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cavegal · « **on:** May 14, 2011, 08:23:24 PM »

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee Officially Announces He Won't Run for President in 2012

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http://www.foxnews.com/

Huckabee Opts Against 2012 White House Bid

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/14/huckabee-opts-2012-white-house-bid/

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Mike Huckabee said Saturday there would be no sequel to his surprisingly strong 2008 White House bid, in which he won the Iowa Republican caucus and finished second in the primaries to Sen. John McCain.

"All the factors say go, but my heart says no," Huckabee, who was considered the GOP frontrunner in several national polls, said on his Fox News Channel show.

Before his announcement Saturday night, Huckabee hadn't shared his decision with his closest advisers.

Many of those advisers predicted Huckabee wouldn't run.

Ed Rollins, who was Huckabee's national campaign chairman for the 2008 campaign, said he expected this decision after Huckabee had broken off communications with him about a week ago.

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thundley4 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2011, 08:27:20 PM »

Video at the link.

Didn't see the thread in the politics forum.

DefiantSix · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2011, 08:40:00 PM »

One down.

CG6468 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2011, 08:45:42 PM »

Thank God.

Now some others need to go away, too.

DumbAss Tanker · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2011, 02:25:31 PM »

I like him as an individual, but very few non-Evangelicals (Me included) could take a Creationist Presidential candidate seriously. Flame away if you must, but it's my honest assessment.

SSG Snuggle Bunny · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2011, 02:33:44 PM »

Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on May 15, 2011, 02:25:31 PM

I like him as an individual, but very few non-Evangelicals (Me included) could take a Creationist Presidential candidate seriously.

The least of my concerns.

TVDOC · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2011, 02:34:18 PM »

Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on May 15, 2011, 02:25:31 PM

I like him as an individual, but very few non-Evangelicals (Me included) could take a Creationist Presidential candidate seriously. Flame away if you must, but it's my honest assessment.

Mine as well......he was way too close to the "religious right" for comfort for a lot of conservatives. We need a candidate with well-defined principles, and a more statesmanlike approach to politics, Huckabee was, perhaps for lack of a better phrase, too unsophisticated........

doc

DumbAss Tanker · « **Reply #7 on:** May 15, 2011, 02:42:02 PM »

Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 15, 2011, 02:33:44 PM

The least of my concerns.

But then again, you're a damn' rabbit, all you care about is free carrots and cutting back on small game season.

CatholicCrusader · « **Reply #8 on:** May 15, 2011, 04:15:19 PM »

Quote from: CG6468 on May 14, 2011, 08:45:42 PM

Thank God......

Why do you say that?

BattleHymn · « **Reply #9 on:** May 15, 2011, 05:31:38 PM »

Hey, cavegal, where you been?

DefiantSix · « **Reply #10 on:** May 15, 2011, 05:39:08 PM »

Quote from: CatholicCrusader on May 15, 2011, 04:15:19 PM

Why do you say that?

Because God has blessed this country by keeping a RINO with questionable (at best) conservative principles from making it easier for Barry Soetoro to get another 4 years in the Oval Office. When God does something like that, it is customary to express gratitude to Him for it.

CatholicCrusader · « **Reply #11 on:** May 15, 2011, 06:33:48 PM »

Quote from: DefiantSix on May 15, 2011, 05:39:08 PM

Because God has blessed this country by keeping a RINO with questionable (at best) conservative principles from making it easier for Barry Soetoro to get another 4 years in the Oval Office. When God does something like that, it is customary to express gratitude to Him for it.

So, if Mike Huclabee does not meet your conservative standards, who does?

DefiantSix · « **Reply #12 on:** May 15, 2011, 07:00:37 PM »

Quote from: CatholicCrusader on May 15, 2011, 06:33:48 PM

So, if Mike Huclabee does not meet your conservative standards, who does?

Lt. Col West would be a good choice, in my opinion, as would Herman Cain. I'd love to see Tom Tancredo give it another run, but I also understand why he won't. If the primaries were closing and all that was left in the running were a bunch of Dhimmi'Rat in sheep's clothing RINOs, the least objectionable of that bunch would be Newt, but I'd have to hold my nose pretty damned tight to pull the lever for him.

You know, CC, it isn't like I make my beliefs and preferences a secret here. Perhaps a little time, reading and lurking - you know, getting to know the old timers here before throwing out questions that could be perceived as challenges - might be in order, sir.

Regardless, welcome aboard.

namvet · « **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2011, 08:38:58 AM »

Allen West has my vote. but says he's not going to run. he's former military and national security is an issue with me. in spite of his problem in Iraq ive seen him tell the ragheads where to shove that ****in' quran and their religion of murder.
i like the way he talks. straight from the hip and with the bark on.

CatholicCrusader · « **Reply #14 on:** May 16, 2011, 10:15:49 AM »

I like Allen West too. But one has to be a realist: Do you know what the press (except for Fox) would do to West? The press, and Liberal groups, would label him an Uncle Tom; they'd say that he was only nominated so we could put a black guy against a black guy. Nobody would hear a word he said because they would make the whole thing about "race". Its sad and its unfair but thats exactly what would happen.

We need the guy who can WIN, not the guy who is a perfect Republican and will lose.

Rebel · « **Reply #15 on:** May 16, 2011, 10:17:32 AM »

Quote from: CatholicCrusader on May 16, 2011, 10:15:49 AM

I like Allen West too. But one has to be a realist: Do you know what the press (except for Fox) would do to West? The press, and Liberal groups, would label him an Uncle Tom; they'd say that he was only nominated so we could put a black guy against a black guy. Nobody would hear a word he said because they would make the whole thing about "race". Its sad and its unfair but thats exactly what would happen.

How's it working for them against Herman Cain? Not too well as he's a favorite and winning straw polls all over the place.

CatholicCrusader · « **Reply #16 on:** May 16, 2011, 10:32:30 AM »

Quote from: Rebel on May 16, 2011, 10:17:32 AM

How's it working for them against Herman Cain? Not too well as he's a favorite and winning straw polls all over the place.

If - IF - Cain gets the Republican nomination you'll see the fangs and the venom from the Left. They'll do it to him too.

namvet · « **Reply #17 on:** May 16, 2011, 10:49:01 AM »

Quote from: CatholicCrusader on May 16, 2011, 10:32:30 AM

If - IF - Cain gets the Republican nomination you'll see the fangs and the venom from the Left. They'll do it to him too.

so your choice would be.........................??

CatholicCrusader · « **Reply #18 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:11:21 AM »

Quote from: namvet on May 16, 2011, 10:49:01 AM

so your choice would be.........................??

I need to hear them talk more at the debates. I want the guy who can out-talk Obama. That's why I like Huckabee: His good natured persona contrasted with Obama's arrogance and made Obama look bad IMHO. I think a debate between those two would have made Obama look bad.

It may well be the the balance will be tipped one way or another on something as superficial as that. They keep talkling about Obama's "likability" factor in polls. Smash that likability, and that - coupled with the rotten economy - will sink the sorry bastard.

Rebel · « **Reply #19 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:25:05 AM »

Quote from: CatholicCrusader on May 16, 2011, 11:11:21 AM

I need to hear them talk more at the debates. I want the guy who can out-talk Obama. That's why I like Huckabee: His good natured persona contrasted with Obama's arrogance and made Obama look bad IMHO. I think a debate between those two would have made Obama look bad.

Obama is a freaking lightweight. Cain schooled Clinton back in the early 90's, and while I disagreed with Clinton on almost everything, he was brilliant as a politician, an orator, and very educated.

Why do people continue the charade that Obama is some mental giant that can't be touched by most people? Am I the only one that sees him for what he is, a shyster snakeoil salesman? If he was THAT f'n intelligent, and had the IQ of God, TRUST me, those transcripts would be all OVER the place just to prove people wrong. They're not.

CatholicCrusader · « **Reply #20 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:29:44 AM »

Hey man, if you're right and it works out that way I'll be the first guy to cheer. I am just scared to death of four more years of that jerkweed Obama, and don't want to take a chance on losing, you know?

DefiantSix · « **Reply #21 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:37:05 AM »

Quote from: CatholicCrusader on May 16, 2011, 10:15:49 AM

I like Allen West too. But one has to be a realist: Do you know what the press (except for Fox) would do to West? The press, and Liberal groups, would label him an Uncle Tom; they'd say that he was only nominated so we could put a black guy against a black guy. Nobody would hear a word he said because they would make the whole thing about "race". Its sad and its unfair but thats exactly what would happen.

We need the guy who can WIN, not the guy who is a perfect Republican and will lose.

Juan McLame was billed as the guy who could win, because of his ability to "reach ~~around~~ across the aisle". How'd that work out for us?

I'll stick to one of el Rushbo's Undeniable Truths of Life^®:

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..."Conservativism works EVERY TIME it's tried."

DumbAss Tanker · « **Reply #22 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:47:34 AM »

Quote from: Rebel on May 16, 2011, 11:25:05 AM

If he was THAT f'n intelligent, and had the IQ of God, TRUST me, those transcripts would be all OVER the place just to prove people wrong. They're not.

Rebel, you are batting 1000 on that one, I have suspected exactly that since Day One of the 'Sooper genius' meme, but the fact he was 'President of the Law Review' yet never published anything in it really nailed it for me when I first heard that detail.

Given his affirmative action-blessed academic career, there is no doubt in my mind that his 'Faculty advisor' would have cleaned up whatever garbage he coughed out on discrimination law to a standard that it could be published (Just short of actually writing it for him), but it appears he couldn't come up with even the raw material to build something that could be launched down those greased skids.

H5!

namvet · « **Reply #23 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:49:48 AM »

Quote from: CatholicCrusader on May 16, 2011, 11:11:21 AM

I need to hear them talk more at the debates. I want the guy who can out-talk Obama. That's why I like Huckabee: His good natured persona contrasted with Obama's arrogance and made Obama look bad IMHO. I think a debate between those two would have made Obama look bad.

It may well be the the balance will be tipped one way or another on something as superficial as that. They keep talkling about Obama's "likability" factor in polls. Smash that likability, and that - coupled with the rotten economy - will sink the sorry bastard.

in case you haven't heard Huckabee's gone.

namvet · « **Reply #24 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:50:52 AM »

oh and BTY Trump says he's out

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