Comments on: Huckabee's Last Act of Defiance

[facinggiant2]

Thank You - Finaly!
A Day late and a dollar short - but at least fairly accurate.

I wish "The People" could have heard him! Maybe they will!

This whole campaign was about the "People."

After having a day of mourning for our country - I''m ready to help Huckabee do what ever his GOD tells him to do - even if it means voting for McCain because Huckabee would be the VP! Then the ending of this campaign would be the beginning of another...........Our country is going to need him a lot in the days ahead.

I thought last night I was ok - then this morning I was in the car and I just started crying and it esculated to a wailing! I called my daughter and told her, what ever is coming - is going to be real bad, when it does the people will not make fun of his "GOD" or his standards!

So what I''m saying is the storms that followed the elections were a miracle! And I don''t think the race is finished - he''s just resting for the final marathon!

I''ve never witnessed a "CHRISTIAN" man who walked his talk, a man of "INTERGRITY" who was not ashamed of his "GOD" in all of my 53yrs! I have been blessed and highly favored - I didn''t think they existed anymore.
Thanks!

[saddis-2009]

Thank you very much for a fair report of my candidate. I did not know who Mike Huckabee was before the his Iowa win. A close friend told me about him, so I did my research. And decided he was my candidate for President. What was sad to me, was telling others about your candidate, they state a few negative items that were placed in the media and focus only on those two or three items. The damage is done when it comes to reputation even if such items are not true, distorted or incomplete. I found explanations on the site. It''s like going against a wall. People take what they heard and outweigh the great positions a candidate has. Mike Huckabee is a true candidate for all the people of our country. I feel they just need to get to know more about Mike and would see.

Thank you so much for your article. You are a gifted writer for sure.

[dbays2]

You are an amazing writer! You are truly fair and balanced. I wish there was more people like you in the media. You have expressed a very nice and respectful story on Mr. Huckabee.
I am a Huckabee supporter. He has alot of class. It is a sad day in America if everyone doesn''t get something from his speeches. He brings alot to the table. You will never find anyone you agree with totally. But finding a person who stands on convictions is worth alot. Thanks so much for you article.

[jwin08]

Joy Lin,
Thank you for your reporting on the Huckabee campaign. It sounds like it was a hard road for you. But, I read all of your reports. You''ve done an excellent job. I am a Huck fan. Today is a sad day for me. Your article brought me to tears. Thank you again for treating my candidate with respect. You have earned my respect and appreciation.

[nrobyar]

Thank you for a wonderful article befitting the "political candidate of a lifetime". Mike Huckabee has reenergized a HUGE grassroot following in America that includes Republicans, Democrats, Independents,Evangelicals, and yes, even atheists. He wants to be a president for all people and his love for people radiates from within. He has the experience, the ideas, the communication skills to get to the White House. Just as some people were finding him, he as been taken from us. Huckabee has proven himself and we won''t make the mistake of letting him get away TWICE!! Look out 2012!!! It''s Huckabee''s turn!!!

[fanofhuck]

Joy Lin,
This is an excellent written analysis. I really liked reading your reporter''s perspective as one who followed this campaign over time. I wish there were more journalists like you and more news organizations of this caliber. There are those of us who actually have the attention span to read more than two paragraphs, but most journalism these days is just the written equivalent of the monotonous, repetitive, unoriginal television sound bite. Yawn. Good for CBS News to keep one of their best writers on a well-qualified and riveting emerging national leader. Smart.

Ms. Lin, it couldn''t have been an easy beat, the way you describe it. Good for you to follow the principles of the man of integrity and great work ethic whose campaign you followed. You took what you were given and used perseverance to do your job with excellence. And you''ve been successful. Just like Mike has been in accomplishing so amazingly much with so little. In his education. In the pastorate. In Arkansas. In national politics. In life.

Huckabee has just begun. His future as an influence for good in the realm of American policy has so far sounded just as the small plink of a stone when it hits the water. But Oh! The ripples that shall go forth from such a one... It is my hope, Joy Lin, that your future will be as bright, and that you''ll stay as true to your talent, to your values and to your craft as Mike Huckabee has kept to his.
It will serve you well.

[dust27]

What bases do people have that Huck hates Mormons. He never once said that, just because he disagrees with someone doesn''t mean he hates them.

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[edith3ed]

Joy Lin,

Thank you, once again, for being what the media should be: an unbiased reporter. What a refreshing expeirence today!

I am very disappointed that Mike Huckabee did not win more delegates; I have watched elections many times, since I am in my sixties. But I have never seen a party so try to exclude one of their own as the GOP did to Mike and Ron this time around.

But you are right: Mike stayed positive and professional. He will be back! It is phnomenal how many ways his campaign resembles that of Lincoln and Reagan. He created such excitement and commitment in his supporters that he competed very well with the candidates that had multi-million dollar machines behind them.

This is not the end; just the beginning!

[lvmopt]

only reason that Huck won Iowa was because of Mormon Hate.

[dust27]

Katrina: Huck was far more conservative than Mitt was as govenor.

Huckabee as govenor: negetive points
1 raised taxes by half a million as govenor to balanced their buget.
2 raised govenment spending by 5 million the whole time being govenor

Mitt Romney as govenor: negative points

1 raised taxes and fees $700,000 a year( more than Huck did his whole term)
2 raised govenment spenting by about 3.5 million( but remember, Huck was govenor much longer than Mitt was). Mitt probably would have surpassed Huckabee''s amount by far.