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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Huckabee’s Republican Paradox
by Patrick Briney, ARRA President: In an interview with "This Week's" George Stephanopoulos in Nashua, N.H., presidential candidate Mike Huckabee announced that he is a ‘paradoxical Republican,’ and explained that to him this “means that I take sides of issues that I think people don't expect Republicans necessarily to join up with.” Huckabee should be applauded for coming out and stating plainly that though he is a Republican in name, he does not hold too many of the principles that are Republican. But this raises another paradox for Huckabee because in another setting, he tries to sound like a conservative Republican; but then in yet another setting he declares that he is “not running for President of the Republican party.” Though Ronald Reagan certainly was not ashamed to be called a Republican President, Huckabee obviously wants to put distance between himself and the Republican Party, especially the conservatives in the party. . . .
Arkansas conservatives know Huckabee. They have “been there, done that.” He turned on them and betrayed their trust and their confidence. They put him in office, and once there, he not only abandoned them, he attacked them referring to them as the Shiites of the party. By stating that he is running for President of America and not for the Republican Party, he has already signaled his intent to betray the very principles upon which the Republican Party sits. Huckabee wants to be president; but Republicans want a Republican in office, not a Democrat. And the Republicans will vote for their man in the primaries. More specifically, Americans want a Reagan Republican in office. If Huckabee is already confessing that he is not running for President as a representative of Republican principles and more importantly has the track record to prove it, then why would a Republican vote for him in the primaries? It is this attitude and philosophy that fractured the Republican Party in Arkansas.
Actions speak louder than words, but words supported by actions scream. When Huckabee says that he is a paradox among Republicans, his message is loud and clear: “I am not a conservative!” [Read the full report with referenced footnotes]Tags:Arkansas, Arkansas Republican Assembly, ARRA, Election 2008, Mike Huckabee, paradox, Patrick Briney, RepublicanTo share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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by Patrick Briney, ARRA President: In an interview with "This Week's" George Stephanopoulos in Nashua, N.H., presidential candidate Mike Huckabee announced that he is a ‘paradoxical Republican,’ and explained that to him this “means that I take sides of issues that I think people don't expect Republicans necessarily to join up with.” Huckabee should be applauded for coming out and stating plainly that though he is a Republican in name, he does not hold too many of the principles that are Republican. But this raises another paradox for Huckabee because in another setting, he tries to sound like a conservative Republican; but then in yet another setting he declares that he is “not running for President of the Republican party.” Though Ronald Reagan certainly was not ashamed to be called a Republican President, Huckabee obviously wants to put distance between himself and the Republican Party, especially the conservatives in the party. . . . 
1 Comments:
Congratulations, Pat. You've got the CfG talking points down perfectly. Expect a big donation from Toomey any day now.
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