For those of you who think 2008 = 1976 and we need to let the Democrats win in order to get a real conservative in office in 2012, you do realize, don’t you, that:
A) There’s no guarantee that that Democrat wouldn’t win re-election in 2012 (especially if it were Hillary Clinton…who ever thought Billy Jeff would get re-elected?)
B) You are conceeding both the Presidency and the Supreme Court.

You do realize that, don’t you? A Democrat win of any variety in 2008 would harm this country for decades.

ITookTheRedPill on February 11, 2008 at 1:29 PM

You do realize, don’t you, that our candidates have been chosen by the media? It won’t matter who we vote for, the die is cast already, they’re all liberal.

You really need to take this red pill you speak of.

I know a lot of people that are voting for McCain now; Huckabee came off as a lying whiner. The press didn’t have much of a clue on how the process works here in Washington. Four of the counties made errors on how the counts were supposed to work, but there were NO votes at the caucus for presidential candidates, there were NO delegates chosen, there was a straw poll. Not binding any delegates to a particular candidate.
  
Huckabee blew it, he made enemies here.

If McCain put him on the ticket, it would be a disaster….

All that said, something stinks about this Washington thing, and the results should be investigated, if this is an atypical situation. My question is, IS it atypical to stop the vote counting before 100% of the results are in, or is this just Huckabee creating an issue from something that has been common practice in past caucuses??

Third, if Hillary is the Democrat nominee, no one knows the Clinton’s skeletons in the closet better than Huckabee. It’s a good thing Huckabee has Secret Service protection. (not to mention Holy Spirit protection, but you probably can’t handle that truth)

How is a mere prophet going to beat the messiah himself?

phronesis on February 11, 2008 at 2:28 PM

First, there is only one messiah, and it’s not Obama.

But, to use your analogy, Huckabee is the messiah who will save the Republican party from McCain and the country from Obama. Huck’s not a prophet…that’s my role :-)

SouthernGent on February 11, 2008 at 12:22 PM

The only problem for the Hucksters is “conservatives” now make up something less than half the Republican primary electorate.

Is there any more proof needed that this man is a Democrat?

sulla on February 11, 2008 at 2:36 PM
True dat. That’s why I’ve never understood why most Jews consistently vote Democrat when the Dems are openly hostile to Israel and support openly and violently anti-Semitic people and countries.
aero on February 11, 2008 at 2:42 PM

Jewish folks vote liberal because:
a)They are liberal
b)Evangelical christians are not liberal
c)Jewish people don’t fear dumbass no nothings and atheists as much as they do WASP capitalist elites

Looking at the monkey business in WA, it stinks. Exactly why is our party acting like Democrats…. Oh yeah, because we keep electing Democrats with an R after their names. The fake Republicans need to at least act more like Reagan than Bill Clinton. Full count or full investigation.

Huck’s religion-baiting was simply too flagrant and frequent. We don’t ask much from our candidates, but outright hostility to our existence is beyond the pale.

sulla on February 11, 2008 at 2:36 PM

True dat. That’s why I’ve never understood why most Jews consistently vote Democrat when the Dems are openly hostile to Israel and support openly and violently anti-Semitic people and countries.

I imagine that you’re right and Mormons would NOT support Mike Huckabee in the general election, and justifiably so based on his rhetoric and behavior. Can a Republican win the general election without Utah? I’m thinking no.

Huck’s religion-baiting was simply too flagrant and frequent. We don’t ask much from our candidates, but outright hostility to our existence is beyond the pale.

Too many Republicans are in awe of Obama…

ITookTheRedPill on February 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM

Too many Republicans dislike McCain as much as they dislike Clinton. Obama couldn’t be any worse than these two, could he? In any case, at least he isn’t either one of these two.

But lets see this from my perspective:

Obama = The new face of old Europe socialism.
Clinton = Karl Marx in drag.
McCain = The Manchurian Candidate.
Huckabee = An unabashed Christian, notwithstanding his liberal politics.

Out of all four, Obama looks the prettiest on TV. And in lieu of any other choices we’re probably going to vote for the pretty candidate.

Except that Huckabee is benefiting more than anyone in the caucuses, meaning that he is probably just as viable a Republican candidate as McCain in the larger sense.

But in the end both the DNC and RNC are running candidates based primarily on which party will remain in power, regardless of any substance to the issues in the respective platforms.

The GOP needs to trust their voting base and run a real conservative. This straddling of the “progressive fence” is killing the party.

Most of you look to our side with despair. That is a poor choice on your part. The Democrats don’t own hope and positive thinking. To the contrary, we beat them in a head-to-head match up when we choose to. Huckabee represents hope for our party. As he wins more and more caucuses and primaries, people will get more and more hopeful on our side. By the time Huckabee gets the nomination at the convention, the “Hope” advantage will be ours, not Obamas.

ITookTheRedPill on February 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM

How is a mere prophet going to beat the messiah himself? Maybe Huck can be Obama’s VP and use his preaching skills to announce to the world the second coming. Their positions are similar enough that it should work.

Huckabee represents hope for our party.

Ummm, NOT !!! Hope for the PRISONERS and ILLEGAL ALIENS, maybe.

What we should be realizing from that is the power of hope. The power of positive thinking.

Most of you look to our side with despair. That is a poor choice on your part. The Democrats don’t own hope and positive thinking. To the contrary, we beat them in a head-to-head match up when we choose to. Huckabee represents hope for our party. As he wins more and more caucuses and primaries, people will get more and more hopeful on our side. By the time Huckabee gets the nomination at the convention, the “Hope” advantage will be ours, not Obamas.

That does NOT include Huckabee. He’s more liberal than McCain, and a slimebag to boot. As Mary Matalin put it, he has done absolutely nothing for the Republican party and conservative causes.

His stances on the Fair Tax, abolishing the IRS, the Human Life Amendment, etc. have no chance of passing.

His history of raising taxes, pardoning 12 murderers, and giving taxpayer money to illegals make him the worst Republican Presidential candidate in years. Even worse than Ron Paul.

Huckster will NEVER, EVER get my vote.

Did TCO get the TKO?

RushBaby on February 11, 2008 at 11:28 AM

I don’t really know – only guessing. Hasn’t been around for a few days, that I could see.

The opened enrollment has brought some new “interesting” views, I’ll say that. I don’t think banning is the answer, I’m all for people expressing their views. But some of them could tone it down just a bit.

At CPAC, Senator John McCain promised:

Hummm, a LIFETIME POLITICIAN promised… tell me, WERE HIS FUNKY LIPS MOVING ????

McCain has FUNKY’d us too many times to be believable. Something about the suspension of reality…

You do realize that, don’t you? A Democrat win of any variety in 2008 would harm this country for decades.

Thankfully, that won’t happen. Get used to saying “President Huckabee”. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it. And you’ll be glad he won.

I really, really, really, really don’t want Huckabee to get Texas. I don’t think I could ever live down the embarrassment.