MIKE HUCKABEE: SOFT ON CRIME…TOUGH ON TAXPAYERS WHAT THE MEDIA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW Anyone watching media coverage of the Republican primary will find a lot of "fluff" pieces on Mike Huckabee, or what many pundits would call "free press". I consider myself a christian conservatve, who shares southern values, and is well aware of the media's outright contempt for christian conservatives and our leaders in the church, and in the Republican party. So why does the anti-religious press praise Mike Huckabee, and John McCain, so much? Why do they parade Huckabee around as the new Reagan, the new great conservative leader who will lead us all to victory? I suspect that they know something most conservative voters do not. For anyone who isn't that familiar with Huckabee's record, I will shed some light for you. Although he was a pretty good governor, most conservative analysts rate him as a B-/C+ conservative, he was nothing really to write home about. The Arkansas Ombudsman proves that he significantly increased taxes, and with a conservative state legislature! He did not cut wasteful spending, and did nothing to assist taxpayers, or to streamline the state's burgeoning bureaucracy. And yes… he released a lot of violent felons. Is this the guy who will lead our party to victory? If I know all this, how can the mainstream media not know it? Or… could it be that they know that if Huckabee wins the primary, the networks will bombard us with countless stories about Huckabee's liberalism in order to depress the conservative vote, leading to a big Democrat victory… and the end of conservative media, their competition. I believe that is their ulterior motive. Don't be decieved… every media story on Huckabee should read:

MIKE HUCKABEE: LIBERAL, SOFT ON CRIME, TOUGH ON TAXPAYERS, NON-REFORMER

I know Gov. Huckabee has gotten a lot of mileage out of his comment about who the average American would want as President, implying that Mitt Romney is not the guy across the street but rather the CEO of a big business. Actually, I personally wouldn't want the guy across the street to be the President; he's a good neighbor, but an ordinary guy who doesn't have the skills, knowledge or experience to be the President of the United States. And after hearing Gov. Huckabee's speech on CSPAN tonight, in which he admitted he wanted to make every American wealthy, it sure sounded like a "be like Mike" speech, except that he wanted to be like Mitt. Having seen Mitt Romney rescue the floundering, bankrupt, and bribery-ridden Salt Lake Olympics and turn them into a resounding success, and then seeing what he accomplished in Massachusetts, he has shown he knows how to accomplish goals in tough situations using the tools he has been given, and that he knows how to get different groups to work together in those situations. He even donated a substantial sum of his own money to the Olympics ($1 million) and then donated his entire salary he earned as CEO of the Olympics to charity.

As for Chey's comment about the background of some Mormon practices, if she's implying that not every Mormon is a great person, she's probably right. Some Mormons, just like some Catholics or Jews or Baptists or Lutherans, etc., don't always live the standards of their Church. Mitt Romney, however, is not in this category. No person is perfect, but Gov. Romney has served in positions in the Mormon church that require the utmost in integrity, charity, honesty, dedication and sacrifice of time and energy. These types of positions in the Mormon church, such as Bishop and Stake President, aren't held by those who don't live the standards of the Church. And these aren't paid positions–even though a person may spend an average of 20 hours per week serving in such positions for numerous years. These hours are all served, without remuneration, on behalf of others in addition to whatever employment or family responsibilities the person may have.

If Chey is implying that the Mormon church generally doesn't have good standards, I point readers to the Church's Articles of Faith, and the last three in particular:
11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

A person who lives by these principles, and has the experience and record of being a successful leader, such as Mitt Romney, would be a great leader to have as our President.

MITT ROMNEY reminds of a ROOSTER on top of a barn which ever way the ROOSTER is blowing that will be MITT ROMNEY'S position for the day.

MITT ROMNEY reminds me of a used car salesman if you tell him how old the motor is he will probably tell you its new when its probably 50 years old.IF you tell him how old the TIRES are he will probably tell you that they are new as well and as soon as you kick the TIRES the car breaks down or falls apart. MITT ROMNEY is the poster boy of what a POLITICIAN looks like do anything, say anything to get ELECTED. AMERICA doesn't need this MORON in the WHITE HOUSE.

MIT ROMNEY: THE REAL CONSERVATIVE

Anyone who has paid any attention to the election coverage by the mainstream (left-wing) media can see the negative, and relatively scarce, attention paid to Mit Romney. It doesn't require much speculation to understand why: He is the most conservative, and appealing, candidate the Republicans have, and the media greatly fears him. They parade Moderate Mike Huckabee around as the answer to our prayers, yet his record reveals a Rockefeller Republican behind the facade. The much-hyped John McCain has proven to be a cancer to our party given all the concessions he has handed Democrats over the years, to the detriment of our party and nation. Fred Thompson is a tired, uninspiring old man who will hand the Dems an easy win. Giuliani, though a great leader, doesn't have the stamina to weather the Dems attacks, and his past baggage will prove a goldmine to his opponents. Through the thick of the battle, and the rise and fall of many primary candidates, Romney is running strong, and gaining popularity as the public comes to know him better. He governed pretty conservatively in a very liberal state, and effected tremendous change and success in all of his endeavors. Do not be fooled by the media, the McCains, Huckabees, or just about anyone else who praises Romney's opponents, Romney is the real deal and they know it and fear it. They will always support the Republican candidate who is best for the Democrats.

And what Mormon practices are you talking about?

With Romney winning Wyoming, 12 delegates, added to the 12 he won in Iowa, that means he is leading in the Delegate count. If Romney comes in second in NH, that means more. So why is the MSM sounding like he is dead already. Seems they don't want to have him win, because they think he can win against the Demos????

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If anyone has seen any of my posts, I am obviously not a Huckabee supporter. I have seen a lot of pro-Huckabee posts that tell all to find out the truth at mikehuckabee.com. This made me laugh since no candidate is going to point out there own faults. I have gone to the site to see what Huckabee says about the negative things said about him. Obviously it is the exact opposite of what other people are saying about him. So hey, why not do my own research. Good idea, right? Well not so good if you are a Huckabee supporter. One of my main concerns about Huckabee is his battle with the Ethics board. His site, under the link “Truth Squad: Ethics” says, “The overwhelming majority of ethics complaints filed against Governor Huckabee in the state of Arkansas were regularly dismissed and / or proven to be frivolous.” I checked to see if this was true. A majority of them have been thrown out, but not ALL. I find it disturbing that the EVANGELICAL RIGHT voted for a man who had, by his own admission, ethics issues. He never said all of them were thrown out. I wanted to know what wasn’t thrown out. I wanted to know in what areas he had ethics issues. I would suggest that all others do the same. He also tried to get a statute of limitations on ethics issues? Why would he do this. If he had so many issues with ethics why is anyone voting for him? That is a legitimate question. I would like an answer. I assume the answer will be that he will get rid of the IRS. I have done my research there too. It won’t happen. It isn’t possible. Even if the Fair Tax was possible, which i doubt it is, the IRS must still exist to collect that tax. SO why, why is the RIGHT voting for a man that doesn’t have a fiscal conservative record? Why is the right voting for a man that has ethics issues? Can some one answer this?

Ron Paul supporter here. Choose liberty and peace. America, the way the founders intended. Limited government, no entangling alliances, and free trade.

As long as Ron Paul stays serious about his campaign and continues to generate talk (and money) he will influence the public discourse. Already I have seen some of the candidates shift their policies in response to Dr. Paul's message in light of his online popularity and money raising capacity. Don't underestimate the strength of his message. Personal liberty and economic freedom are powerful motivating factors. Iowa is a strongly evangelical state, no surprise the religious candidates took it. I'm hoping New Hampshire, the "Live free or die", state will make a different choice.

We would like to wish to have a good president for our American people and any nationality live in United State. Thank you so much to all any government.

Huckabee is the biggest flip-flopper on the planet. I laugh at the constant attacks on Romney. What about Huckabee's flip on immigration! Did anyone notice at all?!?

Unbelievable, I guess he can be taken for his word because he's a "Christian". People will swallow anything!

Well, Paul may not have had the impact he was looking for in Iowa but 10% is nothing to sneeze at. He won Jefferson County and got 2 delegates in total. As a Paul supporter, I was hoping for him to do better but knowing how Iowa trends, it's not that bad. I'm not happy about the result but far from being upset, I have hope that the results will come in a matter of time. Next stop is NH and we all know how they trend. Paul will show his strength in NH and he can sneak in the top 3. However, I want to congratulate my dear Iowan friends who backed Huckabee and Obama and just say that democracy has won in Iowa. I did predict Obama and Huckabee to win Iowa. Congratulations!

You mean Ron Paul didn't won! I tought all the polls pointed to him! lol I saw them on-line all the time…lol. I don't know man I don't come to terms with Romney , Still don't like Huckabee more for his Religious background, Thompson looks like he is running on empty altough I like him some, Ron Paul is a clown, McCaine I like alot and I am still thinking he wont be so bad and very honest and what a American he has been but, my biggest issue is imigration and Terror and I just dont want amnesty so McCaine is out and that leaves me with the only choice of Rudy who if in my ballot or in the race come election Feb 8 I think in VA or Feb 5 is who I am voting for if not then it will have to be McCaine and if not either of those win then bring Bloomberg baby!!!!!

John Manzi - I couldn't have put it better myself. My family is pulling for Mitt down here in North Carolina. Can't wait for the primaries here!

Bob, Seattle - Huckabee can transcend all political and religious boundaries? What Kool-aid are you drinking? All you've said is that Huckabee gives you a "warm fuzzy" feeling inside. Look at his record, not so warm and fuzzy and certainly doesn't reflect Republican ideals. Look out Republicans - if this guy or McCain gets any farther, you are going to have a massive abandonment of the party. Be warned!

I trusted Iowa to vote with their minds on the Republican side, but many voted for spite! What you spend to get the word out is not relevant to the content of your message or your qualifications.

This vote is for President of the USA, a complicated and powerful position, not Student Body President at Cedar Falls High School.

Voting for spite is self-defeating behavior and Iowa Republicans shot themselves in the foot last night.

Mr. Huckabee continues to defy the 'odds' as expressed by the main stream media and the cable networks. WHY?

Because he actually talks with you and me. He is the intimate candidate. He is not afraid to appear on the Bill Mahr (ulta liberal) show, Jay Leno, CNN, MSNBC. He openly receives and gives accepted responses to questions challenging the role of religion in politics. He openly receives and gives accepted responses to his record in Arkansas.

He has a very well grounded moral foundation (which the vast majority of Americans, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists HAVE to respect and indeed, are starved for) from which to approach the problems facing everyday people.

He continually shows the ability to engage and transcend all political and religious alienating simple agendas by receiving the questions and giving well thought out, acceptable answers without being wowed by himself.

He truly promotes the idea of 'serving' the folks. He truyly promotes the idea of becoming greater by becoming lesser. He alone is able to get across to the folks that he is 'in it' for them. That he is truly 'one of them'.

Mr. Huckabee truly represents a welcome change to the established fraternity that is Washington D.C. and the media experts. He truly represents a change from the all time low ratings of Congress.

America is truly gripped by a 'throw the bums out' mentality. What a refreshingly different approach Mr. Huckabee brings to America. The way is is supposed to be. America will be well served by a McCain/Huckabee ticket.

Good luck fellas. America needs you. The world needs you.

The fact that so many people are so quick to bash Ron Paul shows just how much trouble this country is in. Trying to adhere to the Constitution, ie, the LAW, appear to be ground for the un-Americans to laugh at his 10%.

It is pathetic that we have come to this as a nation. Where most happily support those who care little for our freedoms and liberties. That they support candidates that agree with waging war, spending billions on foreign aid, building up unstable dictatorships, interfering with other countries, that they are ok with the Patriot Act or the RealID Act..

Just what is wrong with bring our troops home? Or getting rid of the biggest crooks in the country - the Fed reserve? What is wrong with reducing the government and getting rid of the IRS? What is wrong with stopping the use of our taxes to pay Israel 3 billion a year for nothing? Or balancing the budget so we do not owe China a trillion dollars?

By all means, don't support him.. that is your right.. but to mock him for being the only honest candidate who believes in our original values, is un-American.

Well Put Jonathan Sedall, regarding flip-floping. Mitt has addressed the flip-floping accusations time and time again. In fact, he has the entire media traveling with him. The liberal media is surely grilling him day in and day out. If you haven't heard his response to these accusations, you can be confident his reasons for slightly changing views is acceptable, or else you would have heard quite a bit about it from the media. It's not like Mitt was ever a strong advocate for upholding roe vs wade. I would say he was on the fence. After his stem cell research, he realized life does in fact begin at conception. With that said, he is now on the Pro-Life side. Romney's voting record while Governor supports where he currently stands.

Like Jonathan said in his previous post, Mitt was Governor of a very liberal state. By coming to the middle on certain issues, Mitt proves he is not one to Shove his policies down your throat. He gives the people what they want. HE is CLEAR about the platform he is running on (which is more than I can say for most the candidates, including Huckabee). If he wins, it's clear what the people want

All one has to do is list the issues that are most important to himself. Then see where each candidate stands on these issues (not just what they say now, but how they voted while in public office, and what their plan is currently to attack the problems facing this nation). Mike Huckabee can't be telling everyone he is tough on crime after commuting the sentences of 12 murderers, and 1000 other criminals. Romney NEVER commuted a sentence while governor of MA.

Mitt's track record is impeccable. I was not a Romney guy 5 years ago. I voted democrat in many elections. After seeing what Mitt did with the mess he inherited in my state, MA, I am convinced he is the only man for the big gig in Washington

Ron Paul polled at 7.3% on average in Iowa (RealClearPolitics). He got 10% of the vote in Iowa. What's with the demeaning posts? He exceeded poll numbers by 37%! That's good news where I come from. Especially in a state that lives off of government handouts.

I am a Massachusetts Independant who is most concerned with the following issues, in order :The Economy, Foreign Polilcy (particularly the middle east, i.e. Iraq, Iran and Pakastan), Imigration, Education and health care.

After thoroughly researching each condidate (for the past year), I decided to join Team MITT. He is the ONLY candidate who is actually talking about policy and providing solutions. MittRomney.com clearly outlined his plans for illegal immigration, plans to eliminate wasteful spending, plans to deliver affordable health care WITHOUT raising taxes (He did this in Massachusetts, the most liberal state in the union), plans to enhance education as well as plans to attack many other problems facing this great nation. I strongly recommend visiting MittRomney.com for more information

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK MITT ROMNEY IS OUT OF THE RACE, YOU ARE DEAD WRONG!!! If Mitt is in fact out of the race, then tell me who the front runners are! Huckabee ?? (3% of caucus goers in Iowa who don't think religion is important, i.e NH and every other state in the union). Guliani ?? (4% in Iowa). McCain ?? (13% in Iowa, 4th place)

The moral on Team Mitt is higher than ever. That NH trail is already a'blazin and we are all reporting for duty! I suggest you do the same.
The trail in NH is already a' blazin !!

I'm actually impressed Romney managed to pick up as much support as he did in this heavily evangelical state. It wasn't the resounding victory he was hoping for, but pulling a close second on a rival's home turf is no mean feat. As Iowa splits their delegates, Romney actually pulled 12 delegates to Huckabee's 17- only a 5 delegate trail out of the hundreds either candidate would need to secure the primary nomination.

The importance of Huckabee's success here will be decided down the line- he now has to make good in some uphill struggles on other people's turf, otherwise he is simply weakening Romney to give McCain or Guliani a better chance at the nomination. It would be tragicomic if the evangelical vote disliked Romney's Mormonism so much that they inadvertently pushed Guliani into the lead- a man who hardly espouses their cherished core values.

Mitt Romney while coming in second last night is right where he needs to be. Huckabee has not had to face the constant attacks that Romney has this past year and now Huckabee will really have to face his record here. He has played the religion card in Iowa, but that will only play to a small percentage of the Republican field. Romney is much more middle of the road and can unite more conservatives than Huckabee. Romney is still in the game and many are going to be quite surprised when he gets the nomination. Romney still has my vote because he is the one who can defeat the democrats in November. Romney has the money and the organization to not only stay in the game, but win it. Lets see if Huckabee can hide from his record now.

So much for all of the Ron Paul supporters claims. People have become used to much being done by the federal government. I personally like the interstate highway system (without the federal government to support it, it would take a lot longer to get around). I am waiting to see how much egg they are taking off their face.

What do evangelicals have to do with a Baptist minister? I thought religion didn't matter in the election.

Beyond understanding how ANYBODY could vote for a religio-nutcase like Huckabee…the LAST thing we need in the White House right now is another bible-whacking idiot who bases his life and policies on fairy-tales and lies. This guy is dangerous. We are already sinking into the toilet of international distain because Bush thinks he is on some kind of " holy mission" to force our way of life on other people who just plain don't want it. Peoples' rights to choose whether they want children or not, our rights to privacy, the legal framework of America, are all being destroyed, and here is another idiot "on a mission". We need a Statesman, and someone of common sense and social conscience, not some phony church-peddler.

of course hucklebee won. he is the best and also the choice of God. and he has chuck norris work with him who is a true beast. "slaughter in san fransisco" is a very good movie. also did you see the episode of texas ranger where he fought the crooked truck driver and whupped him and then a crocodile came out and chuck whupped him too? that was a good episode. overall i think that micky hucklebee is the man and will destroy everyone because he has God and Norris in his corner and you cant mess with that.

The Democrats have a weak field? With all due respect, I wouldn't trust Mitt, Huck, Rudy, Grandpa Fred or the rest of the Republican stooges to sit the proper way on a toilet.

To Janice Cat lover,

Who do you think you are fooling? With all due respect to the three Democratic candidates, Janice Cat lover is more than likely a republican and would never vote for a Democrat. No loss here, Dems!!!

You should support Romney because you seem to be more like him.

Haha, Huckabee winning is a democrats dream! does everyone know that this man didn't graduate from a prestigeous university! do you really want to give him the most prestigeous and difficult position in the United States political system? At least Romney and Obama went to credible ivy league schools which actually measure the aptitude a person has rather than some garbage southern school that no one has heard of! Thats all this country needs, an uneducated pastor as President, that won't divide the country any more than it already is right…no of course not, that would be the best solution for the war of islamic terror, having a christian pastor as our president. Fortunately for America, he won't win because people will come to their senses soon.

After failing to convince Iowa that he is his party's "only true conservative"; he is now on his mission to convince New Hampshire that he is his party's true moderate who can deliver the independent and democrat votes in a general election. Gee, how is he going to do that?

Fiscal conservatives express concern about Huckabee - what about Romney's spending without results? Only goes to show that throwing money on a problem isn't going to solve the problem. Republicans have a problem with Romney, money isn't going to fix it.

What Iowa does show is that people can and do base their preference for a President based on their religion. People can decide to vote for a person based on any factor, none of which are inherently wrong. It's funny: this couldn't be done in business hiring practices, that would be downright bigotry. But to do it when 'hiring' a person to the most important position in the country, people feel no qualms about it. Iowa feels like they're hiring a 'pastor-in-chief' rather than a 'commander-in-chief'. Sad outcome really. Huckabee is way down on my list as a potentially good president - send him back home to be a good preacher.

I vote for the best person in the White House not by parties.

But I can say I am warming up to Mitt Romney and Huckabee they both seem like they would be good safe Presidents.

With all due respect the three Democratic candidates seem to have a weak field and Iwould not risk one of them in the white house.

The Hill-Billy camp looked stupid in their green scarfs.

There is enough real problems and threats facing America that we need to deal with. Hillary's rightous attitude and chip on her sholder and talk to the electorate like their stupid means she is out of it, just not interested in your campaign of smoke and mirrors.

The key to the entire night: (found on CNN website) "In Iowa, entrance polls of caucus-goers showed that 3 out of every 5 Republicans were self-described born again or evangelical Christians. Huckabee beat Romney by better than 2-to-1 in this voting bloc. Among the rest of Iowa's Republican electorate, however, Huckabee finished a distant fourth behind Romney, McCain and Fred Thompson."

Good luck Mike somehow getting those evangelical Christian votes in New Hampshire next week.

Thompson and Romeny got 39% together.
McCain and Huckabee got 39% togethter.

McCain has made it obvious he is running for vice President and wants Huckabee to win.

The democrats seem to be saying hey which of our 3 dogs has the least fleas and in the land of the democratic blind the one eyed man is king.

Repulicans seem to have more stability to their veiw where the dangerous positions the democrats are taking just do not fit the real world.

Hillary and Rudy are out of it.

People say Romney “lost” Iowa. Huck got 17 delegates and Romney got 12. And the tally moves on to the next state….. Let’s not forget. Reagan lost Iowa. LAST time Iowa picked a winner was 1976 - Jimmy Carter. Let the Huck crowd celebrate. It won’t last much longer.

Amazing considering how relatively few $$ Huckabee has spent.

I don't get how Thompson is getting this level of votes. He policies are not that great and he has been lackluster in his campaigning,

Alright, I'm not one of those Ron Paul "spammers" but I did notice that Bill Richardson got to have his name on his 2% piece of the pie while CNN left Ron Paul's 10% piece of the pie(which also included the other 3% for Giuliani)as simply Other.

Why can't the mainstream media just play fair and let candidates lose and win on their own. There are probably tonnes of e-mails from Ron Paul people about this, but you know what, CNN did it to themselves on this one.

predictable,,,, time will tell the story for Thompson and McCain. Don't give up and pack it in just yet guys

Since when has CNN or Iowa got anything right.

We didn't expect to beat out Huckabee or Romney in IA….NH is the real contest for the Paul campaign. That is where our fate will be decided!!

I was truly amazed at the caucus tonight how much support Fred Thompson got.
I think we could actually dig up Ronny Reagan and get HIM elected!
Frankly, I think the strategies are going to pay off - my man John McCain is going to obliterate Romney in New Hampshire, and march the rest of the way to the white house as people begin to understand all the lies that Romney and the others have been weaving about him are just that.
Romney, you elitist punk - thanks for donating all those millions to the Iowa economy.
Now go home - where you claim that to be.

Oh snap.

It's not so much that Huckabee won, it's that Iowa lost. Poor, poor Iowa.

Ron Paul's supporters will have a hard time spinning his 10% finish into a victory. They have been predicting for months that the polls were all wrong, but it turns out they were pretty much on target. Paul has been in the 6%-10% range in the polls for a long time and that's where he finished.

If Paul's Libertarian views don't play in Iowa, where is he going to find supporters? Oklahoma? Wyoming? Libertarianism simply isn't taken seriously by most Americans.

Are NH Independent voters now more likely to vote as Republicans supporting John McCain or Democrats supporting Barak Obama?

Everybody says that Mitt Romney flip-flops. Ever heard of a politician that does not? Hears a thought, maybe Mitt reviews the facts, sees what the people want and then make a desicion. What a change that would be! It would be a lot better than having the gut feeling of the President make a choice.

Do the voters in this country not understand that Mike Huckabee is a walking deciple of George W. Bush? He is John Ashcroft with a bible in hand. If we want this country to move in a positive direction then lets drop Huckabee!

Well, it's nice to see all those obnoxious Internet posters for Ron Paul got out and put their money where their mouth is.

NOT.

I respect a person with conviction. I will vote for Huckabee, not based on his religious faith, but his ability to stand for what he believes in. I cannot come to terms with Romney, knowing the background of some mormon practices. I am not a strong religious follower, even in the lightest sense, and I would never choose a president based on those beliefs. Huckabee is reputable and has nothing to prove. We finally have a candidate who can cross the red and blue boundary and can make things happen, we just have to help get him there.

Chey, North Carolina