awarded “good time.”
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Kirkpatrick, David D. 11 March 2007. "In Romney’s Bid, His Wallet Opens to the Right" _The New York Times_
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/us/politics/11romney.html ?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1198897685-V4op/WdPFhPK3 8TYd2kXyA&pagewanted=print
Last December, a foundation controlled by Mr. Romney made contributions of $10,000 to $15,000 to each of three Massachusetts organizations associated with major national conservative groups: the antiabortion Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Massachusetts Citizens for Limited Taxation and the Christian conservative Massachusetts Family Institute.
Mr. Romney and a group of his supporters also contributed a total of about $10,000 to a nonprofit group affiliated with National Review. Over the past two years, he contributed $35,000 to the Federalist Society, an influential network of conservative lawyers. And in December 2005, he contributed $25,000 to the Heritage Foundation, a leading conservative research organization.
The recipients of Mr. Romney’s donations said the money had no influence on them. But some of the groups, notably Citizens for Life and the Family Institute, have turned supportive of Mr. Romney after criticizing him in the past.
Coming on the eve of his presidential campaign, Mr. Romney’s contributions could create the appearance of a conflict of interest for groups often asked to evaluate him. All the groups said he had never contributed before, and his foundation’s public tax filings show no previous gifts to similar groups.
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Massachusetts Citizens for Life was critical of Mr. Romney, who was then a supporter of abortion rights, during most of his tenure as governor. But over the past few months, its officials have issued favorable statements about his record on abortion issues that have become an integral element of his appeal to social conservatives.
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No question some people have a hard time finding the adult in them. And Huck makes a great case for the flip-flopper between child and parent oddity. |
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Oh, no, the NYTimes and Concord Monitor hates Republicans with conservative values. Never would'a guessed. |
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I know I am not that smart. I don't have much an education but I was wondering. Mr. Hugh says Huck a bad guy and not have any experience. Can anyone please call me, email me, or comment what experience does Mr. Romni have more then Mr. Huck? Again no I'm not smartt like Mr. Hugh but was wonderin |
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"I Like Tax-Hike Mike!"
What do you think of Fee-Fee Romney's extortion proposal over gambling?
McLaughlin, Abraham. 22 April 2003. "Despite gambling's riches, states play cautiously" _The Christian Science Monitor_
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0422/p01s04-ussc.html
Last week, Massachusetts's House of Representatives rejected plans to allow slot machines at racetracks. This follows an unusual proposal by Gov. Mitt Romney to try to get $75 million a year in "blocking payments" from nearby Connecticut casinos. For that price, Romney promises no casinos would be built in Massachusetts. Some see the offer as extortion. Others see it as Romney's attempt to tap into gambling's benefits without paying its social costs.
"The Toll", a publication of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling.
Page 3, far-right column of
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:HWe_GKnhUKAJ:www.ncalg .org/Library/Bulletins/BOB%2520V1N1%2520Feb%25202003.pdf+ro mney+gambling+budget+300&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us
which is the text version of the PDF
http://www.ncalg.org/Library/Bulletins/BOB%20V1N1%20Feb%202 003.pdf
New Massachusetts Gov. Mitt
Romney has floated perhaps the most
inventive gambling related solution to
date. He proposes to accept $20 million
each from four gambling establishments
in Connecticut and Rhode Island in
exchange for banning gambling in his
own state. He claims the $80 million
charge would be well below what tribal
and racino facilities are pulling out of
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"I would bet on the good luck of Huck to see us through."
Now THERE'S a compelling and realistic foreign policy program. How can Iowans -- and Americans generally -- POSSIBLY fail to put their fates in the hands of Lucky Huck? (It's not as if we have any real enemies, after all.)
I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before.
One leaf is moonshine, the second's on sand,
Third is the roses that grow in Iran.
No need explaining, the one remaining
Is Huckabee I adore.
I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
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I think you've just come up with Huckabee's new campaign slogan. Nicely done!
"I would bet on the good luck of Huck to see us through."
I'm not sure whether to laugh or to cry... |
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....Mitt Romney cannot carry John McCain's jockstrap any day of the week.
Even with the help of his hardest working lackey, Hugh Hewitt.
Give it up, Hugh!
Save face while you still have a little bit of credibility remaining! |
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Huck is going down... and he is about to go down some more...Gud for you!!! You embarass me so much as your fellow Christian...you disgust me for picking on my Mormon friend...even on the Mormons in general...so thats what u got. God measures ur judgment. |
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Just heard an interview with him tonight and I was blown away buy how much he knows about international issues. Fact is, he knows this stuff. He has paid the price to know it (briefing, study, etc.) and he has great advisement.
He knows the issues, knows the players, has a definite plan for how he wants to approach it, and he doesn't make these kinds of gaffes b/c he's not trying to cover up for lack of knowledge like Huckabee is.
Romney graduated top of his class in Law and Business (MBA) at HARVARD. The guy is WICKED smart. Huckabee is great with a joke. Mitt is great with facts, data, and planning. I don't want to entrust my countries security to a folksy comedian. I want to entrust it to a serious man who is well informed, well planned, and well advised.
It's going to be Mitt. Welcome to the next 8 years. And we're going to need him in a big way - the day of reckoning is coming for America. Better have a SMART, capable leader at the helm.
Fred and McCain can't even run a CAMPAIGN.
Huckabee can't even run a PRESS CONFERENCE.
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RE: Daniel Tavares:
If Romney can’t keep track of one killer, how is he going to manage dealing with the complexities of various countries if elected? How will he deal with terrorists?
Whenever I look at Romney, I see a man who I think is saying what he needs to say in order to be elected; not what he believes. Hardly a quality I look for when I vote for President.
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Briggsy writes: Friday, December, 28, 2007 11:13 PM
On the other hand,
the present Bush Administration has LOTS of foreign policy experience, but an abundance of failures to go with it.
I would bet on.(redacted) Huck to see us through. Along with his humility and innate understanding of redemptive power.
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=== I agree. I would also bet on the wisdom of God which is available to all who seek him. Huck seeks God and his wisdom and he will make the really critical decisions based on that.
I prefer such a man that to an intellectual giant who thinks like a cash register and
who has spent most of his adult life with one consuming passion and goal in mind: making more and more money.
No thanks.
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WFB is predicting that Hillary will be our next President.
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A few hours ago, I asked that any Huckster dare to try to explain-away his multiple-gaffs during the past fortnight regarding Foreign Policy. First, I read of the desire to "change the subject" to Domestic Policy, and then I read that he would be preferable to Mitt because God would guide him (rather than knowledge, planning or excellent advisors). Finally, by trying to compare Mitt with McCain/Rudy, it was suggested that hs should be stopped.
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It looks as if nobody accepted my gambit, and that the most inspired observation was that of Daniel, a real "keeper":
"I would bet on the good luck of Huck to see us through."
Now THERE'S a compelling and realistic foreign policy program. How can Iowans -- and Americans generally -- POSSIBLY fail to put their fates in the hands of Lucky Huck? (It's not as if we have any real enemies, after all.)
I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before.
One leaf is moonshine, the second's on sand,
Third is the roses that grow in Iran.
No need explaining, the one remaining
Is Huckabee I adore.
I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before.
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As recent polling reflects growing uncertaity regarding the Huckster (and it becomes embedded due to the long-weekend, New Year's Eve/Day, and the Orange Bosl warm-up), it would seem that Mitt will prevail in Iowa...then NH...and then be able to "run the table."
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... is that CNN is apparently using teenagers texting from their cell phones to produce transcripts:
"...and ill get u the exact source, but those are numbers that i got..." |
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in favor of a PRE-DETERMINED OUTCOME".
What does that mean exactly?
It means that Huckabee decides what he wants to believe on an issue, and rather than the facts shaping his core belief, he seeks out facts that support what he already thinks and rejects all those that do not.
Take the Dumond Case. A preacher friend of his supported Dumond and told Huckabee he had been "saved". He also informed Huckabee that Dumond's record had been spotless other than the "trumped up" rape conviction.
Now we know that Dumond has a long and sullied record prior to his rape conviction and any "saving" was an obvious ploy to get out of jail.
Huck received numerous letters from Dumond's other victims begging him to to have him released. He also easily had access to the public record of Dumond's criminal past. The Parole Board also advised him against the release, and yet, he still went ahead because he had already made up his mind on the issue.
These FACTS that argued against the release of Dumond didn't FIT Huck's pre-conceived notion, therefore he ignored them.
His willful ignorance goes so far that he actually does personally believe he is using ALL the facts in making a decision. When asked about Dumond, he stated "if I had only known MORE about him, this wouldn't have happened".
He knew plenty, he just ignored it. He ignored it so fully that in his nind, they did not exist. The most convincing liars actually believe the lie themselves. This is the case with Huckabee.
Faith in a POTUS is important. But this is the risk of electing so overtly a religious man. He tends to ignore the facts and trust his "faith". I don't want to go to war one day because "God told him to do it" when the FACTS screamed otherwise. |
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"Huck received numerous letters from Dumond's other victims begging him NOT to have him released. He also easily had access to the public record of Dumond's criminal past. The Parole Board also advised him against the release, and yet, he still went ahead because he had already made up his mind on the issue." |
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As a international businessman, Romney has worked with and negotiated with over 50 countries around the world.
To say that he and Huck has equivalent experience is ignorant.
As a matter of fact, I predict that: "Making public statements ignorant of and contrary to known facts" will be referring to and being "hucked".
He "hucked-up his facts on that one".
That policy has been "hucked".
We can't trust him. Everything he says has been "hucked".
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I am getting very disgusted with you inside the GOP beltway types, who will lie, cheat and try to steal the election. You need help. I listened to the Media conference call this coomes from and you should be ashamed. Go to this website, to the audio bar and listen yourself to a very excellent conference. Mike Huckabee is way ahead of the other candidates in everything including foreign policy:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/12/huckabee-looks .html#LogIn
Here is a speech given by Governor Huckabee in September and notice how much Mike speaks of Pakistan:
http://my.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=5 07
As to not being briefed on the current intelligence, that is responsible conduct of a Statesman to not interfere with ongoing deplomacy. You adults need to act your intelligence and age. Do you not realize that the more you attack MIke, the deeper your credability drops? |
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Cudos to you! No one outside of the current administration has any business putting their fingers into foreign affairs for political posturing (ie. Carter, Pelosi etc).
On another note, when most of one's attention is focused on casting doubt and dispersion on other's, their cause is lost. |
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If tying Pakistan to immigration is goofy, better tell Hugh, because a cornerstone of his immigration proposal was to use different standards for people immmigrating from Pakistan and such places. All he talked about was tying immigration to terrorism from places such as Pakistan. So I agree, Hugh is sorta goofy. |
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A team-up of Bill"If Prez.Bush doesn't get rid of Mushaariff right now & install a democratic coalition,then we oughtta withold all aid from Pakistan"Richardson and The Huckster. Can't miss. Clinically insane teamed with the affably grifting blind.
GO, Mitt.
1.)Mitt+Condi'08
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Obviously, "running the table" after sling-shotting from NH and IA has been Mitt's plan all along. That plan looks more dubious than it did one month ago, much less three months ago. Mitt should be hitting a crescendo at this point. Instead, he is muddling towards a place or a show. We'll see. The thing about the future is that one never knows. But the guy has gotten less bang for his buck than any candidate since John Connally. |
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I don't know about Bill Richardson, but Musharraff has played GW like a fiddle. Little token efforts in the GWOT in exchange for massive infusions of US cash. I realize Musharraff--or anyone who governs a country like Pakistan--has the tiger by the tail, but the assassination of Ms. Bhutto makes it glaringly obvious that the Bush Admin has been checkmated again. |
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Now here is a truly transparent indicator of the Left's "willingness"------Wow!
"I would bet on the good luck of Huck to see us through. Along with his humility and innate understanding of redemptive power."
THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF FRIGHTENING--the admission of reliance on "good luck". You can't make this stuff up. Outta' 'da mouths of babes.
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Please vote as an American for the sake of America.Our country requires the people to be in charge of their government. Before you choose a candidate just remember that the last thing our country needs is politics as usual. Put our Constitution before our party line affiliations. No more lies, from the left or the right.
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complexities would fill the Grand Canyon.
What PL+LP doesn't know about same would fill the Great Rift Valley of East Africa.
Gotta run and do Vast Inexpressable GOOOOOOD for Mankind. I am, as ever, a Giver. |
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Huckabee Slipping according to Robert D. Novak.
That is interesting, but the bottom line will be Get Out the Vote. Who has the best GOTV organization?
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I don't know about that. I work the South Asia desk at my investment shop...just joking. You're right, I don't know beans about Pakistan. But I do know when someone is getting played. And Musharraff has been the Road Runner to Bush's Wile E. Coyote.
You know, my dad used to say--God bless his soul--(quoting Warren Bennis, I think) that leadership has three components: ambition, talent, and integrity. Leadership without the third element is destructive leadership. We find that around the world a lot. But what we have seen with Bush and the Republicans, no offense, is leadership without talent. And in Pakistan, it has really put us into a hole. |
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Well, that settles it. Hugh understands these things better than the hoi polloi. Never mind about voting, you silly children. Move right along.
Last night, I saw an old clip of Bishop Tutu. He spoke of the power of language, not only to reflect reality, but to help create it. Hugh's almost drunken use of language in the second sense is really speaking to his character. |
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1. Romney's Iowa and NH plan is still very much on target, even more so and with more emphasis and with more newsworthyness than ever. In fact, the proof of the significance of that plan is PRECISELY THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA'S HUCKLEBEE (Iowa) & MCCAIN (MH) now being thrown at Mitt (trying to stop him now) big time. Romney certainly must have figured there'd be efforts to counter his plan by the Main Stream Media and Dems (using Huckabee & McCain as their useful tools).
2. At this battle time in Romney's plan, the VOTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME GET TO SEE MITT IN ACTION, ACTUALLY FIGHTING!!! This is significant. |
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Looking only at the record Mitt Romney is equally inexperienced with regard to Foreign Policy. But plenty of other presidents lacked foreign policy experience prior to entering the oval office and still managed successful foreign policies under their watch - what's necessary are sound guiding principles and good instincts.
Looking at leadership and character - Mitt Romney is less prepared to lead in Foreign Policy.
Looking at current speeches and stances on foreign policy, Romney looks even less promising. He's been all over the place. He has not shown a consistent understanding of the dangers we face, or exhibited foresight or workable solutions in his statements regarding the war, much less acknowledged the mistakes of the current administration. He along with Hugh Hewitt suffer from more advanced cases of bunker mentality than even GW does - at least GW corrected his mistakes and implemented the surge when their course was not working. Romney lacks even the 20/20 vision of hindsight and continues to arrogantly defend even the mistakes, miscalculations and failures of the war. Perhaps he doesn't know any better - so what qualifies him with regard to foreign policy? He managed the Olympics??? In time of war we need a leader with leadership skills and abilities to make tough decisions - we do not need a manager, no matter how skilled the manager may be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b2nNwj_gzw
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Hey, how about Huckabee making his theme song that rock and roll classic:
"Don't know much about history ...."
"Don't know much about geography ..."
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Romney Foreign Policy Experience is limited to international business and global corporate interests. It's driven by his personal ambition and greed, not America's best interests.
OTOH Huckabee want's us all to succeed, he'll support Free but Fair Trade, Energy and Agricultural Independence, jobs for Americans. Huckabee will support and defend our national sovereignty and he'll focus on winning the war. I'm afraid Romney and friends will find a way to profit from prolonging the war - do we really need more of that neo con mentality? |
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"If it weren't for the fact
that I just don't want a Democrat to be president, I almost hope you all listen to Hugh, and select Romney as the candidate. Then those of us who know McCain has the only real chance will sit back and watch as poor Mitt gets destroyed in the general election. What will Hugh say then? "
I know what I will say, and that is that I fear for the future of my country even more under a President McCain than under a President Hillary. |
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Here's the silver lining with a Huckabee nomination:
Even a President with a clue probably won't be able to keep our country from going over the cliff it is currently headed for.
So if we're doomed no matter what, then why not nominate a clown and at least get a few laughs before the apocalypse? |
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but 50 million+ breathing free will. Pakistan is a semi-nightmare. Worst decision the Raj ever made. Mountbatten ought to be flogged, post mortem, for it. Many years ago I spent some high quality, gasping for air time in the Karakorums and Hindu Kush. You could lose a Brontosaurus in that landscape. No wonder there's no Osama and Zawahiri yet! And, beautiful beyond man's ability to describe. |
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How would a governor obtain foreign policy experience? It would be illegal. It is not a governor's job. None of the candidates have that kind of experience.
HUGH is as SMART as a CNN reporter. |
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whupped the snot out of Harry Reid & San Fran Nan
for their hilarious year "in control"? You just keep on misunderestimating that po'country clod, PL. Ussins' love it! |
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Nah, I don't underestimate the guy. As I've said before, you don't become President without smarts and savvy and an ability to market yourself.
My criticism of the guy centers on his judgment--i.e. his ability to advance the interests of our country--and his lawlessness. As for my Dems performance in Congress, that's life. The President holds the cards in our system. At least now, there is SOME institutional resistance, rather than the utter rubber-stamping and corruption and compounded lawlessness when the Repubs were in control. |
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