Huckabee: Romney Not Ready For "Starting Lineup"
(CBS)
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."
First ... HUCKABEE IS A CROOK. Just stop the banter and search news on Google. Enter "HUCKABEE ETHICS VIOLATIONS". There is an avalanche of documented charges by which he got nailed 5 times by the ethics commission. He has stolen over $1 million THAT HE GOT CAUGHT FOR from the state of Arkansas ... who knows what he didn''''''''t get caught for?
Yeah ... bury your heads in the sand and do not look at the facts ... being tagged as one of the "10 Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2007 is a great reason to vote for "Govenor Graft".
Now put in Romney ... nothing ... zilch.
Oh and then he stays in a race to stooge for McCain .... when individuals such as Edwards and Guiliani show more class ... open your eyes, his smooth talking, speaking with conviction, has got you duped.
DON''''''''T WASTE YOUR VOTE ON HUCKABEE ... YOU ARE VOTING FOR A CROOK ... AND MCCAIN.
Nobody wants Baptist preacher that plans to "amend the Constitution to God''s standard."
Like it or not, a vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain.
Look at the latest polls, Huckabee is even behind in Georgia.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/georgia/georgia_republican_presidential_primary
He sure must have a lot to hide.
All he can talk about is Romneys money..he is so jealous. Romney had the knowledge to make his money and he worked for it.
Huck must not have had much success passing the plate on Sunday.Then he stole all he could while governor.
Romney is spending his own money to try and make a better America for all the people. he has already said he would donate the president salary to charity.He doesn''t want the money.
Huckabee''s tongue is hanging out drooling for the money.
HERE IS THE NEWEST TRICK THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS UNETHICAL:
MITT ROMNEY, FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR, IS PUSH CALLING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TELLING THEM THAT THE RACE IS NOW BETWEEN AND ROMNEY AND MCCAIN.
MITT ROMNEY IS TRYING TO TRICK PEOPLE IN THINKING HUCKABEE AND RON PAUL HAVE DROPPED OUT IN ORDER TO GAIN THEIR SUPPORT
CLICK THE LINK OF THIS FOX NEWSCAST TO SEE FOR YOURSELF:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jk6IJS3QN34
(MAKE SURE TO COPY AND PASTE ENTIRE LINK)
Thank you for putting a Democrat in the White House in 2009, or McCainnedy!
After the election Russ and Sean will say it was Huckabee that allowed the Democrats to win. CYA
Tony Perkins and James Dobson of FRC (Family Research Council) value voters guide that I just received today clearly shows they are supporting Mike Huckabee for President.
Out of all the questions they asked of Republicans and Democrates, Mike Huckabee scored 100% in all questions.
It also shows that Mitt Romney''''s liberal positions are still showing through him in the questioning.
It says Mitt Romney supports human cloning and embryo destruction. Plus it says Mitt Romney would vote for passage to water down the Federal Marriage act of 1996.
Plus it says Mitt Romney will vote to allow passage of law that allows the Government to take away private land of it''''s citizens whenever it wants to.
Do Republicans want a liberal like Mitt Romney running our party or a true conservative like Mike Huckabee running our party?
It''''s clear that Tony Perkins and Dr. James Dobson are supporting conservative Mike Huckabee in the value votes results I just received today.
If you are a conservative who has admired what Tony Perkins and Dr. James Dobson has down for the nation, please go vote tomorrow for Mike Huckabee who they are clearly showing they are supporting.
It is Romney that should drop out. Huckabee has the support of American people, the real everyday ones.
Romney is a corporate greed man and a dumb one at that. It will only take him so far!
The only reason they are splitting votes is because of the large amount Romney has spent.
All of Huckabees votes are from ordinary people who believe in him.
Dan Campbell
here''s my cheesy video of why i''m not voting for Romney.
Let''s wake up conservatives!!!
Huckabee is only looking proud and arrogant now. Sad really because he could have been a player nationally, but he has pushed too far now.
If McCain wins, Huckabee will only be remembered as the conservative who betrayed the party in the short term and his own faith in the long run (as liberal judges are appointed to the bench time and again) PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL
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If I were Mike Huckabee, I would run from these two slimeballs endorsement as fast as I could. Mike is a nice guy, but those guys are creeps.
The only reason they are splitting votes is because of the large amount Romney has spent.
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So you are saying the Christian right is for sale. Jesus told them to vote for Mike, but money made them vote for Mitt.
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Here you go, callenfallen. I don'' think Huckabee could have been any clearer that that on his wish to change the constitution.
Huckabee hasn''t figured it out yet.
I HAVE SERVED MY COUNTRY FOR OVER (13) YEARS IN THE MILITARY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO WATCH (1) VIDEO FOR ME. (THIS IS NOT A R. PAUL VIDEO)
THIS VIDEO HELPS MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN ROMNEY, MCCAIN AND HUCKABEE.
I SERVED YOU AND MY COUNTRY, WILL YOU TAKE JUST 1 MINUTE TO HEAR ME?
HERE IS MY QUICK VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnU3G-HCf9w
SEMPER FI
Dan Campbell
Dan Campbell
I watched and thank you for that, Been a Huckabee supporter will be till cows come home!
Commending you for your service for The United State of America.
During the debate he attacked Romney with this boldfaced lie: %u201CI supported the surge and you didn%u2019t.%u201D
The YouTube clip shows exactly how dishonest Huckabee is. Two weeks after Romney had issued a January 2007 press release supporting the surge; the Huckster does an interview deliberately distinguishing himself from other candidates by withholding support for the surge.
In the Jan. 24, 2007 interview on MSNBC%u2019s %u201CLive,%u201D Norah O%u2019Donnell asks:
%u201CWe have a Rudy Giuliani, who supports the president%u2019s plan on Iraq. We have Governor Mitt Romney, who also supports a troop surge. How are you different from any of those candidates?%u201D
Huckabee: %u201CWell, I%u2019m not sure that I support the troop surge, if that surge has to come from our Guard and Reserve troops, which have really been overly stretched.%u201D
Holy Innocents and St. Michael the Archangel, pray for Mike Huckabee and his team!
Domers for Huckabee
http://domersforhuckabee.net
HERE IS MY QUICK VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnU3G-HCf9w
SEMPER FI
Dan Campbell
Romney is a phony. But the ones that really need to learn the fear of the Lord are the self-important media big-shots who try to control the election. CNN''s Kleinman, who ordered his cameramen to keep the focus on Romney and McCain in the last CNN debate, should be fired immediately. Those people should find out the hard way that this election is about the future of the country, not entertainment and ratings.
www.NationalRepublicanNews.com
www.NationalVotersGuide.com
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 Ruidu
February 6, 2008 2:34 PM PST
- Romney and McCain are definitely spoilers for Mike Huckabee demonstrated by their expense per vote received.
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See all 47 CommentsMy 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.
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