January 03, 2008
Huckabee wins Iowa
"Hopes, dreams and aspirations of our children."
That's Mike Huckabee talking about what his victory means, that it's not about raising money, but about making dreams come true.
Which leaves me unmoved.
I don't want a president who -- like the tooth fairy -- leaves presents for us, gives me what I want.
I want a president who'll cut taxes, let the economy grow, leave me alone, protect my family from our enemies by pursuing and killing with great vigor those who threaten our nation.
I'll give him this: Huckabee's a dynamic public speaker, as smooth as you'd expect a preacher to be.
But his speech is full of rainbows, moonbeams, unicorns and pixie dust. And a bunch of populist rhetoric, too.
I don't like the guy, I don't trust him. Rush Limbaugh went after him hammer and tong yesterday with the bottom-line critique for voters like me:
Huckabee's not a conservative.
Huckabee's a tax-raising, nanny-state loving, big-spending liberal, with a thin veneer of Southern Revival RINO.
You can take this to the bank: the GOP base will never give him the nomination.
Posted by Mike Lief at January 3, 2008 07:42 PM
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And Thompson's finish is . . . a surprising good sign? Meaningless? The product of a GREAT u-tube speech?
Posted by: The Little Coach at January 3, 2008 08:55 PM