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Romney is so handsome he deserves to be President. AND Huckabee resembles and ugly actor who played a weak lilly-livered President on a top rated television show. Who can argue with this ummmmmm logic??? We can't have a President who resembles and ugly actor, we must have Romney, with his Reagan like hair and rugged handsome looks. How else can Republicans win? I'm convinced. |
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Use the force of America's influence in the world to force those countries to talk to us.
We have been to easy on our allies.
We have coddled Saudi Arabia, the single greatest source of terrorist financing.
We have allowed Pakistan to deny us access to regions that may contain Al-Queda strongholds, even OBL.
Are you saying that the Bush administration has not had a bunker mentality, its obvious there is some truth in that.
Are you saying that the war in Irap was handled well? We did not overwhelm with force in Iraq, because Bush is not an effective spokesperson in the world or at home. He should have been selling more UN involvement in the UN. We should have more control and influence in the UN. We need to lead. And we have not done so.
I think Bush has a good president. I supported going into Iraq, and I support our continued presence there. In a post-911 world, we must be prepared to act when we are threatened and not be on the defensive by waiting for an attack.
Leadership is not just about having the most guns and biggest army, although you need those.
We lead by the force of our morals and our principles.
That is what Huckabee is trying to say. |
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You hit the nail on the head. I have always enjoyed listening to Hugh, and I agree with him most of the time (Harriet Miers was, up until now, the one major exception). He has every right to make the case for Romney and even to make some substantive criticisms of Huck. But I have a real problem with his use of ridicule, his double standard on the religious litmus test, and the glee with which he attacks Huck.
Huck is not my first, second, or even third choice for GOP nominee -- but all of the leading candidates have their share of problems, and one of them is eventually going to be our nominee. We all have to make a judgment about which candidate, on balance, is the best candidate to represent us on the entire spectrum of conservative issues. The choice is far from obvious; conservatives are not going to all agree on this at this stage in the primaries. I think it is a very bad idea for any conservative spokesperson to resort to juvenile attacks on ANY of the GOP candidates.
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Rich,
Listen closely. This is my final lesson before leaving you to your hopelessly, possibly wilfully ignorant ramblings.
Hugh Hewitt - as well as any person - has the full right to criticize anyone as they please.
But Hugh Hewitt - normally thought of - even by his opponents - as an intelligent and often fair interviewer and commentator - is pulling a sort of "Imus" here on Christians and particularly evangelicals with his constant ridicule of the character of Mike Huckabee. It is out of character for Hugh - at least those of us who have watched and listened for over 20 years to Hugh to see and hear him do so.
And - he doesn't need to in the least to make his points about Huckabee. But because he is, he is hurting unnecessarily the feelings of many Christians, including many who oppose Huckabee, myself included.
Hugh was spectacularly wrong about the Congress in 2006 - he told me personally one month before the Nov 2006 elections that no way would the Dems even take the House (!).
I love Hugh. I just want him to wake up.
Now, Rich - read all of the comments before you mouth off. You will be less likely to look purposely stupid.
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I happen to disagree with some of Huch's foreign policy statements. But look at Hugh's post and tell me what policy statement that Hugh is criticizing? Did Huck say, vote for me because I look like some guy on TV? |
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Look at Hugh's post and tell me what the substance of his critique is in this post.
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Thaale is whining...
Can you stop whining long enough to defend Huck's foreign policy: "Hug your enemies invade your friends" |
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gentlemanscholar writes: "Does Hugh really think that if he ridicules Huck ..."
Since when is analyzing a politician's statement of policy ridicule?
Can you defend Huck's foreign policy: "Hug your enemies invade your friends" |
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Why can't we just stick with substantive evaluations of the GOP candidates?
Does Hugh really think that if he ridicules Huck that the GOP base will get over its feelings of abandonMitt? |
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Like we couldn't take a picture of RoboMitt and Guy Smiley, or Hugh and... I dunno, someone with bad hair and yellow teeth, and do the same thing...
Way to raise the political discourse, Hugh. Way to stick to the issues. Way to treat fellow Republicans with respect. This scorched Earth, Mitt-at-all-costs strategy is not just short-sighted, but ultimately the exact same thing we decry in the Clinton machine: the politics of personal destruction. For shame, Hugh. For shame. |
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You're as hazy on irony as Alannis was - which in itself is ironic.
If the Huck-haters want to pretend that "separated at birth?" is a knockdown argument, they're free to go ahead. It's just not an argument likely to convince anyone who's not already on that side.
Here's some actual irony: the anti-Huck hysteria actually has a lot of people who weren't even well-disposed toward him defending him against what are widely regarded as unfair slanders. And that's funny because a lot of this sympathy for Huck has been gained due to the attacks of Romney and his creatures - and it has been the Romney strategy from the start to whip up artificial sympathy for Mitt by exposing / provoking anti-Mormon attacks.
Yet attacks on Mitt's religion have been few and far between, even if we include the more suspicious variety that may have come from manipulative well-wishers. We've seen more and harsher anti-evangelical vitriol in the race's past three weeks than we've seen anything directed at Mitt's religion in all of 2007. |
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[béésh ná’oobalí on December 17, 2007 11:28 PM]"Since huckabee has characterized the Club for Growth as the 'Club for Greed' I am surprised you would even mention them.
This because they were much more critical of Huckabee"
Scherer, Michael. 20 September 2007.
"The not-so-mysterious case of the coy candidate"
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/20/huckabee/
....the political chattering class in Arkansas was
already well aware of the probable culprit behind the
Club for Growth's decision to run costly
advertisements against Huckabee. The ads had
been paid for by a spin-off group called Club for
Growth.net, which files regular disclosures through
the Internal Revenue Service. A quick review of
those filings showed that the group had taken in no
new money in 2007. But in the second half of 2006,
a Little Rock neighbor and political rival of
Huckabee's named Jackson T. "Steve" Stephens Jr.
had given the group $125,000, including a $50,000
check just days before the 2006 election, when it
was too late to spend more on that election. A
member of one of Arkansas' richest families,
Stephens also serves as chairman of Club for
Growth.net, along with his Arkansas business
associate, Gary Faulkner. The group's only other
six-figure donor in 2006 was John Childs, a
secretive, Boston-based financier and longtime Club
for Growth funder, who has also given money to Mitt
Romney's campaign.
Club for Growth: Membership has its privileges
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924926/posts
which has a link to
http://conservablogs.com/nuke/2007/11/12/club-for-growth-me mbership-has-its-priveleges/
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Thaale writes: "But most have done so on less spurious grounds than, 'he looks like some guy on TV.'"
The irony seems to have escaped our humor impaired freind here. Hugh has been giving a well deserved hammering to Huckabee's foreign policy that bashes the Bush administration's handling of the war on Terror.
Huckabee's proposals on who to run the GWOT is chilling for most conservatives:
- Close Guantanamo
- Hug your enemies and invade your friends
-Military independent of civilian control
- We let bin Laden escape at Tora Bora
- Iraq is a distraction.
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Boomshack said: "The Huck apologists in here have a clear pattern: they cry us a river over Hugh's criticism of Huck, but they NEVER answer the charges."
Ahem to that. Tjhere is not a single post here supporting foreign policy. The point Hugh's poking fun at Huckabee as looking like the character playing the "24" President was to point out the futility of Huckabee's foreign policy of loving your enemies (Iran) and invading your friends (Pakistan).
Huckabee clearly doesn't know Jack - Bauer that is... |
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Yes, a lot of people have criticized Huckabee. But most have done so on less spurious grounds than, “he looks like some guy on TV.”
That’s why Hewitt gets mocked even in his own forum. He has no perspective. And although he is the first one to accuse everyone else’s supporters of unfairly focusing on Romney’s religion, even when they’re not, he repeatedly makes attacks like this one that have nothing to do with policy.
Thompson is cancer-ridden.
Huckabee looks like a television president.
Huckabee speaks with a funny southern accent and isn’t ar-ti-cu-late like MMM.
BTW, I just actually looked at the pictures, and there’s not all that much resemblance. Mitt looks more like John Edwards than Huck looks like Gregory Itzin. So I’ve just proven that nobody should vote for Mittwards, correct? |
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Brent, a Hugh fan writes: "By not just opposing Huckabee's policies, he is ridiculing Huckabee's very character."
Brent, did you listen to Hugh yesterday regarding Huckabee's foreign policy? He did not have to ridicule Huckabee. All he had to do was play Huckabee's actual word. Huckabee has said so many outlandish things it is amazing.
I think one of the things that gets Hugh's knickers in a bunch is Huckabee's constant reference to being THE evangelical candidate.
Jimmie Carter and is a good Christian Evangelical man. He was a horrible President. Huckabee would be the Republican Jimmie Carter.
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What, exactly, was Hugh's criticism of Huck this time? That he looks like a TV character? |
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bobrocky writes: "Hugh. You mock a brother in Christ daily... Did he convert you, Hugh? "
Is Huckabee the Christian candidate then? |
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ONIL,
In your mind, is this comment section for discussion, or is it only for sycophants who agree with the writer? |
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Boomshack:
I am not voting for Huckabee, nor am I an apologist. But you are making an ignorant statement when you say:
"they NEVER answer the charges".
I have called out several of Hugh's errors/misleading statements regarding Huckabee in comments on this blog.
Hugh's misstatements regarding Huckabee's "tax and spend", while disingenuously failing to mention that the tax burden rose less on each Arkansan during Huckabee than it did on each Massachusett's citizen under Romney (facts are such distasteful things).
Start reading before you speak, dear friend. |
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Endorsement of Fred Thompson might look like a slap in the face of Romney but it could help him if Fred can drag Huck's support down. |
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I keep reading about the MCCAIN SURGE!
But then I go to look at the poll numbers in places like NH where he is supposedly "surging with a ground-swell of support" and he is polling right now exactly like he has polled for 3 months - about 18% or so.
So I ask, what surge?
Do they feel if they say "surge" enough it will eventually happen? |
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The Huck apologists in here have a clear pattern: they cry us a river over Hugh's criticism of Huck, but they NEVER answer the charges.
It's an old trick of the Left. If you can't answer the charges, attack the messenger.
Why are Huck supporters such agile users of a Left trick? I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
THE TRUTH:
The Truth is that Huck is getting blasted from every corner. Hugh, National Review, Wall Street Journal, Redstate, Rush...I mean EVERYBODY is blasting Huck-berry.
Can he survive the onslaught? Who knows, but it would be surprising. I do know one thing. If Hugh had not "surged" (God I am SICK of that word!), all these ammo would be flying at Mitt right now. Mitt should thank Huck for wearing the "yellow jersey" around the final turn here.
P.S., People like to give Mitt a hard-time about his "flip-flops". But Huck's entire platform right now is a complete 180 from the way he governed for 10 years. It is only fair the media notices.
Last point. Even the MSM is starting to turn on Huck. MSNBC did a big piece on his pardons yesterday and it wasn't pretty.
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Interesting Video
http://controlcongress.com/uncategorized/huckabee-new-ad
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Normaly I agree with Hugh, but I think that this comparison goes overboard. As many flaws as I think Mike Huckabee has, none of them compare to the flaws that the President from 24 had, or the crimes and treason he perpertrated by the end of the season.
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I have grown to dislike Huckabee a great deal.
I think Romney is a very good man and would be an excellent president, even if he isn't my first choice.
But having said that, looking just at the web page today, Huckabee has become Hugh's white whale...
Hugh is having a public meltdown. |
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Hey, Sorry for you all but I like Hugh! So whether you despise him, the fact that he supports Mitt then why the heaven you still here commenting his posts. It seems like you are guilty of your own scrutiny of Hewitt. But hey your welcome anytime, whether on radio or at his blog site! |
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bobrocky wrote;
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"You mock a brother in Christ daily..."
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bobrocky, just because Huckabee is a "Christian," you believe he should be absolved from Hugh's criticism ??
That's part of the same irrational thinking which led Governor Huckabee to issue a 'get-out-of-jail' card to DuMond---because DuMond was a "Christian."
And then you mock Romney as "Bishop Mitt," and you ask Hugh if Romney has converted him to Mormonism.
Ironically, you accuse Hugh of resorting to 'low blows,' and you sanctimoniously recite Reagan's 11TH Amendment about not attacking other Republicans.
(but it's ok if YOU do it, right ?)
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He did fine, but that format is so truncated all he gets to say is a few lines. |
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HH's attacks become more obsessive and more hysterical. As a Mitt supporter, I'd advise him to back off before he hurts Mitt. People will start saying, "Mitt, he's the candidate with shrill supporters like HH.." We don't want Mitt to get the Ron Paul treatment. |
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If Mitt said I screwed up on the Bronze Star veteran's pardon or was consistent and said I am not for pardons ever, even for Scooter Libby,--it would not bother me so much. But my reaction to it is viseral. Of course Rudy Giuliani and John McCain have made whopper mistakes, but I can't imagine them ever making that one.
Nevertheless, Mitt's error on a pardon pales compared to the horror of Huckabee's pardons. At first I thought it was Hugh hyperbole, but the more you look into it the worse it gets. It is truly reckless and irresponsible. |
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I don't know Hugh. You mock a brother in Christ daily, taking as low a blow as you can, making fun of how he looks, tearing every nuance apart, pulling quotes out of context, while you lick the boots of Bishop Mitt. I just don't get it. Did he convert you, Hugh? It's all I can think of anymore. You've certainly drunk the Kool-Aid.
You are a shell of the thoughtful commentator you once were. I don't see your evangelical listeners sticking by you any more. Time to go listen to Larry Elder. :-)
It's just gotten so pathetic, Hugh. It's so tiring. All the candidates running for President on the Republican side are honorable men. Even old Ron Paul has a good heart and follows it. Your negative campaigning is dishonoring to Reagan's 11th Commandment, "Thou Shalt Speak No Ill of a Fellow Republican!" |
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Sure i'll defend Mike Huckabee's foriegn policy. Mike Huckabee believe in victory in Iraq. I'm good with that. Mike Huckabee says the surge is working.
Plastic man has been saying that the surge is not working, and has been using the idea of a certain democrat senator from Arkansas regarding a plan of withdraw.
But I know that doesn't matter to you, because your a plastic man guy.
Now, why don't you tell me why homosexuality got legalized and accepted in this nation directly under plastic man?
And what about the millions, yes many millions of lives killed by abortion? I know plastic man says that he is pro-life now and I appreciate it, but attacking the most pro-life cannidate so viciously is a bad sign. I really wish he would stop all this "if you can't beat'em smear'em" politics that so many people are getting so tired of.
Yes, I support Huckabee and will vote Huckabee in the primary. |
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Even with the constant barrage of blisteringly negative attacks from all of the effete elites...
In the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination, it’s Mike Huckabee at 23%, Rudy Giuliani 18%, Mitt Romney at 15%, Fred Thompson at 13% and John McCain at 11% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 6% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide.
The Rasmussen Reports weekly analysis notes that the rise of Huckabee has thrown the race into disarray.
Huckabee currently leads in Iowa, Florida, and South Carolina. Romney is on top in New Hampshire.
Giuliani is viewed favorably by 67% of Republicans, Thompson by 64%, Huckabee by 63%, Romney 62%, and McCain 59%.
Among all voters nationwide, McCain has the highest favorable ratings among any candidate from either party—52%. That includes the 59% of Republicans with a positive view, 45% of Democrats and 53% of those not affiliated with either major party.
Thompson is viewed favorably by 45%, Giuliani and Huckabee by 44%, Romney by 42%.
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oops.
That 3rd sentence from the end should read "more-ridicule-than-necessary approach to bashing HUCKABEE."
My bad. But Rich is still ignorant. |
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Rich,
You are sadly - ignorant about which you write.
I am not only a Hugh fan, I have several friends in common with Hugh and have spoken with him several times in person.
There is not a daylight's separation between he and I on most political issues - I was also a Harriet Miers supporter for instance. I support his Target boycott. I've had Turducken after Hugh's recommendation for goodness sake!
And that's just the stuff I can tell you without having to killing you (that's a joke, for the humor challenged).
But I am an evangelical, who happens to be deciding between Rudy and Mitt, and I admire much about Huckabee, but will not be voting for him.
My issue is Hugh's deaf ear here - surely an anomaly. By not just opposing Huckabee's policies, he is ridiculing Huckabee's very character. Hugh is doing long-term damage to his relationship with evangelical listener's and supporters - including several theologians who have previously appeared on his radio show - with his more-ridicule-than-necessary approach to bashing Romney.
Rich says he wants evidence of this ridicule -
Hey Rich - did you read even this very post?!
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Hugh, supported Harriet Miers for a short time while Bush was pushing her nomination. I recall he bailed pretty quickly. |
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bovertine writes: "I said Hugh's SECOND choice was pro abortion."
Opps, missed that one. My bad. Probably time for be to hit the sack.
And so adieu.
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bovertine another problem Hugh had with McCain was his familiar to support the Bush tax cuts. Hugh liked McCain's strong unwavering support for the war on terror and his stand against pork. He was however, not the complete deficit hawk as he opposed tax cuts which put more money in circulation and raised revenues.
In the end it is the complete package that has to be examined. |
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This is getting pretty old. |
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You lionize Hugh as much as Hugh lionizes Romney. But for a guy who is so in love with Hugh, you don't know much about him. Ever heard of Harriet Miers? If Hugh had his way we wouldn't have Justice Roberts. And Miers record was pretty spotty on a lot of issues. |
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I said Hugh's SECOND choice was pro abortion. If Romney is his second choice that's really news! Now you're going to tell me Rudy is the best pro-life choice? |
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bovertine writes: "That "confirm the judges" nonsense is Hugh's excuse for supporting liberals"
Which liberals would those be? Hugh supported Alito and Roberts. |
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DwayneH writes: "The Real Story is Huck did well on Larry"
The real story is the speech that Hugh played over and over agin today for people to comment on.
You have not said one word to support that speech or Huckabees foreign policy.
Why is that? |
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Briggsy writes: "it was truly McCain's compromise which got Roberts and Alito confirmed."
Perhaps, perhaps not. I am not a lawyer and Hugh is a lawyer. His perception is that McCain creatred more problems. I am not sure I know the answer there. I do know that Hugh Hewitt is certain about it and has not forgiven McCain. This happened a long time before Hugh started writing his book on Romney. |
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bovertine writes: "his second choice is a pro abortion candidate. "
Romney's actual record as a Governor was Pro-life.
Talk is cheap watch what a person does and you will see the truth. As an example, who has actually balance budgets as opposed to just talking about it?
Who has actually stood steadfast against abortionist and for strengthening marriage as opposed to just talking about it? Who actually supports freedom of religion and tolerance in the free market place of ideas as opposed to just talking about it?
Who stands with President Bush on Iraq and the War on Terror. Many candidates have done some of these things. Some just talk a good talk rather than walk the walk.
Romney walks the walk with his family, his personal life, his education background, his governance, and his business life.
He is the real deal every bit as much as McCain or Hunter.
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because there is no post by Hugh slamming his appearance but a sophomoric post about something no one cares about. No flubs, no weird headlines, nothing. |
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That "confirm the judges" nonsense is Hugh's excuse for supporting liberals. Please don't parrot it.
Are you happy with Roberts and Alito? I am. Seems like despite Hugh's dire warnings about the gang of 14 we managed to get some decent judges on the bench without the nuclear option. And guess what? Now the Democrats don't have it either.
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TNboy writes: "Hugh goes as far as to attack Huckabee with something that doesn't even make sense all because Huckabee..."
So foreign policy is not important to you? Please explain why we should support Huckabee's foreign policy as he laid it out this week?
JNo one except lefties had defended Hucakbee's foreign policy because if you are a conservative, it in totally defensible.
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about the War on Terror, he'd get past his bias on McCain. Hugh claims he's worried about judges, but his second choice is a pro abortion candidate, supposedly because of his position on the war. Hugh;s a phony suck up. And he pushed like mad for that disgrace Arnold, making fun of Tom McClintock the whole time. Hugh couldn't carry McCain or McClintock's jock strap. |
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bovertine writes: "the overriding concern was the military prosecution of the war on terror, he would support the candidates with a lick of military experience - Hunter or MCCain."
Hugh always, always says he respects McCain for his service, but just cannot get past the Gang of 14 compromises on judges. |
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Joe, I think you are right Mitt made a mistake, not granting that pardon. Off the record, I'd bet he would say as. He has admitted mistakes before. |
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I suppose Mitt will be a decent fiscal president. Unfortuneately, he is fairly low on my list because he really just changed his mind way too much for me - it seems disingenuous. Of course, that is better than the absolute worst candidate, as far as I'm concerned, the dragon slayer from NY. I understand all the pro choicers on here like him, but I just can't understand supposedly pro life people who can be enthusiastic about a guy who just until this campaign thought it was just fine to such the brains out of partially born children. I mean, I know he is the next best thing to Patton, and a real tough guy who actually arrested mobsters. Oh wait he's a lawyer who got a draft derferment.
Anyway, I won't have to hold my nose that hard to vote for Mitt. I just don't have him as my number one pick right now.
And I'm glad all those people who called me a traitor for even considering not voting for Rudy are now talking about not voting for Huck if he's the nominee (which, of course, he won't be). |
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This guy is just a shameless promoted of plastic man, isn't he?
Now he goes as far as to attack Huckabee with something that doesn't even make sense all because Huckabee is going up against plastic man?
The plastic man people have gone off the deep end and don't support anyone but their one cannidate it seems.
I have even said that I would have to consider voting for plastic man if he did win the primary, which I doubt.
But not the plastic man people. They only want plastic man. Apparently they really see something with him. To me he is a comprimise and Huckabee is much better. In the primary I will be voting for Huckabee. |
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Paul said: "The Hugh Hewitt show jumps the shark..."
Since we have been listening to Hucakbee's own words all afternoon on Hugh's talks show,
we know it was Huckabee who jumped the shark this week with his Holiday Inn Express foreign policy speech.
Here is a little test: In your next post support Huckabee's foreign policy views. I have not seen anyone but lefties supporting Huckabee's Holiday Inn Express foreign policy speech. |
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Paul please listen your buddy Huckabees Holiday Inn Express foreign policy speech and explain on that basis alone why we should support Huckabee? |
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bovertine writes: All this flacking for Romney. is the same bill of goods he sold us when we put that disaster Arnold in office. Now we've got a 14 billion dollar deficit.
Romney knows how to balance a budget and read a spreadsheet. Turned Mass. around, turned a deficit to a profit on the Olympics which few have done and turned around countless companies when the previous CEOs didn't know from a spreadsheet. Apparently since 1932, only the LA Games in 1984, the Atlanta Games in 1996 and the SLC games in 2002 ever turned profit. Romney not only turned the 2002 games from a deficit to a profit, but did so in within a few months of the 9/11 disaster which had decimated the travel industry.
Romney's up for the task and a committed budget balancer.
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the overriding concern was the military prosecution of the war on terror, he would support the candidates with a lick of military experience - Hunter or MCCain. Instead, he consistently bashes McCain and says Hunter an't win. Believe me, he'd find something to bash Hunter about if he thought he could derail one of his liberal sweethearts. Hugh is transparently phony, he only cares that candidates latch on to what the Republican party elite dictates.
Now, my picks are Hunter or Thompson. I'd pick McCain, but I don't think he could win because he will lose a lot of Republican votes over immigration. But the bashing of him by that dweeb Hewitt is nauseating. |
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béésh ná’oobalí
Huck has been well lambasted all over the news for his Holiday Inn Express Foreign policy. I don't get my news from the HH show.
Fred can explain his own positions much better than I can. I am just here for the fun of watching, and commenting, on Hugh's infatuation with Mitt. I must say I have never seen anything quite like it. If Mitt wins the nomination, he will need help from the former Fred, Huck and McCain supporters, but Hugh works daily to destroy whatever good will those supporters might feel towards Mitt. Folks have long memories and, as is evident here, take their favorite politicians seriously.
So, is Hugh serving the greater interests of the GOP, or is he blinded by support for just one candidate?
So this is all entertainment for me. For the record, I have voted straight GOP since Reagan '80 and will vote for whoever the nominee is, unless it is Rudy. |
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I used to listen to Hugh and his thoughtful analysis. But for the last few days, it's become an extended rant against Mike Huckabee, an a Mitt Romney orgasm. Borrriiinngggg......
Hey, Hugh, obsess over Huckabee much? |
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Joe writes: "Huckabee is by far worse. But Mitt's decision was definitely not good." Well said. I think Mitt made a mistake, by not wanting to make a mistake. Huckabee has no such compunction. |
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is the same bill of goods he sold us when we put that disaster Arnold in office. Now we've got a 14 billion dollar deficit, 3 billion of which is a gov't supported stem cell program. THat's as bad as Davis. At least Davis was preparing to cut payrolls across the board (look it up people). Now Arnold is talking about taxes, oh, but only on business, not on people. What a disgrace! Say hello to the same with terror warrior Rudy, fiercely chasing down terrorists, provided they are dancing naked in nighclubs. What a joke. |
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Sorry, but it does bother me. Huckabee absolutely disqualified himself with his reckless pardons. People died over that. Innocent people.
Mitt just frosts me with his callous indiference. He gave his lawn care company a second chance. Why did he not give that Bronze Star recipient a second chance?
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Synthesizer said: "Club for Growth is concerned about Romney"
Since huckabee has characterized the Club vfor Growth as the "Club for Greed" I am surprized you would even mention them.
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Boomshack is right if Romney were the weak front runner right now he would be getting a lot of attention from McCain and Rudy supporters and the MSM. However, they are hoping to have Romney and Huck balance each other off (Rudy and the MSM).
Further, Huck has handed them a lot of ammo. His candidacy as a Christian Crusade, his record from AR and his blowing Rudy down, are like waving a red flag at the MSM. Attacking Bush personally was just plain dumb. Huck is getting it from the Bush machine, the other candidates and the MSM.
However, he made the mistakes that brought on the firestorm. That is why we do not want him as nominee. He will destroy the Party without trying. |
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Synthesizer thanks for promoting Huckabee rather than simply attacking. What you reported Huckabee said is commendable. Few here would quibble with it.
Now about the foreign policy speech. Can you pars that for us? |
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Brent is not and never has been a Hugh fan. |
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I'm tellin' ya Hugh, she's a threat. She'll be passing Mitt in no time. You need to do a post about her right away and stop runaway Portmantum! |
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[Brent on December 17, 2007 11:03 PM]"a man who has done far more good than you personally can muster in your lifetime"
Governor Huckabee Speaks with Catholic Online
By Deacon Keith Fournier
12/15/2007
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=2620 6
“I have always been actively and aggressively pro-life. No candidate has a stronger or more consistent record on the sanctity of life than I do.
When I was elected Lieutenant Governor, and later Governor, I marched in the annual Right to Life parade down Capitol Avenue in Little Rock. I did this at a time when no other state-wide elected official in Arkansas would participate in this event.
I first became politically active when I helped pass Arkansas' Unborn Child Amendment, which requires the state to do whatever it can to protect life.
As Governor, I used that Amendment to pass pro-life legislation. The many pro-life laws I got through my Democrat-controlled Legislature are the accomplishments that give me the most pride and personal satisfaction.”
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“As Governor, I banned partial birth abortion; I required parental notification; I required that a woman give informed consent before having an abortion; I required that a woman be told her baby will experience pain and be given the option of anesthesia for her baby; I allowed a woman to have her baby and, if she was unable to care for it, leave the child safely at a hospital; and I made it a crime for an unborn child to be injured or murdered during an attack on his mother.
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richard_223 but you are still here aren't you. How did you hear about the speech if you don't hear it on the HH talks show?
Fred is a good man I could support him if he won the nomination. Why not explain Fred's positions here rather than taut the host?
The fact that you are ripping Romney with every post but have not said much at all about Fred speaks volumes. What does Fred have to offer. Let's hear it. |
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Brent, a Hugh fan writes: "you often represent yourself as a Christian on your radio show and in your books - allow you to misrepresent (literally 'bear false witness')"
All Hugh did was play Huckabee's speech and ask people to comment on it. Hugh could not misrepresent Huckabee's words. Huckabee said them and it speaks for itself.
CCare to give an specifics?
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Perhaps we should now call our friend
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béésh ná’oobalí - Who is listening to the show anymore? I used to tune in daily for the great interviews Hugh did, but gave it up when it became radio Romney. Do tired commuters driving home want to hear Hugh endlessly attack Mitt's opponents all the time? Of course not. Radio is a competitive business and folks want to be entertained.
Huck Holiday Inn Foreign policy is bad. So is Mitt's 'call my lawyer' when asked about Iran. |
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"Will Romney Flip on Minimum Wage?
Position as Governor at Odds With Republican's '08 Ambitions"
By TEDDY DAVIS
July 24, 2007
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3407772&page=1
"I think that indexing the minimum wage is a problem for Gov. Romney," said Pat Toomey, the president of the conservative Club for Growth. "Clearly he has taken a number of positions" in his presidential campaign "that are more conservative than he has in the past," Toomey said, referring to Romney's initial opposition to the Bush tax cuts. "The question free-market conservatives are asking is: How sincere is this conversion? How strongly does he believe in these things now?"
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Romney an abortion chameleon on videotapes
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=54f3c9a0-e082-44f8-94d 6-21110c3c25c5%40s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com
Romney a shape-shifting political opportunist e.g. on homosexuality
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=38cebb6b-6493-49b3-857 4-9120f8a068c0%40s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com
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Hugh,
You did a good thing playing the September speech of Huckabee concerning Iran: it should give pause to the Huckabee wave, for a moment of thought.
But while you were on Hannity and Colmes tonight, Huckabee was on Larry King. When they played the Romney ad on "drugs", Huckabee pointed out that his state's penalty for meth possession while he was governor was TWICE as long as Massachusett's meth penalty under Romney. That makes the Romney ad less than honest.
Question, HUGH: Does your personal faith - you often represent yourself as a Christian on your radio show and in your books - allow you to misrepresent (literally "bear false witness") in a political situation? Are there additional scenarios when it is okay according to your faith to be disingenuous, and state only a partial truth?
-2)What is your opinion of the daily loss of listeners - specifically in the evangelical branch of Christianity - to your radio show because of your over-the-top ridicule - such as this post - of a man who has done far more good than you personally can muster in your lifetime?
What does this say to young religious people who consider political life and public service when they are not just opposed but ridiculed by one of "their own?"
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The worst president in the history of television fiction and the worst president of some alternate universe in which Huckabee could actually get elected. Everybody has seen the resemblance, and it's a lot more than physical. I can't look at Huckabee without thinking of 24. Fortunately, neither of them are REAL presidents....what a nightmare THAT would be! |
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Joe you said that earlier. Just cut an pasted it here verbatim. I understand this angers you, but perhaps something new? |
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richard_223 writes: "is the best Hugh can hurl at Huck.
Actually, All hugh Hewitt has to do all afternoon on his talk show is replay Huckabee's Holiday Inn Express foreign policy speech and as the lawyers say: Res Ipsa Loquitur , the things speaks for itself. You have not seen anybody defending that speech of the pardons or clemency for over 1000 felons. |
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I have watched politics ever since I was a kid and Nixon was running for office.
I have NEVER seen anyone take a POUNDING from the leadership of his own party like Huck has this past two weeks.
I mean he is getting BLASTED everywhere you look.
Even Rep King from Iowa had VERY UNKIND things to say about Huck when he endorsed Thompson.
P.S. (When he endorsed Thompson he listed all of his criteria that Thompson fulfilled. Too bad "experience" wasn't on his short-list, lol.)
You know, if Huck wasn't getting all the heat right now, Romney would be. Romney should send Huck a Thank-you note. |
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You have Huckabee handing out pardons like they are chips at a party. Not surprisingly tragedy strikes.
Then you have Mitt Romney denying everyone pardons. Everyone. Including an Iraq War veteran who won a bronze star and needed a pardon to become a police officer (he had a conviction for shooting a friend with a BB gun when he was 13--it did not break the skin-- and as many of you know a conviction like this, even as a juvenile, bars you from having 2nd Amendment rights and makes you disqualified to serve as a police officer).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNVKDioCHRw
But Mitt was for Scooter Libby getting a pardon, because there were special circumstances.
Huckabee is by far worse. But Mitt's decision was definitely not good. |
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Well, Hugh said Fred can't be President because he is eaten up with the cancer. I guess if Huck looks like some actor he can't be President either. Makes sense to me.
Honestly, if this is the best Mitt can hurl at Huck, he deserves to lose Iowa and all the millions he's wasted there.
Tomorrow Mitt will accuse Huck's mom of wearing combat boots.
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