Mea culpa. Mea MAXIMA * culpa.

* insert explective deleted here.

Unstopable!

Texas Nick 77 on October 26, 2007 at 1:22 PM

Heh, yeah you have company here:)

He’s pushing for the Fair Tax and an abolition of the IRS. How bad can he be?

tommuck on October 26, 2007 at 11:56 AM

indeed

The WSJ is obviously pulling for Rudy since they believe him to be the most fiscally conservative. That doesn’t mean Huckabee isn’t. I find it disappointing that HotAir and the commenters here are so quick to rush to judgment.

Yeah, tobacco is one thing, but how about the fact that he wants to tax carbon emmissions a la the Goracle? That is a deal breaker as far as I’m concerned.

Zetterson on October 26, 2007 at 12:17 PM

I am a smoker, wish I wasn’t, so take it way from me…please. BUT – ditto Zett, I’m outraged that the lies about carbon impress so many naive believers. The debate is not over, it has only just begun. I will never submit.

Why hold Huckabee’s leftist tendencies against him when we’re willing to forgive in Rudy’s and Mitt’s case?

Who is we?

Scratch all three off my list. Leaves Fred, no?

“American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward to perdition. It remains behind it, but never retards it, and always advances near its leader.

This pretended salt hath utterly lost its savor: wherewith shall it be salted? Its impotency is not hard to explain. It is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle. It tends to risk nothing serious for the sake of truth.”

Huckabee is the only GOP candidate besides Ron Paul who has motivated a huge groundswell of grassroots support, and unlike Paul his views are far more mainstream and in step with the broad conservative base. It’s no wonder he’s shooting up in the polls, is overtaking Romney, and will soon be giving Thompson and Giuliani a run for their money.

I don’t know about the grassroots, but he certainly is the darling of the established media right now. Now one can hold the belief that that is a factor of his second place finish, or like Paul, one can recognize that they see something in common and therefore praise him. Remember how beloved McCain was in the media when he was the maverick bucking the party line to do liberal leaning things.

Huckabee needs to be given a chance to respond.

I’m beginning to think Huckabee is showing such signs of strength that the pundits who support other candidates are bringing out the big guns. The facts are that Huckabee is indeed a fiscal conservative…
Jared White on October 26, 2007 at 2:03 PM

He was given a pass on his record before because as a second tier candidate no one was paying attention to him.

And he’s a fiscal conservative??? He raised taxes and spending as governor, and still supports big government programs. The facts are that he’s a fiscal liberal who’s hoping that social cons won’t notice his actual record, which ain’t good.

He’s going nowhere, except maybe to get a VP slot. We don’t need a nicer, more eloquent version of GW Bush- which is exactly what Huckster is.

It’s not an open borders policy. Like most Americans he supports a path to citizenship once border enforcement is in place. He’s with the majority on this.

Spacen on October 26, 2007 at 1:28 PM

Sre you talking about the majority of illegal aliens?

‘Amnesty’ is the word that brought down the immigration ‘reform’ bills. Sponsors complain when their bill is tagged ‘amnesty’ because it scares the public

Huckabee according to Wikpedia never saw a single person who could prove he lost a job to an illegal so of course Huckabee would have trouble locating a single citizen who objected to ‘amnesty’ for 20 million illegals either

Huckabee is the only GOP candidate besides Ron Paul who has motivated a huge groundswell of grassroots support, and unlike Paul his views are far more mainstream and in step with the broad conservative base. It’s no wonder he’s shooting up in the polls, is overtaking Romney, and will soon be giving Thompson and Giuliani a run for their money.

He’s with the majority on this.

I wasn’t aware that the majority thought that God was giving us an opportunity to atone for slavery by ‘comprehensive immigration reform’ aka amnesty.

Huckabee is bad news, and always has been.

he’s soft on immigration

Maybe this is a minor point, but I don’t like the word choice “soft on immigration”. Why not be more descriptive and say his stance on immigration is close to an open borders policy?

I can’t remember which one of the Founding Fathers said that.
That’s Jefferson

Spirit of 1776 on October 26, 2007 at 1:07 PM

Thanks. Glad to see another history buff here.

I can’t remember which one of the Founding Fathers said that.

That’s Jefferson

When I see conservatives get behind Rudy or Mitt- both RINO to the core- I feel like I’m the only sober one in a room full of people tripping on LSD and chasing a pink elephant that only they can see.

Hollowpoint on October 26, 2007 at 12:43 PM

You are not alone.

“I tremble in fear for my country when I remember that God is just.”

I can’t remember which one of the Founding Fathers said that. But I feel the Republic is facing some very hard times in the next five years. Or longer.

Much longer.

Why hold Huckabee’s leftist tendencies against him when we’re willing to forgive in Rudy’s and Mitt’s case?

I wish I knew. I’m still beyond baffled that someone who was passionately anti-2nd Amendment, pro-sanctuary city, pro-affirmitive action, pro-choice, pro-federal abortion funding, and pro-amnesty could be the front-runner for the Republican nomination. Or that they’d buy into Mitt’s pre-campaign overnight “epiphany”.

The only explanation is that Hillary has driven the Republican party into some kind of irrational panic that has left voters unable to honestly evaluate candidates against their own views and those of the Republican platform.

When I see conservatives get behind Rudy or Mitt- both RINO to the core- I feel like I’m the only sober one in a room full of people tripping on LSD and chasing a pink elephant that only they can see.