My Huck-leberry
For those of you still checking SA on occasion, I thought I would let y’all know that I will be supporting Governor Mike Huckabee for president of the United States. Many of you have asked who I planned to back by way of email, so I thought I would post something here as well. My reason for doing so is all but obvious to long-time SA readers: Huckabee is, far and away, the most eloquent spokesperson for a “Culture of Life” in this race.
And for those of you who live in Georgia, please contact me if you’re interested in getting involved in the campaign. I will be serving on the executive committee of Georgians for Huckabee, as his chairman here in the Eighth Congressional District, and as the focus-group coordinator. Bottom line: If you want to be involved here in Georgia, I can get you plugged into the campaign fairly quickly.
I hope all of y’all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Update: I recently appeared on the local CBS affiliate to discuss Governor Huckabee’s candidacy, which you can view here.
Update II: Be sure to check out Governor Huckabee’s excellent issue statement on judges (drafted by yours truly).
November 30th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Steve,
I am sincerely sorry to hear that you have jumped on the Huckabee bandwagon. As so many of the commentators over at NRO have pointed out by references to his record and policy statements, Huckabee is simply a “disaster” on trade, immigration, limited government, and nanny-state issues. This man would be a disaster as a president and an albatross around the neck of conservatives. Unless the Republican Party wants to become a lame version of a European Christian Democrat Party then it needs to reject Huckabee in the strongest terms.
We as conservatives either stand for a limited government consistent with that set out in the Constitution and envisioned by our Founding Fathers or we are just another group seeking to force our social preferences down the throats of the country. It bears noticing that Huckabee has actually advocated a NATIONAL smoking ban. Do we really want a man with such a distorted view of federal power in the White House?
For those, like me, who are dedicated to the pro-life cause but also prefer a candidate that respects the limited government principles enshrined in the Constitution I recommend Fred Thompson. Unlike Huckabee, Thompson has been officially endorsed by the National Right to Life Committee.
Huckabee is nothing more than demagogic populist with a mouth full of sugar and a résumé empty of conservative achievements.
December 27th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
From the movie Tombstone:
Johnny Ringo: Don’t any of ya have the guts to play for blood?
Doc Holliday: I’m your huckleberry.
Fast forward to the end:
Ringo: I,ve got no fight with you, Holliday!
Holliday: We never got to finish our game.
Ringo: What game is that?
Holliday: Playing for blood.
Ringo: (flustered) I was just funnin’.
Holliday: I wasn’t!
Unfortunately Huckabee may be the republican party’s Huckleberry as Doc Holliday was Ringo’s. I don’t think I can hold my nose in a general to vote for the bigot.
December 28th, 2007 at 8:54 am
I hear ya. I am starting to have my doubts about whether he is ready from prime time.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Steve: I am not a Huckafan, but have grown to admire the man personally. I do not think he is ready for the Clinton machine waiting for him (neither by the way is Mitt Romney). I do not fear Mitt Romney being in the White House getting advised by Coffer Black (or even Huckabee being advised by Chuck Norris–sorry–), but I most definitely fear Mitt or Huck losing to Hillary and she as commander in chief being advised by Madaline Albright on foriegn policy.
If that happened I might have to hole up in the mountains for a few years.
That is why I am going for McCain (too bad Fred never caught fire). McCain sometimes makes me shake my head in frustration, but I would sleep better at night knowing he will be our next president as opposed to Hillary Clinton and her coven. McCain is mostly right on a culture of life, right on defense/global jihadism, and right on spending cuts/taxes. If the conservative wing can keep him from making any “Harriot Miers” I see this as a big win win for conservatives.
Even if Rush, Levin, Ingraham, and Hewitt don’t see it that way yet.
January 24th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Joe-
I think we are in agreement for the most part. While I will support Huck until he drops out of the race, I’ve pretty much resigned myself to a McCain nomination/presidency.
We could do a heck of a lot worse.
January 25th, 2008 at 12:03 am
The question never asked, but should have been:
Imagine Russert asking this: “If Hillary Clinton did win the presidency, do you think she would give Bill Clinton a choice job in her administration or would she rip his head off and eat it at the Inaugural Ball like a praying mantis or black widow spider?”
February 6th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Well I hope you evangelicals are happy. You have contributed greatly to sending our party to the wilderness. The republicans in the coming states need to register as democrats and vote in their primary so we can be stuck with Hillary instead of Obamo as our next president.
February 13th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Ron Paul has said his experience as an Ob/Gyn and delivering over 4,000 babies has made him “an unshakeable foe of abortion.” His is a classical conservative position: limited spending, lower taxes, smaller government, more trading but less foreign intervention. Sadly, our party rejects him because of his anti-war position, but that is precisely why Americans in the general election would vote for him over someone like McCain. 70% of the American people are tired of this war, and they will absolutely reject another war president.
February 13th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Christine,
I am afraid you are mistaken. Conservatives like me reject Ron Paul because he is the champion of a radical isolationism that is neither practical nor advisable given the realities of the current security situation. His utopian faith in isolationist policies is hardly conservative. Furthermore, his position that the president cannot deploy troops abroad in the absence of a congressional declaration of war or invasion is neither supported by the text of the Constitution nor historical practice. A candidate for president that does not understand this is not fit to be president.
People can rail all they want about how we got where we are. Nevertheless, we are at war simply sticking our heads in the sand and wishing all the unpleasantness away is not an option. I am confident that most Americans will be adult enough to understand this point.