"MUST SEE:" HUCKABEE'S PATH TO THE NOMINATION
[NOTE: GET THE LATEST COMMENTS ON HUCKABEE'S RUN HERE (http://speedzzter.blogspot.com)]
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=1427
Bottom line: if Huckabee and other candidates can take 671 or more of the remaining delegates from McCain, then the nomination will go to the convention floor. At that point, the rules of several states will cause many delegates that McCain and Romney count on to be released.
Fox News Channel ("FNC") and the GOP elites, of course, will go "all out" to prevent this from happening.
Why else would FNC NOT carry Governor Huckabee's entire CPAC speech?
This is evidence that FNC continues its unfair and unbalanced coverage of Governor Huckabee's campaign.
This is not a new phenomenon.
First, several FNC hosts were "in the bag" for Rudy. During the "Huckaboom" last fall FNC went out of its way to air Govenor Huckabee's critics and Governor Romney's anti-Huckabee talking points. When Fox conducted the second New Hampshire debate, FNC biased the questions and the airtime away from Governor Huckabee. Then when Rudy flopped, some FNC hosts (i.e. Hannity) started overtly campaigning for Romney. Now that Romney's quit, FNC has become a de facto extension of the McCain camp. One of the worst examples is FNC's reliance on Karl Rove, who -- according to Huck's Army.com is a "maxed out" donor to John McCain.
Many Huckabee-supporting conservatives used to appreciate FNC's fresh perspective on the news. That was before their "Jihad" against Huckabee. But FNC's ratings will suffer if they continue down this unfair and biased path.
Another example of how the GOP elites are trying to "ram through" McCain's nomination without a convention floor vote is the premature "call" of the Washington Caucuses (I'd say "cauci" but this website is boycotting "Rush-isms" for the time being due to Rush Limbaugh's open and notorious bias against consistent social conservatives, including Mike Huckabee).
Huckabee's camp released the following statement:
“The Huckabee campaign is deeply disturbed by the obvious irregularities in the Washington State Republican precinct caucuses. It is very unfortunate that the Washington State Party Chairman, Luke Esser, chose to call the race for John McCain after only 87 percent of the vote was counted. According to CNN, the difference between Senator McCain and Governor Huckabee is a mere 242 votes, out of more than 12,000 votes counted—with another 1500 or so votes, apparently, not counted. That is an outrage.
[So much for all those claims that Huckabee couldn't pull votes out of the South]
“In other words, more than one in eight Evergreen State Republicans have been disenfranchised by the actions of their own party. This was an error in judgment by Mr. Esser. It was Mr. Esser’s duty to oversee a fair vote-count process. Washington Republicans know, from bitter experience in the 2004 gubernatorial election, the terrible results that can come from bad ballot-counting.
“Frankly, I am disappointed in the way that Mr. Esser has handled this urgent matter. So I call upon Mr. Esser and his colleagues to cooperate fully with the Huckabee campaign—and all Republicans, everywhere, who care about honest and transparent vote-counting—to make sure that every vote is counted and that all Republicans in Washington have the chance to make their votes count. Attempts by our campaign to contact Mr. Esser have been unsuccessful. Our lawyers will be on the ground in Washington State soon, and we look forward to sitting down with Mr. Esser to evaluate this process, to see why the count took so long, and why the vote-counting was stopped prematurely.
“It would be a disservice to every voter in Washington State to not pursue a full accounting of all votes cast.
“This is not about Mike Huckabee. This is not about Senator John McCain. This is about the failings of the Washington State Republican Party. All Republicans should unite to demand an honest accounting of the votes, so that Republicans can have full confidence in the results, and full confidence in the eventual Republican nominee. As I said, we are prepared to go to court, and we are also prepared to take our case all the way to the Republican National Convention in September.
“Our cause is just. We must reemphasize the sacred American principle that all ballots be counted in a free, fair, and transparent manner.”
Huckabee made some brilliant comments on the stump in Lynchburg, Virginia over the weekend:
“I’m really not very persuaded by the party officials and the party establishment who come out now and are saying 'Oh, well John McCain has 700 delegates, we oughta just quit,'” said Huckabee.
“When they wrote the rules, it said you had to have 1,191. So why did they write the rules for that game of play and now want to change the rules, that’s crazy. And so, you know, I’m playing by the rules that were written for me and I’m not trying to make them and I’m not trying to break them, so we’ll continue doing it.”
"When [your opponents] really don’t think you have a chance, they ignore you. When they say bad things about you, they fear you. So the fact that I’m being asked to leave and all these things are being said, it’s an extraordinary honor. I don’t necessarily enjoy it, but I sure appreciate it."
Huckabee on "Meet the Press" said:
"If our party can't have a thoughtful discussion and some meaningful debate and dialogue about the issues important to us as a party, then we are really not prepared to lead."
A vote for Mike Huckabee is a vote against a "coronation" of John McCain.
A vote for Huckabee is a vote for the only true, consistent conservative with a strong record of executive experience left in the race.
A vote for Huckabee strengthens the process even if John McCain is the eventual nominee because it will force McCain to the right and it will keep the GOP in the news (the worst thing for the GOP in November is for the next six months of news to be about Obama v. Hillary)
A vote for Huckabee is a vote against the GOP elites who have led the party to become the party of fiscal irresponsiblity, earmarks and cynical "identity politics."
[NOTE: GET THE LATEST COMMENTS ON HUCKABEE'S RUN HERE (http://speedzzter.blogspot.com)]
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=1427
Bottom line: if Huckabee and other candidates can take 671 or more of the remaining delegates from McCain, then the nomination will go to the convention floor. At that point, the rules of several states will cause many delegates that McCain and Romney count on to be released.
Fox News Channel ("FNC") and the GOP elites, of course, will go "all out" to prevent this from happening.
Why else would FNC NOT carry Governor Huckabee's entire CPAC speech?
This is evidence that FNC continues its unfair and unbalanced coverage of Governor Huckabee's campaign.
This is not a new phenomenon.
First, several FNC hosts were "in the bag" for Rudy. During the "Huckaboom" last fall FNC went out of its way to air Govenor Huckabee's critics and Governor Romney's anti-Huckabee talking points. When Fox conducted the second New Hampshire debate, FNC biased the questions and the airtime away from Governor Huckabee. Then when Rudy flopped, some FNC hosts (i.e. Hannity) started overtly campaigning for Romney. Now that Romney's quit, FNC has become a de facto extension of the McCain camp. One of the worst examples is FNC's reliance on Karl Rove, who -- according to Huck's Army.com is a "maxed out" donor to John McCain.
Many Huckabee-supporting conservatives used to appreciate FNC's fresh perspective on the news. That was before their "Jihad" against Huckabee. But FNC's ratings will suffer if they continue down this unfair and biased path.
Another example of how the GOP elites are trying to "ram through" McCain's nomination without a convention floor vote is the premature "call" of the Washington Caucuses (I'd say "cauci" but this website is boycotting "Rush-isms" for the time being due to Rush Limbaugh's open and notorious bias against consistent social conservatives, including Mike Huckabee).
Huckabee's camp released the following statement:
“The Huckabee campaign is deeply disturbed by the obvious irregularities in the Washington State Republican precinct caucuses. It is very unfortunate that the Washington State Party Chairman, Luke Esser, chose to call the race for John McCain after only 87 percent of the vote was counted. According to CNN, the difference between Senator McCain and Governor Huckabee is a mere 242 votes, out of more than 12,000 votes counted—with another 1500 or so votes, apparently, not counted. That is an outrage.
[So much for all those claims that Huckabee couldn't pull votes out of the South]
“In other words, more than one in eight Evergreen State Republicans have been disenfranchised by the actions of their own party. This was an error in judgment by Mr. Esser. It was Mr. Esser’s duty to oversee a fair vote-count process. Washington Republicans know, from bitter experience in the 2004 gubernatorial election, the terrible results that can come from bad ballot-counting.
“Frankly, I am disappointed in the way that Mr. Esser has handled this urgent matter. So I call upon Mr. Esser and his colleagues to cooperate fully with the Huckabee campaign—and all Republicans, everywhere, who care about honest and transparent vote-counting—to make sure that every vote is counted and that all Republicans in Washington have the chance to make their votes count. Attempts by our campaign to contact Mr. Esser have been unsuccessful. Our lawyers will be on the ground in Washington State soon, and we look forward to sitting down with Mr. Esser to evaluate this process, to see why the count took so long, and why the vote-counting was stopped prematurely.
“It would be a disservice to every voter in Washington State to not pursue a full accounting of all votes cast.
“This is not about Mike Huckabee. This is not about Senator John McCain. This is about the failings of the Washington State Republican Party. All Republicans should unite to demand an honest accounting of the votes, so that Republicans can have full confidence in the results, and full confidence in the eventual Republican nominee. As I said, we are prepared to go to court, and we are also prepared to take our case all the way to the Republican National Convention in September.
“Our cause is just. We must reemphasize the sacred American principle that all ballots be counted in a free, fair, and transparent manner.”
Huckabee made some brilliant comments on the stump in Lynchburg, Virginia over the weekend:
“I’m really not very persuaded by the party officials and the party establishment who come out now and are saying 'Oh, well John McCain has 700 delegates, we oughta just quit,'” said Huckabee.
“When they wrote the rules, it said you had to have 1,191. So why did they write the rules for that game of play and now want to change the rules, that’s crazy. And so, you know, I’m playing by the rules that were written for me and I’m not trying to make them and I’m not trying to break them, so we’ll continue doing it.”
"When [your opponents] really don’t think you have a chance, they ignore you. When they say bad things about you, they fear you. So the fact that I’m being asked to leave and all these things are being said, it’s an extraordinary honor. I don’t necessarily enjoy it, but I sure appreciate it."
Huckabee on "Meet the Press" said:
"If our party can't have a thoughtful discussion and some meaningful debate and dialogue about the issues important to us as a party, then we are really not prepared to lead."
A vote for Mike Huckabee is a vote against a "coronation" of John McCain.
A vote for Huckabee is a vote for the only true, consistent conservative with a strong record of executive experience left in the race.
A vote for Huckabee strengthens the process even if John McCain is the eventual nominee because it will force McCain to the right and it will keep the GOP in the news (the worst thing for the GOP in November is for the next six months of news to be about Obama v. Hillary)
A vote for Huckabee is a vote against the GOP elites who have led the party to become the party of fiscal irresponsiblity, earmarks and cynical "identity politics."
Labels: John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rush Limbaugh
posted by Editor at 06:43
7 Comments:
Speedzzter, brilliant post. I could not agree more with your analysis. I hope we get to a brokered convention and let's select our GOP nominee through that process... which I really hope is Huckabee!
What makes me shake my head in wonderment is that there were a lot of banshee Romneyians shrieking their heads off that "A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain!" before their Daddy BigBucks suspended his campaign. Now that Mitter the Quitter is done for the time being, do they now fully understand that "A vote for Romney is a vote for McCain!!" in the remaining GOP primaries? (Look what would have happened in the state of Washington if most of those Romney votes went to Huckabee instead.)
Just think of how loud those Romneyians would be screeching and wailing if it was Mike Huckabee who had dropped out of the race instead of Mitt. They'd be screaming for Huckabee voters to no longer vote for Huckabee and to vote for Romney to stop RINO McCain. They'd bellow at the top of their lungs: "A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain!"
But now the shoe's on the other foot, and they should apply their logic to themselves and realize that in later GOP primaries that a vote for Romney is a vote for McCain.
PLUS, these Romneyians keep puffing up their chest about how classy and noble it was for Romney to quit and bow out of the race. Given that, then the Romneyians should think which candidate left is the best GOP candidate left to carry and represent true conservative principles. That would clearly not be McCain. And it would clearly be Huckabee.
Therefore, it behooves all Romney supporters and all anti-RINO voters to line up behind the Huckabee camp and force it to a brokered convention.
(And who knows the brokered convention might yield up Romney!)
So VOTE FOR HUCKABEE now!!!
"Huckabee fancies himself persecuted by the Republican establishment. He says only one explanation fits his Iowa success and it's not a human one. It's the same power that helped a little boy with two fish and five loaves feed a crowd of 5,000 people. God so loves Huckabee's politics that he worked a Midweat miracle on the candidates' behalf? Should someone so delutional control nuclear weapons?"
George Will
The man should have been born 200 years ago but even the fouding fathers would have considered him a nut.
Huckabee was all but ignored, dismissed as a rube, by the media. Well, now he can't and won't be ignored. Throughout the process, this media 'ignorance' was a troubling trend and it appeared, although not one pundit had the intestinal fortitude to point it out, blantantly obvious and DEEPLY WRONG. Never have I been so saddened and embarrassed by what I saw in this election (or coronation, as it appeared). Let's hope and pray, and for those who still have upcoming primaries/caucuses, vote for a man the media got all wrong...but we were right about from the beginning. Go Huckabee!!
Huckabee is a Jimmy Carter of Republican Party !
F...o...!
The right-wing conservatives are like a bunch of kamazie pilots who still want to commit suicide even after the war had ended. Get real, people.
Huckabee is a joke. I hope all of you who are spinning this incredible scenario know that. The only votes he gets are from ignorant Evangelicals. (Not that Evangelicals are ignorant, it's just that only the ignorant ones will vote for him.) I am a serious, active Christian, go to church weekly, but I would never vote for such a person. He is so disingenuous, and is truly one of those Baptist bigots, using the anti-Mormon stuff to de-rail Romney, and blaring constant vicious comments from him and his staff about Romney in particular ("I'd like to kick his teeth in.") He is NOT a conservative. Did not govern conservatively. Wants to give illegals college tuition, when plenty of legals can't get that. He is smooth and "likeable." It will take alot more than that to get intelligent people to vote for him. He's a goner. Just wait another week or two. It will be "Gomer who?" I would vote for someone as smelly as Hillary Clinton to keep this Huckster out of the White House. Y'all get a life!
"Huckabee is a joke. I hope all of you who are spinning this incredible scenario know that. The only votes he gets are from ignorant Evangelicals."
Not true, Huckabee is pulling votes from conservatives of all types. Stop just cribbing from the elite GOP establishment spin.
"He is so disingenuous, and is truly one of those Baptist bigots, using the anti-Mormon stuff to de-rail Romney, and blaring constant vicious comments from him and his staff about Romney in particular ("I'd like to kick his teeth in.")"
Again, a gross distortion of Huckabee's record. While Romney spent millions on anti-Huckabee "push polling" and attack ads (including through Romney-funded proxies, such as the libertarian Club for Growth) Huckabee went out of his way not to make Romney's bizarre theology and his deceptive representations of it an issue in the campaign. Huckabee ran no negative ads targeting Romney's heterodox religous beliefs. The one quote in the post was from Ed Rollins and had nothing to do with Romney's weird religion, but with Romney's affection for negative campaigning.
BTW, how does holding an orthodox Christian position on the LDS religion (which claims to be the only true and "restored" church) make one an "anti-Mormon" bigot?
It is a manifest disservice to our civil discourse and our individual liberty to suggest that all legitimate, factual discussions of theology, even in the context of a political campaign, are "bigotry."
To the extent that a candidate's religion and personal piety (e.g. "applied religion") provide windows into the intellect, public and personal values, motivations, philosophy, opinions and beliefs of a candidate, they are clearly relevant in the private calculus on whom to vote for.
Moreover, Freedom of conscience is firmly enshrined in the FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE of the First Amendment. Read properly in its historic context, this fundamental liberty contemplates a robust, public discussion and consideration of "faith-based" questions, even in political campaigns. That such discussions apparently offend some self-appointed elites is of no matter.
What's more, the "no religious test" provision of Article VI, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution clearly does not prohibit individual voters evaluating a candidate's intellect, personal moral values and even religious beliefs. Nor does it prevent any candidate from "innocently" asking or even responding in candor and honesty as to questions on matters of faith. It simply prohibits the government from establishing a formal "religious test."
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