ARE OHIO & TEXAS “MAKE OR BREAK” FOR CONSERVATIVES?
Contrary to the Elite GOP media spin, John McCain has not “mathematically eliminated” Governor Mike Huckabee.
McCain does not have 1191 COMMITTED delegates yet.
As many have pointed out, uncommitted delegates are UNCOMMITTED and can vote however they want at the GOP convention in September. Thus, until McCain has 1191 COMMITTED delegates, Mike Huckabee has at least a theoretical path to stop McCain.
However, too many conservative Republicans are acting as if winning 1191 COMMITTED delegates and then staying politically viable for the next six months until the GOP convention is a mere formality.
For his part, McCain is already “counting his chickens.”
Like a chicken, he’s ducking and dodging debates with Mike Huckabee.
Like a mother hen, he’s apparently sitting on what’s left of his campaign "nest egg" because he’s reportedly nearly at the FEC spending limit for the primary season.
And he’s “crossed the road” and “flown the coop” by campaigning more against the one he assumes will prevail in the Democratic Donnybrook instead of shoring up the conservative base of the GOP “back home.”
Of course, McCain’s mostly “big blue state” plurality path to the GOP nomination has undoubtedly (but incorrectly) taught him that conservative power in the GOP is waning.
As Speedzzter has previously written, if conservatives are not wholeheartedly behind John McCain, then voting for Mike Huckabee is the last clear chance to avoid his nomination and to send a powerful message to the Eastern GOP elites.
It is now up to true conservatives in Texas and Ohio to vote their consciences.
If true conservatives in Texas and Ohio fail to send McCain and the Eastern GOP elites a message in sufficient numbers, Conservatives in those states may be fairly labeled as “all hat and no cattle” or “all talk and no action.”
It’s clear that Mike Huckabee has energized many social conservatives. That much is evident from the continuing enthusiasm that many conservative voters have for his campaign (even after the monolithic chorus of GOP media elites have screamed for “Huck’s Army” to “cease fire”).
But it’s also true that the lingering effects of the corrosive propaganda war funded by Mitt Romney and his paid surrogates at the hypocritical “Club for [No] Growth” has taken its toll.
Conservatives who fail to stand in 2008 (not in 2012 or 2016) for true, rock-solid Reagan conservatism by voting for Mike Huckabee deserve John McCain as a nominee.
It’s not enough to pine away for 2012.
It’s not enough to wistfully dream of an “ideologically pure” third party.
It's not enough to turn toward Congress or local elections (neither of which can stop Hillary/Obama from packing the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Judiciary with appointed-for-life liberal ACLU/trial lawyers who will make up the meaning of the Constitution and our laws as they go.)
And it’s certainly not enough to float ridiculous, jack-legged trial balloons, such as a McCain-Romney ticket. (The Gucci Chameleon, “Slick Willard” Mitt Romney lost in the vast majority of the bedrock Red States that the GOP must hold and he de-energizes a sizeable plurality of the voters that ANY GOP nominee must have to win in November)
True conservatives in Texas and Ohio – if they are serious about their convictions -- must take a hard look at John McCain and Mike Huckabee. A hard look that’s independent of all of the paid GOP media spin, public opinion polls and the conclusions of the elite pundits.
If Texas and Ohio conservatives are willing to make a fair, honest, objective comparison, Speedzzter is certain that they will adjudge Mike Huckabee as the true, Reagan conservative choice for the GOP nomination.
The truth about Governor Huckabee is as follows:
1. With ten-and-a-half years of experience running state government, Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas has more relevant executive experience than any candidate in the race – either Republican or Democrat.
2. Recognized and tapped by his peers for leadership, the National Governor’s Association selected Governor Huckabee as it’s Chairman,
3. TIME Magazine honored him as one of the five best Governors in America.
4. Governor Huckabee is a fiscal conservative who cut taxes almost 100 times in the state of Arkansas, including the state’s first broad-based tax cuts, and turned a $200 million deficit into an $850 million surplus.
ISSUES
1. TAXES/ECONOMY –Governor Huckabee supports The FairTax because it will restore the “Made in America” label, making American goods 12-25% more competitive, boosting economic growth, increasing our exports, and securing American jobs. It also prevents criminals or illegal aliens from avoiding taxes, and makes the taxes we all pay 100% transparent.
2. GOVERNMENT SPENDING – Governor Huckabee is committed to reducing government spending. One way he’ll do this is by reducing the cost of welfare. Governor Huckabee will work with states to reduce welfare roles through programs like the one he implemented in Arkansas, which reduced welfare roles by 50%.
3. HEALTH CARE –Governor Huckabee will implement a consumer-based healthcare system that emphasizes preventative medicine and wellness. Because 70% of our $2 trillion dollar healthcare costs is spent treating chronic, preventable diseases, this approach will make healthcare more affordable for everybody while keeping us healthier.
4. FAMILY VALUES –Governor Huckabee supports a federal constitutional amendment to protect the right to life. He Successfully fought for Arknasas’ marriage amendment and strongly supports a similar, federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
5. IMMIGRATION –Governor Huckabee will secure the border (with physical barriers, electronic surveillance, and more border-patrol personnel and detention facilities). He will also end sanctuary cities and increase penalties on, and enforcement against, employers who hire illegal immigrants. Governor Huckabee will make sure the border patrol has adequate funding to end our “catch and release” system so that everyone caught trying to enter illegally, overstaying their visa, or committing a crime will be held until they’re tried, convicted, and deported. Gov. Huckabee has also signed the Numbers USA "No Amnesty" Pledge.
6. WAR ON TERROR AND IRAQ – Governor Huckabee knows it takes a large, well-equipped military to ensure our national defense and to deter conventional military confrontations. He also knows we need large, well-equipped intelligence and Special Forces operations for our national offense – so we can effectively find and eliminate terrorists threats at home or abroad. Governor Huckabee will be a Commander in Chief who knows that IF WE HAVE TO FIGHT A WAR, our President has to fight it the way our GENERALS tell him it can be won, not the way we wants it to be won.
7. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE –Governor Huckabee will implement a program to end the import of foreign oil in the next ten years by increasing domestic oil production in the short term, and then replacing oil-based energy infrastructure with alternative and renewable energies.
8. CLEMENCIES – Arkansas Governors grant clemency, but the parole board grants parole. Wayne DuMond’s parole was granted by the board and NOT Governor Huckabee.
9. TAXES –When Governor Huckabee left office, the tax rates remained exactly the same as when he first came into office. Governor Huckabee returned almost $400 million to Arkansas taxpayers, and he also DOUBLED the standard deduction for individuals and married couples, DOUBLED the childcare tax credit, and eliminated the marriage penalty. He also repealed capital gains taxes for home sales, lowered the capital gains rate by 25%, expanded the homestead exemption, and set up tax-free savings accounts for medical care and college tuition. Gov. Huckabee has also signed the Americans for Tx Reform's pledge not to raise taxes.
10. SECOND AMENDMENT-
• Lifetime member of the NRA, member for over 15 years
• First Governor to have concealed-carry permit
• Removed restrictions on carry permit holders • Protected gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits
• Opposes reauthorization of the Assault Weapon Ban
• Opposes expansion of the unconstitutional “Brady Bill”
• Opposes waiting period for purchase of firearms
• Opposes background checks on private firearms transactions at gun shows
• Will nominate judges who interpret the Constitution a the Founders intended, rather than as a “living document reflecting current political trends or opinions”
• An avid hunter and conservationist, and a member of the Ducks Unlimited, National Wild Turkey Federation and BASS.
Governor Huckabee has also been a rock-solid supporter of the right to life (unlike Mitt Romney -- proud father of the $50 abortion co-pay health plan).
Governor Huckabee has said "No candidate has a stronger record on the sanctity of life than I do. I have always been actively and aggressively pro-life. I first became politically active when I helped pass Arkansas' Unborn Child Amendment, which requires the state to do whatever it can to protect life.""As Governor, I used that Amendment to pass pro-life legislation. The many pro-life laws I got through my Democrat legislature are the accomplishments that give me the most pride and personal satisfaction. I banned partial birth abortion, I required parental notification, I required that a woman give informed consent before having an abortion, I required that a woman be told her baby will experience pain and be given the option of anesthesia for her baby, I allowed a woman to have her baby and leave the child safely at a hospital, and I made it a crime for an unborn child to be injured or murdered during an attack on his mother."
"What I accomplished as Governor proves that there is a lot more that a pro-life President can do than wait for a Supreme Court vacancy, and I will do everything I can to promote a pro-life agenda and pass pro-life legislation. If I'm saddled with a Democrat Congress, I'll veto any pro-abortion legislation they pass. I will staff all relevant positions with pro-life appointees. I will use the Bully Pulpit to change hearts and minds, to move this country from a culture of death to a culture of life. I have no desire to throw women in jail, I just want us to stop throwing babies in the garbage."
Unlike McCain, Governor Huckabee is not best remembered for being a “hyphenated politician” (i.e. McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman, McCain-Kennedy . . .)
Governor Huckabee, instead, is a true, consistent Reagan conservative.
Hundreds of true, grassroots conservatives in Texas have endorsed Governor Huckabee.
March 4, 2008, is a time for choosing.
Will true conservatives simply choose to “go with the flow” or will they vote their heart-felt convictions, notwithstanding what the elite leaders of the GOP say?
March 4 is the time when all true conservatives in Texas and Ohio should rally for their Country.
March 4 is the time when true conservatives must take a stand against the Washington D.C. belt-way of doing things.
In other words, it’s a time for choosing Governor Mike Huckabee – the last true Reagan conservative standing.
Contrary to the Elite GOP media spin, John McCain has not “mathematically eliminated” Governor Mike Huckabee.
McCain does not have 1191 COMMITTED delegates yet.
As many have pointed out, uncommitted delegates are UNCOMMITTED and can vote however they want at the GOP convention in September. Thus, until McCain has 1191 COMMITTED delegates, Mike Huckabee has at least a theoretical path to stop McCain.
However, too many conservative Republicans are acting as if winning 1191 COMMITTED delegates and then staying politically viable for the next six months until the GOP convention is a mere formality.
For his part, McCain is already “counting his chickens.”
Like a chicken, he’s ducking and dodging debates with Mike Huckabee.
Like a mother hen, he’s apparently sitting on what’s left of his campaign "nest egg" because he’s reportedly nearly at the FEC spending limit for the primary season.
And he’s “crossed the road” and “flown the coop” by campaigning more against the one he assumes will prevail in the Democratic Donnybrook instead of shoring up the conservative base of the GOP “back home.”
Of course, McCain’s mostly “big blue state” plurality path to the GOP nomination has undoubtedly (but incorrectly) taught him that conservative power in the GOP is waning.
As Speedzzter has previously written, if conservatives are not wholeheartedly behind John McCain, then voting for Mike Huckabee is the last clear chance to avoid his nomination and to send a powerful message to the Eastern GOP elites.
It is now up to true conservatives in Texas and Ohio to vote their consciences.
If true conservatives in Texas and Ohio fail to send McCain and the Eastern GOP elites a message in sufficient numbers, Conservatives in those states may be fairly labeled as “all hat and no cattle” or “all talk and no action.”
It’s clear that Mike Huckabee has energized many social conservatives. That much is evident from the continuing enthusiasm that many conservative voters have for his campaign (even after the monolithic chorus of GOP media elites have screamed for “Huck’s Army” to “cease fire”).
But it’s also true that the lingering effects of the corrosive propaganda war funded by Mitt Romney and his paid surrogates at the hypocritical “Club for [No] Growth” has taken its toll.
Conservatives who fail to stand in 2008 (not in 2012 or 2016) for true, rock-solid Reagan conservatism by voting for Mike Huckabee deserve John McCain as a nominee.
It’s not enough to pine away for 2012.
It’s not enough to wistfully dream of an “ideologically pure” third party.
It's not enough to turn toward Congress or local elections (neither of which can stop Hillary/Obama from packing the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Judiciary with appointed-for-life liberal ACLU/trial lawyers who will make up the meaning of the Constitution and our laws as they go.)
And it’s certainly not enough to float ridiculous, jack-legged trial balloons, such as a McCain-Romney ticket. (The Gucci Chameleon, “Slick Willard” Mitt Romney lost in the vast majority of the bedrock Red States that the GOP must hold and he de-energizes a sizeable plurality of the voters that ANY GOP nominee must have to win in November)
True conservatives in Texas and Ohio – if they are serious about their convictions -- must take a hard look at John McCain and Mike Huckabee. A hard look that’s independent of all of the paid GOP media spin, public opinion polls and the conclusions of the elite pundits.
If Texas and Ohio conservatives are willing to make a fair, honest, objective comparison, Speedzzter is certain that they will adjudge Mike Huckabee as the true, Reagan conservative choice for the GOP nomination.
The truth about Governor Huckabee is as follows:
1. With ten-and-a-half years of experience running state government, Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas has more relevant executive experience than any candidate in the race – either Republican or Democrat.
2. Recognized and tapped by his peers for leadership, the National Governor’s Association selected Governor Huckabee as it’s Chairman,
3. TIME Magazine honored him as one of the five best Governors in America.
4. Governor Huckabee is a fiscal conservative who cut taxes almost 100 times in the state of Arkansas, including the state’s first broad-based tax cuts, and turned a $200 million deficit into an $850 million surplus.
ISSUES
1. TAXES/ECONOMY –Governor Huckabee supports The FairTax because it will restore the “Made in America” label, making American goods 12-25% more competitive, boosting economic growth, increasing our exports, and securing American jobs. It also prevents criminals or illegal aliens from avoiding taxes, and makes the taxes we all pay 100% transparent.
2. GOVERNMENT SPENDING – Governor Huckabee is committed to reducing government spending. One way he’ll do this is by reducing the cost of welfare. Governor Huckabee will work with states to reduce welfare roles through programs like the one he implemented in Arkansas, which reduced welfare roles by 50%.
3. HEALTH CARE –Governor Huckabee will implement a consumer-based healthcare system that emphasizes preventative medicine and wellness. Because 70% of our $2 trillion dollar healthcare costs is spent treating chronic, preventable diseases, this approach will make healthcare more affordable for everybody while keeping us healthier.
4. FAMILY VALUES –Governor Huckabee supports a federal constitutional amendment to protect the right to life. He Successfully fought for Arknasas’ marriage amendment and strongly supports a similar, federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
5. IMMIGRATION –Governor Huckabee will secure the border (with physical barriers, electronic surveillance, and more border-patrol personnel and detention facilities). He will also end sanctuary cities and increase penalties on, and enforcement against, employers who hire illegal immigrants. Governor Huckabee will make sure the border patrol has adequate funding to end our “catch and release” system so that everyone caught trying to enter illegally, overstaying their visa, or committing a crime will be held until they’re tried, convicted, and deported. Gov. Huckabee has also signed the Numbers USA "No Amnesty" Pledge.
6. WAR ON TERROR AND IRAQ – Governor Huckabee knows it takes a large, well-equipped military to ensure our national defense and to deter conventional military confrontations. He also knows we need large, well-equipped intelligence and Special Forces operations for our national offense – so we can effectively find and eliminate terrorists threats at home or abroad. Governor Huckabee will be a Commander in Chief who knows that IF WE HAVE TO FIGHT A WAR, our President has to fight it the way our GENERALS tell him it can be won, not the way we wants it to be won.
7. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE –Governor Huckabee will implement a program to end the import of foreign oil in the next ten years by increasing domestic oil production in the short term, and then replacing oil-based energy infrastructure with alternative and renewable energies.
8. CLEMENCIES – Arkansas Governors grant clemency, but the parole board grants parole. Wayne DuMond’s parole was granted by the board and NOT Governor Huckabee.
9. TAXES –When Governor Huckabee left office, the tax rates remained exactly the same as when he first came into office. Governor Huckabee returned almost $400 million to Arkansas taxpayers, and he also DOUBLED the standard deduction for individuals and married couples, DOUBLED the childcare tax credit, and eliminated the marriage penalty. He also repealed capital gains taxes for home sales, lowered the capital gains rate by 25%, expanded the homestead exemption, and set up tax-free savings accounts for medical care and college tuition. Gov. Huckabee has also signed the Americans for Tx Reform's pledge not to raise taxes.
10. SECOND AMENDMENT-
• Lifetime member of the NRA, member for over 15 years
• First Governor to have concealed-carry permit
• Removed restrictions on carry permit holders • Protected gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits
• Opposes reauthorization of the Assault Weapon Ban
• Opposes expansion of the unconstitutional “Brady Bill”
• Opposes waiting period for purchase of firearms
• Opposes background checks on private firearms transactions at gun shows
• Will nominate judges who interpret the Constitution a the Founders intended, rather than as a “living document reflecting current political trends or opinions”
• An avid hunter and conservationist, and a member of the Ducks Unlimited, National Wild Turkey Federation and BASS.
Governor Huckabee has also been a rock-solid supporter of the right to life (unlike Mitt Romney -- proud father of the $50 abortion co-pay health plan).
Governor Huckabee has said "No candidate has a stronger record on the sanctity of life than I do. I have always been actively and aggressively pro-life. I first became politically active when I helped pass Arkansas' Unborn Child Amendment, which requires the state to do whatever it can to protect life.""As Governor, I used that Amendment to pass pro-life legislation. The many pro-life laws I got through my Democrat legislature are the accomplishments that give me the most pride and personal satisfaction. I banned partial birth abortion, I required parental notification, I required that a woman give informed consent before having an abortion, I required that a woman be told her baby will experience pain and be given the option of anesthesia for her baby, I allowed a woman to have her baby and leave the child safely at a hospital, and I made it a crime for an unborn child to be injured or murdered during an attack on his mother."
"What I accomplished as Governor proves that there is a lot more that a pro-life President can do than wait for a Supreme Court vacancy, and I will do everything I can to promote a pro-life agenda and pass pro-life legislation. If I'm saddled with a Democrat Congress, I'll veto any pro-abortion legislation they pass. I will staff all relevant positions with pro-life appointees. I will use the Bully Pulpit to change hearts and minds, to move this country from a culture of death to a culture of life. I have no desire to throw women in jail, I just want us to stop throwing babies in the garbage."
Unlike McCain, Governor Huckabee is not best remembered for being a “hyphenated politician” (i.e. McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman, McCain-Kennedy . . .)
Governor Huckabee, instead, is a true, consistent Reagan conservative.
Hundreds of true, grassroots conservatives in Texas have endorsed Governor Huckabee.
March 4, 2008, is a time for choosing.
Will true conservatives simply choose to “go with the flow” or will they vote their heart-felt convictions, notwithstanding what the elite leaders of the GOP say?
March 4 is the time when all true conservatives in Texas and Ohio should rally for their Country.
March 4 is the time when true conservatives must take a stand against the Washington D.C. belt-way of doing things.
In other words, it’s a time for choosing Governor Mike Huckabee – the last true Reagan conservative standing.
Labels: John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney
posted by Editor at 16:31
2 Comments:
Speedzzter,
You know from my previous comments that I'm a Huckabee supporter all the way. Keep going until there's a formal winner or a brokered convention.
But with my bona fides established, I'm not encouraged by the Texas polls that show McCain with a large lead over Huck. I hope Huck has a big upset over McCain tonite. Otherwise, it's another Alamo disaster....
Furthermore, I'm such a Huck supporter, I don't even want Huck considered for the VP position. Huck's not a RINO and I don't want him associated with RINO McCain. Let McCain pick someone else if McCain wins the GOP nomination.
I'm now glad that Huckabee stayed in the race and hope he does not conceed defeat. more later.
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