That just goes to show how much of a straight talker McCain is. In South Carolina he found out how intolerent the RR are...now he found out they vote.

I have supported Gov. Huckabee since early on in this process. I have because he is a true conservative with over a decade of successful experience as a Republican governor in a state government which had been largely controlled by the Democrats. He was recognized by his peers as a leader and an achiever. He has been sorely misrepresented over the last six months, but the selection process is far from over. Gov. Huckabee is the best candidate for the Republican party and the best candidate for President of the USA. He can win. Please don't capitulate, but support the best person left in this race. He should be at the top of the ticket this fall!

“This isn’t my first rodeo,’’ said Huckabee, suggesting that the presidential contest pales in comparison to the rough and tumble of Arkansas politics in which he made his career. “I’ve been on the ballot time after time after time… I’ve taken plenty of hits… If you’re a person who does not like the sight of your own blood, you should buy a ticket to see it in the stands.’’

WHAT A FREAKKK!!!

If McCain screws up and puts this guy on the ticket he has no chance of getting my vote. For that matter anyone with a brain will not vote for him with Huckabee the snakeoil salesman on the ticket.

Huckabee is a very damaged person.

The elite news networks were wrong before and many are wrong now about Mike Huckabee’s chances of winning the GOP nomination. Mike Huckabee was welcomed with great excitement at the CPAC convention this morning. The GOP voting block is split due to John McCain and looking for a true conservative not a candidate like John McCain who worked against most conservatives on many issues. Mike Huckabee will do well in the up coming primaries. R33

Huckabee + McCain = a formula for victory, for the Democrats.

I continued to be impressed by the war imagery used by the Republicans to describe politics: battles, swords, blood, wars.

For those of us who believe the rest of the world matters as well, it becomes obvious why they see us as they do. (See an Pew Trust Poll on the subject)

The figures confirm the US exports more weapons than the rest of the world combined. And we see ourselves as a "force for peace."

War is the story the Republicans live in. And that's what they deliver.

The red meat issues of Republicans are war,hatred of the other, division, wedge issues. If there is any message in Obama's popularity, and the fact that the US president cannot go anywhere abroad without his host city being shut down, is that much of this nation, and the world have moved on.

Huckabee is more a disciple of Pat Buchanan than of Jesus Christ.

I continued to be impressed by the war imagery used by the Republicans to describe politics: battles, swords, blood, wars.

For those of us who believe the rest of the world matters as well, it becomes obvious why they see us as they do. (See an Pew Trust Poll on the subject)

The figures confirm the US exports more weapons than the rest of the world combined. And we see ourselves as a "force for peace."

War is the story the Republicans live in. And that's what they deliver.

The red meat issues of Republicans are war,hatred of the other, division, wedge issues. If there is any message in Obama's popularity, and the fact that the US president cannot go anywhere abroad without his host city being shut down, is that much of this nation, and the world have moved on.

Huckabee is more a disciple of Pat Buchanan than of Jesus Christ.

Mike Huckabee is the upcoming leader of the Republican Party -- except for any anti-evangelical bigots.

I wholeheartedly support Mike Huckabee. His stand on the issues is just what we need for our country. John McCain is not the Republican nominee, and it is very possible that he won't be. Mike Huckabee is the best choice for our country!

The Wingnut Ticket will be:

Warmongering geriatric, Señor Juan McCain, Mike Huckabee and his good pal, Jesus....

Huckabee secures the evangelical fundamentalist sheeple and I don't think that McCain will over look that, because McCain will say and do whatever it takes to win and this ticket would bring the first Religious Party in America back together in full regalia.

Badabing, what a laughable mess the Republic Party is...

I have voted conservative since I began voting and Gov. Huckabee is arguably the best candidate i have had to vote for.

Consider how much has been spent to defame and stop him. Consider the arguments leveled at those who support him. A come one is that they are uneducated. Well this is patently false. Many people with multiple degrees and graduate degrees and credentials support him.

My wife and I both have multiple degrees and are educators AND conservatives. We like his positions on life and the family as well as the Fair Tax and his fiscal record and his positions on the war with terrorists.

I have never felt this strongly about a candidate except for about Ronald Reagan (we are Californians).

Gov. Huckabee is the real McCoy and this is obvious when you look at who is supporting him and who isn't. The Republican party power brokers are most vicious in there unfounded attacks.

We are the kind of people who save to buy cash. We believe we should always work as hard as we can and do our best whether someone is watching us or not. We believe in helping others when we are able (not carrying them but helping them get back on their own two feet). We don't think government should do this... we think we should do this.

We took out of our savings for a house (we don't believe in going into debt either) to support Gov. Huckabee... we would NOT have done this unless we did our research and felt he was a candidate consistent with our core beliefs.

Check out his positions for YOURSELF... don't listen to the chanting Ann Coulter's and Limbaughs. Think for yourself and read the candidate's positions. Look at Huckabee's fiscal record (from a $200 million deficit to an $850 million surplus with a balanced budget EVERY year and 90+ tax cuts and huge improvements in infrastructure and healthcare and education etc..) If he was so horrible as a Gov. how is it he was reelected and received the honor of being rated one of the top 5 governors nationally and was selected by the other governors to preside over their organization?

Do you really believe the lies and misrepresentations. Look it up for yourself.

Gov. Huckabee wants the Human Life Amendment and the Fair Tax and the elimination of the IRS and the elimination of illegal immigration.

He did a great job in Arkansas (just look at how he faired in the primary there) and will do a great job for our country. He wasn't born with a silver spoon. He was born to a lower middle class family.

Let's not miss this chance for change and to vote for a great statesman that can bring our country together like he did in Arkansas.

Gov. Huckabee is running for President NOT VP.

McCain's folks and the party establishment what to throw us their leavings. We intend to win the nomination. The more the Amreican people know about Gov. Huckabee the more they like him.

Vote for Mike Huckabee... check him out at mikehuckabee.com

Wake up Americans. Don't let the biased media choose your President. It's obvious they want a Democrat. Why are they afraid of a Christian like Mike Huckabee? They won't get the gossip stories to tell on him to up their ratings for 4 years. Please America don't miss this opportunity to restore your country under great leadership from a great man, Mike Huckabee. I'm praying for him from Canada.

This is the worst selection of candidates in the last 60 years! McCain is uncontrollable, Huckabee is from Arkansas, where trash politics is a game, Clinton is more of the same, and Obama hasn't a clue as to how to run the government (he's the most honest). Romney will be back to sanitize the White house in four years, that is, if it is still standing.

"Let's not miss this chance for change and to vote for a great statesman that can bring our country together like he did in Arkansas."

Don't you mean Texas? Isn't that what George W. Bush promised?

Huckabee is Bush in a clergyman's guise.

May the GOP make him their standard bearer; we will watch them go down in flames.

I wholeheartedly support Mike Huckabee. His stand on the issues is just what we need for our country. John McCain is not the Republican nominee, and it is very possible that he won't be. Mike Huckabee is the best choice for our country!

Posted by: NY4Huckabee | February 9, 2008 1:17 PM

Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has taken to calling himself a “fiscal conservative,” but who ever heard of a fiscal conservative who raised taxes and spending through the roof while governor of Arkansas? Mike Huckabee is also calling himself “a different kind of Republican,” but that’s just a codeword for a big-government Republican who wants to cover up his tax-and-spend record with folksy talking points and one-liners. Sorry Tax Hike Mike. No dice.

http://www.taxhikemike.org/

12 Reasons Why Mike Huckabee Sucks
December 10, 2007 | by Jefferson | Filed Under Politics, People |

Who’s this Mike Huckabee guy that’s doing so well in Iowa? Until recently, we here at Who Sucks dot com didn’t consider him important enough back when we created suck-lists for other presidential candidates, but now that Huckabee is getting attention as a serious contender.

We’ve spent the last couple days searching Google and going through the archives of major news sites such as Digg and Reddit and have compiled a master list of reasons why Mike Huckabee sucks. Here it is:

1. He doesn’t believe in evolution: Yep, Huckabee is a supporter of the “intelligent design” theory. He has claimed that this issue shouldn’t matter in the presidential election, but why in the world would we want a president who cannot come to objective conclusions based on present information?

2. He is a scaremonger: Huckabee has called Islamofacscism the greatest threat we ever faced. I think he needs to read a few history books and see that a few terrorists in the Middle East are hardly presenting America with greater threats than those faced in its war for independence, a civil war that tore the nation apart, a world war against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, and a Cold War against a nuclear-armed USSR.

3. He thinks AIDS patients need to be isolated: Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could “pose a dangerous public health risk.” When recently questioned by the media on this view, he defended his previous statements.

4. He puts rapists on the streets: As governor of Arkansas, Huckabee personally demanded the release of a convicted rapist who had been put in jail under Bill Clinton’s governorship. After the man was released on parole, he promptly raped and murdered a young woman. Huckabee has tried to play down his role in the parole of the criminal, but those involved have confirmed that Huckabee was far more involved than he now claims.

5. He claims to be a “fiscal conservative,” but he is lying: Huckabee raised taxes and spending while governor of Arkansas, revealing that he is a free-spending big-government Republican.

6. He thinks God wanted the American people to re-elect George W Bush: At the 2004 meeting of the Republican Governor’s Association, Huckabee put on a performance in which he received a cell phone call from God in with the almighty endorced George W Bush’s reelection campaign.

7. He supports torture: Huckabee will continue the Bush Administration’s policy of torturing detainees if elected president.

8. He wants to give illegal immigrants drivers’ licenses: Thought that stuff he said about being tough on immigration in the youtube video with Chuck Norris was true? You’ve been fooled.

9. He holds extremist views on abortion: Even many pro-lifers would agree that a 15 year-old mentally retarded girl who was raped by her stepfather should be able to get an abortion. As governor of Arkansas, Huckabee blocked Medicaid funding of just such an abortion.

10. He doesn’t follow the news: When the newest National Intelligence Estimate came out revealing Iran was no longer developing nuclear weapons, Huckabee was one of the last people in America to find out about it. Does this guy ever pick up a newspaper?

11. He thinks God wants him to be president: Yes, Huckabee actually said that.

12. He doesn’t want us to know the truth about his past: Huckabee had computer hard drives used during his time as governor crushed at the end of his term in order to keep the information stored there from the public and the press. What are you hiding, governor?

http://www.who-sucks.com/people/12-reasons-why-mike-huckabee-sucks

I'm a "conservative Democrat", and intend to vote for John McCain unless Hillbilly Hickabee is his running mate. If McCain dies, the Christian Taliban under Osama bin Hickabee would be imposing their own version of "sharia" law. We've had eight years of a sub-par IQ running this country, we don't need anyone even more ignorant,
superstitious, and bigoted.

Robert,

Very well said! I have been following this process and supporting Governor Huckabee since Sept. 2007. The force against this man in the media has been incredible. If you will shut of the TV and radio and go to www.mikehuckabee.com and read this man's ideas for yourself, you just might be surprised.

I voted for Mike in Mass. Mike is the only one to step up to the Dems. Just listen to McCain. He can't rally a crowd. If Mike is not in, it will be the Dems forever. People need to think about this.

He's a damaged person because he compared the primaries to a rodeo? Curious.

Why does the reactionary left consider it an insult to call McCain by hispanic names such as Juan? Why is it insulted to be referred to by the spanish version of your first name?

Do you think there's something wrong with speaking spanish or being hispanic. I think we've just put our finger on the home of the racist nativist movement of the democratic party. Sick.

FoxNews stinks!
Only MSNBC aired his speech this AM at CPAC.

It's so clear they have an anti-Huckabee agenda over there.

Each state he wins puts more pressure on them to do what they despise doing and that is bring up Mike Huckabee.

To Rush, Ann, and Hannity I say boo-hoo. You got on the wrong horse and rode him right to the glue factory! You know what? Huck'em.

An Obama-Edwards' ticket will wipe the floor with them.

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" . . . and this ticket would bring the first Religious Party in America back together in full regalia."

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Posted by: John E | February 9, 2008 1:34 PM

Wow, JohnEEE-Boy, I didn't realize you were that historically challenged. William Jennings Bryan was a Democrat. Look it up.

Wow, JohnEEE-Boy, I didn't realize you were that historically challenged. William Jennings Bryan was a Democrat. Look it up.

Posted by: John W. | February 10, 2008 1:48 AM

Go lay back down and read your bible, Grandpa...

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Go lay back down and read your bible, Grandpa...

Posted by: John E | February 10, 2008 3:34 PM

Just can't stand being wrong, can you JohnEE-boy? Please, go look up William Jennings Bryan. He was an Illinois born lawyer who ran as the Democratic Candidate for President Three (3) times. He had more fire and brimstone in him in one day than Huckabee will ever have. This guy, if you recall (that is, if you ever learned) was the one who prosecuted Scopes in the famous "Monkey Trial" for teaching evolution.

So, the point being made is that the Republican Party is hardly the "first Religious Party in America" as you claim. The Democrats had that title in the bag a long time ago.

Neener Neener Neener.

Neener Neener Neener.

Posted by: John W. | February 10, 2008 4:49 PM

Johnny W my boy,

Most people don't give a damn about obscure history, they're worried about here and now and they aren't going to vote for a guy (Huckabee) who is slaying dinosaur's in his head and throwing bibles at people, Mr "Real Consevative".

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Posted by: John E | February 10, 2008 10:07 PM

JohnEEE-Boy,

If you think William Jennings Bryan and his impact on American politics and culture are a part of “obscure history” then you are truly ignorant. Then again, that doesn’t surprise me. If you understood history, you would realize just how far your political party is from the ideas of those who founded the federal government.

People like you really ought to be concerned about history. You will repeat the bad parts if you can’t learn the lessons from others’ mistakes in the past. That is what I think some of you folks are about to do in both the short and long term.