Commentary from The Sun-Times...

By staying in, Huckabee makes McCain look better

February 19, 2008

Thank God for Mike Huckabee. He keeps going and going.

The GOP establishment grows increasingly annoyed by Huckabee's insistence on staying in a primary race he can't win, but we see no problem. Huckabee appeals to the most conservative wing of the Republican Party, thereby forcing front-runner John McCain to more clearly define for all Republicans his ideas and agenda. And Huckabee's continued presence serves as a daily reminder of what McCain truly is, despite his recent efforts to pretend otherwise -- a moderate to the core.

Huckabee has no chance of being elected president. And thank God for that, too. This is a man who believes the world was created in six days.

But for now, he's good for American politics. Go, Mike, go.

Huck Autographes the Bible

Who Does This Guy Think He Is?

New York Times article on Huckabee...

Mike Huckabee likes the Confederate Flag. (at least when he is in South Carolina)

Mike Huckabee, when asked about the Confederate flag while campaigning in South Carolina said that if anyone ever told them in Arkansas what flag they could fly they would tell them where to shove the pole. More pandering by Mike Huckabee to help reclaim some support that he has been losing since Iowa. Chuck Norris please go home.

The Huckabubble as Burst

Mike Huckabee still likes to continue to give life to the idea that he is the Republican front-runner...well after the Nevada and South Carolina primaries that is just not the case. Lets look at the results

Romney-72 Delegates
McCain-38 Delegates
Huckabee-29 Delegates

Huckabee finished 2nd in South Carolina, 3rd in Michigan, 3rd in New Hampshire, 3rd in Wyoming, and 4th in Nevada. Mike...you are no front runner.

Mike Huckabee will send the Iranians to "Hell."

Another quote from tonight's debate...

(responding to a question about the recent incident between the US and Iran in the Straits of Hormuz)

Huckabee said if it happened again, the Iranians "should be prepared to see the gates of Hell."

Not only will Mike Huckabee tax the Americans into abject poverty he will continue to submit the war weary Americans to further misery and death in a endless war with Iran in the Mideast. Mike Huckabee has already proven he has a horrible knowledge of foreign matters and policy. When asked he didn't know about a report that had been published weakening the claim of Iran as a nuclear threat and he also didn't know what countries surrounded Pakistan and linked the death of Benazir Bhutto to illegal Pakistani immigrants. Do we want this man dictating our foreign policy for the next four years?

Mike Huckabee is a Liar

Mike Huckabee lying about lowering taxes while governor of Arkansas, from tonight's Republican debate...

"Huckabee seemed unruffled. "The Air Force has a saying that if you're not catching flak you're not over the target. I'm catching the flak. I must be over the target," he said. He added he had cut taxes as governor of Arkansas and was re-elected by his constituents, a sure sign, he added, that they were pleased with his performance."

Remember these statistics...

• Immediately upon taking office, Governor Huckabee signed a sales tax hike in 1996 to fund the Games and Fishing Commission and the Department of Parks and Tourism (Cato Policy Analysis No. 315, 09/03/98).
• He supported an internet sales tax in 2001 (Americans for Tax Reform 01/07/07).
• He publicly opposed the repeal of a sales tax on groceries and medicine in 2002 (Arkansas News Bureau 08/30/02).
• He signed bills raising taxes on gasoline (1999), cigarettes (2003) (Americans for Tax Reform 01/07/07), and a $5.25 per day bed-tax on private nursing home patients in 2001 (Arkansas New Bureau 03/01/01).
• He proposed another sales take hike in 2002 to fund education improvements (Arkansas News Bureau 12/05/02).
• He opposed a congressional measure to ban internet taxes in 2003 (Arkansas News Bureau 11/21/03).
• In 2004, he allowed a 17% sales tax increase to become law (The Gurdon Times 03/02/04)

Don't let Mike Huckabee lie about his record and get away with it. He is a heavy taxer and will continue to tax the American middle class into poverty.

Thank You New Hampshire

Thank you to the citizens of New Hampshire for hopefully putting the first nail in the Huckabee coffin...Huckabee will finish 3rd in New Hampshire with only 11% of the vote. Let's continue to erase Huckabee from this race.