Huckabee Light On Crime?

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

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."

A Few Mike Huckabee Stats

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

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