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February 4, 2008 6:37 PM

Huckabee: Romney Not Ready For "Starting Lineup"

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Joy Lin
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Mike Huckabee
(CBS)
From CBS News' Joy Lin:

TEXARKANA, ARK. -- After feeling wronged by reports he had pulled out of Florida (ultimately, he was there for more days than he had been in South Carolina) and participating in debates that didn't give him equal time, Mike Huckabee is playing defense.

Huckabee has taken offense to Romney's effort to call a vote for Huckabee as a vote for John McCain. Huckabee has called that "voter suppression" while Romney is saying it's just politics.

Huckabee told CBS News' Nancy Cordes: "The point is-- that you're trying to affect the outcome of the election by manipulating who people vote for. And I just think...[Romney] needs to tell people why he should be elected. He shouldn't try to...engage in the speculation that my voters really would be his voters, or a vote for me is a vote for McCain…He needs to just work on getting his folks out there. And that's it. And not try to manipulate everybody else's election like he's tried to manipulate everybody else's point of view and everybody else's record."

And in regards to Romney's statement that the first rule of politics is "no whining," Huckabee said, "I'm hoping he'll live up to that. 'Cause he's the one — every time he spends millions of bucks on John McCain and me and then we push back, then he jumps up and down and just screams and hollers and says, 'Oh it's a personal attack! It's a personal attack!' No, this is running for the presidency. It ain't beanbag. So, if he's going to throw a few at our heads, he needs to know that when he comes into play, he's going to see some 98-mile-an-hour fastballs coming back. That's how it goes. If he thinks this is tough, he ain't seen nothing 'til he faces Hillary or Obama in the general election. So that's why I don't think he's the best guy to put on the field in the starting lineup for the big game."

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by Ruidu February 6, 2008 5:34 PM EST
Romney and McCain are definitely spoilers for Mike Huckabee demonstrated by their expense per vote received.

My last estimate:
Romney- $84,644,955 = 4,095,564 Votes @ $21.40 ea.
McCain - $39,145,649 = 4,820,598 Votes @ $ 8.12 ea.
Huckabee %u2013 $7,107,364 = 2,399,495 Votes @ $ 2.96 ea.

R33
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by marinepatriot February 6, 2008 3:12 PM EST
GOOD....BYE MITT.

GOOD...BYE TO THE TRICKING US.

I THINK YOU''RE A GONNA FRY-HIGH.

GOODBYE MY MITT GOODBYE-E-YIGH!
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by jbrewster7 February 5, 2008 7:57 PM EST
The fact is, Mike Huckabee is on the defense and wants to take the attention off of his liberal record as the governor of Arkansas.
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by jbrewster7 February 5, 2008 7:56 PM EST
MIKE HUCKABEE IS NO FISCAL CONSERVATIVE

FACT: Mike Huckabee raised more taxes in 10 years in office than Bill Clinton did in his 12 years. (Source: The Leader, 08/30/2006)

FACT: Mike Huckabee''s substantial tax hikes far surpassed his modest tax cuts, with the average tax burden increasing by a whopping 47% over his tenure. (Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 10/09/07)

FACT: Mike Huckabee opposed a congressional measure to ban internet taxes in 2003. (Source: Arkansas News Bureau, 11/21/03)

FACT: Mike Huckabee in 2004, he allowed a 17% sales tax increase to become law. (Source: The Gurdon Times, 03/02/04)
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by jbrewster7 February 5, 2008 7:55 PM EST
MIKE HUCKABEE SOFT ON CRIME SOFT ON TERRORISM

FACT: Mike Huckabee joined Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in declaring his opposition to the interrogation procedure known as "waterboarding," and said he would support closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and moving the Guantanamo prisoners to the military''s only maximum-security prison, Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. This move would grant habeas corpus rights to "enemy combatants." (Source: Washington Post, Huckabee Chafes at ''Front-Runner'' Label, Perry Bacon Jr. 12/4/07)

FACT: Mike Huckabee granted 1,033 pardons and commutations, including 12 convicted murderers, one of which "Wayne DuMond" shortly after his release moved to Missouri where he raped and murdered Carol Sue Shields. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Clay County, Mo., in 2003. He died in prison in 2005. (Source: The Leader, Arkansas clemencies outpace other states, Garrick Feldman, 2004)
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by jbrewster7 February 5, 2008 7:54 PM EST
MIKE HUCKABEE IS A DISHONEST THIEF

FACT: Mike Huckabee stole over $70,000 worth of furniture from the Arkansas governors mansion. (Source: Arkansas Times Counting the Furniture, 12/14/06 Leslie Newell Peacock)

FACT: The ethics commission fined Huckabee $1,000 for failing to report that he paid himself $14,000 from his 1992 U.S. Senate campaign and $43,000 from his 1994 lieutenant governor''s campaign. (Source: POLITICO, Huckabee rivals unearth ethics complaints Kenneth P. Vogel Nov 21, 2007)

FACT: Huckabee accepted more than 300 gifts worth at least $130,000, ranging from $3,700 cowboy boots to a $600 chainsaw. (Source: POLITICO, Huckabee rivals unearth ethics complaints Kenneth P. Vogel Nov 21, 2007)

FACT: Mike Huckabee set up a nonprofit entity so he could give paid ``inspirational'''' speeches without having to disclose the donors. (SOURCE: Bloomberg Dec 12, 2007 Margaret Carlson)
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by jbrewster7 February 5, 2008 7:53 PM EST
MIKE HUCKABEE PANDERS VOTES OF ILLEGALS

FACT: During the 2001 regular session of the Arkansas Legislature, Mike Huckabee supported giving driver''s licenses to illegal aliens. (Source Arkansas Journal, Mike Huckabee Supported Bill to Give Driver''s Licenses to Illegal Aliens, Henry Rearden, 11/22/2007)

FACT: Mike Huckabee supported in-state higher education benefits for children of illegal immigrants. (Laura Kellams, "Senators research U.S. law on aliens," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 1/27/05)

FACT: Mike Huckabee opposed a federal raid of 119 illegal immigrants at an Arkansas Tyson poultry plant, 107 of whom left the country either voluntarily or through deportation. (Melissa Nelson, "Huckabee Risks Political Fortunes To Denounce Immigration Raid," Associated Press, 8/5/05)

FACT: Mike Huckabee opposed a bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in his own state. (Source CNS NEWS, Some GOP Concerned about Huckabee''s Immigration Views, Fred Lucas, 12/04/2007)
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by jbrewster7 February 5, 2008 7:53 PM EST
FACT: Mike Huckabee says he has degree in theology, further investigation discovers he does not. (Source: The Carpetbagger Report, Mike Huckabee has a theology degree -- or does he?, 12/14/2007)

FACT: Mike Huckabee wants "to amend the Constitution so it''s in God''s standards rather than try to change God''s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view." (Source: msnbc, HUCK, THE CONSTITUTION AND ''GOD''S STANDARDS'', 01/16/08)

Look through his "Awe Schucks" act and see him for what he really is. Mike Huckabee is a liberal in conservative clothing.
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by callenfallen February 5, 2008 6:58 PM EST
Huckabee''s supporters have not been lowering standards and attacking candidates and name calling. That''s what this country needs. Huckabee started as an average man, Romney born into wealth and politics. Define hard work, if you start from bottom and make it to the top, that is not the easy street. People see this. People are giving money they can''t afford to give for Huckabee''s campaign. He didn''t trash others, he is offering his campaign that "sells its self", sorry that offends or beats yours. The ones calling liers are just that name calling. The people will speak. Please respect this when they do they are voters, too.
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by simple9man February 5, 2008 4:26 PM EST
Here are two links that I''ve found useful:

www.NationalRepublicanNews.com

www.NationalVotersGuide.com



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