Citizens Against Mike Huckabee

By Staying In, Huckabee makes McCain Look Better...

2008-02-19T19:30:00.000-08:00

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

2008-01-26T21:16:00.001-08:00

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)

2008-01-21T17:57:00.000-08:00

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

2008-01-21T17:51:00.000-08:00

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."

2008-01-10T19:54:00.000-08:00

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

2008-01-10T19:47:00.000-08:00

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

2008-01-08T19:57:00.000-08:00

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.

Top 10 Reasons Mike Huckabee Shouldn't Be President

2008-01-07T18:09:00.000-08:00

by Terese Puente from the Chicago Sun Times

"Obama has been criticized for his lack of experience, but I'm confident he has the intellect required to become president. However, Huckabee, a Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor, hasn't faced nearly as much criticism for his lack of experience, and he keeps on stumbling."

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10. He went on Jay Leno.

Duh! What writers' strike? It seems Huckabee was confused. At first, he didn't grasp that the writers' strike is still ongoing. So he crossed picket lines to go on the late-night talk show.

9. He doesn't know how to use the dictionary.

Oops! Huckabee can't define the difference between apology and sympathy. When former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on the campaign trail last month, Huckabee offered his apologies. Later, his campaign released a statement saying he meant to say sympathies.

8. He thinks we need a border fence to keep out Pakistani immigrants.

What? When asked to react to Bhutto, who represented democratic change in Pakistan, Huckabee instead spoke about the alleged growing illegal Pakistani problem. Huckabee claimed that "... we have more Pakistani illegals coming across our border than all other nationalities except those immediately south of the border." Not true. More Asian immigrants come to the United States from the Philippines, Korea, China and Vietnam.

7. He can't read a map.

Come on! Huckabee misstated the location of the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Huckabee said, "[Musharraf] has told us he does not have enough control of those eastern borders near Afghanistan to be able to go after the terrorists." Those borders are located on the west, not the east.

6. He doesn't read the front page of the newspaper.

Hello! More than 30 hours after the news was in every major newspaper and on television, Huckabee was clueless when asked about an intelligence report that Iran suspended its nuclear program four years ago.

5. He doesn't understand you can't get AIDS from kissing or touching.

Yikes! In 1992, Huckabee suggested we should quarantine people with AIDS. Huckabee wrote the following in response to a question from the Associated Press. "If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague."

4. He brings new meaning to negative campaigning.

Huh? In Iowa, Huckabee held a press conference to announce he would not air a $30,000 negative ad his campaign made attacking Mitt Romney. He then showed the ad to a room full of reporters. Can Huckabee spell hypocrite?

3. He can go too far in mixing religion and politics.

Oh, sure! Huckabee lightheartedly denied that the white bookshelf in the background of his Christmas ad was meant to project the image of a floating cross, but critics, including Catholic League president Bill Donahue, saw it as a subliminal message. That kind of tactic played well with evangelical voters in Iowa, but we'll see if it works in the rest of the country.

2. He's a self-described "recovering foodaholic."

Wow! Now I give Huckabee credit for shedding more than 120 pounds. It takes willpower to resist all those corn dogs, fried chicken and Southern-fried goodies. But all that weight loss makes me wonder if Huckabee also lost some brain cells.

1. He's no Walker, Texas Ranger.

Help! He enlisted the former star of the above mentioned, corny television show, B-actor Chuck Norris, to be his celebrity campaigner. Sorry Chuck. You can't top Oprah."

Huckabee in Iowa

2008-01-03T21:54:00.001-08:00

Excellent words by Joseph A. Palermo on why Huckabee can't win this election...

"Mike Huckabee did not even know that Afghanistan is on the western border of Pakistan, not the eastern border, and he hadn't even heard about the recent NIE on Iran. Instead of reading books on geography and international relations, Huckabee has been absorbed in Bible-thumping. Public piety is the only criteria for millions of Republican voters who possess as little knowledge of foreign affairs as does Hucka-Bucka. Huckabee is as unqualified to be president as George W. Bush.

A Huckabee administration would be a disaster for the nation since we must mend fences in the coming years with the rest of the world and with the United Nations, and the Old Testament has shown itself to be a poor blueprint for U.S. foreign policy."

Mike Huckabee and Taxes...

2008-01-03T21:45:00.000-08:00

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)

Pastor Chuck Baldwin Against Mike Huckabee

2008-01-03T18:39:00.000-08:00

Clips from an article written by Baptist Pastor Chuck Baldwin from Pensacola Florida...

"Many Christian conservatives see Mike Huckabee as the best candidate...Is Mike Huckabee worthy of this support, however? The facts say no."

"I have already attempted to warn my evangelical brethren as to the dangers of supporting Mike Huckabee."

"Robert Novak recently wrote a column about Mike Huckabee entitled, "The False Conservative." In the column he said, "Huckabee is campaigning as a conservative, but serious Republicans know that he is a high-tax, protectionist, big-government advocate of a strong hand in the Oval Office directing the lives of Americans."

Novak also said, "There is no doubt about Huckabee's record during a decade in Little Rock as governor. . . He increased the Arkansas tax burden by 47 percent, boosting the levies on gasoline and cigarettes."

"...a former Arkansas journalist writing in the conservative American Spectator, called Huckabee 'a guy with a thin skin, a nasty vindictive streak."

". . . Mr. Huckabee swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution when he became governor, yet many of his proposals are clearly unconstitutional"

"...Mike Huckabee "worked with some of the state's most prominent and politically powerful businesses to establish the [Mexican] consulate as a magnet for drawing illegal immigrants to the state to accept low-paying jobs."

"...In addition, Corsi also exposed the fact that Mike Huckabee worked with Mexican President Vicente Fox to help provide cheap Mexican labor for Tyson foods and other large Arkansas corporations."

"...The American Spectator reported that "Fourteen times, the ethics commission--a respected body, not a partisan witch-hunt group--investigated claims against Huckabee. Five of those times, it officially reprimanded him."

"[Huckabee] used public money for family restaurant meals, boat expenses, and other personal uses. He tried to claim as his own some $70,000 of furniture donated to the governor's mansion. He repeatedly, and obstinately, against the pleadings even from conservative columnists and editorials, refused to divulge the names of donors to a 'charitable' organization he set up while lieutenant governor--an outfit whose main charitable purpose seemed to be to pay Huckabee to make speeches. Then, as a kicker, he misreported the income itself from the suspicious 'charity.'"

"...he would continue his abolitionist crusade at the national level without giving much, if any, thought to the question of whether the Constitution or anything else would legitimize a federal ban on smoking."

"Dear Christian friend, don't be duped by Mike Huckabee."

The words of one Southern Baptist Minister about a former Southern Baptist Minister.

The Huckabee train needs to stop at Iowa.

Mike Huckabee's Willie Horton...Wayne Dumond

2008-01-03T13:22:00.000-08:00

Wayne DuMond was arrested and jailed for a rape in Arkansas...Mike Huckabee (contrary to what he says publicly) fought for the release of Wayne DuMond after which he raped and killed again...he also was linked to several other murders during the period after his release.

Lois Davidson Speaks...the Mother of DuMond's victim...

In January of 2006 Mike Huckabee was on Meet the Press where Tim Russert asked him about the Wayne DuMond case and his response was "Huckabee went on to insist that he did not intervene in Dumond’s case with the parole board, and neither he nor his staff tried to convince the board to grant Dumond parole"

But a member of the Parole and Pardon board was quoting as say this on Huckabee's involvement in the case...

"I signed the [parole] papers because the governor wanted Dumond paroled. I was thinking the governor was working for the best interests of the state.”

DuMond had many brushes with the law throughout his life; he was convicted of molested an underage girl in Tacoma Washington, then he was convicted of a rape of a 17 year old girl in Arkansas in 1984. The girl was a distant relative of the Clinton family and after Clinton was elected a right-wing campaign was launched to free DuMond by Arkansas Republicans who believed that the Clinton family railroaded DuMond.

When Huckabee became Arkansas governor in 1996 he was determined to release DuMond from prison, even writing DuMond a letter saying “my desire is that you be released from prison.” Huckabee used his clout to get DuMond released from prison in 1999. On June 21 2001 DuMond was arrested and charged for the September 20 2000 rape and murder of Carol Sue Shields. DuMond was found dead in his cell on September 1 2005. Charges were being prepared against him for the for the June 21 2001 rape and murder of pregnant Sara Andrasek.

Mother of Carol Sue Shields on Mike Huckabee...

"If not for Mike Huckabee, Wayne DuMond would've been in prison, and Carol Sue would've been with us this year for Christmas."

Some links that examine the Wayne DuMond case further...

Virginia Bloggers Against Mike Huckabee

Arkansas Times: A Reminder of Huckabee's Role in DuMonds Freedom

Huckabee on Pakistan...Open mouth insert foot

2007-12-28T15:50:00.000-08:00

Do you really want this man dictating our foreign policy?

"[F]ormer Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee suggested that after the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the United States should, “have an immediate, very clear monitoring of our border, and particularly to make sure, if there’s any unusual activity of Pakistanis coming into the country. We just need to be very very thorough in looking at every aspect of our own security internally.”

Equating the death of Bhutto to illegal immigration, real classy. Huckabee said that Pakistani's make up the 2nd largest group coming into the US across the Mexican border. In fact they are not even in the top 25.

Huckabee "immediately addressed the Bhutto situation, expressing “our sincere concern and apologies for what has happened in Pakistan.”

Apologized? Did he have a part in it? Poor choice of words...

"People who questioned my view of foreign policy probably need go back and read the speech that I delivered back in Washington in September. … What we’ve seen happen is that in the Musharraf government, he has told us that he really does not have enough control of those eastern borders near Afghanistan to be able go after the terrorists. But on the other hand, he doesn’t want us going in because it violates his sovereignty."

India is on the western side of Pakistan Mike...whoops again!

3 swings and 3 strikes on 1 international issue. This man might actually be worse for America then George Bush. Please Iowans, send him to packing to backwater Arkansas where he came from.

Huckabee's Faith-Based Views Find Critics, Fans in Both Parties

2007-12-21T16:33:00.000-08:00

By Perry Bacon Jr.

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 21, 2007; Page A04

"LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- When the idea for a proclamation declaring Christian Heritage Week came up in 1994, Jim Guy Tucker, the Democratic governor of Arkansas, would not sign it. His aides said he did not think it was appropriate to honor a particular faith.

But when Tucker went out of town for a week and Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Huckabee became the acting chief executive, the Baptist minister enthusiastically signed the proclamation, declaring at a later celebration that he was taking a stand against "Christophobia."

"His detractors point to a governor who became indignant at criticism of his personal behavior, particularly after it was disclosed that he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from supporters. And they say his views resulted in petty conflicts over matters such as Christian Heritage Week or his refusal to sign a disaster relief bill until legislators removed the words "acts of God" to describe tornadoes because Huckabee argued that God was protecting people from tornadoes, not causing them."

"Early in Huckabee's tenure as governor, an unidentified 15-year-old girl had an abortion after being raped by her stepfather. When the clinic sought reimbursement for the procedure through Medicaid, the state declined.

The amendment to the state constitution that Huckabee had worked to get passed did not include an exception for rape or incest. Federal law allows Medicaid funds to be used for abortions in such cases, but Huckabee stood firm, saying he did not want to violate the state's antiabortion measure."

"But Huckabee did not solely focus on abortion and other social issues, and his positions were not always typical of a conservative. His proposal to offer in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants, for example, was not just opposed by Republicans, it was more liberal than the position of many Democrats in the legislature.

Likewise, expanding health insurance to low-income children was not a priority when Huckabee entered office. But after a 1997 meeting with Amy Rossi, a children's rights advocate, the governor dropped plans for a $25 tax rebate to everyone in the state, persuaded instead to back expanded health insurance to uninsured children who did not qualify for Medicaid. It was an achievement he now singles out as one of the most important of his governorship.

And to fund programs to improve roads and schools, Huckabee advocated a policy that has left him open to attacks from his GOP primary opponents: raising taxes."

Mike Huckabee's Son is a DOG KILLER!

2007-12-21T15:43:00.000-08:00

Mike Huckabee's son is a dog killer.

from "Newsweek"

As Mike Huckabee gains in the polls, the former Arkansas governor is finding that his record in office is getting more scrutiny. One issue likely to get attention is his handling of a sensitive family matter: allegations that one of his sons was involved in the hanging of a stray dog at a Boy Scout camp in 1998.

The incident led to the dismissal of David Huckabee, then 17, from his job as a counselor at Camp Pioneer in Hatfield, Ark. It also prompted the local prosecuting attorney- bombarded with complaints generated by a national animal-rights group to write a letter to the Arkansas state police seeking help investigating whether David and another teenager had violated state animal-cruelty laws. The state police never granted the request, and no charges were ever filed.

A link that discusses how animal cruelty by children often leads to violence against humans...

Animal Violence/Human Violence

Huckabee Light On Crime?

2007-12-20T14:36:00.000-08:00

During his time in office Mike Huckabee had three times as many pardons as the three previous Arkansas governors combined! A grand total of 1,033.

Some recipients of Huckabee pardons were

-A stepson of a staff member
-Killers who worked at the governor's mansion
-Rock stars
-Inmates who received good words from their clergy

The Huckabubble

2007-12-18T14:57:00.000-08:00

Huckabee? Is The GOP Serious?

excerpts from a Sun-Times column written today by Steve Huntley

"Only a Republican Party hell-bent on political suicide would nominate Mike Huckabee as its standard-bearer in next year's presidential sweepstakes..."

"A Huckabee nomination would all but guarantee the GOP an election debacle of the magnitude of Barry Goldwater's 1964 loss -- but without establishing a foundation for the future as Goldwater's candidacy did..."

"For starters, Huckabee carries religiosity into politics far beyond acceptable boundaries for most traditional Republicans..."

"But Huckabee brazenly campaigns in Iowa as the candidate offering "Christian leadership." How would we feel about a politician touting "Jewish leadership" or "Muslim leadership"? Huckabee is injecting religion into politics to the detriment of both. And he's hitting below the belt by playing an evangelical card against Mitt Romney's Mormonism. Dirty politics from an ordained minister."

"Social conservatives energized by Huckabee's bid for the GOP nomination might take note of news reports about how he avoids religion in his campaigning in New Hampshire. Voters there are more fiscally conservative and not swayed by a former preacher glibly joking that Jesus is too smart to run for office."

Mike Huckabee as Cultural Warrior and Uniter (we heard that before)

2007-12-17T15:10:00.000-08:00

During the last debate Mike Huckabee was quoted saying

"We are right now a very polarized country, and that polarized country has led to a paralyzed government...We've got to be the united people of the United States."

But some of Huckabee's past statements show how little Huckabee cares about uniting anyone who doesn't have his views.

-in 1998 he is quoted saying "I hope we...take this nation back for Christ"

-in 1992 he was quoted saying that people with the AIDS should be quarantined

-in 1998 he endorsed an ad affirming the Baptist teaching that a "wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband"

-Huckabee also declared that people who do not believe in God tend to be immoral and to engage in "destructive behavior."

Huckabee also penned a book called Kids Who Kill: Confronting Our Culture of Violence in response to the Jonesboro Arkansas school shooting, which occurred on March 24, 1998 while Huckabee was governor of the state. It was hardly the book needed to mend the state after such a tragedy, in it Huckabee proceeded to blame everything for the school shooting stating that they were the cause of

"a society in decline, a decline marked (and caused) by abortion, pornography, media violence, out-of-wedlock sex, divorce, drug use, and, of course, homosexuality."

Some direct quotes from the book are...

"Abortion, environmentalism, AIDS, pornography, drug abuse, and homosexual activism have fragmented and polarized our communities."

How environmentalism is linked to the other issues he mentioned was never explained. Further in the book he wrote...

"It is now difficult to keep track of the vast array of publicly endorsed and institutionally supported aberrations—from homosexuality and pedophilia to sadomasochism and necrophilia."

What public endorses pedophilia, sadomasochism, and necrophilia was also never mentioned by Huckabee.

Huckabee sounds like another George W. Bush style "uniter"...the last thing this country needs.

Mike Huckabee Denies Evolution

2007-12-16T09:38:00.000-08:00

Mike Huckabee's Cure for our Failing Health System

2007-12-16T09:30:00.000-08:00

...we all need to lose weight!

"Frankly, Michael Moore is an example of why the health care system costs so much in this country. He clearly is one of the reasons that we have a very expensive system. I know that from my own personal experience," said Huckabee, who lost more than 110 pounds and became an avid runner after he was diagnosed with diabetes."

This weight loss came in part from telling his cook in the Arkansas governor's mansion to cook him more fish...costing Arkansas taxpayers more money. He started running during office hours, often conducting meetings while on a treadmill.

Get those treadmills in your cubicles people!

Mike Huckabee's Stance on Certain Issues

2007-12-15T21:52:00.000-08:00

-Wal-Mart is case study in genius of American marketplace.

-Certainly good day for America when Roe v. Wade is repealed.

-Outlaw all abortions; err on the side of life.

-Opposes "hate crimes" legislation.

-Impeach judges for barring legislature prayers to Jesus.

-Ending school prayer was one step in society's moral decay.

-Support displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools.

-Not yet ready for two-state solution for Israel & Palestine.

-Don't pressure Israel to give up land for promise of peace.

-Allow concealed carry. (for weapons)

-1/3 self-insured; 1/3 don't want it; 1/3 can't afford it. (on healthcare)

-Path to citizenship if illegals admit guilt & pay fine.

-Import farm workers from Mexico.

-Change rule barring immigrants from running for president.

A Few Mike Huckabee Stats

2007-12-15T21:18:00.000-08:00

Huckabee increased state spending 65.3% from 1996-2004, funded by 5 state tax increases...though he says he wants to cut taxes through is "Fairtax" national sales tax proposal.

Huckabee as been called the "biggest taxer and spender in Arkansas history"

Huckabee opposed a repeal of a sales tax on groceries and medicine in 2002, raised the gasoline tax in 1999, and signed a $5.25 bed tax on private nursing home patients in 2001.

The Cato Institute gave Huckabee an "F" for spending and tax policy in 2006.

During his tenure as governor the general obligation debt for the state of Arkansas increased by nearly $1 billion.

The 1999 gasoline tax increases were never on an Arkansas ballot yet Huckabee insisted "the fuel tax was a vote of the people—eighty percent of the people voted to improve roads."

Americans for Tax Reform called Huckabee a "serial tax increaser" in 2006.

Huckabee has complained that illegal Hispanic immigrants can not get financial aid for their education, saying denying them state benefits is "un-Christian."

Mike Huckabee and his National Sales Tax

2007-12-15T15:00:00.000-08:00

Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee wants to replace the income tax with a national sales tax, he calls this a "fair tax"...but is that really so?

Fair Tax Fallacies