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Stick A Fork In Huckabee...

He's done.  I never was a supporter of Mike Huckabee during the last primary, preferring even John McCain of him.  Just something about him didn't set right with me. 

Now it comes to light that he gave clemency in Arkansas back in 2000 to the "person of interest" in the Lakewood Police shooting.  According to various sources around the web, Huckabee granted clemency to Marice Clemmons.  Clemmons was in prison on a 95 year sentence for aggravated robbery.  After almost ten years, Huckabee granted him clemency because Clemmons was only 17 when he was sentenced.  Our alleged killer wound up in Western WA in Seattle in 2002 and he wound up in Tacoma where he was out on bail for a child rape rap.

Huckabee has a long record of pardoning or granting clemency to criminals who once released, returned to crime. 

These things will come back to haunt you.

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Down To Two

It seems that we are down to McCain and Romney. Giuliani is expected to bow out tomorrow and endorse McCain. I am 100% in the Romney camp, but if in the end it’s McCain, I’ll support him. There is absolutely no way I would ever support the racist MoRon Paul, so don’t even go there.

Who knows what the Huckster will do. He’s now officially an “also ran” and the only question is who he will end up endorsing. He’s out of money and out of steam. Just as an aside, my guess would be McCain. He may not endorse anyone but for him, a Southern Baptist Minister, to endorse a Mormon seems illogical. Most Southern Baptists don’t think very highly of the LDS church and it just doesn’t seem that the Huckster will be any less kind. If he does, it will be great irony.

Conventional wisdom says that McCain got a big boost from this and I’m sure it didn’t hurt him. Romney hasn’t lost the horse race yet and from what I understand, is better organized and has a few more bucks than McCain. 

I have serious doubts about a McCain candidacy and even a McCain Presidency. And unlike with Reagan, I think McCain is just too old. I respect McCain. He is a bona fide war hero unlike the coward known as Kerry. McCain has served this nation long and honorably, but McCain is a loose cannon. He is, in my opinion, a classic RINO. From McCain-Feingold to McCain-Kennedy to Shamnesty to the “Gang of Fourteen”, Senator McCain has not been on the side of conservatives. I do think McCain is strong on National Defense and that is undeniably his strength. I have some doubts about Romney, but I think he truly is more conservative then McCain.

What I’m looking forward to now is the one on one debates that will be held. It will be interesting to say the least.

On to Super Tuesday!

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It's Too Little Too Late!

Huckabee's campaign just sent out this email:

Today and tomorrow, as we celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with friends and family, let us bow our heads and also give thanks for the brave men and women serving overseas in Afghanistan, Iraq or wherever our soldiers stand watch protecting our freedom.

Let us also pray for their families and the families of the fallen. May God bring them peace and comfort in their time of need. If you have a moment today or tomorrow, I encourage you to leave a comment on our campaign blog thanking the men and women serving in the armed forces.

God bless them and may God continue to bless America.

With deep gratitude,

Mike Huckabee
_____________________________

Attention: You can also contribute by mail for the December Challenge, click here to print the form.

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Thompson beat him to it with a lot more class.

I'm not questioning the Huckster's sincerity, but I am questioning his timing.

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Lowering The Huckaboom

Mike Huckabee hasn't impressed me.  I'm just not convinced that he is ready for the big time.  It's more a feeling then anything specific.  I watched the You Tube Debates and he seemed to acquit himself fairly competently, but still, I wasn't convinced.  Admittedly' I lean toward Fred Thompson, but my mind isn't 100% made up yet.

In reading the news and various blogs and opinion pieces I peruse on a regular basis when I got home from work, I first saw this Drudge Headline:

DEMS HOLD FIRE ON HUCKABEE; SEE 'EASY KILL' IN GENERAL ELECTION

Democrat party officials are avoiding any and all criticism of Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee, insiders reveal.

The Democratic National Committee has told staffers to hold all fire, until he secures the party's nomination.

The directive has come down from the highest levels within the party, according to a top source.

Within the DNC, Huckabee is known as the "glass jaw -- and they're just waiting to break it."

In the last three weeks since Huckabee's surge kicked in, the DNC hasn't released a single press release criticizing his rising candidacy.

The last DNC press release critical of Huckabee appeared back on March 2nd.

And when I later got to Townhall, I see a commentary by Douglas MacKinnon:

Huckabee -- The Ultimate Liberal Plant

If you are the eventual Democratic nominee for President in 2008, who would you like to run against? Answer: A Republican you can beat.

Chris Matthews, of MSNBC, recently asked, “Why is the liberal media giving Huckabee a free ride?” Could the answer be as obvious as the liberal media thinks that they have war-gamed this election better than conservatives? Did they look at the Republican field and try to ascertain who would be the weakest “non-fringe” candidate?

That most of the mainstream media is going to be in the bag for the Democratic nominee, is beyond question. As that is certainly the case, a method to their literal madness would be in order.

Why is the liberal National Education Association of New Hampshire coming out for Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side and Mike Huckabee on the Republican side? What are they seeing in the former Arkansas governor that a number of Republicans are missing?

Part of my problem with Huckabee is his stand on immigration at first and here lately, his "Willie Horton" problem.

I think these two litems should give the Huckabee supporters pause for some serious thought

I'll admit that Fred has been acting a bit more dead than alive, but I like the things he has been saying and I think he has more Conservative bona fides then the Huckster.

I think I'll just not ride that Huckabus just yet.

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