Thanks, Sir, for visiting us again here at RS.

Mr. Huckabee, I don’t know if it was your intention for this posting to give this impression, but IMO, this article is little more than shameless pandering on your part. Admittedly, I’m not exactly your biggest fan, but I do think that the Redstate community has certain expectations for its diarists and OPs to either be informative or provocative, and a plug to your site isn’t what I look for when I go to Redstate. From all appearances, you’re a fairly sharp guy (even if I disagree with many aspects of your governance in AR). Put that intelligence to use in creating an insightful, informative, or entertaining post. I assure you, the Redstate community will be much more responsive in that instance. Just my opinion; take it or leave it.

who never met a tax he didn’t want to raise and who increased spending during his time as Governor way beyond the cost-of-living.

of saying is I usually do not waste me time petitioning people to whom I wouldn’t give the time of day. One may as well petition a fence post.

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Some people on this site still insist on kicking candidates on our side. I was a firm Romney supporter and am a Mormon. I think we all need to move past our closely held grudges.

I applaud your efforts to push balancing, cutting and saving by our government. I have signed your petition. Every effort to move everyone in government closer to those goals can be beneficial.

Good luck with your Fox News program. Good luck in your future endeavors. Thanks for posting on our site. I hope to see many other prominent Republicans on RedState as well.

I am tired of our conservative “leadership” (and, in this case “conservative” “leadership”) spamming our front pages with their op-ed pieces or requests for money, emails, etc.

Do you really want my money? My signature? My time? My email?

Then LEAD.

Put your propositions out there about how you would solve the problems which face our nation today. Don’t try to get me onboard with a cute little three-word catchphrase.

Actually tell us how you would solve the budget deficit.

Actually tell us how you would cut wasteful spending.

Actually tell us how and where you would lower taxes.

A petition is all well and good, but a petition doesn’t do squat. If they aren’t going to listen to hundreds (if not thousands) of people who took the time to show up at a town hall, what in the blue hell makes you think that they’ll pay attention to names on a computer screen or sheet of paper? Further, the lack of propositions that our “leadership” is willing to put out there, in any forum, is causing me heartburn as I have to defend the abject refusal of my party leadership to present an alternative to the wasteful, corrupt ways of the Obama administration and the Pelosi speakership.

And, to the directors: Please, for the love of Pete, quit allowing these “leaders” to junk up the front page with what looks like a badly formatted email that would get caught by my spamblocker. This isn’t just about Huckabee, although he was the impetus for this screed. This is about every single “leader” of our movement that treats RedState as a way to move the minions rather than a place to engage in deliberate and intelligent debate about the direction our party and our movement should take.

And a PS: I very rarely donate out of lack of funds (for the time being), but instead put in the work on the ground. But I would easily be willing to drop $100 into the coffers of the campaign of the first “leader” who actually engages in dialogue on this site.

who have signed tax increases into law,
kicking would be illegal.

For conservatives to take back this country we are going to have to have a leader that has always cut taxes, not now when it’s convenient to oppose the d’s agenda.

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There hasn’t been a balanced Federal budget signed by any President since Nixon, and *now* Huckabee wants “to cut the wasteful spending”??

You’re about forty years late getting on the bandwagon, Huckabee.

Thank you for your post.

Thank you for proving that you are interested in gaining the support of the Redstate community at large.

This is a good start, but you’ve got a long way to go if you think that becoming some sort of ranting cheerleader that oversimplifies the conservative agenda with some sort of 3rd rate NYTimes Op-ed and a link to your website will win friends and influence, well you have another primary loss coming.

Huckabee never had a fiscal conservative vision until recently. Anyone who wants to be taken seriously as a fiscal conservative and calls the “Club for Growth” the “Club for Greed” is an absolute Joke. And I won’t be satisfied until Huckabee comes up with a good explanation for that statement.

The reason the Democrats keep winning is because the Republican Party has abandoned the Reagan formula of (a) limited gov’t.. including lower taxes and less spending–remember, it was the Dems who forced higher spending during the 80s (b) solid and unapologetic social conservative agenda–pro life, vouchers, and *small* gov’t programs which empower people rather than enslave them etc. (c) Strong Defense.

And we’ve been “burned” too many times on pretenders who promise all three during the campaign, but then go the opposite direction on at least one of these. The common thread amongst those who have burned us is the lack of a solid track record on these issues. We trusted what they said, in spite of their record (or lack thereof)

The next election is so important, we can’t afford to get burned again.

Unfortunately, Huckabee has ZERO credentials on the fiscal conservative portion of this 3-legged stool. And I don’t even mind his record in AK. It is not totally inconsistent to need to tax and spend more in a some states which have lower taxes and lower spending and are behind the times. But the problem here is that Huckabee is a “Johnny come lately” with his strong fiscal rhetoric.

Beyond the CfG statement, when Obama spent like a drunken sailor back in Feb, Huckabee came out strong against the bill due to its anti-social-conservative provisions. But could Huckabee bring himself to see that the spending itself was immoral? Would he have supported it if the money was spent Huckabee’s way?

What irks me about Huckabee is that I myself am a strong social conservative as well… literal bible believing… creationist… the whole 9 yards.. and yet, I see Huckabee as a “pretender” in many ways. He’d do well to sit down and watch the entire Focus on the Family “Truth Project” series so that he get reprogrammed into how to be a well-thought-out and informed social conservative. I’d especially like Huckabee to watch the part where Del Tackett (in so many words) basically comes out and calls big gov’t theft and immoral.. using the scriptures as the basis for this.

And I’m with Ann Coulter when she calls Huckabee out on his weird creationist views–where he tries to have it both ways. Funny that Coulter is to the right of Huckabee on creationism–as would be the whole Answers in Genesis crowd. I don’t think Huckabee even knows what the leading Creationists believe, he is so incoherent on the matter–saying what he thinks will please all sides. I’m disappointed that my fellow solical conservatives could be so gullible–must be the same ones who got all excited about Harriet Meyers–that is my only explanation–but a shame there are so many dumb social conservatives out there!

Basically, Huckabee got McCain-of-the-90s kid glove treatment from the press because they want to boost him up as “spoiler”. And he seems to have let it all go to his head. He’ll like act all “hurt puppy” when they turn on him, should he ever get the Republican nomination. But, as before, if/when that happens, droves of Conservatives will stay home as they realize more and more that Huckabee is no more than Bush-on-steroids. Just another big gov’t conservative.

The sad part about Huckabee is that when I talk to my fellow social Conservatives who support him here in the deep South where I live, they don’t really support him for *who* he is… but instead for their ideal of what they want him to be.

Huckabee’s best chance is that the oppposition is so weak. Palen is so much “damaged goods” (even though she still has my vote). Unfortunately, too many Republican primary voters won’t ever vote for a morman (Romney). So the field seems cleared for Huckabee.

But I’m not so sure that the social conservatives will turn such a deaf ear to fiscal issues this time.

I don’t fear Obama. He is digging his own grave. But it will be really sad when Huckabee splits the solical conservative vote in ’12 and allows an all around moderate like McCain to get the nomination–or get the nomination himself.

At that point, we can kiss much of the libertarian and other fiscal conservative votes and support goodbye as we lose again with a fractured 2-legged stool. And Obama goes on to a 2nd term.

Who knew?

Ahhh, see here, four days ago.
If I didn’t know better I’d say that whole piece was word for word what I just read here.
Isn’t that considered spam? Or maybe it has to be sent to more sites first?
Either was, doubt Huckabee even knows he posted here.

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I think you should take the opportunity to address some the concerns people have about your record as governor of Arkansas and set the record straight about what you did and didn’t do as governor and why. The media, and your former political opponents, have painted a certain picture of you. This would be an excellent forum to address those things and give us all a clearer understanding about what kind of conservative have been are and what your track record is on various conservative issues for the different camps in the party who support those issues. Once that is out of the way, then you will have the attention of the readers here.

Here is a list of issues that you might like to address briefly about your record in Arkansas:

What did you do in Arkansas to:

1. reform health care?
2. promote gun rights?
3. reduce the tax burden?
4. cut government spending?
5. cut government waste?
6. address illegal immigration?
7. address abortion?
8. protect property rights?
9. support the troops?
10. support religious freedom?
11. support freedom of speech?
12. support freedom of the press?
13. address end of life and euthanasia issues?
14. support traditional marriage?
15. promote small business growth?
16. promote energy independence?
17. protect student led prayer in public school?
18. reduce crime?
19. reduce the size of government?
20. reduce the cost of doing business?

How ever since I am naturally a polite person I wont call him names or launch ad hominem attackes. Mike has given us plenty of BS with which to lambaste him with.

Hey Mike if your such a cool limited government guy how come you supported a national smoking ban. Also if you believe in the constitution so much why would you have voiced support for a national abortion ban? While I consider myself pro-life, the correct posistion for a true constitutionalist would be to return the issue to the states

You like all other politicians republican and democrat alike are statists.