David Corn

DC,

"Loads of Democrats would be delighted to see Huckabee trounce the other Republicans. For then, they will have months and months to keep on digging and to ask many, many questions about the minister-turned-politican."

Shhhhhhh, I think they are listening.

Thanks

Huckabee's Chairman Hid Payoff Secret

The pundits on CNN’s “Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” were unanimous: Republican campaign strategist Ed Rollins was a great guy and his hiring as national chairman for Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign gave it a solid jolt of credibility.

But Blitzer’s panel of journalists on Dec. 14 didn’t seem to either know or care that Rollins has withheld evidence since 1991 about the identity of a top Filipino politician who admitted delivering an illegal $10 million cash payment to Ronald Reagan’s 1984 campaign from Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Rollins, who ran Reagan’s reelection campaign, mentioned the admission in his 1996 book, Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms, recounting how the Filipino casually asserted over drinks that he had carried the money in a suitcase to a Republican lobbyist who was representing the Reagan campaign.

"I was the guy who gave the ten million from Marcos to your campaign," the Filipino told Rollins. "I was the guy who made the arrangements and delivered the cash personally. ...It was a personal gift from Marcos to Reagan."

In his book, Rollins described this stunning news with a light touch. The first thought that raced through his head, he wrote, was "Cash? Holy shit."

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Dig, dig dig.

Huckabee Helped Free Confessed Murderer Because He Became a Christian [VIDEO]

Last night on NBC Nightly News there was a brief investigative report looking into Mike Huckabee's proclivity to intervene on behalf of rapists and killers when he was governor of Arkansas. Until now I had only heard of the case of Wayne Dumond, who infamously raped and murdered again after Huckabee lobbied for his release. This report begins by looking at another case, which involves a man who once worked on Huckabee's property. Turns out Huckabee granted clemency two times more than the three previous Arkansas governors combined, which wouldn't be that big a deal to me if it weren't for the fact that according to this report his main motivation for almost all of his clemency granting was religion. That's right, the majority of these inmates claimed to have found religion and were backed by ministers. This is a yet another example of Huckabee's incompetence and raises serious questions about his judgment if not his sanity. Check out the video to your right for more.

Huckabee equated environmentalism with pornography

associated homosexuality with necrophilia

dismissed those who advocate workplace equality for women

denounced those Christians who accept a "misguided version of 'tolerance.'"

decried unnamed "modern government-sponsored social engineers"

claimed that "virtually every dollar poured into" government social programs is wasted

declared that people who do not believe in God tend to be "immoral" and engage in "destructive behavior."

None of that bothers me but using his authority to intercede in the prosecution of his son for killing a dog, now that's inhumane! /snark off

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~ Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

Blank Check for Afghanistan Passes, Iraq Funds to Come

Under a cloud of frustration, the House of Representatives passed an omnibus spending bill on Monday night that contains $31 billion for the war in Afghanistan, with the expectation Iraq war funding will be added in the Senate. Additionally, the bill submits to most of the president's requests on domestic spending.

Unlike the $50 billion Democratic war funding bill proposed in November, which was defeated in the Senate, the new bill contains no provisions for a troop withdrawal.

Huckabee is not going to win the nomination, no matter how much Corn is rooting for him.

Huckabee is just another slick willie from Ark.

Ann Coulter sums him up pretty good" Huckabee is a republican Jimmy Carter"

Not gunna happen.

The most ethical Congress?

Liberals admit using earmarks for re-election

Freedom Talks blog ^ | 12-18-07 | Brendan Steinhauser

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is calling for an immediate suspension of the earmarking process after learning that a House Democrat suggested to Speaker Nancy Pelosi that additional earmarks could assist the campaigns of vulnerable Democrats. "Inherently, we understand that this earmark process is not equitable… There are a few examples of where your help could significantly assist a few members in highly contested races," wrote Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. Want to ask Speaker Pelosi whether she believes granting earmarks to re-elect Democrats is ethical and an appropriate use of tax dollars? Give her a ring at 202-225-4965 and ask her.

Advocacy Groups, Jeanne White-Ginder Still Waiting to Meet with Gov. Huckabee

After two letters by the Human Rights Campaign and The AIDS Institute, the Huckabee campaign has not responded

12/18/2007

WASHINGTON – One week after requesting to meet with Republican presidential candidate Governor Mike Huckabee, Jeanne White-Ginder, the mother of Ryan White, the Human Rights Campaign or The AIDS Institute, still have not heard from Gov. Huckabee or his campaign. The meeting was called in response to Gov. Huckabee’s 1992 remarks, that he refused to repudiate, when he said people living with HIV and AIDS should have been "isolated" even after it was determined the virus was not spread through casual contact. The morning after HRC and The AIDS Institute sent a letter to the Huckabee campaign requesting a meeting, the Governor said, "I would be very willing to meet with them." To read the Associated Press story visit our blog, HRC Back Story:

http://www.hrcbackstory.org/2007/12/breaking-huckab.html

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Can you feel the love?

Breaking news Drudge Report

"John Edwards has love child"

Pregnant mistress in hiding with John Edwards love child!

Big Money Conservatives Do Not Heart Huckabee

With Mike Huckabee's continuing surge, the Republican Party now has an Iowa front-runner whose religious beliefs are virtually identical to those of George Bush. He's anti-choice, born-again, against gay-marriage, and gets political advice directly from God.

So why is the Republican establishment suddenly in a state of near-apoplexy about Mike Huckabee? Shouldn't they be happy? They've been cultivating evangelicals and fundamentalists for 30 years. Now they finally have a candidate who's truly part of the movement. So what's the problem?

Actually, that is the problem. The evangelical crowd was fine when it was just a resource to be cynically exploited every few years in demagogic anti-gay get-out-the-vote campaigns. But now the holy-rolling monster the GOP's Dr. Frankensteins have created has thrown off the shackles, fled the lab, and is currently leading in Iowa. And the party doesn't know what to do.

It's actually fun to watch the consternation. Ross Douthat has dubbed this feeling "Huckenfreude," which he defines as "pleasure derived from the outrage of prominent conservative pundits over the rising poll numbers of Mike Huckabee."

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If Huckabee can’t get the big money behind him - there is no passion for his candidacy. .

Well I think the democrats should just throw in the towel now. How can they win when the republicans all have GOD on their side?

Interestingly, all this material has been out in the public record for some time, even before Spiky unearthed the Animal Legal Defense Letter.

The question you have to ask is, where did David Huckabee and his cohort get the knife to slit the dog's throat? Because the answer has to be: Their Scout knives.

Lovely. No wonder the Scouts fired them. A Scout is "kind," you see...

From our post last Saturday (just sayin'):

http://www.correntewire.com/so_how_exactly_did_mike_huckabees_son_david_kill_that_dog_back_in_the_day_when_he_was_a_boy_scout

Something else that hasn't come out yet - Huckabee is giving the impression that his remarkable weight loss was due to diet and exercise, when actually it is extremely probable that it was due to bariatric surgery. See

http://plutarch01.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/huckabees-weight-loss-scam/

His weight loss remains real, but loses its herioc quality, if this conclusion is correct.

[Brad DeLong's blog brought this issue to my attention.]