Comments on: Huckabee Continues Slamming Romney

[melinda0464]

This is worth checking out:
http://www.opinioneditorials.com/guestcontributors/mkuligowski_20080201.html

[melinda0464]

Hey Mike in KC. Can you tell me why Mike Huckabee does not talk about MCcain''s liberal policies but instead picks on another true Conservative like Romney? What is his agenda? Just curious because it doesn''t make sense.

[melinda0464]

Why does everyone hate the fact that Romney uses some of his own money to run for the Presidency? Why do we demonize someone who has worked hard to be successful? I would think it shows that he puts HIS money where his mouth is. He feels so strongly that he would be able to do good things for our country that he would sacrifice some of that money he earned to help out the American people. I think he should be praised for his willingness to give to a good cause and not critisized. Too many in our country now a days are greedy and don''t want to give of their own time and money or as the Democrats and celebrities want the taxpayers to pay for their pet projects. Romney is an honorable man who earnestly wants to bring his expertise to help our country get back on track.
Vote Mitt Romney!

[mikeinkc2]

Melinda:

Huckabee has never even eluded to the idea that a Mormon shouldn''t be president- where do you get that?!? I''ve heard countless media types questioning if a Baptist Minister should be president. "Is he going to try to impose his theological ideas on the whole country?!?" I lost count of how many times I heard that one.

And talk about religious discrimination... that''s what the media has been doing to Huckabee from the start. How many Huckabee introductions began: "Former Baptist Minister and Arkansas Governor". I''ve never heard any one introduce Romney as: "Mormon Bishop and Mass. Governor".

"Contrast Ads"? I like that! When you punch and punch at the other guy by distorting the facts and at time out right lie about your opponents accomplishments, it''s called "Contrast Advertising"?!? But when your opponent finally says "Enough is enough" and wipes the blood off of his nose and stands up for himself and gets in a few shots of his own it''s called "Attack Ads"?!? Is that how that works? I''ll have to remember that- thanks!

[marinepatriot]

WOW! TALK ABOUT A STATEMENT! WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS SAYS?

Black Conservatives Rally to Urge Mike Huckabee to Stay in Presidential Race

PRESS CONFERENCE: Monday, February 4, 2008, 9:45 AM, National Press
Club, 529 14th Street NW, DC



WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A broad coalition of
black conservatives from across the country are holding a press conference
to urge former Governor Mike Huckabee to stay in the presidential race for
the Republican nomination until the Convention.



"Governor Huckabee should not be intimidated to stop his bid for the
republican nomination," states Don Scoggins, veteran GOP activist and among
other conservatives hosting the press conference. "The momentum of the
grassroots that propelled this party into victory is behind Mike and will
not stop fighting for him regardless of his bank account," also states
Scoggins, president of Republicans for Black Empowerment, a DC based
national grassroots organization.

(source)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-01-2008/0004747698&EDATE=

[d123m1]

Ok, since some have to bring up religion to denounce a candidate (going against the constitution), I''ll comment:

Some criticize Mormon involvement in polygamy. Mormons stoppped this over 100 years ago, but others seem to bring this up all the time. It is interesting that they do not state that Abraham was also involved in the practice and an Angel actually told Hagar to return unto him (Gen 16:7-11).

Some assert that Mormons are racist. We are not perfect people (and others in different faiths also have a checkered past). Nevertheless, the Book of Mormon says that Black and White are alike unto God. Joseph Smith also denounced slavery (which was far different than many others during his time). Joseph Smith also gave his horse to a man so he could buy his family out of slavery.

Please stick to the issues of the presidency and not some religious test for office.

[mcu08]

Mitt Romney REALLY wants to be president! He has the receipts to prove it. Mitt Romney has lots of money and owns Bain Capital which bought out Clear Channel, the home of Hannity, Rush, Ingraham and Beck. Why? The job of the media is to sell us on Mitt and get us to accept his flip-flopping as misunderstanding. The role of Rush, Hannity, Beck etc is to urge us along while we''re running scared from Hillary and Barak into the arms of Mitt%u2014our Republican savior and champion of conservative values.

Mitt is as much a conservative as Hillary Clinton. He is a champion of gay rights and recently, for political gain, has decided to put aside supporting the killing of babies until his nomination is secure. Then he will take off his mask but by them the Republican party (accept for the moral conservatives) will be stuck with him and too ashamed not to vote for him.

Vote for Huckabee!

[d123m1]

Regarding McCain see:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/2008/01/antimccain_surprisingly_libera.html

Regarding Romney see:

January 30, 2008, 4:31 pm
Romney%u2019s Ideal Victory
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
TAGS: FLORIDA, JOHN MCCAIN, MITT ROMNEY

CNN has the exit-poll numbers from Florida, and they reveal some surprising things:
%u2022 Romney won pro-lifers.
%u2022 Romney won the mainstream religious. (Huckabee won the very religious , less than one-fifth of the pool.)
%u2022 Romney won the Protestants.
%u2022 Romney tied Huckabee with Evangelicals.
%u2022 Romney won the pro-GWB voters.
%u2022 Romney is the primary second choice of Giuliani voters, Thompson voters %u2026. and McCain voters.
%u2022 Romney won the immigration hard-liners.
%u2022 Romney won the upper-middle class, earning between $100,000 and $200,000 annually.
%u2022 Romney won the terrorism-oriented voters.
%u2022 Romney won the self-identified conservatives and the self-identified very conservative.
%u2022 Romney won the values-oriented voters.
%u2022 Romney won the white voters.
%u2022 Romney won the tax-cutting voters.

[d123m1]

I have nothing against Huckabee, but I don''t think he is a serious candidate anymore.

Think about this: Romney has changed stance on many issues, but he has become more conservative over time. He won the voters summit in the summer, and everytime the issue of abortion came up in MA he sided for life. McCain has also changed his stance on these issues. He has become more liberal in many ways. The fact that he has been endorsed by NT Times, Rudy and Arnold (Two choice proponents) should tell you something.

[quo_vadis-2009]

Guys, this poll from Fox news today gives the lie:
(From http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/020108_election_release_web.pdf)

7. If John McCain and Mitt Romney were the only choices in the Republican
primary, how would you vote?
30-31 Jan 08
Republicans: McCain 62%/ Romney 29/ (Don%u2019t know) 6/ (Would not vote) 3

Not only is Huckabee NOT taking votes from Romney, but clearly a vote for Romney is actually a vote for McCain!!! (since Huck''s votes would mainly go to McCain if Huck dropped out)

[melinda0464]

Wow, the truth is finally starting to come out. Religious discrimination! The Huckabee supporters are finally showing their true colors of not liking the Mormon faith and that is why they are slandering Romney and why Huckabee won''t drop out of the race. How sad. You are acting like McCain and distorting and twisting Romney''s record when you know it is not true. Huckabee made a big deal about the contrast ads (not attack ads) that Romney ran earlier in the primary yet here he goes name calling and using low brow tactics because he doesn''t believe a Mormon should be president. Everyone knew something was up when Huckabee wouldn''t attack McCain even though he is the front runner and here we thought it was because he wanted the VP job. I am just so disappointed in my fellow conservatives. You are more interested in dissing another Christian religion than making sure someone with values runs our Country.
Mitt Romney for President!!

[bides2000]

I am happy to see Mike Huckabee stand up for himself. He has been belittled by Romney this whole campaign. Enough, is enough. Money cannot buy everyone and it won''t buy me. My support is behind Governor Huckabee 100%. His comments on Romney were not distortions, they were facts. Although, Romney says he is pro-life during this particular campaign, I heard him say in a televised interview a few years ago that he would always support the woman''s right to choose and would never waver from that position. How are we to know that he won''t change his mind again?

[SabreHawk]

Mitt Romney''s record cont. -

Minimum Wage
1994: Opposed increase as an "anti-business" position but told David Brinkley in October that he supported tying an increase to rate of inflation
2002: Supported increase in line with inflation
2006: Vetoed minimum wage increase

Gay Marriage
1994: Opposed federal marriage amendment, vowed to help establish "full equality for America''s *** and lesbians"
2002: Provided legal protection to same-*** couples in Massachusetts
2007: Supported federal marriage amendment, worked to block same-*** couples from adopting

*** in the Military
1994: Supported "don''t ask, don''t tell," saying it was a step toward "*** and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation''s military"
2007: Didn''t want to change "don''t ask, don''t tell" policy

Capital Gains Tax Cut
1994: Opposed capital gains tax cut
2002: Refused to sign "no new taxes" pledge
2007: Supported capital gains tax cut as part of his pledge to make President Bush''s tax cuts permanent; signed "no new taxes" pledge

Romney can not be trusted!

[SabreHawk]

Mitt Romney''s record-
Abortion
1994: Believed abortion should be safe and legal
2002: Personally against abortion but pro-abortion rights as governor, endorsed legalization of RU-486 (morning-after pill)
2007: Firmly anti-abortion

Stem Cell Research
2002: Endorsed embryonic stem cell research
2005: Vetoed stem cell research bill

Gun Control
1994: Supported assault weapons ban and Brady bill, rebuffed the NRA
2002: Supported assault weapons ban and Massachusetts'' tough laws on gun control
2006: Joined NRA as a life member and said that states should ease licensing requirements; claimed he was a gun owner but later admitted that he''s didn''t in fact own a firearm

[marinepatriot]

YEAH! FINALLY MIKE LET LOOSE AND LET THEM HAVE IT! GO MIKE, YOU HAVE BEEN KICKING BUT ALL CAMPAIGN SEASON! THE MEDIA THINKS THEY ARE SO SMART THAT THEY CAN ELECT THE PRESIDENT!

THEY DIDN''T KOW THAT WE COULD ELECT YOU!

YOU ARE OUR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!


FIGHT MIKE!

Dan Campbell
Sgt., USMC

[mcu08]

Presidents are to be real people. Gov. Romney is like an actor in a fictional drama and actors follow scripts that are written for them. I am exhausted with the seemingly presidential appearance of Gov. Mitt Romney%u2014attractive, engaging... almost believable but you had better NOT really believe him.

Mitt Romney has been groomed for this presidential race. But he doesn''t have what it takes to be President. His heart is lacking. America needs more than he can give. Romney loves winning. Romney doesn''t love America.

Mike Huckabee on the other hand is the genuine article. Gov. Huckabee is still who he was before he started running for president%u2014a brilliant, humble man of great character (integrity). Can anyone, honestly and in good conscience, say that about Mitt Romney? Brilliant? Humble? Great character? No.

At best, we can say Gov. Mitt Romney is still trying to figure himself out.

[wendy731]

I for one wish that Huckabee would have several changes on the things that he believes such as on paroles, raising taxes, destroying hard drives, his acceptance of gifts, the fair tax, raising his children so they treat animals better.
Note:
Now my comments are crazy because they are taken out of context and so are Mike Huckabees when he talks about Romney. Get real and stop spinning records to appear the way you want them to Govenor Huckabee. Romney''s record is not at all what you are protraying it to be anymore than mine is of you. Stop the attacks!

[wendy731]

I recall Iowa, Mitt Romney was so critized by the Huckabee and McCain camps for doing less of attacks on them than Huckabee is engaging in now. He ran on the platform in Iowa that he would not use attack ads. Flip Flop for Huckabee.

[db8877]

The Mormons were expelled from Missouri in the midst of being murdered and driven from their homes under the Governor''s "extermination" order. They were abolitionists of slavery and this inflamed the hatred. Among other things, abolition advocacy and pro-slavery Missouri did not mix.

Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, had ordained blacks to the priesthood and to continue this practice would have only further fanned the flames of bigotry against the Mormons. So beginning with Brigham Young, Church leaders stopped the practice. It''s doubtful that any other church in America was ordaining blacks during the Slavery era. That makes Mormonism''s founder the most progressive civil rights champion of his time.

Churches, like other organizations, are institutions. They don''t change easily. The practice of denying Blacks the priesthood was ensconced in the Church and it was continued until 1978.

Critics might argue this is too late. Sadly, those same critics were not alive at the time that the practice began. If they had been they would have lauded the Church for its progressive stance against slavery and (one would hope) spoken out against the bitter bigotry against the Mormons as well.

Times change and so do attitudes. Unfortunately, institutions often change much more slowly.

[chrismattix]

Mike Huckabee, it was truly time to come out and let people know the truth. There is more to be said about McCain than you imply, but I suppose you are letting it be for a better time, say farther down the road.
It must be hard for a preacher to accuse another man of doing wrong, I am a Christian and I know I am no more perfect than the person next to me, but it is truly difficult to just smile and hope people vote for you. He need to come out and open up his heart.
You are going to see a LOT more of this in the next few days.
God bless you Mike!
May the best man be chosen.