Huckabee Tries to Fire Up His Supporters
(CBS)
AUGUSTA, MICH. -- "Amen" is usually the word of choice murmered in Mike Huckabee religiously-overtoned crowds. But the phrase of choice at this early morning rally of approximately 100 was "That's right."
Coming to the event with a working-class pitch that resonates well with his crowds here, Huckabee, in a veiled jab at his multimillionaire rival Mitt Romney, listed off the folks for whom the economy is not working.
"For those for whom summer isn't in a verb. For those of who didn't get the finest education at finest boarding schools on the East Coast. For those of us who didn't grow up with a silver spoon -- we were just happy to have a spoon. Those of us who never really entered the country club -- we were just hoping to just be able to play basketball at the Boys Club. For those us who didn't have silk stockings but cotton socks were nice to have... for people waiting the tables and handling the bags and driving in the front seat of cabs, not riding in the back of the cab. Ask those folks and the economy is not doing all that great for them."
In a implicit rub at John McCain, Huckabee offered himself as a Washington outsider: "Lot of people thought 'where's this guy been living?' Well, I've been living in real world while some are living in that insular bubble called Washington, D.C."
"I know that there are some candidates out there saying Michigan's lost jobs you will never see them again," he said, referring to a McCain comment from last week. Huckabee argued that it was time for the U.S. to save Michigan after all that it had done to boost the country's economy.
In this election, Huckabee said, "You'll have to decide, do they represent the values and the views that you think about, you worry about when you sit at your dinner table tonight? Do they understand your family? Have they ever, for a moment, really truly known what happens when you lose your paycheck?"
"The only hope they've really got is the Lord and hope for some people in the government who have the good, decent common sense to understand that if we can't protect the American workers and the American people, if we're more interested in outsourcing our jobs and our freedom, we aren't making sure Americans have some stability, then we need some different people running the government," said Huckabee.
"I'm not going to ask you to go vote, and not care who you vote for. I want you to vote for me. And I'll hope you want to, and I hope you'll not only go, but you'll get on your phone and you'll get on your email list, and you'll start going door to door, do whatever you gotta do, call radio stations and get on the talk lines. Let's burn this state up over the next 30 hours."
The rest, with Richardson out and Kucinich low in the polls, seem to be talking crazy talk about our military adventures in the Middle East. Additionally, no one else seems to understand the problems with the economy, inflation, and out of control deficit spending. Inflation is going to eat us alive, as it has already started to do so. Do you really believe that the REAL inflation rate last year, the rate that was used by the government for Social Security check increases this month, was 2.3%?
One can not talk about tax cuts without ALSO talking about cutting spending. We have a $9 trillion debt (double since 2000) that must be paid so we can afford Social Security and Medicare. The interest payments will go sky high when we begin to fight inflation with higher Federal Reserve bank rates.
And we must stop inflation or everyone''s life savings will go down the tubes, along with the middle class, like what has happened to the middle class in most countries south of our border. Inflation is coming, unless Republicans begin to understand the seriousness of runaway deficits and spending. And start educating the country. A Democratic President will surely not fight inflation like Volcker and Reagan did!
Please vote Ron Paul and save the country from bankruptcy abroad and at home!
We love the positive campaign you are running and are voting for you!
We like Mike!
Mike Huckabee is an electable alternative. He has the looks, the brains, and the courage, plus he is for the Fair Tax. He is also not part of the discredited Republican establishment. If the Paul supporters turned to Huckabee, they would advance their cause.
by John Gizzi
Posted: 01/14/2008
As most polls of likely primary voters in Michigan now show a near-tie between Republicans Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and John McCain, the Romney camp got a jolt Saturday as a key backer announced he was switching his support to Huckabee.
With three days to go before the primary, State Rep. Fulton J. Sheen of Allegan County, introduced Huckabee at the Amway Grand Hotel and announced he was changing to the former Arkansas governor from native Michigander Romney. In an exclusive interview the evening before his announcement, stalwart conservative Sheen -- namesake-nephew of the legendary Roman Catholic bishop in the 1940%u2019s and %u201850%u2019s -- said that Romney%u2019s attacks on Huckabee%u2019s Fair Tax proposal convinced him to switch to the Arkansas man.
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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24432&page=1&cp=1#hec95554
I am jumping up and down!!!!!!!!! Huckabee all the way!!!!!!!!!!
McCain has repeatedly called for the immediate closing of Guantanamo Bay and the introduction of al-Qaeda terrorists into our own prisons %u2014 despite the legal rights they would immediately gain and the burdens of managing such a dangerous population.
While McCain proudly and repeatedly points to his battles with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who had to rebuild the U.S. military and fight a complex war, where was McCain in the lead-up to the war %u2014 when the military was being dangerously downsized by the Clinton administration and McCain%u2019s friend, former Secretary of Defense Bill Cohen? Where was McCain when the CIA was in desperate need of attention? Also, McCain was apparently in the dark about al-Qaeda like most of Washington, despite a decade of warnings.
My fingers are crossed that at the next debate, either Fred Thompson or Mitt Romney will find a way to address McCain%u2019s record. (Mike Huckabee won%u2019t, as he is apparently in the tank for him.)
As chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, McCain was consistently hostile to American enterprise, from media and pharmaceutical companies to technology and energy companies.
McCain also led the Gang of 14, which prevented the Republican leadership in the Senate from mounting a rule change that would have ended the systematic use (actual and threatened) of the filibuster to prevent majority approval of judicial nominees.
And then there%u2019s the McCain defense record.
His supporters point to essentially one policy strength, McCain%u2019s early support for a surge and counterinsurgency. It has now evolved into McCain taking credit for forcing the president to adopt General David Petreaus%u2019s strategy. Where%u2019s the evidence to support such a claim?
Moreover, Iraq is an important battle in our war against the Islamo-fascist threat. But the war is a global war, and it most certainly includes the continental United States, which, after all, was struck on 9/11. How does McCain fare in that regard?
McCain-Kennedy %u2014 the most far-reaching amnesty program in American history.
McCain-Lieberman %u2014 the most onerous and intrusive attack on American industry %u2014 through reporting, regulating, and taxing authority of greenhouse gases %u2014 in American history.
McCain-Kennedy-Edwards %u2014 the biggest boon to the trial bar since the tobacco settlement, under the rubric of a patients%u2019 bill of rights.
McCain-Reimportantion of Drugs %u2014 a significant blow to pharmaceutical research and development, not to mention consumer safety (hey Rudy, pay attention, see link).
The McCain domestic record is a disaster. To say he fought spending, most particularly earmarks, is to nibble around the edges and miss the heart of the matter. For starters, consider:
Question:
Would you like to own a brand new high definition 60" LCD / Plasma TV with reclining chair with large cup holder for your cold beverage of your choice?
Answer:
Huckabee! He is the ONLY candidate out of the presidential field willing to implement the "Fair-Tax" system.
Look at your paycheck and see how much they are taking out of your paycheck for taxes... go ahead go look at it now.
Now take the cost of a brand new 60" LCD / Plasma high def TV and reclining chair (& cup holder) and divide that number by how much taxes they are taking out.
Example:
$3,000 (TV cost, chair) / $325 tax holding each week = 8 weeks
That''''s it, only 8 weeks to get this great deal!!!
But if you vote for any other candidate it will take years to save up for this! Say you put away $10 each week, well that''''s 4 years!
So if you want to become poorer then vote for McCain, Romney, Thompson, Guiliani, Paul, Clinton, Obama, Edwards..... but if you want to become richer vote for Huckabee!
by John Gizzi
Posted: 01/14/2008
As most polls of likely primary voters in Michigan now show a near-tie between Republicans Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and John McCain, the Romney camp got a jolt Saturday as a key backer announced he was switching his support to Huckabee.
With three days to go before the primary, State Rep. Fulton J. Sheen of Allegan County, introduced Huckabee at the Amway Grand Hotel and announced he was changing to the former Arkansas governor from native Michigander Romney. In an exclusive interview the evening before his announcement, stalwart conservative Sheen -- namesake-nephew of the legendary Roman Catholic bishop in the 1940%u2019s and %u201850%u2019s -- said that Romney%u2019s attacks on Huckabee%u2019s Fair Tax proposal convinced him to switch to the Arkansas man.
source
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php
?id=24432&page=1&cp=1#hec95554
I am jumping up and down!!!!!!!!! Huckabee all the way!!!!!!!!!!
We Like Mike!!
His proposals and policies are far bolder than any other candidate''s. He''s not afraid to aim high.
His great communication skills will help him reach many voters who are not inside the traditional Republican box. Yet, his positions and solutions are essentially conservative, so if he can persuade people to support them, he will GROW the conservative movement.
The Republicans underestimated him. First they wrote him off, or laughed at him. Now, many other Republicans "have the knives out for him" (they want to use any dirty trick and distortion they can to assassinate him politically). Ordinary people are taking back power from the entrenched Washington interests, but it is not going to be easy. Nevertheless, they made a serious mistake by underestimating him.
The Democrats are making a similar mistake. People who don''t know much about Huckabee think he''s a quirky Bible-thumping hick, easy to dismiss. But as people hear him speak and learn more about him, they become more and more impressed.
Huckabee is our best candidate for winning in ''08 and leading the country in a bold new conservative but practical direction.
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)
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)
Look through his "Awe Schucks" act and see him for what he really is. Mike Huckabee is a liberal in conservative clothing that uses the religion card to push his own agenda.
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 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: 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)
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: 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)
Question:
Would you like to own a brand new high definition 60" LCD / Plasma TV with reclining chair with large cup holder for your cold beverage of your choice?
Answer:
Huckabee! He is the ONLY candidate out of the presidential field willing to implement the "Fair-Tax" system.
Look at your paycheck and see how much they are taking out of your paycheck for taxes... go ahead go look at it now.
Now take the cost of a brand new 60" LCD / Plasma high def TV and reclining chair (& cup holder) and divide that number by how much taxes they are taking out.
Example:
$3,000 (TV cost, chair) / $325 tax holding each week = 8 weeks
That''''s it, only 8 weeks to get this great deal!!!
But if you vote for any other candidate it will take years to save up for this! Say you put away $10 each week, well that''''s 4 years!
So if you want to become poorer then vote for McCain, Romney, Thompson, Guiliani, Paul, Clinton, Obama, Edwards..... but if you want to become richer vote for Huckabee!
PS - Then after buying a new 60" high def TV in 3 weeks, let''s go for a :
1. Brand new set of Ping Golf Clubs in week number 4 to 6...... then
2. Relaxing cruise to the Bahamas in week 7 - 10 then
3. Huge diamond ring for your wife or girlfriend in weeks 11 - 15 then
"The Scarlet Pimpernel"
Paul Chauvelin (poor and power and wealth hungry) played by Huckabee
The Scarlet Pimpernel (compassionate wise, smart daring, and rich) played by Romney
French Revolution brought out the best in some and worst in others.
Go Huckabee!
During his long tenure as governor%u2026
FACT: Welfare rolls declined by almost half! (Wikipedia)
FACT: State economy grew 4.4% beating the national average of 4.2%. (Time Magazine Nov, 13, 2005)
FACT: %u201CHuckabee has approached his state%u2019s troubles with energy and innovation.%u201D (Time Nov. 13, 2005)
FACT: According to the Tax Foundation, a nonprofit fiscal policy research group, Arkansas ranked right in the middle of the nation in measurement of tax burden per capita (CNNMONEY Oct 4, 2006).
FACT:2005 Named Public Official of the Year (Headline in Nov, 2005 issue of Governing%u2019s): %u201CStrong and Strategic Leadership%u201D
FACT:Time Magazine named him One of Nation%u2019s Best Governors.
FACT: Recipient of the 2006 AARP Impact Award. This award is given to %u201C10 honorees who did something extraordinary to make the world a better place,%u201D
FACT: Honored by Government Technology Magazine
Selected by his colleagues as Chairman of National Governor%u2019s Association
School quality in Arkansas went from ranking below the national average to a high ranking of 8th best in the nation during his tenure.
FACT: Supports protecting personal property %u2013 eminent domain.
FACTS: Supports legislation to protect citizens who use deadly force in self-defense against criminal prosecution and civil liability. Huckabee supports ''castle doctrine'' law (meaning a man%u2019s home is his castle). (Thursday, Jan 5, 2006 By Rob Moritz Arkansas News Bureau)
FACT: Protection of the most vulnerable citizens. %u201CHuckabee initiated one of the nation%u2019s most effective programs of insurance coverage for children and has led other governors in seeking to deal with Medicare costs%u201D (Governing%u2019s November 2005 issue).
FACT: The voters voted for a gas tax increase for the purpose of improving roads. This vote overwhelmingly passed 64% to 36%. Here%u2019s the result: %u201CArkansas roads ranked at the top of Overdrive Magazine%u2019s %u201CWorst Roads list in 1999 and our Most Improved list in 2004.%u201D (Overdrive, January 2008 - Linda Longton).
by John Gizzi
Posted: 01/14/2008
As most polls of likely primary voters in Michigan now show a near-tie between Republicans Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and John McCain, the Romney camp got a jolt Saturday as a key backer announced he was switching his support to Huckabee.
With three days to go before the primary, State Rep. Fulton J. Sheen of Allegan County, introduced Huckabee at the Amway Grand Hotel and announced he was changing to the former Arkansas governor from native Michigander Romney. In an exclusive interview the evening before his announcement, stalwart conservative Sheen -- namesake-nephew of the legendary Roman Catholic bishop in the 1940%u2019s and 50%u2019s -- said that Romney%u2019s attacks on Huckabee%u2019s Fair Tax proposal convinced him to switch to the Arkansas man.
source
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24432&page=1&cp=1#hec95554
I am jumping up and down!!!!!!!!! Huckabee all the way!!!!!!!!!!
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by giantrobot2
January 15, 2008 6:14 AM PST
- $100,000 = $26,000 yr = $500 wk
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See all 32 Comments$75,000 = $19,500 yr = $375 wk
$50,000 = $13,000 yr = $250 wk
$25,000 = $6,500 yr = $125 wk
Yr Salary = Yr Tax = Wkly Tax
This is how much money you get to KEEP if you Vote for Huckabee!
Huckabee is the ONLY one who will implement the Fair Tax law to abolish income tax & change to sales tax when he becomes president.
Just think of how many things you can do with this extra money every week (after week, .....)!
If you want to become poorer then vote for McCain, Romney, Thompson, Guiliani, Paul, Clinton, Obama, Edwards.
But if you want to become Richer then vote for Huckabee!