There is absolutely nothing in this write-up that I haven’t heard before (at RS or other commentary sites), and former Gov Huckabee has no standing or special insight into this issue. What’s more, judging by his previous hit-and-run posts, I’m gonna venture a guess that Huck’s staffer’s won’t even try to respond to RS replies to this post.

While a few of you are busy scoffing at Huckabee, you fail to do your research on Huckabee and his leadership during the Katrina crisis.

Huckabee did not wait around for the red tape to be cleared when the evacuees started coming into his state of Arkansas. He moved first and dealt with the red tape later. Several camp sites that were closing for the summer, were directed by Huckabee to host the evacuees. So these people got cabins, beds, bathrooms and food without delay when they came to Arkansas. That’s leadership and Huckabee had 10 1/2 years of executive experience governing a microcosm of the federal government in Arkansas.

Here is the link from the WSJ describing Huckabee’s leadership during the Katrina crisis.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/cc/?id=110007292

Has anyone seen any information that BP did something unusual to “cause” the oil spill? I know the bow out preventer did not work, but at 5000 feet, do you really think that such a device is going to be 100%? I think not. What ever happened to being concerned about the problems a company is having and trying to help them? Consider this:

My neighbors house burned down, I am going to kick his a**.
A friends daughter died with cancer, I am going to kick his a**.
A driver in front of me had a flat tire, I am going to kick his a**.

In short, where did the hostility come from? Is it appropriate for the president of the US to be formenting violence against a company because something bad has happened? No one has proof that this company did anything intentionally wrong. One fact, I think BP is “nationalized” by the British. As such, it would represent the pinnacle of excellence in Obama’s world. I sense that people are beginning to show violence to BP, our president is not doing a thing to hold this is check.

Perhaps The Big O could do something constructive. Like easing the need for environmental approval for activities in the Gulf. Doing a study to determine when fishing could resume (people feel better when they have a plan). Increase the drilling, not decrease it to stimulate employment and allow drilling in safer water. Do a quick study on blow out preventer and assure their efficiency. I could go on. But formenting hostility is not required.

In keeping with my milquetoast demeanor of late (which isn’t going to last long, believe me), I have to say that I don’t mind Mike Huckabee posting these things and roasting Barack Obama’s handling of this oil spill.

But let’s remember something: there’s only so much goose to roast here.

In a way, I guess Huckabee feels like he has do it. Or maybe his staffers feel they have to do it. Romney’s staffers certainly do, they’ve got a whole article in USA Today about it, so I can forgive Huckabee — in a way this post is a lot less tedious than reading Mitt Romney’s article in USA Today.

Sigh. I promise I’ll be more fiery in the next few days.

But what we should be focusing on, as much as blaming Obama, are good things that Bobby Jindal has done and what we’re all doing to help in the Gulf Coast (the WHOLE Gulf Coast, and Florida, too.) Opportunistic political pontificating is what professional politicians pride themselves preternaturally upon, but putting up powerful pejoratives only prolongs perfidy if it isn’t prefaced and premised upon prescient, proactive prescriptions, as well as pragmatic proposals and practiced professionalism.

I won’t be supporting Romney this time around, fellas — I’d like to support Huckabee more, but what we need is less Obamablame and more “what I would have done instead.”

There’s no way BP is going to be able to simply open its pockets and hand checks to everyone who claims they’ve been injured; the process is going to take a while, and even people with valid claims are going to have to get some kind of documantation together.

Instead of a$$ kicking, maybe the One could have FEMA set up some sort of credit agency that would provide low-interest loans to people with some sort of documented claim, to provide them with the cash-flow to survive until BP’s insurance company can get get the process up and running.

And, yeah, the government would end up eating a certain percentage of bad claims and foot-dragging by the insurance company – consider it a better “investment” in America than 90% of the “stimulus” money.

http://inthisdimension.com/2010/06/10/did-obama-refuse-dutch-help-so-as-to-not-annoy-american-union-goons/

So he probably knows it’s been run into the ground.
I recently heard of the 13 separate offers to help from other countries who offered help and were declined, now there is a story I would like splattered all over. Goes along with the RS Packgen story.
Can we just relieve Obama for gross incompetence?
At this point I think it would be most kind and generous of us to do so…. we could always prosecute later.

The Gulf has natural oil seepage ALL the time. There are something like 5,000 various seeps throughout the entire Gulf region It accumulates to something like 500,000 barrels of oil from seeps each year.

Here’s an idea for campaign marketing. Plouffe?

I couldn’t agree more with Mike Huckabee in this situation. Where is our President and leader at this time? He is being childish in joining the blame game. This is not a time for blame, but rather a time for leadership. In his book, “Do the Right Thing”, Governor Huckabee writes, “Leaders don’t ask of others what they are unwilling to do themselves.” In other words, leaders are willing to take responsibility first w/out pointing fingers. Leaders step in to get the job done (like Huckabee did as Governor of Arkansas during Katrina and like he did to bring a state with a deficit to having a surplus of $1 billion at the end of his term as governor), instead of waiting around to blame someone else as our current “leader” is doing. Personally, I’d like to read about our President being down at the beach w/out cameras picking up oil or helping to clean off a pelican. Get down there, Mr. President, and get your hands dirty.

In times of crisis, leaders lead and politicians make speeches. President Obama has made a lot of speeches, and if I may continue he is in a leader position. This is a constant and two undeniable facts and it is something. In politics, 2 things matter – perception and effective policy, and again and if I may continue this is making speeches about something and leading toward something. I could go on but something is missing and something is of great significance. I hate this about politicians, they have an excellent start then leave you hanging on something.

Ok, if I may continue, politicians make speeches and Obama is as usual making a lot of speeches thus to conclude, Obama is playing politics at the expense of great suffering. Second is that Obama is leading us toward something and you are not saying what direction Obama is leading us at the expense of great suffering. We know the game plan by now, you never let a crisis go to waste. There is so much more to what you are saying, please come out and say it, and please put up a fight. I implore you, do not make the mistake of not fighting as so many politicians in the GOP do so often, I am sick of it. Finish with some fighting words at least. Ok, you made an accusation now back it up with some perception and effective policy, please continue.

Huckabee endorsed Andre Bauer, the sleazebag scum of the earth who was behind the vicious lies against Nikki Haley in South Carolina. Seeing as how his campaign was spreading anti-Mormon propaganda against Romney in ’08, they are birds of a feather.

He was a tax-hiking Governor who let numerous dangerous felons out of prison with pardons, commutations, and paroles who proceeded to commit new crimes including murder, robbery, and rape.

Now he basically summarizes the case made by conservatives against Obama’s handling of the oil leak, and he gets a free ad for for his PAC?

Very poor judgment – like backing Hayworth.

I fully agree with Governor Huckabee on his take on Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill crisis. His down to earth common sense is always able to strike right to the core of an issue without skirting it. Some of the posts above are apparently from extremely uninformed individuals or members of the “I would hate Huck no matter what he did or said club.”
There is no question in my mind that the GOP has within their power the ability to force Obama into being a one termer, but that is only if they get behind Governor Mike Huckabee. Not sure if he will run again , but it would be nice to have a true fiscal and social conservative (not to mention an adult) in the White House. Those who know him best support him the most. There is a reason for that. They know his real record, not the twist fest and nearly humorous distortions that even some “conservatives” engage in.

I personally know people who lived in Arkansas during his time as Governor. When Huckabee arrived, Arkansas was a corrupt state, with education, unemployment and infrastructure ranking among the lowest in the USA. And despite lowering taxes more than any Arkansas governor in state history, he has always answered for one significant tax hike to rebuild the state’s foundational woes. What you don’t hear much of, is that he signed the bill into law after the voters passed a ballot initiative in favor of the tax funded projects…by 80%!

Huckabee didn’t raise taxes, the people did. And to say that the most visible advocate for the Fair Tax Plan in American politics is liberal with economic policy, seems more than a little odd. That is not a liberal vision regarding tax reform and economic recovery. It, like many of his ideas and accomplishments, is an example of thinking outside the box and being bold enough to enact creative solutions to big problems,without worrying what the polls will say the next day. He answered to no establishment. He was loyal to no lobbyist.

What his record shows as an executive leader, is that he is the most deserving person to credit for the literal modernization of the state. By the end of his era, Arkansas proved to be a model for restoration. It had a booming economy, low unemployment, better schools (went from 48th to 9th place), higher incomes and a relatively low tax burden compared to many states. And, though he arrived with the biggest state debt in history, he left with a surplus of millions.

Mike Huckabee is in a league of his own. He has the most experience of anyone in the GOP bullpen at this time and has a likeability factor that would run off of any chart. Plus, his communication skills would even be envied by Ronald Reagan. Comparing Mike to Mitt Romney or some of the other “establishment candidates” would be like comparing Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson. If Obama wins a second term, it won’t be because of the liberals. It will be because many so called “conservatives” were so ill-informed and boneheaded where Huckabee is concerned that they failed to unite behind the wisest, most talented leader our nation has seen in a generation. Rush-Beck-Coulter-Malkin and their ilk offered up Obama for us the last time around , and it would appear they are gearing up for act two in 2012. Had they been honest with themselves and their audiences in 2007-2008, they would not be whining 24/7 today about the socialistic drain America is swirling down — because it’s quite possible Mike Huckabee would be President today.

and still no response from that Huck staffer………….

…1) Like George Washington, I don’t like titles of rank that outlive the rank, unless popularly given by the people. Gen Ike worked. But when I hear Speaker Gingrich, I head for the nearest commode to throw myself in head first.

2) RedState has by far the best analyst about the oil spill, and about executive leadership/management on the blogsophere. He’s on the job and way ahead of you, sir., i.e, he said all that weeks ago, His name is Vladimir.

Cordially

Given the tough talk and flaccid actions on Zero’s part, I expect nothing will come from this. I am expecting this will be a choreographed rumble like the Sharks and the Jets in West Side Story. Barry will get to read his lines from TOTUS with the appropriate rehearsed, feigned outrage. He does not have the stones to meet the head of BP man to man. 0bama is a typical gang leader, tough guy when he has his posse behind, a quivering sack of sh** when he is alone with an opponent.

It is all about appearances. What does it look like, or appear that Obama’s priorities are? It “appears” that golf, basketball, music festivals in the white house, fancy dinners, date nights, jetting around the world, vacations, fund raisers, meeting celebrities, parties, and blaming others are his priority.

Now MAYBE he is getting hard work done behind the scenes, but the APPEARANCE he and his staff create is horrendous when the economy is in the tank, 2 wars, borders wide open, massive oil spill, constantly blaming Bush for everything and anything.

Obama and his advisors are paying the price for the appearances they create.

Until our government figures out how to profit and plunder off the oil spill, nothing will be done. There is no incentive for them to do anything.
Why is Rahm Emanuel, and other so called top aids not involved?
Technology exists to extract oil from water, why do they not haul those in?
The Cap & Trade plunder bill for Wall Street must be passed.
Obama started the Chicago Cap Trade exchange as his democratic retirement plan. This chaos will make it happen.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_National_610.pdf

But like hell I want you as my President.

Get off the national stage, Huck, and give someone else a chance.

You’re just a pundit. If we’re going for pundit now, Redstaters should throw in the hat for Erick @ CNN.

O was late, and so are you.

Obama is a publicity whore. Lunging from photo op to photo op. So very predictable, given his lack of esperience, and lack of intellect. He is/was the darling of the Left and even now they are peeling off his shadow. Even George Soros will vote for Sarah Palin next time. Sorry Barry. But Mr. President, you do have a future as a darling of the Left, as a movie star after this sorry single term of yours.

This is what we get with democracy, freedom to elect dolts.

And we did, but as a nation we’ll rally. And elect a grown-up with experience, backbone and leadership NEXT TIME. Obama is the posterchild of the Left. And we all are LEFT OUT. Social justice is impossible without jobs which ONLY come from successful businesses. Got that Mr. President? (NO!)

http://www.periodictablet.com

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