The Case AGAINST Mike Huckabee
I am so irritated with this infatuation over Mike Huckabee. Granted a majority of the reason Huckabee has soared from “nowhere” is that he is the current media darling, he favors a flat tax which sounds good, and he’s fairly conservative on a lot of social issues.
However, is that enough? Do we really want a candidate who doesn’t know what’s going on with something as basic as crossing the picket line to appear on the Jay Leno show when he says he supports unions or in the “scuffle” with Rush Limbaugh (”I don’t know who said it or what was said”)? Come on - if you and/or your people can’t figure this stuff out on some simple stuff like that - what are you going to do when you are no longer the media darling or when the stakes are much, much higher?
Plus you can check him out at Wikipedia and ontheissues.
He is NO fiscal conservative (see tax hike mike). For being so in favor of a flat tax it’s pretty interesting that in Arkansas he liked raise taxes - a lot!! And speaking of taxes would you like your tax dollars to pay for the education and health care for the children of illegal immigrants? I guess that would depend on where you stand on the illegal immigration issue. Which it appears Mike Huckabee takes a much softer stance on illegal immigration and amnesty then his presidential web site would ever lead you to believe - see Americans for Legal Immigration.
What about foreign policy? Did you know that Huckabee endorses a “golden rule” philosphy in dealing with countries like Iran?? How naive is that?
Do we really want Mike Huckabee to be the face of evangelical Christians? Does it just bother me that in Iowa his tv ads put emphasis on his faith while in New Hampshire his tv ads focus more on his stand on issues; as if the very fact that he is a Christian is his golden ticket to the evangelical vote? I would rather have someone of faith who is a true conservative: socially, judicially, and fiscally than someone who is the “poster child” of evangelicals, of whom I would broadly place myself, then be embarrassed of how he represents the name of Christ.
Mike Huckabee is NOT the only pro-life/ pro-family (one man, one woman) candidate. Don’t give Huckabee a free pass just because he is an evangelical. He’s alreay displaying discrepancies - his presidential web site says one thing but his record says another.
My vote: Fred Thompson
