Huckabee: McCain made a “huge mistake” in backing out of the debate; Update: McCain “hopeful” he’ll be there; Update: 74% want debate to go on

Perhaps it was [harsh]. Governor Huckabee is a leader of an important constituency in the Republican party that is needed for us to win this election. And I have a great respect for Evangelicals. I also love rural areas and respect the people who live there.

However, at times, Huckabee seems like he’s less interested in McCain/Palin winning and more interested in promoting himself. We need a team effort to win this thing, and he doesn’t seem to be on the team.

Loxodonta on September 25, 2008 at 8:57 PM

I know it seems like that, but as someone who keeps a close eye on Huckabee, let me tell you that he’s doing all he can to support McCain’s campaign – from rallying his supporters in support of the GOP Senator, to donating money from his PAC, to to actually stumping for McCain.

Every once in a while, he’ll make a statement that’s somewhat critical of Senator McCain. He’s not trying to hurt McCain, it’s just that he’s an honest man. His nature demands that he calls things as he sees them. But whenever that happens, the media runs with it – they love to make people think that Republicans are divided.

Thanks for your comments!

Mrs. P on September 26, 2008 at 10:17 PM

Remember, Reagan said: “Tear down that wall Mr. G.”

Huckabeen said: Someone pointed a gun at Obama and he just hit the floor.

Huckabeen may be a good BS-er, but he is NO Reagan!

Huck is done. Deal with it.

Shelby on September 26, 2008 at 10:35 PM

Ronald Reagan was perhaps the greatest speaker ever. But even he made an occasional gaffe. For example:

“We are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we’re going to succeed.”

And if Huckabee joked about shooting a political candidate, Reagan joked about bombing a nation:

“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.”

At least the Soviets had thick skins (unlike the liberal media, who cried “foul” when Huckabee’s “joke” went awry).

Mrs. P on September 26, 2008 at 11:58 PM

I’ll be the first to call it…Mac steps down..Huck replaces Mac as our nominee and we win in a 70%-30% landslide!

SaintOlaf on September 26, 2008 at 9:20 AM

You must be old and senile!!! You think that placing an ethics-challenged buffoon like Huckabeen on the ticket would allow the Repubs to win???? With not only the ethics problems (missing Gov. mansion furniture, wedding gift registry after he and Ms. Huck had been married 30 years!, his son’s torture of a dog [the Bible states: "By his fruits, ye shall know him"], Huck’s releasing of over 1,000 felons…one who then murdered a woman, and the list goes on and on and on! Oh, and Huck’s got a bigger gaffe mouth than Biden! Just Google “huckabee obama gun”. You will get ONE MILLION HITS!

And where are all of Huck’s sermons–why will he not release them???!! What is he hiding? The Pubs need not a Rev. Wright situation of their own.

Huck is done! You need to stop making a colossal fool out of yourself SaintSenile!

I’m out for the day. Ta ta.

Shelby on September 26, 2008 at 12:46 PM

Sir, let me clear up a few things here.

1) “[E]thics problems” – Just because you’re accused of ethics problems doesn’t mean you’re guilty. Think of how many “scandals” Sarah Palin has been accused of lately (e.g. “Troopergate”, the Librarian “scandal”, just to name a few) none of which are true! If she has been in politics such a relatively short time, and already has so much ammunition manufactured against her, imagine how many things Huckabee could be accused of in his long career! But let me answer these attacks more specifically:

2) “[W]edding gift registry” – There’s no scandal there. They were set up as wedding registries because there was no separate category for housewarming parties. By the way, Huckabee didn’t set them up himself, it was some of his friends. See the following link (from 2006!)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/14/ap/politics/mainD8LD0STG0.shtml

3) “[H]is son’s torture of a dog” – If you read the articles all the way through, you’ll find that the dog was emaciated. The boys (who, I’ll admit, evidently didn’t have much veterinary knowledge) were going to put it out of its misery. It was still wrong of course, but perhaps your opinion of them will improve when you learn that afterwards, they felt guilty and confessed. Do you know any children who turn themselves in when they do wrong?

4) “Huck’s releasing of over 1,000 felons” – First of all, he didn’t just “release” them. Some of those 1,033 criminals were given pardons, but others were given commutations (reduction of sentence). But still, to put that number in perspective let’s remember that he received many more requests for clemencies than most governors. He denied 2/3 of the requests for pardons, and denied 86% of the requests for commutations!

Perhaps you’ve heard that he gave more clemencies in Arkansas than were given in all 6 surrounding states combined. But did you know that he signed off on, and executed 16 criminals during his tenure? That’s more than ALL 20 OTHER STATES that had the death penalty in place at the time!!!

And of course, he was endorsed by Chuck Norris; ergo he must not be soft on crime – LOL!

5) “One who[m] then murdered a woman” – I assume you’re referring to Wayne Dumond. I’ll give an overview of the story in my next post. This post is pretty long already.

6) “Huck’s got a bigger gaffe mouth than Biden” – I’ll admit, he does make gaffes from time to time. But normally he speaks like Ronald Reagan II. He does well with both speeches and on the stump, and during the primary debates there was no one who could out-debate him.

7) “[W]hy will he not release [his sermons]” – Because the Dems would twist his words out of their proper meaning. Haven’t you seen what they’ve been doing to Sarah Palin’s pastor?

Hopefully this will improve your opinion of Governor Huckabee. Please, no hard feelings?

Mrs. P on September 27, 2008 at 12:12 AM