McCain uses Huckabees words against him in South Carolina

In a new ad in South Carolina John McCain defends the attacks on him by Mike Huckabee with Quotes from none other than Mike Huckabee.

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Fred Thompson lay out the case against Mike Huckabee

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When Huckabee is asked about his record all he can do is make personal attacks

In Thursday's Presidential Debate Governor Mike Huckabee's record as Governor was exposed by Sen. Fred Thompson. Instead of addressing the concerns that were raised about his Conservative record Huckabee could only respond by saying, "I think Fred needs some Metamucil, I think it would help a lot. He was in a bad mood last night."


Wrong again, Gov. Huckabee what happened is that you were exposed as the liberal that you are. You raised taxes as Governor, you put illegal immigrants ahead of Americans, and have joined the democrats in the church of bush hate. It is not being in a bad mood to show the true Mike Huckabee. Your record should be exposed because the more that comes out the worse you look. Just because you are a baptist minister does not make you a conservative.

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Fred Apologizes for the exposing the real Mike Huckabee

Fred Thompson apologizes for exposing the real Mike Huckabee.

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Huckabee lied about theology degree

Mike Huckabee claimed to CBN,

"I'm as strong on terror as anybody. In fact I think I'm stronger than most
people because I truly understand the nature of the war that we are in with
Islamofascism. These are people that want to kill us. It's a theocratic war. And
I don't know if anybody fully understands that. I'm the only guy on that stage
with a theology degree. I think I understand it really well."

The problem with that is Huckabee lied. He does not have a theology degree. To make things worse he gave this answer to it being pointed out,

I have a bachelor of arts in religion and a minor in communications in my
undergraduate work. And then I have 46 hours on a master's degree at
Southwestern Theology Seminary. So, my degree as a theological degree is at the
college level and then 46 hours toward a masters -- three years of study of New
Testament Greek, and then the rest of it, all in Seminary was theological
studies, but my degree was actually in religion."

Huckabee has now lied about his Education, Immigration, and Tax Policy what other lies does he not want us to know about.

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Huckabee will not be happy to see some old friends

The AP is running a fun story that talks about how Ron Paul is bringing some Arkansas Republicans up to Iowa to talk about how Mike Huckabee's record is not what he wants people to believe.

"We just want to make sure Iowans get the full picture of what Governor Huckabee
did when he was in office," said Paul's campaign spokesman, Jesse Benton. "There
hasn't been a whole lot of information going out to Iowans and we want to make
sure they get the full picture."

Holt, who ran unsuccessfully for Arkansas lieutenant governor last year,
has tangled publicly with Huckabee over immigration. Huckabee, a Southern
Baptist preacher, spoke out against Holt's proposal in 2005 to ban state
services to illegal immigrants and said "I drink a different kind of Jesus
juice."

Once people get the full picture I do not think they will be able to vote for Gov. Huckabee. He is weak on Immigration, increased taxes in Arkansas, and was weak on crime.

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Huckabee a soft target says dems

According to Drudgereport.com

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. [DNC Press Release Attack Summary: Governor
Mitt Romney (R-MA) – 37% (99 press releases) Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) – 28%
(74) Senator John McCain (R-AZ) – 24% (64) Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) – 8%
(20) Governor Mike Huckabee – 2% (4)] In fact, as the story broke over the
weekend that Huckabee said he wanted to isolate AIDS patients back in 1992, the
DNC ignored the opportunity to slam the candidate from the left. "He'll easily
be their McGovern, an easy kill," mocked one senior Democrat operative Tuesday
morning from Washington. "His letting out murderers because they shout 'Jesus',
his wanting to put 300,000 AIDS patients and Magic Johnson into isolation, ain't
even scratching the surface of what we've got on him."The discipline the
Democrats have shown in not engaging Huckabee has earned the praise of one
former Republican Party official: "The Democrats are doing a much better job
restraining themselves than the GOP did in 2003 when Howard Dean looked like he
was on the brink of winning the nomination."A close friend to Huckabee explains:
"Look, Mike is Hillary Clinton's worst nightmare. They should be
squirming."

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Mike Huckabee raised more taxes than Bill Clinton as Governor

Mike Huckabee has been able to rise in the polls while claiming to be a true conservative. He had not been given much attention because he was not considered a top-tier cantidate. Now that he has risen in the polls his record is being filled in and it is not what he claims it to be.


The Arkansas Leader is running this ediorial:

Mike Huckabee raised more taxes in 10 years in office than Bill Clinton did in his 12 years.
Clinton tax increases

- Increased the general sales tax from 3 percent to 4 per- cent (Act 63 of special session of 1983)

- Increased sales tax by half of 1 percent and extended the tax to used vehicles (Act 3 of 1991)

- Increased the corporate income tax from 6 to 6.5 percent for corporations with net incomes greater than $100,000 (Act 1052 of 1991)

- Levied a 16 percent tax on snuff (yes, there are a few people who still dip snuff) (Act 628 of 1987)

- Levied a 25-cent tax on each pack of cigarette papers (yes, there are people who still roll their own) (Act 1045 of 1987)

- Increased the cigarette tax from 17.75 cents a pack to 21 cents a pack (Act 399 of 1983)

- Increased the cigarette tax by a penny a pack (Act 1211 of 1991)

- Levied a 2 percent tax on certain tourism items like admission to theme parks (Act 38 of 1989)

- Increased excise taxes on mixed drinks sold for on-premises consumption (not wine or beer) (Act 844 of 1983 and Act 908 of 1989)

- Increased motor fuel taxes by 1 cent a gallon (1979)

- Increased motor fuel taxes by 4 cents a gallon (Act 456 of 1985) (Clinton vetoed the bill but the legislature overrode his veto.)

- Increased the tax on motor fuels by 5 cents a gallon

- Increased motor vehicle registration fees, 1979 (subsequently repealed)
Huckabee tax increases

- Imposed an income tax surcharge of 3 percent on tax liabilities of individuals and domestic and foreign corporations (Act 38, 1st special session of 2003). (It was temporary until revenues improved. The legislature repealed it in 2005.)

- Increased the sales tax by 1/8 of one percent by initiated act (but it was a personal campaign by Huckabee, who campaigned across the state for it and took a celebrated bass boat trip for 4 days down the Arkansas River holding press conferences in each river city to urge passage of the act)

- Increased the sales tax by one-half of 1 percent (Act 1492 of 1999)

- Increased the sales tax by 7/8ths of 1 percent and expand the sales tax to many services previously exempt from the tax (Act 107, 2nd special session of 2003)

- Collected a 2 percent tax on chewing tobacco, cigars, package tobacco, cigarette papers and snuff (Act 434 of 1997)

- Levied an additional excise tax of 7 percent on tobacco (Act 38 of 1st special session of 2003)

- Increased the tax on cigarette and tobacco permits (Act 1337 of 1997)

- Increased the tax on cigarette and tobacco – cigarettes by $1.25 per thousand cigarettes and 2 percent of the manufacturers’ selling price on tobacco products (Act 434 of 1997)

- Increased the tax on cigarettes by 25 cents a pack (Act 38, 1st special session of 2003)

- Levied a 3 percent excise tax on all retail sales of beer (Act 1841 of 2001 and extended by Act 272 of 2003 and Act 2188 of 2005)

- Revived the 4 percent mixed drink tax of 1989 and added a 4 percent tax on private clubs (Act 1274 of 2005)

- Increased the tax on gasoline by 3 cents a gallon (Act 1028 of 1999)

- Increased the tax on diesel by 4 cents a gallon (Act 1028 of 1999) Note: Contrary to what Huckabee has said repeatedly in debates, speeches and TV shows, the 1999 gasoline and diesel taxes were not submitted to the voters and approved by 80 per cent of them. It was never submitted to a vote. It was the governor’s bill and it became law without a vote of the people. What the voters did approve in 1999 was a bond issue for interstate highway reconstruction but it did not involve a tax increase. Existing taxes and federal receipts were pledged to retire the bonds.

- Increased the driver’s license by $6 a person, from $14 to $20 (Act 1500 of 2001)
So which raised taxes more? It is hard to quantify. If you measured the increases in the revenue stream, the Huckabee tax cuts far exceeded Clinton’s but that would be unfair because the economy had grown and the same penny of tax would produce far more under Huckabee.

But if you look at the major taxes, I see the aggregate Huckabee taxes as greater, especially if you deduct the 4 cent gasoline and diesel taxes that Clinton vetoed in 1985 and that the legislature enacted over his veto.

Anyway, the sales tax is the big revenue producer. Both raised it by 1.5 cents on the dollar and both expanded it to cover a myriad of services. Clinton raised motor fuel taxes a little more, Huckabee cigarette taxes a lot more.

A further note: Huckabee claims credit for a major tax cut in 1997, saying it was the first tax cut in Arkansas history (there had been many prior to that) and that he forced the Democratic legislature to curtail its impulse to always raise taxes.

The facts: The omnibus income tax cut bill of 1997 was proposed by Gov. Jim Guy Tucker in the spring of 1996. It had multiple (7) features, all aimed at relief for middle-class families or the elderly. He asked interim legislative committees to expand on his plan. Tucker then resigned before the legislature convened after his conviction on Whitewater-related charges, and Huckabee took office.

At the legislative session that followed, the Democratic caucus of the House (88 of the 100 members) made the Tucker tax cuts its chief program. The bill was introduced with 83 sponsors (all Democrats) and all Democrats voted for it. It was unopposed. Huckabee’s tax cut was to give each taxpayer a check for $25 each fall, saying it would help offset the burden of sales taxes on groceries (the repeal of which he repeatedly opposed). The legislature rejected Huckabee’s plan and passed the Tucker bill. Huckabee signed it into law.

The 94 tax cuts that he said he fathered are similarly misleading. The vast majority of those were the usual exemptions and modifications of various taxes and fees that the legislature enacts every time it meets. They were not a part of Huckabee’s program with a few exceptions. Rather, Democratic legislators sponsored them, usually at the behest of whatever special interest benefited, and Huckabee signed them when they hit his desk. If you did a similar summary of Clinton’s years he could claim probably well over 100 tax cuts. Every Arkansas governor since World War II could claim dozens each.

If you counted all the tax benefits extended to corporations under the incentives enacted by the legislature under Clinton — and they were part of his programs, especially in 1983, 1985 and 1989 — the tax cuts would dwarf those under Huckabee.

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Mitt, Huckabee, and Rudy in their own words

Here is the full version of the ad Fred Thompson ran at the CNN debate. It is amazing how these three cantidates who claim to be conservative are anything but that.

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Huckabee a "Disaster" on Immigration

The Washington Times is running a piece about how Immigration groups feel about Mike Huckabee,

"He was an absolute disaster on immigration as governor," said Roy Beck,
president of NumbersUSA, a group that played a major role in rallying the phone
calls that helped defeat this year's Senate immigration bill. "Every time there
was any enforcement in his state, he took the side of the illegal
aliens."

Finally someone has stood up and called Huckabee on this point. While most Republican Candidates have taken strong views on Immigration Governor Huckabee has treated the issue with mostly fluff. He actually ran an ad in Iowa that said that his Immigration plan was "Chuck Norris." Governor Huckabee has risen in the polls while his record has remained rather unscruitinized. Huckabee was horrible on the issues of Immigration, Taxes, and Ethics while Governor of Arkansas. His administration defended Illegal Immigrants while trying to get them a tuition discount for college educations. The result of his time in office was a net increase in taxes. He also has many ethic complaints filed against him during the time he was Governor.

Mike Huckabee's record is not what he would want you to believe. It is easy to get glossed over when he is fed softball questions in the CNN debate that focused on the Bible and related issues. It is not difficult to give funny one-liners in thirty second debate responses it is much more difficult to lead. When you look at how Former Governor Mike Huckabee leads you realize he lacks the conservative principles that a Republican Nominee should have.

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Mike Huckabee is not Serious about Immigration

Mike Huckabee has a campaign ad running in Iowa with Chuck Norris in it. The ad just proves how amateur Mike Huckabee is and that he does not have a serious position on immigration. Mike Huckabee's Immigration plan: "Chuck Norris." This is the type of ad you would expect from a kid running for class president not President of the United States. It is time for Mike to step aside and let serious candidates talk about real issues.

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Mike Huckabee: "whatever tax is fine with me"

Mike Huckeabee has been running as a conservative. He claims to be the only true conservative. Well, this video should expose the real Mike Huckabee. He is a tax and spend Republican who is only conservative on his stance on abortion. His view on abortion could just be lipservice to get votes judging by the rest of his record.

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Fred Thompson responds to Huckabee, Thanks for being a Conservative on one issue!

Former Governor Mike Huckabee has been attacking Fred Thompson for taking the sound Constitutional Position that states are the judges of abortion laws not the federal government. He also opposes a Constitutional Amendment becuse that would take state power away and move it to the federal government. In a fox news interview Fred Thompson fired back,

"Yeah, well I don’t need to justify myself to the governor. My record is clear. 100 percent pro-life voting record over 8 years at the national level... I’ve said Roe v. Wade was wrongfully decided. I have been pro-life all my career and I always will be. The difference with me and most of the rest of them is that’s where I was yesterday, that’s where I am today, and that’s where I’ll be tomorrow... Gov. Huckabee talks about this, I suppose, because it’s the only conservative position he’s got. People talk about a sanctuary cities -- he apparently wanted a sanctuary state in Arkansas. He’s very weak on immigration policy. He was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the CATO ratings and getting a B when Clinton got a B and getting an F for part of his administration. So I can understand why he might want to talk solely about this issue."

The more Huckabee is exposed he resembles less what some conservatives want to make him out to be. In the end the real Conservative in this race is Fred Thompson. Remember the Conservative position is to respect the Consitution and not want more government control.

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