Revealed: Huckabee’s new mystery project is…
posted at 12:32 pm on April 11, 2008 by Allahpundit
Ta da — the same as Romney’s.
Not that he is declaring his candidacy for 2012–just yet. (He will tell you that he was the youngest Republican candidate to run this cycle.) He is starting slower, with a debut next week of Huck PAC, a new political action committee to support other conservative candidates for federal office, including John McCain’s presidential campaign. “I want to continue to build the community,” he said Thursday night, in a conference call with thousands of supporters organized by Charisma, a magazine for evangelicals.
He’s also got a book in the works, which Time guesses will be used as a vehicle to air his grievances against prominent evangelicals for not genuflecting to identity politics and reflexively supporting the “Christian leader” in the race. (Vintage Huck sample quote: “Some really worship at the altar of electability.”) His and Mitt’s PACs have the same goal in the broadest sense and in the narrowest sense, i.e. building influence within the party, but trust Huck to use his to try to cultivate that peculiar populist blend of class resentment and religious resentment among Christian conservatives that didn’t quite metastasize for him this time. For the moment, though, he’s on board with the establishment.
Exit question: Everyone else as excited as I am for another protracted, bitter battle for the soul of social conservatism between Huck and Mitt? Jindalmania!
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I still say Mrs. Huckabee will announce her NutriSystem engagement... Maybe not.
jake-the-goose on April 11, 2008 at 12:35 PM
I miss Fred. :-(
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 11, 2008 at 12:36 PM
GROAN.
NeoconNews.com on April 11, 2008 at 12:36 PM
I miss Ike.
indythinker on April 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Conservative candidates? Why would a big taxes, soft on crime, nanny state, immigration flip-flopping, pro-life liberal support conservative candidates?
Indeed.
amerpundit on April 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Oh man, the sounds of the Huckinator in 2012. Will this be like Ron Paul style or Obamessiah style campaining? You know the “sheeple” will follow…..
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
He named it after himself? What a dirty man-whore.
Dead Hand Control on April 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Jindal/Palin 2012
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Turner?
PappaMac on April 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Heck, I miss Lincoln. Beat that.
MarkoMancuso on April 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
How underwhelming.
Zorro on April 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, I’m not going to ever accept the Huckster as the leader of the conservative movement. I don’t care how many base-pleasing tax plans he decides to champion or how many little jokes he cracks.
NeoconNews.com on April 11, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Well, this will be zero fun to watch.
Wonder how many comments we can get before the sandwich-board guys show up.
RushBaby on April 11, 2008 at 12:42 PM
THE END IS NEAR! GOD SAYS VOTE HUCK!
Dead Hand Control on April 11, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Preparing for a possible McCain loss or a failed presidency, Huck wants to appoint himself as King of the Evangelicals for at least the next four years. Expect to see him making the rounds of the TV news shows and major publications to offer up the Mike Huckaee talking points on any issue that can possibly affect conservative Christians during that span, which most of those same outlets will then sanction as the official view of America’s Evangelical Christians, because Huck knows how to work the media better than others do.
Huck will also remain the official sanctioned spokesperson for Dieting Conservative Politicians In Favor of Government Mandates for Healthy Lifestyles — not that there’s a lot of competition out there for that position in the Republican Party (but he’ll come in handy when they need a GOP voice for some nanny state anti-fast food legislation the Democrats come up with).
jon1979 on April 11, 2008 at 12:43 PM
-Bryan.
He sure called that one right.
RushBaby on April 11, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Dig up Nixon
EricPWJohnson on April 11, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Uh, Huck: we don’t care…..Yawn….
PoliticallyIncorrectSandy on April 11, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Sometimes it doesn’t pay to gnaw through the restraints to get up in the morning
- Accredited to several comedians
EricPWJohnson on April 11, 2008 at 12:47 PM
As an evangelical Christian myself, I say “the future of Conservatism” lies with Jindal of Louisiana or J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, or DeMint of South Carolia.
But not Huckabee.
Anybody but Huckabee.
ColtsFan on April 11, 2008 at 12:48 PM
That was me, actually, writing in the update.
Allahpundit on April 11, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Hey, Gipper. If you are listening up there……When you have a break from telling jokes with Ann Coulter’s dad and mocking liberals, WE NEED HELP!!!!!!!!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on April 11, 2008 at 12:52 PM
jon1979 on April 11, 2008 at 12:43 PM
I do not know of anyone, including my christian friends, who would vote for this man. For some reason he reminds me of Dean… I am not sure why.
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 12:52 PM
. . .jeeze, and on another thread I was going to make a sarcastic remark about how entertaining this election year has been so far. Happy they got it started so early, and perhaps thinking someone might want to start the campaign for 2012.
rockhauler on April 11, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I miss Leonidas.
steadyrock on April 11, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Right you are, and right you were!
RushBaby on April 11, 2008 at 12:55 PM
I firmly and wholeheartedly agree, although as a member of the constituency of Congressman Duncan Hunter, I’d really like to see him get some national recognition also. A conservative’s conservative is Congressman Hunter!
Vntnrse on April 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM
I have Palinmania, too.
its vintage duh on April 11, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Depends. Are Slublog and SeeDub going to get suited up to do battle? If so, then yes.
Spirit of 1776 on April 11, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Agreed.
But congressmen, historically, do not get enough traction in primaries. His campaign went nowhere despite being a solid conservative.
ColtsFan on April 11, 2008 at 12:59 PM
I pray this is the last post about Suckabee!
dmann on April 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Indeed. Why are god fearing Christian men trying to turn themselves into false idols?
It’s about the message, but my name is all over the organization. I need to study this more from the Charles Rangel Earmark Library for Charles Rangel Family, Friends, and Contributors to Rangel Riot.
gabriel sutherland on April 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Gov Palin is about to give Birth in May to a Baby Boy.
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 1:03 PM
No need.
DrSteve on April 11, 2008 at 1:04 PM
He’s already got two PACS (no pun intended), one in arkansas and one based in virginia. Neither has given to any candidate except…..the huckster. I guess he doesn’t approve of anyone but himself.
peacenprosperity on April 11, 2008 at 1:05 PM
I’m interested to hear what Red Pills response is to this news. The Lord told him Huck was going to pull out the win in the election this year.
I guess it was a prank.
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Why would you wish that upon us?
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Perhaps because Huck’s a smarmy Big Government liberal–except on about three issues.
ReubenJCogburn on April 11, 2008 at 1:07 PM
I think I am expecting the “scream” at anytime.
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 1:09 PM
tell him to run for governor of california. Romney and Jindal have the executive credibility that a president needs. Hopefully mccain will pick Romney as his vp, retire after 1 term and then Romney/Jindal for 8 years followed by 8 years of Jindal/Palin.
peacenprosperity on April 11, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Precisely. I’m with Neocon on this one, I’m not going to ever accept Pastor Holiday Inn Express as a leader. If we want an unqualified liberal pretending to be a conservative, there are a number of blue dog Dems who would be less annoying.
As for Jindal, you can have him when we’re done with him. In 2016.
Laura on April 11, 2008 at 1:11 PM
I think the real question is this: is everyone else excited for another protracted, bitter battle for the literal soul of Hotair passers-by between Red Pill and Allahpundit?
medguy on April 11, 2008 at 1:11 PM
“Why would a big taxes, soft on crime, nanny state, immigration flip-flopping, pro-life liberal support conservative candidates?”
Maybe because he is not an easily-led sheep like you who was fooled into believing he is a “big tax, soft on crime, immigration flip-flopping, pro-life liberal” by supporters of a well-documented nanny-state, flip-flopping, Planned Parenthood-donating, former liberal governor of Massachusetts who actually signed legislation funding abortion through tax-revenues.
Romney-supporters…just can’t avoid them can we?
God help the GOP.
Al-Ozarka on April 11, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Sorry, but I’ll take Huck over Mitt any day. Huck’s already done a better job pimping his PAC.
ninjapirate on April 11, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Eh, if that happens the Huckster will just say that he was speaking in tongues.
All of Huck’s fanfare over this project looks pretty silly, considering that it’s just another “Me too!” after Mitt did it.
ReubenJCogburn on April 11, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Heh. I’ll be interested to see if any of this actually pans out. Mitt had a nice PAC before he declared, and it indeed contributed a fair amount around the country to try to elect conservatives. Mitt’s been out campaigning for McCain, the party’s nominee–as much as it must burn him.
He’s been putting in the time. What has Huck done to promote anyone but Huck? Especially if it’s true that Huck’s PAC’s contribute to one person: himself. No wonder he named it after himself.
Vanceone on April 11, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Rominee and Huckmeister keep battling for the vp. Someone tell them that the Maverick could beat the dems with Soupy Sales as his running mate.
THE CHOSEN ONE on April 11, 2008 at 1:22 PM
I’m mostly ignorant about Palin, but isn’t the fact implemented benefits to gay couples and then vetoed the legislature’s attempt to rescind those benefits enough to sink her in social con circles?
Or are social cons getting more nuanced on gay issues than I had thought? I’d be happy to learn that the answer is “yes”.
thuja on April 11, 2008 at 1:24 PM
That thread the other night was pure comedy gold. I had tears in my eyes reading the exchange between him and Allah, (easy women be upon him).
I am interested if he thinks he’s been punked or not.
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Yes, and Vanceone has hit it too – with a name like Huck PAC it just goes to show that what’s important to Mike Huckabee, is Mike Huckabee…
SkinnerVic on April 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Reagan as President
Charleton Heston as VP
Douglas MacArthur as Department of Defense
John Wayne as Department of State
Leonidas as UN Ambassador (And we’d dig a bottomless pit right next to the building)
Wish we could bring them all back.
michaelo on April 11, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Probably not, but it was interesting to see him bug-out 4 minutes after I broke out some MDX on him translating what Allah was telling him.
…Boy, don’t make me break out the OLAP skilz on you! /sarc
SkinnerVic on April 11, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Huckabee is the death of the Republican party. He will run again and split get the identity crowd to be against the rest of the party. Operation Chaos 2
PrezHussein on April 11, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Our only hope is for him to become morbidly obese again.
PrezHussein on April 11, 2008 at 1:35 PM
I don’t care for Mitt either.
This cycle of candidates has been a complete drag.
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 1:37 PM
No they are tag teaming … I am surprised Allah didn’t go off, like I thought he would.
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 1:39 PM
I am. That last thread was very entertaining. This is a slow news day, and AP just scattered a little corn under the tree stand for Bambi.
a capella on April 11, 2008 at 1:44 PM
HucPac = Hate group, but not as defined by the left.
Huc is bitter to the core.
madmonkphotog on April 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM
That was pretty funny.
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM
All we can do is wait and see if the fray come around.
as a cap said… the corn is down.
But it can’t be worse then MB4… who I have called out. I am waiting for his answer.
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Uh… it’s not just Mitt’s supporters who saw the Huckster as a big tax, soft on crime, immigration flip-flopping, pro-life liberal. Anyone who took an objective look at his record that characterized him as such- including much of the Arkansas Republican party.
Hollowpoint on April 11, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, I’ll be checking back often and hoping for a spirited debate.
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 1:51 PM
For example.
Laura on April 11, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Holy crap. For a second there I thought you guys were joking about him naming it “Huck PAC”.
You stay classy, Huckster. If “the meek shall inherit the Earth”, I think it’s fair to say that we can count you out.
Hollowpoint on April 11, 2008 at 1:52 PM
I’m going to need to be put on suicide watch.
John_Locke on April 11, 2008 at 2:09 PM
I think you’re to old to be using a computer.
beefytee on April 11, 2008 at 2:15 PM
I could rattle off a list of serial killers and child molesters that should never see the light of day or even be put to death, not 20 years after the crime. Maybe a day after their appeal, bullet in the head, hang em, whatever.
I’m thinking 375 years probably says, “this person should NEVER be let out.”
Oyvey, I could go on bashing Huck on his positions but at this point it’s like kicking puppies. And I like puppies.
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 2:20 PM
I think its great.
The more exposure and time spent in the spotlight for these two guys is a good thing. Under the spotlight, as time progresses, people will see what Huck is really about and what his talents really are.
Same is true for Mitt.
And will Mitt will come out looking better and better as people get to know him and people will tire and be less and less impressed with Huck as they get to know him.
Mitt vs Huck, Mitt is
Smarter
More successful
Broader background of success (business, charity, govern.)
Better looking
More conservative track record
Has a better religion (OK, that one was a joke)
Roger Waters on April 11, 2008 at 2:27 PM
We need RUDY! >:D
Chakra Hammer on April 11, 2008 at 2:29 PM
I agree. But South Park said the Mormons are right. So I guess it is so.
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Mitt wishes it would. Huck thrives on it.
BacaDog on April 11, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Little more corn here, a little more there, yup, that oughta do it.
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Your comment reminds us Christians why we have such
big problems with Mike Huckabee in any elected, governing position.
Huckabee does not seem to understand that the Bible itself speaks of “Two Kingdoms, ” and NOT one. Huckabee’s misunderstanding of Romans 13 and other texts
allows him to make subjective appeals (“I feel” or “my heart tells me” or whatever his various past quotes) to justify the release of convicted murderers from prison.
God ordains the Church to be separate from the State because God ordains there to be 2 Kingdoms, not one.
I am an evangelical Christian. But I find the future candidacy of Mike Huckabee to be very troubling.
ColtsFan on April 11, 2008 at 2:47 PM
I was just over reading another thread then came over here. I’ll have to say it’s a good move–a gathering place for the die-hards where they can bash Governor Huckabee and his efforts in peace. Geronimo seems happy looking to Roger Waters for guidance in the Church of the ever-flowing Koolade. Personally I would leave the thread alone. If they’re happy and blissful over here then there’s nothing wrong with that and nobody should be trying to interject reason of any sort.
apacalyps on April 11, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Yay, apacalyps is here! Finally, I’ve been waiting for someone to bring some reason to the conversation!
Dead Hand Control on April 11, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Yes, we never have to fear the injection of reason by apacalyps [sic]. If anyone would like to see him battling against it, you can get lots and lots of it here.
There’s also a lot of fun to be had from his friend, the amateur archaeologist Saint Olaf.
Behold, a fine pair of Huckamania specimens!
Tzetzes on April 11, 2008 at 4:27 PM
I do love Kool-Aid. Crystal light is a little more tasty though.
And my serious thoughts on the Huck PAC? I think if he wants to do it, great. I hope he’s doing it to actually get some Republicans elected instead of for his own gain. Somehow I think it’s the later though.
Whereas with Mitt. I believe he really wants to help the party.
I am biased though as a Romney supporter. I like Hucks sense of down-home humor, that’s about it. When I start learning about his record, I’m suprised he lasted as long as he did. Although I could probably think of some reasons he did last as long as he did but we’ve beat that dead horse just about to dust.
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Later = Latter. Edoh!!
Geronimo on April 11, 2008 at 4:35 PM
I can has Hucka-burger?
Et tu Brute on April 11, 2008 at 5:00 PM
You are in MY HEAD! I said that EXACT same thing last night.
upinak on April 11, 2008 at 6:25 PM
That’s rich apacalypto…. throwing Kool Aid jabs. Your delusion knows no bounds. We can’t even get Lemon-lime at the store because you St. O, and Red P have cornered the market. Don’t worry, the mothership will be here on the predetermined date, wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
Cold Steel on April 11, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Thank you Allah for posting this above the brothel picture. The last Hucka-post devolved into Cake, boobies, and pagan ritual. Let’s continue this “cut to the chase” mentality. We don’t need no four pages of threads to go crazy. Thanks for making it easy on us brother.
Cold Steel on April 11, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Don’t worry, the mothership will be here on the predetermined date, wink-wink, nudge-nudge.
Cold Steel on April 11, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Well, you’re half right. Do you mean this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKuvyzpGc74
…let me guess tzetzes will post on about five or six threads “look look guys Saint Olaf believes in…”
SaintOlaf on April 11, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Bah. Huck is better than this. To throw his support behind liberal-loving McShamnesty is a low point for him. I’m ready to vote for Huck again in 2012!
Vaporman87 on April 11, 2008 at 9:22 PM
Darn!! I was looking forward to a talk show with Huck as the MC. He’d have been good!!
jeanie on April 11, 2008 at 9:31 PM
You’ve convinced me, bro: one cheesey painting, one cheesey song, and a bunch of non-KJV quotations from Revelation.
(The only true version of the Bible, by the way, is this one. Best book, this one.)
Well, actually your ideas about Hercules & Achilles as postdiluvian Nephilim, or the Indo-Aryan writers of the Vedas as Semites, seem pretty reasonable compared to your holding any hope out for Huckabee.
Tzetzes on April 11, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Huck could turn HuckPAC into the Sinn Fein of his bigoted movement.
Greenhorn on April 11, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Most of the sandwich-board krewe is here, where’s Red Pill and the latest “thus saith the Lord”?
Must be fine-tuning his tinfoil receiver since he had nothing but static on channel G.
AH_C on April 11, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Just another example of Huck following instead of leading. Romney has painted Huckabee into a corner on each turn. Romney gives a religion speech muting much of Huckabee’s ammunition. Then when Romney reads the landscape after Super Tuesday, he graciously bows out, and starts consolidating his political capital. Huckabee’s left on his quixotic mission to save America, bleeding any sympathetic clout he may have had. After vacationing with the family, Romney then orchestrates the peace offering with McCain, and Huck is left out in the cold again. For someone with a true gift of pandering, Huckabee can be really slow sometimes. Maybe an MBA and a JD come in handy Huck. Maybe managing in big business can prepare you for big boy decisions. Lacking sound political policy and backing it up with ignorant-big-government platitudes illustrate an ill-advised candidacy. Humor and photogenic posturing cannot compensate for incoherent and incongruent policies. Go back to AA-Arkansas and work on your swing. You have a giant hole in it: it’s called class envy with a great big dose of nannyism.
Cold Steel on April 12, 2008 at 12:21 AM
I shoulda taken the blue pill…
sulla on April 12, 2008 at 1:10 AM
He still always looks as if he has a smirk on his face. I personally think he is manipulative and two faced.
kaye on April 12, 2008 at 2:05 AM
Huck hates me and thinks I’m going to Hell. I’m a Catholic,ya know. I like to leave religion in church, and make politics the focus in the main arena. I like Huck on the FairTax, which I believe will save this nation of ours from the Political class(both Republican and Democrat parasites) but everything else he stands for is fascist…Get the FairTax passed Huck, and then go preach anti-Catholic hate in some talibangelist church….
adamsmith on April 12, 2008 at 9:45 AM