New Huckabee ad in Michigan: Your economic woes are due to people like Mitt Romney
posted at 12:31 pm on January 9, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Per his too-cute-by-half line about “the guy who laid them off.” Remember, as long as he doesn’t say Mitt’s name it doesn’t count as negative campaigning.
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Nothing like a little “conservative” on conservative class warfare. I thought that kind of talk was left for the socialists in the Democratic Party.
davenp35 on January 9, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Yeah, but what if the guy they work with is a putz, and runs the company into the ground, then no one has a job? Tax hike Mike, unfortunately, is just the kind of putz to do such a thing.
JustTruth101 on January 9, 2008 at 12:34 PM
What was it you said before?
RESENTMENTMANIA!
Slublog on January 9, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Good job Huck! Romney is a rich phony dude and deserves the get the boot!
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Romney will have to spend 100 million to win Michigan IMO
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Mitt has been running some positive ads in Michigan during the NFL and NCAA football games for weeks here in Michigan. He talks about the Asian tiger, the Chinese economy and how it has unfair competitive edge. He says he will lower taxes and put money into research and technology to help level the playing field.
While that sounds nice, if he can’t get Granholm and all the Democrats here to stop taxing us to death, it won’t really matter much. Michigan had the choice between a good business man in DeVos and the tax us into prosperity Granholm in 2006 and Michigan still chose Granholm. So who knows how Mitt will do here. We’ll see.
Michael in MI on January 9, 2008 at 12:37 PM
HUCKASCHMUCK! HUCKASCHMUCK! HUCKASCMUCK!
I keep doing that, and still no lightning has hit me.
Frozen Tex on January 9, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Mmmm…tasty class warfare.
Slublog on January 9, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Explain to me why Huck is a Republican again? Are we truelly the Jesus only party?
tottoritodd on January 9, 2008 at 12:39 PM
@ tottoritodd on January 9, 2008 at 12:39 PM
God, Gays and Abortion . . . . apparently.
muyoso on January 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Huckabee: “And don’t forget his brother, Satan!“
Frozen Tex on January 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM
the spot sounds as much like a Dem. message (sans the tax cut claim), as a Rep. message. this guy is such a panderer and makes me puck.
go fred and bring SC the good stuff.
jimmer on January 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Huckabee, like Romney, is nothing more than a socialist pretending to be a conservative. If either of them, or McCain or Guliani, should win the republican nomination, I will be voting for whoever the libertarian candidate turns out to be.
Unless it is Ron Paul.
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Huck/Edwards ‘08.
Spirit of 1776 on January 9, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Huckabee wants to hurt businesses by telling them what they can serve, sell and smoke.
Then he hurts them further by taxing them relentlessly on what the serve, sell and YOU smoke.
No business, no paycheck.
Huckabee is an economic idiot.
EJDolbow on January 9, 2008 at 12:42 PM
That is so pathetic.
Babs on January 9, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Between the Clenus and this Shuckabee… I’m beginning to really have a problem with Arkansas.
Sugar Land on January 9, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Second Look At Killing Myself If He Wins
(sorry I love that Second Look line)
http://www.fred08.com Help stop the Huckster from destroying our party
ReaganConservative3 on January 9, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Well, he’s pro-gun and pro-life.
Sounds like we could get the right judges, at least.
I’m not sure I like the Fair-Tax, but it’s a jumping off point.
And if he’s the candidate, and we don’t vote for him, what are we left with, our pride? Not sure what good that does us against a democrat Congress and President.
Your Jewish Master on January 9, 2008 at 12:44 PM
How did Mike Huckabee end up starring in a John Edwards commercial?
Always Right on January 9, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Can you saying Huckaboom part 2?
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 12:44 PM
I H8 Huckabee
I can’t say it strongly enough. What a class-warfare weasel. Do we need to have Fred and/or Mitt drop out soon so that SOMEONE, even if it’s Maverick, beat this liberal clown?
Ludwig on January 9, 2008 at 12:44 PM
This is an effective ad and that tag line against Romney certainly taps into many people’s anger. I have no clue how Romney can fight back against it. They had better figure something clever quickly.
thuja on January 9, 2008 at 12:44 PM
I do not think Mitt will ever be able to come off as a regular guy, and it’s not just because of his wealth. In contrast, Huck is an everyman who obviously relates. He could have accomplished the same objective without resorting to class-warfare. That’s a Democrat ploy. I hate to see what has become of the GOP.
Go Fred Go!
flyfisher on January 9, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Personally, I think Mitt Romney spends more time at a beauty shop than John Edwards. I bet he dyes his hair monthly
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 12:48 PM
I hate populists so much.
SDnocoen on January 9, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Ridiculous. People claim Mitt’s the phony one, but Huck is way more phony than Romney any day. He’s got that same shifty look in his eyes that Mr. W. J. Clinton always has and it gives me the creeps.
Eclectic on January 9, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Anybody but
jesuscommandsyoutovoteformeHuckster!tottoritodd on January 9, 2008 at 12:50 PM
At least Mitt doesn’t talk like a bible-thumping version of John Edwards. And I’m guessing Bain Capital actually provided some jobs too. The thing about the people that can lay you off … They are also the ones that hire you.
phronesis on January 9, 2008 at 12:52 PM
It’s Michigan. Huckabee has an opportunity to appeal to voters who are more Main Street Republicans than Wall Street Republicans. If the unemployment numbers continue to edge up and if home prices continue to correct downward, the GOP will need to learn from Huck’s appeal to the middle class in order to co-opt or campaign against a similar message from the Dem nominee in November.
dedalus on January 9, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I keep waiting for huck to whip out a Jim Nabors, Goooolllleee.
Hucksaschmuck. I like it.
Romney, sick balls.
Geronimo on January 9, 2008 at 12:54 PM
I thought that worked like Beetlejuice. He showed up. You keep doing that he might pop up in your house and you’ll be singing Day-O.
PowWow on January 9, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Huck is really starting to sound like the fat guy in high school who is getting back at the captain of the football team.
ctmom on January 9, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Huck reminds me of Ned Flanders from the Simpsons and Mitt Romney reminds me that shady used car salesman.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 12:55 PM
I’m a middle-class voter. I’ve got a mortgage, bills to pay and the usual level of middle-class angst.
Huckabee’s message still grates.
Slublog on January 9, 2008 at 12:56 PM
What is everybody’s thought on a Huckabee-Thompson ticket? And yes.. (unfortunately).. in that order. Would you be less spiteful towards the Huck if this was the combo?
henzou on January 9, 2008 at 12:57 PM
No way. The more I hear Fred, the less I like him. 4 years of listening to Ned Flanders and Mr. Grumpy, I’m too good to talk to you would be horrid.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 12:58 PM
froghat…..go back to Kos!
dmann on January 9, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Well, it worked in Iowa, he would be stupid not to use it again.
Complete7 on January 9, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Every time I hear Huckleberry speak, my skin crawls. He’s not “everyman.” He’s a politician deluxe who doesn’t know how to answer a question without turning it into a mini-speech about all his accomplishements, whether they relate to the original question or not.
I can’t help but think of the precendents. The last time we had a “preacher” for president was Jimmah. The last time we had an Arkansas govenor/rock ‘n roll star was the Clenis. Learn from history so we don’t repeat it.
There is only one good aspect of a Huckleberry/Clinton race. He would probably draw some male dem voters who won’t be able to muster a vote for Her Thighness. Not exactly a ring endorsement for the Huckster.
Mallard T. Drake on January 9, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Froghat reminds me of Barney Gumble. A drunken idiot.
CABE on January 9, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Unfortunatly this crap message will be popular in MI, won’t it? Hell, wasn’t Michael Moore holding out on endorsements as of last week?
NJGOPOrphan on January 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM
dmann, why would I? They hate Rudy Giuliani the most out of the Republicans.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM
What if you like your boss and have never been laid off?
What if the guy you work with gets promoted to an upper management position and makes your life harder at that job?
Huckabee’s full of sh*t man.
Pcoop on January 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Oh, look. Even more “conservative” on conservative class warfare. What the hell has happened to free market principles anyway?
davenp35 on January 9, 2008 at 1:00 PM
The possibility that either Huck or Mcain could be nominated, and then appear in 2-5 DEBATES is an absolute NIGHTMARE. Are you kidding?
kflynn on January 9, 2008 at 1:02 PM
I’d be less (your word) “spiteful” if it were Romney-Thompson in either order. Huck is as his name suggests: a huckster, and not to be trusted. He’s McCain with a cross in the background.
Spanglemaker on January 9, 2008 at 1:02 PM
They are a private equity firm. Often, when a company is purchased by a private equity firm it is reorganized and there are job losses. You are right that private equity firms are an important part of efficient markets, but usually the very rich “qualified” investors reap the rewards and staff-level employees find their jobs less secure.
dedalus on January 9, 2008 at 1:02 PM
I will never vote for Huckabee under any circumstances. Better that the Dems win and take the blame for socialism and blame America first foreign policy.
phronesis on January 9, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Nope. It would ruin Fred in my eyes, not lift Huckabee. Even if Huck weren’t fiscally liberal and shockingly ignorant about foreign affairs, I’d hate the guy. He’s too smarmy, passive-aggressive, fake innocent, holier-than-thou, and populist for me. Just a small list of gripes.
aero on January 9, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Mitt Romney reminds people of Gordon Gekko from Wallstreet the movie. They don’t trust him. He will do anything to make a buck off the middle class people.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Michigan Republicans will split between Mitt and McCain. I can’t speak for the east side of the state, but on the west side, most of the religious folk, Christian Reformed, are all about charter and private schools. (DeVos family huge supporters) These voters have a deep respect for God, country/military, and their wallet..
Michigan’s problems are not the result of the Federal government, but the State government as was pointed out by Michael in MI on January 9, 2008 at 12:37 PM..Michigan needs to fix it’s problem. People like DeVos and his cronies have invested billions into W. Michigan and given us a medical industry..from research to hospitals to med schools and medical suppliers, this side of the state is growing..
The big money on this side of the state has been split down the middle between Mitt and John.
Pam on January 9, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Mitt Romney DOES looks like a very rich boss, so this ad is effective. It is. So say what you want, but Mitt has the same problem John Kerry did:
*Both from Massachusetts
*Both are extremely rich
*Both are phony
*Both are major flip-floppers
*Both have liberal track records
Mitt Romney is the WORST possible candidate to nominate for the GOP.
He’s not inspiring. If he were, he would have won easily in the first two states. As it stands, his 9% national polling is his death knell.
popularpolitics on January 9, 2008 at 1:03 PM
A question for anyone: how important is the 2nd Amendment to Michigan Republicans? Huck is really good on the 2nd Amendment and Romney is weak at best.
All Huck, Fred, and/or McCain need to do is educate the voters on Romney’s 2nd Amendment record to damage him across the South (and perhaps the West?).
Here is a story about Romney and the 2nd Amendment from National Review. From the article:
He better flip-flop again because he can be bludgeoned to death on this.
flyfisher on January 9, 2008 at 1:06 PM
how many ‘evangelicals’ are there in Michigan?
Romney and McCain are not top choices but dear god are they leaps and bounds above Huckabee
Defector01 on January 9, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Continued socialist economic populism, nothing new from Huckster.
P. James Moriarty on January 9, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Y’know, if Reagan rose from the dead, won the nomination, and chose Huckabee as his VP, I’d hesitate to vote for them. I’d question Reagan’s judgment in a huge way if he put Huck on his ticket. I’m totally serial.
aero on January 9, 2008 at 1:07 PM
davenp35 on January 9, 2008 at 1:07 PM
I am for all the in fighting. I hope people get tired and figure out Fred is the guy to vote for.
spacekicker on January 9, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Yeah, I can find it that way too. Huck is looking for votes and he probably found a constituency in Michigan where his populist message works better than any other Republican–just like the evangelicals in Iowa. Odd, how the primary schedule has worked so much to Huck’s advantage. Come up with a different order of states and Huck would probably be a non-factor.
dedalus on January 9, 2008 at 1:09 PM
I already knew our nation had way too many children of voting age, now I’m worried that the Republican party also has a sizable block of “teenage-brained” people with the right to vote. Now there’s a choice for the immature on either side who’ll tell them what they want to hear instead of the truth.
This nation of cry-baby victims may soon get just what it deserves. If the choice on our side is Huckabee I’m abstaining. At least with a democrat doing the damage there may be some sliver of a chance of righting the ship after 4-8 years… if it’s not under water.
robm on January 9, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Can we get McCarthy back to help us get rid of the communists?
PrettyD_Vicious on January 9, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Couldn’t agree more. He might be the most hated Republican candidate by me ever. My first election was for Bush Sr. Slimy Clinton turned me off in a big way.This guy is the same! How could the party of my entire adult life nominate this guy!??!
2nd look at anybody but huckabee!
tottoritodd on January 9, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Personally, I think we need to regulate and make these fat cat corporations pay their fair share!
It worked in Michigan, right? More regulations and higher taxes have really helped Michigan’s economy.
Shtetl G on January 9, 2008 at 1:10 PM
Ha, interesting. Also, both came off as clumsy when trying to look like hunters. Hopefully, there are no photos of Mitt windsurfing.
dedalus on January 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM
I like Fred. But I fear he’s another Bob Dole. Mitt, Fred, Hunter. In that order.
CABE on January 9, 2008 at 1:11 PM
froghat and popularpolitics,
We know you are embeds from the Huckabee campaign.
Mcguyver on January 9, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Just plain lazy way of producing a good media sound bite. Did anyone ask him if he first thought about not running the ad?
regal on January 9, 2008 at 1:13 PM
I don’t know- ask Mitt. He’s the one who wants to throw federal dollars at special interest groups like the auto and agricultural industry, among others.
The next time you hear him talk about “investing”, remember that was Clinton code for “spending your tax dollars”.
The Huckster is a horrible candidate, you can’t blame him for using much the same kind of flip-flopping and pandering that’s served Mitt relatively well.
Hollowpoint on January 9, 2008 at 1:13 PM
phronesis on January 9, 2008 at 1:02 PM
I agree 100%. If I’m going to vote for a liberal, why not one who admits (s)he’s one?
Eclectic on January 9, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Hucks Ads in the Boston/NH market had the same basic message as John Edwards. Edwards’ Ads were just angrier.
The problem with that message in NH ( and MI), is, people for whom that message works are already Democrats.
TheBigOldDog on January 9, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Hahahahaha. How you can even think you can compare the two of them is beyond rediculous. Huckabee could easily pass as a Democrat while Mitt doesn’t come close.
davenp35 on January 9, 2008 at 1:16 PM
You can see the breakdown of all religions in the state..
Pam on January 9, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Except when you hear a Venture Capitalist talk about investment it’s not code. He knows exactly what it means.
TheBigOldDog on January 9, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Only if Fred promised to beat him into a 4 year coma on inauguration day.
Hollowpoint on January 9, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Except for Hunter and Thompson, the field of republicans are more liberal than a 1980s democrat.
jukin on January 9, 2008 at 1:18 PM
More like inbreds from the Huckabee campaign.
CABE on January 9, 2008 at 1:19 PM
That’s right, we don’t answer to those evil corporations anymore..No more answering to the man in MI! :) (I loved that snark of a comment..you summed it up best!)
Pam on January 9, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Great commerical (that was sarcasm).
It reminds me why I loate Elmer Gantry so much and why I would rather vote for my boss than a preacher.
The sooner this hillbilly drops out the better so he can go back and pimp Subway, or, something…
PimFortuynsGhost on January 9, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Which Mitt? 2004 Mitt or 2008 Mitt? They ain’t the same guy.
Hollowpoint on January 9, 2008 at 1:20 PM
You’re right about private equity firms, which is why Mitt made a mistake in Sunday’s debate when he said he knows how to get rid off people who need to be gotten rid of. It was a throwaway line that could come back to haunt him in Michigan if Huck picks up on it.
flyfisher on January 9, 2008 at 1:20 PM
It is a sad day in America when realizing the American dream is held against you.
I would submit to you that Romney has created more jobs and economic opportunity for Americans than the huckster.
While Mike Huckabee was getting literally fat off sopping up the grease from his collection plates. Mitt Romney was creating jobs and opportunity.
TheSitRep on January 9, 2008 at 1:21 PM
That’s right, voters. Take a look at the guy or gal sitting next to you at work and imagine them as president. Then think, “This is Mike Huckabee.”
Now go out and vote.
Dusty on January 9, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Wonder why he didn’t finish the commercial with, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter Heaven…”
If we’re going to have class warfare from a religious socialist, why not toss in some Scripture?
Wethal on January 9, 2008 at 1:22 PM
A venture capitalist equates free market investment with federal subsidies and corporate welfare?
Hollowpoint on January 9, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Oh I forgot, Fredalanche©
TheSitRep on January 9, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Tired argument and you already know the deal. Reagan changed more than Romney ever has. Mitt is no Kerry or Clinton. He has moved right is that is where he is. I’d rather have someone who is conservative now than Huckabee or McCain who are liberal now.
davenp35 on January 9, 2008 at 1:23 PM
If you look at Mitt’s Business, Olympic, Governor track record, and then add in his debate ability, and then compare it to Mcain, Huck, Rudy, etc there is little comparison. He needs someone like Newt running his campaign, and some seasoned Republicans “mentoring” him, because this ain’t Wall Street.
kflynn on January 9, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Yeah, what the hell is wrong with all those small business owners creating all those d*mn jobs? Jerks! And then the small biz owner works 20 hour days, invests his life savings/blood/sweat/tears and turns it into a big company that provides retirement benefits and even more jobs - THEN has the nerve to pay off the guy that started it all with a big salary and the ability to create more companies! TAX the big corporation into submission so that it goes the hell away and lets us revel in our misery, then we can whine about the guy that laid us off ALL WE WANT.
JustTruth101 on January 9, 2008 at 1:23 PM
If you believed that the so-cons would stay home if Giuliani got the nomination, believe now that fis-cons will stay home if Huckabee is the nominee. I said that I would never stay home and thereby help the Dem get elected, but I seriously think the damage Huck would do to the perception of conservatism would cripple the real conservative movement for decades to come, and I could NOT support him for that reason. I think voting for Huck is a conservative suicide vote. Seriously. Conservatism would grow stronger after 4 years of opposition to a Dem president and Dem Congress. It will change character forever–and for the worse–if we have a non-conservative “conservative” prez redefining what it means to be Republican. Bad, bad, bad.
Compromise, or we go down together. I and many, many others backed off Rudy when we realized he might very well fracture the Republican coalition. Huckabee supporters need to do the same now. So-cons can’t win without fis-cons, and fis-cons can’t win without so-cons. Compromise, or we all go down!
aero on January 9, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Beyond pathetic. Just when I thought I couldn’t loath this snake oil salesman more he comes through big. Way to go Huckster!
Tacitus on January 9, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Romney’s dipped into the class warfare pot a few times too, but Huck’s by far the worst.
doubleplusundead on January 9, 2008 at 1:28 PM
W put the knife in the back of the conservative movement by spending money like a crack whore and promotion of amnesty. The Huckster will twist it until the movement is DEAD.
JustTruth101 on January 9, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Is there a large GOP voting block that has been laid off? I have never been laid off, but speaking of jobs, I do know a lot of people suffering from illegal labor paydown wage reduction(due to elected officials like Huck catering to lawbreaking).
christophercube on January 9, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Hollowpoint, Fred would just have to glare at Mike to drive him into that 4 year coma. Chuck Norris would revive a year earlier.
Also agree with you on ‘the Mitt’. What flavor of Mitt would we end up with; 2008, 2004, or the 1990’s governor of a liberal state?
And why is Giuliani still in the race, the way he’s polling? (a dig at the ‘Fred-is-dead’ crowd) Suggest waiting until Feb. 6th for real results.
michaelo on January 9, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Pam,
Thanks for the link.
Only 15% Baptist which is working against Huckabee.
SECOND LOOK AT THE GENIUS OF DS!
Mcguyver on January 9, 2008 at 1:30 PM
I may be wrong and I hope I am… but I believe the conservative movement is officially dead. That would also explain the socialist movement’s rejuvenation and apparently clear sailing, no barrier ascention to the forefront.
Griz on January 9, 2008 at 1:36 PM
If Mike Huckabee wins, we will have a Democrat president. Just a Christian Democrat.
Christian Democrats — “We add God to your misery” — are very common in Europe, and they may yet come to this country. But not via the Republican Party.
Of course, if he is the nominee, Huckabee cannot win a general election. The Republican defections would be too massive. Myself, I’d vote for Obama or Clinton before I’d vote for him. If we must have a liberal in the White House, might as well make it one who doesn’t taint the GOP.
paul006 on January 9, 2008 at 1:37 PM
It’s his money, he made it, he can spend it any way he likes. And Huck just might be a shill for McCain according to Rush!! I’m beginning to believe it–Both Huck and McCain are capable of almost any under handed ploy. Even Hillary’s tears are less annoying than Huck. If McCain get the nom., I’m voting Dem mostly because I’ve come to really despise McCain(I only mildly hated him before)LOL
jeanie on January 9, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Too many conservatives say they’ll stay home, that would be wrong. They should vote for the lib in lib’s clothing, rather than the lib in conservative’s clothing.
JustTruth101 on January 9, 2008 at 1:43 PM
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