Category: Politics

Huckabee on NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me”

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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was on NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” this weekend.

Great intro from Peter, WWDTM’s host, “What makes you think a kid from Hope, Arkansas and then the governor of a small obscure state like Arkansas could ever be president?”
“Well you know it’s been tried before,” Huckabee responded. “Some people aren’t sure it turned out so well so we’re going to give it one more try.”

Huckabee was great and very, very personable. Really showed off his personality. He seemed to have a great time and talked about his weight loss as well as his pardoning of Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

Huckabee answered questions for listener Sally Powell of Toronto, Canada, and Huckabee quickly pointed out she couldn’t even vote for him.

He answered questions on the Edsel car introduced by Ford 50 years ago and correctly answered 2 out of 3 questions correctly.

Huckabee’s portion of the show comes at 18:20 into the program. You can listen to the entire show here.

This Election Cannot Be About Electability

This Election Cannot Be About Electability
by Dr. Laurence White

After months of coy flirting and media maneuvering former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson has finally admitted that he is running for president. He made it official – in a manner completely consistent with his style over substance approach to date – on the Jay Leno Show rather than the New Hampshire Presidential Candidate Debate held the same night. CNN reports today that on his first official day of campaigning in Iowa the core of his pitch was electability – he’s the man who can beat Hillary Clinton. (CNN “Thompson: I Can Stop Hillary Clinton” Thursday, September 6th, 2007) My response, as a Christian conservative who is deeply concerned about the future of this country, is “So wha t?” Beating Hillary Clinton is not good enough at this critical moment in America’s history. Thirty-four years into an abortion holocaust that has produced the slaughter of nearly fifty million defenseless infants we need more than an election victory. We need to transform American culture and put an end to abortion.
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Why aren’t more people signing up?

bin Laden is encouraging Americans to give up their own faith and follow Islam.

“To conclude,” bin Laden says, “I invite you to embrace Islam.” He goes on to say: “There are no taxes in Islam, but rather there is a limited Zakaat [alms] totaling 2.5 percent.”

I guess if you’re Muslim you don’t have to pay taxes anymore? Maybe I’m missing something.
Either way, with that kind of argument I don’t know why more people aren’t signing up.

Thanks to DMN for the heads up

Mike Huckabee to Fred Thompson: “Let’s Debate”

Press Release: Mike Huckabee to Fred Thompson: “Let’s Debate”
September 07, 2007

Manchester, NH – Former AR Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee challenged former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson to a comprehensive, one-on-one, Lincoln-Douglas styled debate, beginning in New Hampshire .
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More on Huckabee at the debate

From the Mike Huckabee campaign:

Below is a sampling of the news coverage of last night’s presidential debate and Governor Huckabee’s performance.
Here is some of the media commentary about the debate:

“Huckabee is a shrewd dude, and once again did himself good by focusing his folksy answers on big problems in a plausible way…” – Howard Fineman, Newsweek

“Meanwhile, Huckabee doing well at a debate is about as common as the sun rising in the east…” – MSNBC’s First Read

“My gut instinct: Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani won.” – Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic

Thank you for your continued support.

Chip Saltsman
National Campaign Manager

Debate Coverage:

What People Are Saying: A sampling of the coverage of Governor Huckabee’s debate performance.

Live Blog of Debate: For those of you that missed the debate read our campaign blog’s coverage of the debate.

Governor Huckabee Discusses Health Care!: After the debate, Governor Huckabee discussed health care with reporters. Watch the video.

The Huckabee-Paul Exchange: Watch the Video.

Massachusetts for Huckabee: Massachusetts for Huckabee was at the debate last night. Read their blog post.

Found any other interesting stories about the debate? Let us know. Post links or quotes in the comment section.

Media responds to Huckabee at the debate

iheartHuckabee has media reaction to the GOP debate.

Huckabee has been moving up in the polls. He’s appealing and amusing and articulates the pro-life position better than perhaps any presidential candidate ever has. – Slate
Time and again, Mr. Huckabee asserted himself as the strongest orator of the bunch, combining the superficial – but ever vital – charm of Mitt Romney with a remarkable ability, honed during his years in the pulpit, to address bloodless policy topics in a language that is accessible and appealing to the common man.
And he showed political savvy on Wednesday night as well. – New York Observer
Paul challenged Huckabee on the idea that America “broke” it, arguing that a handful of advisers to President Bush bore responsibility for the war.
Huckabee wouldn’t let it go. “If we make a mistake, we make it as one country,” said Huckabee to huge roars of applause. “Even if we lose elections we should not lose our honor and that is more important than the Republican party.” – Washington Post
Debates are about moments, and this debate belonged to an impassioned exchange between Ron Paul and Huckabee about the Iraq War. Fox News smartly let the two men have their say. – The Atlantic