Huckabee: Romney ‘Arrogant and Presumptuous’

Huck is on fire and is ready to take on the establishment. Romney is running scared. He knows people are finding that he is even more liberal than McCain and Huck is the only consistent conservative left with a longer record to prove it!! Go Huck!!

Mike Huckabee pardoned 12 convicted MURDERERS as governor. As someone who has spent much of my life in Law Enforcement that makes me SICK!

Mitt has no integrity. He has been doing robo-calls in all the Super Tuesday states saying it is a “Two man’s Race”. I’ve been volunteering for Mike and many people in the South say “Oh, Huck is still in it. I got a call from Romney saying it was a two man’s race between him and McCain. Yeah I’m glad Mike is still in it. He has my vote!” So you see, Mitt is stealing this election with dirty tricks. Trying to make it look like Huck is out so Huck supporters have to chose between him and McCain.

CAN YOU BELIEVE the audacity of Huckabee. What a low life to say what he said about a comment that was never made. He doesn’t cease to amaze me. He is a wolf in sheeps…or should I say..preacher’s clothing.
What a candidate.
Vote smart.
Vote Mitt.

Conservatives will not surrender to McCain. This weekend Romney wins in Maine with 51%, despite McCain’s backing by the liberal media.
Why do conservatives dislike McCain so much?

Huckabee is the most ethics-challenged candidate out there. And if he has anything to do with a GOP presidential campaign after Super Tuesday, the Democrats are going to show how easy he has had it up to now.
They have been holding their fire, waiting to make the most of an easy kill. And this summer when the moment seems just right, they’ll start off with his sellout to the tobacco industry and all of his ethics violations and his misuse of public office for personal greed.
The “wedding” gift registry he used to shake people down after leaving the governor’s office won’t seem like a big deal at first.
But Democrats will expand on the picture of greed, bringing up the Jonesboro school shooting and how Huckabee promised survivors no one would profit from it, only to cut a book deal a few days later and reject pleas to share the proceeds in the form of scholarships.
Use of another Huckabee book will start establishing his dishonesty along with his greed, when Democrats start having fun with what they’ll portray as his pretense that dieting took 110 pounds off him, rather than bariatric surgery or some similar procedure.
At this point some fringe blog will use public doubt about Huckabee’s character to seek traction for a charge that will attract heavy web site traffic when played correctly: the dog torture incident.
Everyone knows there is something seriously wrong in a family when a teen old enough to be a Boy Scout counselor tortures or helps torture a dog: It was hung by a wire, stoned and had its throat slit.
Democrats will say it is especially wrong when the crime is minimized and the father steps between the son and a state police investigation, then fires the guy who would not immediately back off. The guy who says he suffered the injustice loves an audience and liberal mainstream media will be only too happy to provide him one at the perfect time. Juicy!
Then they will take Huckabee to task for granting convicted criminals 1,033 pardons and commutations of sentence – about twice as many acts of amnesty as his three predecessors in the governors office combined.
After Huckabee pressured a parole board to release a sex offender early, the rapist went on to murder a mother in Missouri. And people who don’t have a special loyalty to Huckabee are going to be outraged by this as it gets more and more attention.
He pardoned or commuted the sentences of 669 criminals, including 11 murderers. And this time instead of media playing down the evangelical connection, it is going to be played up.
The way Democrats will portray it, criminals who said they were saved will have used pastors to get special consideration from Huckabee. And you know they’ll ask if the pastors and Huckabee got anything in return, and they’ll ask in a way that implies corruption. (Remember all the ethics violations and gift demands?)
Liberal mainstream media may wait for fringe blogs to raise these subjects, but then they’ll report on what the blogs have been saying with glee. It won’t be pretty.

Here are examples of Romney’s actual conservative record:
1. In the four balanced budgets he signed into law, Governor Romney used the line-item veto or program reduction power to cut spending by nearly $1 Billion. Over the course of four budgets, Governor Romney made over 300 line-item reductions, 350 line-item eliminations and struck language 150 times.
2. When Gov Romney took office in Massachusetts, he inherited a $2 billion deficit. While in office, he turned the $2 billion into a surplus—-WITHOUT raising taxes.
3. Gov Romney solved the health care crisis in Massachusetts—-and his plans are still used today. He did this by using the free market and competition—and without raising taxes.
4. Gov. Romney was instrumental in passing a bill abolishing a retroactive capital gains tax in the state that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay an additional $200 million in state taxes and fees
5. 4 years ago — before the illegals marched in our streets — Romney opposed a bill that would have allowed illegal aliens to get driver’s licenses. “Those who are here illegally should not receive tacit support from our government that gives an indication of legitimacy,” the governor said.(Scott S. Greenberger, “Romney Stand Dims Chances Of License For Undocumented,” The Boston Globe, 10/28/03)
6. Romney vetoed a bill in 2004 that would have permitted illegal aliens to pay the same in-state tuition rate paid by citizens at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts.
7. Romney vetoed the bill providing state funding for human embryonic stem cell research
8. Romney vetoed a bill that provided for the “morning after pill” without a prescription because it is an abortifacient and would have been available to minors without parental notification and consent
9. He vetoed legislation which would have redefined Massachusetts longstanding definition of the beginning of human life from fertilization to implantation
10. Governor Romney strongly supported a successful ballot initiative that replaced the state’s bilingual program with English immersion.(Romney Vows to Protect English Immersion Law, May 1, 2003)
11. Governor Romney demonstrated his commitment to school-choice by vetoing a bill that would have canceled funding for Massachusetts’ charter-school program.(Romney to Veto Charter School Moratorium, June 23, 2004)
12. He supported parental notification laws and opposed efforts to weaken parental involvement
13. He fought to promote abstinence education in public school classrooms with a program offered by faith-based Boston group Healthy Futures to middle school students.
14. Governor Romney filed and signed into law the most significant expansion of military benefits in recent years. The new law reduced to zero the cost members of the Massachusetts National Guard must pay to attend public colleges and universities, increased twenty-fold the death benefit paid to families of members killed in the line of duty, created a new annuity benefit for Gold Star spouses and boosted the amount paid to Gold Star parents.(Romney Signs Legislation Expanding Military Benefits, November 11, 2005)

Willard Mittens Romney deadpans to the media his slick, easy style while spending a personal fortune of millions attacking Huckabee and McCain in the media. Romney may not have said “Get out…” but he certainly implied it- and it’s quite arrogant to presume that he and McCain have the right to the party leadership. Huckabee tells the truth, stands up for what he believes in, and is supported at the grassroots level by many supporters who see him a strong conservative. I am not an evangelical… just someone who has found a man of candor and integrity in Mike Huckabee. He, and then McCain have my vote- but Romney? Not a chance.

Mitt is not stealing the race. The Media is. The Media wants McCain to be nominated by the republicans to assure a democrat gets in office. Look what happened when Dole was nominated!! Don’t let it happen again!!
Look at Eric’s posts to this article and google for info on all the candidates yourself.
I think there will be a democrat in the White House next year, and economically, all of us will suffer. The middle class will pay for it all as usual.

Huckabee is wasting the time and resources of his supporters. It’s shameful. I don’t say that because he doesn’t drop out of the race, I say that because he doesn’t campaign against the frontrunner. It’s dishonest to keep attacking Mitt Romney and then play footsies with John McCain under the table. If I were a Huckabee supporter, I’d tell him to either get in the fight for real or leave with a trace of dignity.

Huck has zero chance of winning. The vast majority of his votes would go to Romney. He appears to want McAmnesty to win. This show a lack of class. Don’t forget his hate filled Mormon diatribe.

Willard (Mitt) Romney cannot buy the presidency. Most Americans can see that he lacks core values – as evidenced by changing from pro-gay and pro-choice to faux Reagan conservative in a short period of time. We’re not buying it, Mitt.

My condolences to “the Huckster”. He will never be the man of integrity that Mitt Romney is. It is sad to see someone that was so close to the Lord, move so far away and be so filled with hate. Isn’t there some commandment about bearing false witness? My, how soon they forget. I think there just might be another about
By their fruits you will know them. Well, Huckabee’s fruits are listed above. Then of course, Mitt Romney donates HIS Governor salary to charity, returns his Olympics salary, provides
thousands of jobs for people – I don’t know – you decide. For me, I am voting for Mitt.

Without marriage being protected there will be no more United States. Why commit national suicide?
What’s wrong with trying to protect America from a wrong idea about freedom.

Remember, those who have to continually tell you how honest, religious, ect they are, are almost always the most dishonest and hypocritical. For a preacher it is amazing how hateful Huckabee is.

The old argument that my candidate is “perfect” and your candidate is not is a bad argument. You got to go deeper than that to prove your point.

I’m someone who is for stopping the lie that Huckabee is hating people.
Oh come on, is Huckabee really hating people or is it that you just disagree with him.

Romney is pro abortion and pro gay marriage. He was instrumental in Mass. legalizing same sex marriages. He changes his mind like most of us change clothes. Face it folks, Mitt Romney is the Republican version of John Kerry.

Ron Paul will be there in Nov….one way or another as the only Republican in the race for president…

Mitt (“the chameleon”) Romney is a great pretender. He runs for office in Massachusetts and goes to the liberal voters there and says that he’s never been part of the Reagan Republican crowd (it’s on video tape). Now he comes to the Repuplican electorate and pretends that the mantle of Reagan Republicanism is upon him. Mitt, you can’t be trusted and you’ll never make it be president.

That’s right Romney was a Liberal
or is a liberal
or is a conservative
or was a conservative
or was a Liberal
or is was is was is
In Romney cas
I guess it depends on the meaning
of the word is, is
Wow I’m confused
Just Imagine How old Mitty feels

Do we really want a man with a hair trigger temper (McCain) with his hand on the nuclear button?

I’d rather have Johnny Mac’s finger on the trigger, Than have Mitty asking his lawers for advice on how to handle the situation

Mitt was clearly the best candidate. Any other election this assertion may have been debatable, but since the concession of Fred, it is undeniable. Mitt Romney is the only candidate that attempts to unite the three core factions: social, economic, and foreign policy conservatives. This union has been key to edging out narrow victories for Republicans since Reagan. With McCain we compromise our platform on taxation, family values, and free speech. With Huckabee we compromise our values on spending, taxation, and crime. Mitt Romney is the only candidate that prevented the impeding republican schism of the three factions. This fact is plain to insiders such a Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Ann Coulter who have directly or indirectly endorsed Mitt.
If Mitt is the clear candidate, then we must wonder why he has done so poorly. Some say creditability. However, if creditability was an issue then, then why is it not an issue for McCain who has changed his mind on numerous social and economic issues, a man that has reportedly considered switching parties or running as VP with John Kerry? The reason Mitt’s “flip-flopper” status sticks, is the subject of a famous poll from Vanderbilt. This survey shows that 26 percent of those who accuse Romney of flip-flopping also indicate that Mormonism, not flip-flopping, is their problem with Mitt. Another widely published gallop poll showed that 27% of republicans would not vote for a qualified Mormon candidate based on his religion, this was a number much greater then for women or African Americans. This makes Mormons the most discriminated minority in America.
Some Mormons claim that we can not hold Huckabee or McCain accountable for the prejudices of America. In response, I point out that Huck’s official blog, whose comments are edited by campaign staff, allows remarks such as: if we elect Mitt “we might as well elect a witch…” Huck continues to refer to himself as a “Christian leader” (implying that Mitt is not) and refusing to classify Mormons as Christians. Huck, a knowledgeable Bapitist Minister, but plays ignorant about his anti-Mormon remarks concerning Christ’s brother. Not to mention Huck’s supporters participating in push-polling, anti-Mormon Christmas cards, and spam emails. Even now when Huck has no chance of winning, he continues to campaign in order to whittle away Mitt’s social conservatives. Every time Huckabee is asked about the frontrunner McCain he twists the question into an attack on Mitt. Ultimately, the Baptist Minister would rather have a social liberal in the White House rather then a Mormon. In the case of McCain, as already pointed out above, he is not a conservative. Ann Coulter has recently taken it a step further and claims that she will vote of Hilary, because on some issues she is more conservative then McCain.

Do we really want a man who took bribes in the worst savings and loan scandal in history (McCain)? Look up Keating Five! McCain has no integrity

Troy, I thought you were going to bed. Face it, Huckabee’s bid ended after Iowa. That was his victory. Perhaps there is a church in Arkansas that can use another preacher.

If Huckabee doesn’t change his views, how many murderers would he pardon if he were President?

Does it seem to anyone else that everybody’s stealing Obama’s lines this campaign season? From “change” to “fired up” to the zinger about Romney’s business acumen…
I coulda swore I felt this deja vu before…

The stakes are high on Super Tuesday for the republican parties’ presidential contenders, but it could not be higher for them than it is for America.
It is very important for the voter to do some homework this weekend so that we as a nation do not end up with a severe case of buyers’ remorse on Wednesday morning. We must be true to our roots and not allow the wolves in sheep’s clothing to rob us blind, and deprive us of who we are, and what we represent as a people once enlightened with the vision of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush.
There are wolves and they have been running a well coordinated attack, and have already taken some of our associates down. These wolves have us on the run and have begun to strategically divide us, and scatter us in preparation for the final move, the destruction of liberty. They want to chase us down the dark road too socialism. We need to rally around our core principles and adhere to them. We must ensure the safety, and success of our parties’ great but now endangered legacy. We need to rise up with a united voice and cast our vote this coming Tuesday, to the only conservative out there; that man is Mitt Romney. Vote Mitt Romney President of the United States of America in 2008.
http://libertysfront.blogspot.com/

LOOK AT ROMNEY’S RECORD – it’s virtually flawless! The guy is an economic/business genius! Any business school in the nation knows and lauds his work for American jobs and job growth.
You people that are voting for Huck and McCain disgust me. Do a little research. Stop deciding who to vote for based on user feedback from Youtube. Get smarter, research the facts. Do you really want an economic recession to ruin the next 10 years??? McCain/Huck are likely to destroy what little we have left. McCain admits he knows nothing about the economy and Huck thinks building roads in Florida will bring more jobs from China… WTF!?
Don’t be fooled…
VOTE SMART, VOTE MITT!

Romney may not himself have suggested that Huckabee drop out, but his camp certainly has. In fact, they are asking Romney’s influential supporters to pressure Huckabee’s campaign through various tactics to exit the race. As such, it is just the same, whether Romney suggests it himself publicly or not.

Mike, are you suggesting that the 95% of Mormons “blindly support” Harry Reid because he’s Mormon, too? What a stupid statement. The polls say 39% of evangelicals would never vote for a Mormon, simply because they don’t like Mormons. What a terrible statement. Incidentally, I believe the vast majority of Mormons voted for the evangelical George W. Bush in the last two elections.

Wow, Huckabee is even more of an idiot than I imagined!
FELLOW CONSERVATIVES: IT IS TIME TO RALLY TO ROMNEY!!! Let’s show the media and all the pundits and all the entrenched politicians that we have the power, not them!!
All Huckabee supporters, please consider very carefully what you will be doing if you vote for Huckabee! He has no chance of winning. He is only staying in the race to pull votes away from Romney so McCain can win. He wants to be McCain’s running mate. It is more than suspicious, it is ridiculously obvious. And the funny thing is, I don’t think McCain would pick him as a running mate; there are other choices that would be more to his advantage. He is playing Mike Huckabee just as he’s playing a whole lot of other people. If you vote for Huckabee, you would be splitting the conservative vote and allowing McCain to win a majority. Who would you rather have? McCain or Romney? Those are your choices. Please vote for one of them and don’t waste your vote on Huckabee.
Romney is the clear choice if you are a conservative who cares about the state of the economy, keeping taxes low, ending illegal immigration, appointing conservative judges, saving families, and on top of all these- having a decent, honorable, proven leader in the white house!
Go Mitt!

Romney is always a class act even when he’s attacked savagely by McCain and childishly by Huckabee he responds with grace and dignity.
He has more intellect and talent than both of them put together and it would be a shame if the Republicans don’t select him.
Go Mitt!

I agree. (Of course … Romney didn’t suggest that Huckabee drop out. But no matter…) Of course Romney and his camp are suggesting Mike drop out of the race, and that it what Huckabee is responding too.

The reason Huckbee is still in this is that he’s working on getting a job with McCain….. maybe VP?
If he isn’t campaigning, what does he have to go back to in Arkansas? Preaching??

I received a phone call from Mitt Romney two nights ago that stated there was a choice between two running for the Presidential office as a Republican.
I wondered if Mitt was calling everyone in 22 states, or is he always recorded?
I wouldn’t vote for a man that can’t count to three.

Two questions for the Romniacs: 1, Name a single major issue that Mitt has been consistently conservative on. 2, Since it’s unlikely that we will keep all of the states President Bush carried, which blue state does Mitt turn red. Fred Barnes is right. Conservatives (and I am one) need to grow up. McCain is not perfect but he is great on the war and solidly pro-life. I will support Mitt if he’s the nominee but he will be torched. I’m not willing to drink the Hugh Hewitt Kool-Aid and follow Rush and Hannity off the cliff. Romney is not electable.

So, Huck was actually a pastor at a church? I find him to be a petty, jealous twit. I hope all pastors are not like him.

Huck is planning on becoming a VP or the white house cleric for the AMNESTy McCain admistration.However that will never be for the conservatives will never vote for McCain and he will lose the national election and will Go back to Ark.

“By their fruits you will know them.” That’s exactly how we should judge people’s character — look at their life, family, how to treat other people, etc.
-Unlike all other candidates, Romney has no scandal;
-Unlike most other candidates, Romney is a faithful husband to his first and only wife;
-Unlike many other candidates, Romney’s children (5) love him so much they even gave up full time jobs to campaign for him;
-Coming from a well-off family, he would not have made so many accomplishments without strong values;
-Coming from a well-off family, his children would not have all been higher achievers without getting strong values from the family;
-He gave his salaries to charities for his jobs at Olympic and as a governor;
-Unlike his opponents, he only attacks his opponents on issues;
-He is extremely smart, yet still very humble.
Just think about it!

E-Z
Ask the thousands of employess laid off by Romney about “fruits.” Bain capital is a ruthless venture capitalist firm that uses offshore tax havens to raise capital to buy out corporations. These corps are bought in order to break them up and sell off the assests for profit. Jobs are being lost, not created. In full disclosure, there are a small majority of businesses Romney did turn around. So, using tax havens and laying off workers simply for profit are not the “fruits” I am looking for in a president.

How does “Hello. This is Governor Mitt Romney. The race of the Republican nomination for President is now a two person race.” in Romney’s own voice not the same thing as, “Huckabee really should drop out.”?
Huckabee has every right to push back at Romney over this.

Freddie wrote “don’t let a liberal be nominated to represent Republicans.” You mean like a former pro-choice, gay right and Brady Bill supporter, who only change his “lifelong” positions since running for election. Lets all be sure not to vote for a liberal like that.

Conservative Republicans, wake up!!! Romney is the hope of the party! Huckabee is not Christlike, and therefore unchristian. He was a minister for Filthy Lucre. Romney was an LDS bishop which is similar to a minister, but he did it without pay! That is the way the early Christian church was run. Did Peter, James and John get paid to preach? Who is the real Christian? Not Huckabee! I am sick of people voting for Huckabee, cause he was a minister, he is not qualified to run the largest and most important organiziation in the world, the government of the United States! Romney is the only conservative still in the race! A vote for Huckabee is a vote for a liberal government! Wake up people! The economy is gonna get worse, before it gets better! Who is going to balance to budget, reduce taxes, and keep American safe from our enemies, only Romney!

“How does ‘Hello. This is Governor Mitt Romney. The race of the Republican nomination for President is now a two person race.’ in Romney’s own voice not the same thing as, ‘Huckabee really should drop out.’?”
Jesus, if you don’t know, no one can tell you. It’s not the same thing because it’s not the same thing. They are two completely different statements. God help us.

Huckabee has the best plan for the economy…it’s called Fair Tax! Get the book, Fair Tax by Neal Boortz & Congressman John Linder and you will be enlightened. Everyone else’s plan is a temporary fix. Huckabee has a bold and sensible plan. I’m an Independent voter who registered Republican to vote for a sensible plan…Fair Tax. Otherwise I would vote for Hillary Clinton. VOTE HUCKABEE ON SUPER TUESDAY AND BEYOND!!!

This blog entry is totally based on a false idea that Romney hasn’t said explicitly or implicitly that Huckabee is out of the race. Maybe Romney didn’t listen to his own voice when he recorded a campaign phone call calling the Republication nomination for president a two-person race. Like the time he adamantly denied that his TV advertisements (which he supposedly approved) never called McCain’s immigration bill “Amnesty.” Did Romney ever apologize to McCain for pretty much calling this war hero a liar to his face on national TV?

JFrank:
You said “Ask the thousands of employess laid off by Romney about ‘fruits.’…”
How come you think like an democrat? Companies lay off employees in order to survive. It’s better than everyone losing their jobs!! Otherwise why not make it a new federal law that allows no company to layoff its employee under any circumstance? Do you know how many jobs were created by saving companies like Staples, Domino, Sports Authority, etc?
Some people even complaint about Romney being too rich. He made his own fortune! That’s a qualification for the job he is applying. Any republican thinks otherwise should really rethink about his/her party affiliation.

Lets talk about illegal immigration for a minute! True stories: My friend’s upper middle class wife and mother in law were pulling up to park at a restaurant on a Saturday night to eat with their family, when a hispanic illegal alien runs up to their Yukon with a gun and demands they get out. They lock the doors and drive off, but not before he shot the mother in law in the face. Turns out he had already murdered the manager of the restaurant and shot several others in the restaurant. Turns out he was high on Meth! I love hispanic people that are here legally, and follow the proper process of being here legally. We need to build the damn fence and protect our citizens!

terryk9725,
Which governor was tougher on meth pushers and users?
That’s right. It wasn’t not Romney, even though he claimed he was tough in a “constrast ad.” In Huckabee’s tenure as governor, the prison sentences for meth pushers actually went up. Romney just worked on a bill which stalled eventually. That’s Romney toughness for you.

Romney’s arrogant and stupid comment that he’s in a two man race with McCain, is fuel for Huckabee supporters to fervently back their candidate. More comments like that from Romney will invigorate Huckabee’s base. GET OUT THE VOTE FOR HUCKABEE!!!

Another true story: A family of 6 was driving home on Christmas eve after performing a Dickens play, and were driving through an intersection when their car was hit by and Illegal Alien whose blood alcohol content was 3 times over the legal limit. He was doing 70 in a 45. This man was a neighbor of mine, his wife and 2 of his children were killed. The Illegal had no insurance and attempted to flee the scene. The mans life is ruined and has $200,000 dollars of medical bills that he cant pay for. Who is going to put a stop Illegal Immigration? McAmnesty, Huckaletemstay? Hell no! Its Romney! How are these true stories different than suicide bombers in Isreal? Isreal put up a fence and suicide bombings stopped. Romney will put up the fence! No one else will!!!!! Vote Romney and protect your loved ones!!!

EmmaC says that “Mitt’s family is scandal free”. Sorry, but that’s not quite true. Mitt’s great-grandfather, Miles Park Romney, married his fifth wife in 1897 – which was more than six years after Mormon leaders banned polygamy and more than three decades after a federal law barred the practice.

Saying it’s a two-man’s race is speaking about reality; telling someone to get out of the race is a request. Please don’t confuse the two. I believe Romney said it was a two-man’s race but never directly asked Huckabee to quit. You can call it a hint, but it’s well justified one, because Huckabee is not even aiming at the front runner, he has no business staying.
I used to think Romney should pick Huckabee as VP. I’ve lost my respect for him lately.

JK?
I would love to hear your theory about how Peter, James and John were paid to preach the message of Jesus Christ? Who paid them? How and why would they do it for money? Religion 101 for you JK, they didnt do it for money! Funny thing was the early Christians were also considered a Heretic Cult by the mainstream religions of the day! Something you hear about Mormons today! Saul, later named Paul, relished in persecuting the Christians and was involved in murdering them. JK, find a topic you understand, cause the bible isnt one of them apparently!

E-Z: The claim that Mitt’s family is scandal-free is so far from the truth it’s rediculous. FACT: Mitt’s dad, George Romney, was born in Chihuahua, Mexico because his family had fled there so that they could continue to practice polygamy after it was banned in the U.S.. FACT: The first Mormon believer in Mitt’s family, Parsley Pratt (brother of Orson Pratt who defended polygamy as a direct revelation from God) had 12 wives. Multiple wives has been more than a minor sideline in the Romney clan. Interesting that the media doesn’t find it worthy of mention. But the Romneys are scandal-free, righhhht!

terryk9725,
I think I said explicitly they didn’t preach for money. But they did receive money for their work. Barnabas sells a field and gives it to the apostles (Acts 4). Ananias and Sapphira sells land and give some of the proceeds to Peter (and die immediately because they lied about it.) (Acts 5). People from Antioch sent “gifts” to the elders in Jerusalem with Barnabas and Saul/Paul (Acts 11). And so on…
As for Paul, he tells the church to not neglect the (financial) needs of its rightful teachers. “Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor.” (Gal 6).
By the way, I hadn’t even mentioned Mormonism.

As a Christian, I must say, Huckabee embarrasses me. He’s certainly twisted Romney’s comments around, as pointed out, “clearly looking for a fight.” Huckabee and McCain have cut a deal, and even though Huckabee has no chance of winning, he’ll stick around waiting to be rewarded by McCain.
Jesus would be very embarrassed by how Huckabee has behaved and used his name. He’s a typical huckster.
Sharon

You know, to be fair… Romney’s
“scandals” mentioned so far are not downstream. His lineage contains some polygamists, but how can he help that?
But…
Romney still is an ambitious political opportunist. His positions on issues change for every election, and that show a man lacking solid principles. He may be orthodox when it comes to fiscal issues, but he’s unstable in everything else. He is wealthy. He is good-looking. He is hard-working. But he has a history of being very sincere about the wrong positions on too many critical issues.

Huckleberry is lying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!He will not get out until his buddy McCain has the votes he needs and then he gets out. Cute huh? But, it will not work as a Democrat will stomp the crook McCain(keating deal)

Obviously the intended implication of Romney’s statement was that Huckabee should drop out of the race because, according to Romney (who in a ODD coincidence is a rival of Huckabee for the presidential nomination of the Republican Party), nobody thinks Huckabee has a chance anymore.
If that WASN’T the point of his statement, what other possible purpose did it have? And the fact that Romney slickly contradicted the point of his own words with the incredibly two-faced statement that he’s “not telling Huckabee to drop out of the race”, just underscores how stupid he really thinks people are.
It’s like if you said to your co-worker: “You really have no chance of getting that promotion, none of the higher ups I’ve talked to are considering you, and if you try it would just be a waste of time” and then tacked on at the end: “I’m not telling you what to do”.
Romney is the kind of man who’d stab you in the back and then tell you what a great guy he thinks you are.

Hey, Bob Johnson,thanks much for spamming up the comment board with your multiple,identical, sycophantic Huckabee pablum. Huckabee is dangerously ignorant on foreign affairs given his own incredible multiple screw ups on everything from the NIA report on Iran to Pakistani immigration. He clearly has no grasp of either finance or economics given his tortured,convoluted responses when asked any questions relating to these issues. Huckabubba probabally thinks Adam Smith is a brand of beer. Further, he is incapabable of answering a question in a straightforward manner. Any questions about his time as Governor of Arkansas that would seem to be directly at odds with his current positions (given his actions as Gov.) are circuitously avoided at all costs. Watching him verbally wallowing all over the stage to escape anything that resembled an answer to the specific query has been great fun (if frustrating). Forget about his non-stop preaching and smug “I am more religous than my competition, and therefore I am the most conservative” strategy is really comically pathetic to use as the main criteria to select the most powerfull leader in the world.
Huckabee is an embarrasment. I can just imagine how he is seen to the rest of the world, and, unfortunately he is seen for what he is. A modern day snake oil salesman with a second rate intellect and first rate appetite for power.

Let’s see…. So many Romney supporters just “know” that Mike Huckabee has “cut a deal” with John McCain or is shooting for a VP spot on a McCain ticket. These same omniscient Romney supporters are just reflecting the arrogance of their illustrious leader. Question: If Mike Huckabee doesn’t stand up for himself and his right to be heard as a presidential candidate, who will? The conservative pundits like Rush Limbaugh who have tried to tar Mike using the “L word” – dishonestly portraying Mike as a liberal? If that’s the case (that Mike’s a liberal) how is it that he’s now splitting the conservative vote? You can’t have it both ways you lying hypocrites. Or maybe Mike can get his common sense message out to the people through the the liberal media that has trashed him so much that Mike once said “If I believed half of what they say about me, I wouldn’t even vote for me”. Let’s face it, Mike hasn’t been given a fair shake by the conservative or liberal media and especially not by the underhanded Mitt – who, by the way, has been the major beneficiary of all of this .

Let’s see… a presidential candidate who’s been elected governor, with a strong business backgroud, and is the son of well-known polical family… George Bush? No, Willard (Mitt) Romney! Been there, done that.

Someone said “voting for Romney is the lesser of the two evils”.
What kind of sense does that make? Think positive! Vote for Huckabee, he’s running on good ideas,morals has actually had a “real Job”. Romney campained in Florida he had a job in the real economy. Was he a dishwasher or mechanic? A lawn service guy or a city worker? Romney cannot relate to the average American and with all his money can’t buy our trust.

The only reason Huckabee is in this race because he was able to join the forces of the most bigoted and self righteous right in the country!
Don’t listen to him. He lies through a fake smile.

Those that care about people more than money should vote for Mike Huckabee. If all you care about is yourself, follow your leader and vote for Mitt Romney.

Those that LOVE their money more than this country will vote for the flip-flop.
Mike Huckabee is the ONLY Conservative candidate left (after Thompson and Hunter).

John McCain endorses Mitt Romney… so who’s the flip-flopper now?

My family has known Mitt Romney and his family for more than 40 years. He is as honest and as sincere as a politician will ever be in America. My wife once served as the Romney Family Housekeeper, and if there was any kind of inapproapriate behavior from any member of his family, we would be the first to spread it all over the media. Fortunately for Mitt Romney, all we can say is that he and his family have inspired my family to be better.
It is a terrible thing of just how gulible people are when they listen to the liberal media. After a while they end up sounding like them. Telling us all that he is a “flip-flopper” when he is seen as “open-minded.” I think the only problem the majority of his opponents have with him is that he is a Mormon.
Mike Huckabee, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention has long been a hater of the Mormon faith because he does not like the loss of revenues from Mormon Converts. He even brought the Southern Baptist Convention to Salt Lake City a few years ago to try to upstage the religion. Now, it appears that his war with Mormons are continuing in this election cycle in the form of politics. The only reason McCain attacks Romney is because of the religious thing also. They have both established a religious test for the presidency contrary to the United States Constitution.
Yes, I am a Mormon. But, that should be irrelevent to wheather a person should be president. Harry Reid (Democrat Senate Majority Leader from Nevada) is also a Mormon. But, there is no way I would support him should he run for president.

ok reality check people, Huckabee only won one state, McCain won 3 and Romney won the rest, Huckabee came in fourth in the rest, Romney came in second in the rest.
In NH the libs voted for McCain to give him a boost, since he is the easiest to beat in the general and even if he is not he is just like one of the libs!
The bill McCain wanted to pas and still does since he has not answered the question straight yet is proof!
Truthfully Huckabee should pull out, the reason he is not is for the VP slot. He does not attack McCain even thou McCain has been called the frontrunner, when have you ever heard someone not attack the frontrunner before?
Just look at Huckabees record and that will show you he is a liberal, he is throwing out the Fairtax comment, but there is no way to get it without repealing the 16th amendment, and he gives no plan on how he will. Just not all the Republican support a different ta proposal.
McCain keeps talking about Iraq, we get it he supports the surge that was the idea of Gen Petreaus and Pres. Bush as does all Republicans!
Is McCain strong on the War on Terror? No, he wants to bring the terrorists here for trial, which was never before done! He wants us not to interrogate the terrorists because France does not like it!
What did McCain do for the military during the 8 years Clinton cut it? Nothing.
The only Candidate that was running that did not think the presidencey was owed to him was Thompson, but since the press ignored him andhe pulled out the only choice left is Romney.
Come on Republicans lets show the Dem that we look past the Religion and color of an individual!
Both McCain and Huckabee attacked Romneys religion.
The only candidate running a clean campaign is Romney on both sides of the aisle.
Huckabee has raised taxes by far the most! then the rest!
McCain will be the republican Kerry!!

Huckabee is a moron. It is so obvious that he and McCain have a deal. A cozy cabinet position perhaps, or maybe even a VP bid? It irks me that he is so kniving and slimy… No wonder he’s on the list of the ten most corrupt politicians.

“Mike Huckabee, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention has long been a hater of the Mormon faith because he does not like the loss of revenues from Mormon Converts”
(1) Mike Huckabee was never the president of SBC. Since the premise of your character assassination is wrong, everything about your claim falls apart.
(2) “[Huckabee] as long been a hater of the Mormon faith because he does not like the loss of revenues from Mormon converts.” Are you kidding me? You definitely must have Huckabee confused with someone else.

Will McCain Make a POW out of the USA?
Will McCain surrender the borders to Mexico through his Amnesty
Program? Will McCain surrender your wallet to special interest
groups and entitlements for illegal aliens? Will McCain surrender
your First Amendment Right? Will McCain surrender Pro-Life views
and RoevsWade to liberals and partial birth abortions?
Will you surrender your vote to McCain this coming Tuesday?

Huck can’t count – he says that he’s got as many delegates as Romney…
As of Monday Feb. 4 (from CNN)
McCain: 97
Romney: 92
Huck: 29
What is he talking about?
He is full of h@te. The good news is the GOP will have four years to think about how important Je5us is in their politics…Because apparantly they forgot what HE did…
I don’t understand why Huck doesn’t go after the front runner…He must not be playing to win…

Anyone reading the comments posted can see that most are motivated by hate, anger or prejudice rather than logic. LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES RECORDS! Look at McCain’s past: untrue to his first wife, untrue to conservatives in their attempts to pass conservative measures in the Senate (read Senate leaders Hasterd, Santorem an Delay’s comments), pushed amnesty legislation, opposed tax cuts! (Don’t you just love his sneers and smears–so unpresidential?) Also remember his notorious temper. Do you want someone who can’t control their mouth in control of our nuclear weapons? Look at Huckabees record: pardoned murderers, destroyed hard drives when he left office, (ask yourself why), says he runs a positive campaign and yet slams Mitt even showing an ad he isn’t going to show. (real honesty?)It really shows his character. He repeatedly lies insisting many times he was leading nationwide polls which was always blatantly untrue! In fact many of his statements are fabricated. Does he stay in the race just to enjoy the limelight or for a pomised position? Look at Romney’s past: he rescued the Salt Lake Olympics, etc. A comment already posted lists his whole record. How on earth could Mitt save failing companies without layoffs? Only salvaged companies can hire people! Use a little logic and intelligence when you vote!! Wake your brain up!!

WHOA!!! Calm down Mr. Huck!
Sounds like someone is getting “all fired up” because he is losing.

Huckabee Supporters:
You need to watch this short clip. It is not about Huckabee or Romney. it is about Barack Obama. Obama is stating that his positions on immigration are the same as McCain’s.
Since Huckabee is not really running for president anymore you may wish to be familiar with McCain’s policy positions….

(Of course … Romney didn’t suggest that Huckabee drop out. But no matter…)
I’m guessing you have trouble with the concept of irony.
Romney was absolutely suggesting that Huckabee should drop out.

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Huckabee didn’t pardon 12 convicted murderers. He granted them clemency (which means they weren’t killed). They were still locked up.
Don’t be fooled by some of Romney’s commercials. Huckabee carried out the executions of 16 criminals – something Romney never did. Huckabee is tough on crime.

Even if Huckabee wanted to be McCains VP nominee, he doesn’t want Romney to win the race either, he doesn’t like him, so would do this for that reason alone.
But I think the truth is, that if everyone hadn’t decided it was a two person race, Huckabee would have as equal a shot as Romney does now, and I don’t think Romney will beat McCain either (I don’t think either can win). Huckabee, before the McCain surge, was leading in the national polls (and was second behind Giuliani in the California polls), and is set to win more states on Super Tuesday than Romney. When McCain surged, people wanted to turn it into a two person race under the idea Romney was the anti-McCain candidate, and that turning it into a two person race could help them win. So, even though Huckabee had been doing better than Romney in national polls, and in CA, which has no evangelical base, they tried to repeat the argument that he could only win evangelicals to kill his candidacy.
Its true Romney refrained from telling Huckabee to drop out, but many Romney supporters have told him to drop out, and Huckabee, could have quite honestly interpreted the Romney campaigns pressing the idea repeatedly its a ‘two person race’ as politely suggesting that. Why not? A lot of posters here took the same implication that Huckabee did. Romney might protest, as is his right, and only he knows what he believed, but who are you to say Huckabee is being any more dishonest than any of the commenters here who believe the Romney camp is trying to imply that?

Bob,
I don’t think the media is intentionally trying to bring up Huckabee being a Pastor to hurt him, but because they think its the most significant thing about his campaign.
They also think he only ever appealed to evangelicals, even though as I said, he was before the McCain surge, no. 1 nationally, and no. 2 in California, a non-evangelical state. Huckabee was also doing well at that time in general election polls pitting him against Hillary or Obama, getting numbers like 44 vs 47 percent.At that time, Bill Kristol wrote a commentary saying Huckabee, contrary to perceptions, might be the Republican’s best candidate, and has a broad appeal to people concerned about the economy and bipartisanship.
Huckabee’s broader support has narrowed to an evangelical base as soon as people started to want to paint this as a two man race, between Romney and McCain. But that was somewhat helped by the media, who always ignored Huckabee’s lead in the national polls and broad support, never believing that a pastor who appealed to evangelicals could ever appeal to anybody more than evangelicals, and ignored every sign to the contrary.

I AM GLAD HE SAID THAT. HUCKABEE SUPPORTERS HAVE EVERY RIGHT FOR HIM TO STAY IN.