Will you consider voting for Huckabee for president as a democrat or independent?

[netnuts]

Will you consider voting for Huckabee for president as a democrat or independent?

Mike Huckabee is surging in Republicans' primary fight. Assuming he gets the nomination(it's far from certain), will you consider voting him into the white house in 2008? Tell us why.

I find him to be a very attractive candidate. If the race comes down between him and Obama, he will likely crush Obama in the end.

Huckabee is another Clinton-style triangulator from the right. Interestingly, Clinton's previous strategist Dick Morris seems to map out a winning strategy for Huckabee.

Huckabee is a solid social conservative. But he runs as a populist. He's certainly blurring the line so dramatically, you can't even tell whether he's actually running as a democrat.

He is also the first Republican presidential candidate who openly lashed out at George W. Bush's foreign policy as 'bunker mentality'.

This is getting very interesting. I think Huckabee is going to save GOP again in 2008. Your thoughts?

Huckabee: Another Overachiever From Hope

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ghIrbz4jofWJyU1B8hYC99XPf8YwD8THRDK80

 

[Vodka Shot]

I'm too young to vote, but if I wasn't the only way I'd vote for him would be at gun point. My whole family is democrat and I'm certain they feel the same.

 

[netnuts]

I'm too young to vote, but if I wasn't the only way I'd vote for him would be at gun point. My whole family is democrat and I'm certain they feel the same.

Well if those dumb dems insist on nominating Obama, then wait for another Dukakis style landslide.

I'll be very very happy to see Huckabee crush Obama in the end.

 

[Vodka Shot]

You and I will just have to agree to disagree on this one. I'd be beyond horrified to see this man win the election. Any of the dem candidates would be better and most of the GOP candidates as well. He's socially conservative to the point of being nearly radical imo. No sane moderate democrat would vote for someone that far to the right. And his history as the governor of Arkansas is littered with ethic violations and tax legislation that harmed the middle class.

 

[netnuts]

You and I will just have to agree to disagree on this one. I'd be beyond horrified to see this man win the election. Any of the dem candidates would be better and most of the GOP candidates as well. He's socially conservative to the point of being nearly radical imo. No sane moderate democrat would vote for someone that far to the right. And his history as the governor of Arkansas is littered with ethic violations and tax legislation that harmed the middle class.

It depends on whom the democratic party wants to nominate. Obama is far more dangerous than most GOP candidates. He is so far to the left, does not believe war is necessary under certain circumstances, he wants to ban people from owning guns, he refused to wear flag pin in order to protest war, he refused to put his hand over heart while national anthem was played.

He is trying to hide his middle name 'Hussein'... This is an extremely dangerous person.

 

[DaveT]

It depends on whom the democratic party wants to nominate. Obama is far more dangerous than most GOP candidates. He is so far to the left, does not believe war is necessary under certain circumstances, he wants to ban people from owning guns, he refused to wear flag pin in order to protest war, he refused to put his hand over heart while national anthem was played.

He is trying to hide his middle name 'Hussein'... This is an extremely dangerous person.

I'll assume this is supposed to be humourous as opposed to libel.

 

[netnuts]

I'll assume this is supposed to be humourous as opposed to libel.

Libel? What are you talking about? Those episodes have been widely documented. I guess dems just want to bury their heads in the sand and nominate another big loser.

The way he tries to prove he's indeed a devout Christian instead of a 'hidden' muslism is also quite weird.

I'm neither dem nor gop, but will be very very happy to see Obama crush and burn in the end.

 

[Vodka Shot]

Did you get one of those emails saying he was a secret Islamic jihadist? Just so you know those were a prank that some staffer at the Clinton campaign started. I'm not going to call you stupid because I think you've just been misinformed. Maybe you should read up some on Obama.

 

[decker]

Under no circumstances will I vote for a bigoted, hateful moron who thinks you get AIDS by breathing the same air as an infected person. Yeah, he said it in 1992. That's a good 10 years after the epidemic started. By that time, anyone with a lick of sense knew that HIV cannot be communicated by casual contact. And his only response when confronted with his stupidity is that he would say it differently today. Not that he actually thinks differently.

Susan

 

[Ptichka]

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, as I've said earlier on other threads, I will probably vote in Republican primaries (in Mass, independents can choose which primary to vote in), and am at this point more likely to go Republican in general elections (that is, unless Huckabee is the nominee).

Let's leave aside the social conservatism - I am socially ultra-liberal, but those issues are rather pointless to discuss as we all have our opinions. However, his tax plan just doesn't make sense. Let's even leave aside the little issue that it would be not 22, but more like 30 percent - let's take him at his word that it will be 22. IMHO, this is a recipe for the black market. Yes, our tax system needs major reform, but doing away will all taxes except for sales tax is not the solution.

Also, as to your point on Huckabee having been among the first Reps to attack Bush - well, that honor should really go to McCain, the candidate I'd like to vote for.

 

[netnuts]

Yup, I heart Huckabee!!! He will crash that elitist empty suit - Hussein Obama in a hearbeat...

Huckabee is the REAL DEAL, he is for working class families and we need him!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/weeklystandard/20071222/cm_weeklystandard/voxhuckabee

Huckabee is the one Republican candidate in the race who has talked often about working class and middle class Americans and the anxieties they have even in an economy that by the numbers looks pretty good. In an interview aboard the Huckabus, the candidate once again discussed the economic situation of "people at the lower ends of the economic scale," who because of rising energy, health care, and education prices "don't have the same level of disposable income they had this time a year ago."

The real story of the Huckabee campaign is that his candidacy contemplates a refashioning of the Republican party to address the concerns of middle and working class Americans. Thus, while it's true that many of these Americans are also religious conservatives--and true, too, that Huckabee leads among Iowa's religious conservatives by a very wide margin--it's a mistake to think that his campaign is narrowly pitched to that group of voters.

What was striking about the rallies I saw was the extent to which Huckabee hopes to make common cause with people like himself--"who don't necessarily have the right pedigree .  .  . or the right last name .  .  . or all the resources"--in order to defeat his opponents. Thus, in Waterloo, he told the audience, "Nothing more gets to the heart of what we are than to say that no matter where you came from, or what your last name is, or what your parents were, or what they do for a living, you matter. You may not pick where you started from, but you have every opportunity to decide where you end up." That "you" is not an impersonal usage. As he told the audience, "I've lived the life many of you have lived."

As for his opponents, they include not just the Republican establishment but also evangelical leaders he regards as part of the establishment; the "chattering class" of both old and new media;

With so much at stake, Huckabee, 12 years a Baptist pastor, rises to the occasion in closing these rallies. He urges his audience to "stop and think about" the fact that "my opponent has outspent me 20 to 1." He assumes their solidarity: "Some of you in this room feel like your whole life you've had the odds against you. . . . You know how frustrating it can be." He explains that the reason he is ahead is that "there are a lot of Americans who feel like they've got odds about 20 to 1 stacked against them. They know they don't have the last name that opens the door. They know they don't have the pedigree [or] . . . the friend in high places that gets things done for them. They like to believe that a guy who lives their life can become president." Why? "Because they know if that can happen still in this country, then we're a nation that cannot be bought off"--meaning by the likes of Mitt Romney. Nor can we be told what to do "by those chattering-class folks in Washington and Wall Street who think the world is all about them." And as for the Republican establishment, to Huckabee, it's us versus them:

Huckabee sees Iowa as nothing less than the beginning of the change he envisions. "Folks," he closed his speech in Marshalltown,

if we can do it, we'll change politics in this country and we won't turn it upside down but we'll turn it right side up, like it ought to. That's what America is supposed to be. Not a nation of a ruling class and a servant class. The way our Founding Fathers had it, the ruling class is the regular folks out there voting, the servant class is the one who gets elected. We're not elected to be the ruling class, we were elected to be the servant class serving the people who are the ruling class. Let's make that happen.

 

[jsteam4501s]

I said as long ago as 2006 that I wanted John McCain to be the next President, and I haven't changed my mind. I believe that he, above all others, will know all the right things to do at all the right times. 2nd choice would be Rudy. I don't like Huckabee, Romney, Clinton, Obama, or Edwards. My ONLY other choice would be Joe Lieberman as an independent.:agree:

 

[coskater]

I watched Huckabee on MTP this morning, I was not impressed. Of course Romney is even worse, while I respect McCain wouldn't vote for him either.

With regards to the democrats put Richardson as a VP for either Clinton or Obama and it will pull me into that camp. The issues of Obama's name smack of small mindedness, this country is in trouble fiscally and needs a change more of the same right wing, destruction of our inalienable rights and civil liberties is terrifying.

I just want a change....

 

[chuckm]

I despise the Clintons (who have no values that aren't determined by polls), Obama is clueless, and Edwards is a huckster lawyer with expensive tastes. Huckabee wants open borders (no, no, no), McCain is a bit of a nut, and Romney's religion reads like a cult to me. That leaves Giuliani, with his marriage baggage. I'll probably go with Giuliani who at least has displayed considerable leadership skills, and grit my teeth at the idea of Judy as first lady.

 

[Alsace]

I despise the Clintons (who have no values that aren't determined by polls), Obama is clueless, and Edwards is a huckster lawyer with expensive tastes. Huckabee wants open borders (no, no, no), McCain is a bit of a nut, and Romney's religion reads like a cult to me. That leaves Giuliani, with his marriage baggage. I'll probably go with Giuliani who at least has displayed considerable leadership skills, and grit my teeth at the idea of Judy as first lady.

Last I looked, Ron Paul was still an option. You are not just left with Giuliani.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

That's quite an impressive amount of money to raise in 3 months! (Almost 19 1/2 million)

 

[goldenpleasures]

Ron Paul is a racist idiot.

 

[Ptichka]

McCain is a bit of a nut, and Romney's religion reads like a cult to me. That leaves Giuliani, with his marriage baggage. I'll probably go with Giuliani who at least has displayed considerable leadership skills, and grit my teeth at the idea of Judy as first lady.

Do you really think McCain is more of a nut than Guiliani?

 

[childfreegirl]

I despise the Clintons (who have no values that aren't determined by polls), Obama is clueless, and Edwards is a huckster lawyer with expensive tastes. Huckabee wants open borders (no, no, no), McCain is a bit of a nut, and Romney's religion reads like a cult to me. That leaves Giuliani, with his marriage baggage. I'll probably go with Giuliani who at least has displayed considerable leadership skills, and grit my teeth at the idea of Judy as first lady.

I agree with all that except the Edwards part and the Romney/cult thing. My best friend in high school was LDS. I just don't like Romney b/c I just don't like him. Edwards I do like. I want to see some hard figures on his "health care for everyone" and his "college for everyone" before I support them though. I've worked in state offices enough to know how seriously government can screw up something they think is a good innovation.

Since I'm a registered Republican, I'll be voting for Rudy. If he and Edwards end up as the nominees (which I don't see happening, honestly). I'll vote for Edwards.

 

[julietvalcouer]

Well, I will ultimately vote for whomever the GOP nominee is (unless it's Ron Paul, in which case I'll flush my vote by giving it to the Libertarians instead, or another random third party), but if it's Huckabee I'll do it holding my nose. I'm probably going to vote for Romney in the primary, and I'm fairly sure it'll be him, McCain, or Guiliani in the general election, any of whom I'd be reasonably satisfied voting for. I can probably suck up and forgive McCain for McCain-Feingold, I really don't care how many times Rudy's been married or whether he's pro-choice, and I will just try not to think about what I pay every month for stupid BlueCross thanks to Romney and the Beacon Hill dem's absurd health care policy. Huckabee's tax record hacks me off, but at least he's better than Ron Paul.

I never vote for Democrats for dogcatcher, let alone president, but of their field the only one I'd remotely consider voting for is Joe Biden because at least he knows what he's talking about and has the experience to back it up. Edwards is an ambulance-chasing hack who talks out of both sides of his mouth, especially when it comes to poverty, Obama's an empty suit with no experience, and Hillary is Hillary. I'd be happy to have a drink (but that's it) with her husband, but her? Nasty temper (ask her ex-Secret Service agents), overblown opnion of her own intelligence and importance, and far too calculating for my taste.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

I would definitely vote for Huckabee if he gets word from god that the only way to save democracy is through invasions. Of course invasions should only take place in countries where there is oil, and that the US should immediately set up Haliburton to use up the tax money to support the invasion Whether or not there are weapons of mass destruction is irrelevant. A new excuse for the invasion will be named.

Joe