New Huckabee Campaign Chair: Huckabee's The Republican Obama

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Below is a part of a transcript from Lou Dobbs' interview with Ed Rollins, the Republican strategist and new national campaign chairman to Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign. Rollins appeared on the Dec. 14 edition of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" in an exclusive interview.

DOBBS: The national review endorsing one of your candidates' opponents. Mitt Romney and the national review said that point of fact, "Mike Huckabee," your candidate now, "would pull apart the conservative coalition from opposite ends." What's your reaction to that?

ROLLINS: The reality is, if Ronald Reagan was running today, the national review and these various puritan groups, puritan conservative groups, he wouldn't pass the litmus test. He had to come in and raise taxes when he had a multi-billion dollar deficit. He had to pass a welfare reform bill. Lots of things a governor has to do, if you're going to be a good governor to make the state function better. Mike spent money to fix schools. Mike spent money to fix roads. Mike spent money to fix parks. At the end of the day, he took a state and left it a $500 million surplus, nobody bothers to talk about that.

DOBBS: You didn't mention the fact that he also supported the Dream Act and that is giving illegal aliens rights superior to those in many instances of U.S. citizens.

ROLLINS: No, the act wasn't successful and I think his immigration bill today is one that you would certainly approve. You probably wrote it. It's very, very much in line with what we've talked about over and over again.

So, the good part is he obviously is a guy who understands that there's different times and different problems and I think to a certain extent what he has, though, he's connect would voters and like Barack Obama. They don't want the Washingtonians. They don't want the Wall Street types. Just as your show has over and over again talked to ordinary people out there that want change, I think these are two candidates of change and two different parties.

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- Qbear See Profile I'm a Fan of Qbear permalink

Rollins let me save your breath

Ann Coulter isn't like Coretta King either.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:24 AM on 12/17/2007
- Qbear See Profile I'm a Fan of Qbear permalink

I don't support Obama since McClurkin...but attempting to compare ghoulish AIDS hysterical EVIl little F*CKTARD MotherHUCKER to Obama,

in your DREAMS, Rollins.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:19 AM on 12/17/2007
- Galvestonians for Dr. Ron Paul See Profile I'm a Fan of Galvestonians for Dr. Ron Paul permalink

OBAMA HAS MONEY!

HUCKABEE IS BROKE...

HOW CAN WE BELIEVE MIKE HUCKABEE, LOVEABLE AS HE MAY BE, HAS RUN AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN, BUT HAS ONLY SPENT A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS?

HE WENT FROM 3% IN JULY TO 30% IN nOVEMBER IN IOWA.
WITH NO MONEY?
CMON.
THEN RON PAUL PUTS A BLIMP IN THE AIR FOR A MONTH AND IS PAID FOR BY SUPPORTERS AND THEY DONT EVEN MENTION THIS?

THATS OK, WATCH HOW PAUL PLAYS THEM..
THEY HAVE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN!
THEY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED HIM..
NOW.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN.
WATCH HOW A REAL POLITICIAN ACTS WHEN HIS CHILDREN AND CONSTITUTION ARE THREATENED.
WATCH HOW HE PLAYS THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THEY CANT ATTACK HIM, CAUSE HE DOESNT EVEN EXIST.!
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
WATCH HOW HE USES THEIR VOTES AND CORRUPT TIES TO EXPLOIT THEIR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR.
WATCH HOW HE COMMANDS MEDIA ATTENTION AT WILL AND BY HIS SUPPORTERS.
YES THEY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE IGNORING HIM.
NOW THEY CANT FIGHT HIM.
HE WILL CHOSE THE FIGHTS!!

GO RON PAUL.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:36 PM on 12/16/2007
- ImpeachmentNOW See Profile I'm a Fan of ImpeachmentNOW permalink

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QUESTION: What do a Radical, Islamic Muslin Jihadist and a Right-Wing American Evangelical Nut-Job have in common?

ANSWER: They BOTH strongly support and religiously follow Mike Huckabee's statement that "a wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband".

I have no doubt that Huck will bring these two groups together.

Women everywhere: beware of this Neanderthal.
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:20 PM on 12/16/2007
- dutchess2 See Profile I'm a Fan of dutchess2 permalink

Someone help me here.... what was it...Ed Rollins got into trouble for something... not sure what it was now.

At some point, one or more of Reagan's cabinet members Alexander Haig - claimed they were in charge, all was well...was it when Reagan was shot? HUGE controversy, cause there's a chain of command...Rollins was persona no grata after something he did and no republican candidate of name recognition has bothered with him since...

Now Rollins got a client....one no one else wanted...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:24 AM on 12/16/2007
- Balto See Profile I'm a Fan of Balto permalink

The Huckster is really the Republican George W Bush. Oh, wait....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:56 AM on 12/16/2007
- WIDESTANCE See Profile I'm a Fan of WIDESTANCE permalink

yuck, i just threw up a little bit in my mouth

comparing huck to barack is an obamanation of biblical proportions

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:15 AM on 12/16/2007
- conservativeoriginalist See Profile I'm a Fan of conservativeoriginalist permalink

In more important news, the LiberTea Party "money bomb" for the Ron Paul campaign has kicked off with over $300k (a number Huckabee wishes he could raise in a week) in the first 20 minutes.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:21 AM on 12/16/2007
- illinoisan See Profile I'm a Fan of illinoisan permalink

I think I understand Rollie's game here. Huckabee has emerged so very recently that he has yet to be introduced to the voters. So Rollie is attemptiong to brand him as the GOP Obama whether it makes any sense or not. It may work in the short run.

I have a friend at work who's a reborn Christian and thinks of himself as well-informed on politics. He rues his former support for Bush and seems taken with Obama. He recently approached me with exciting news about this Mike Huckabee candidate who was emerging as the new hope for evangelical voters such as himself.

I had to deflate him with all of Huck's baggage that he had no idea of - such as the release of the rapist/murderer. It landed like a body blow on my friend. I consoled him with the fact that Obama has claimed to hear god's voice, so he still has that option open to him.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:01 PM on 12/15/2007
- MuseScavenger See Profile I'm a Fan of MuseScavenger permalink

You mean, like, Obama's positive and Hucklberry's negative?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:45 PM on 12/15/2007
- MuseScavenger See Profile I'm a Fan of MuseScavenger permalink

So how does being the inside-out-Oreo translate to being a viable flat-earth candidate?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:39 PM on 12/15/2007
- larry278 See Profile I'm a Fan of larry278 permalink

Paraphrase of Sen L Bentsen's squelch of Dan Quayle: The Huckster is no Barak Hussein Obama exect in the Huckster's dreams & our nightmares.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:49 PM on 12/15/2007
- lnardozi See Profile I'm a Fan of lnardozi permalink

Huckabee never finished the seminary, so I can KINDA believe him when he said he didn't know about Romney's religion. Of course, comparative religion is a sort of low level class, but give him the credit for not being studious and drop it. He DOES believe in creationism, so at least he was awake PART of the time. I wonder how he does on other religious stuff. I know he got his Baptist girl friend Diane O'Connell a government job even though she had no experience. Cost Arkansas 1.6 million, so I guess he fails at not lying. Let's see, he stole $60,000 out of the taxpayer fund so I guess he missed that class about not stealing. He tried to pay himself as a consultant in his own Senatorial election, so he missed that class on not cheating too. He opened a wedding registry at Target and Dillard's while he was governor so his grateful subjects could buy him presents when he and his wife renewed their vows. Hm - guess he missed that class about not coveting his neighbor's possessions too. Wait - maybe there's a simpler explanation. Maybe the Huckster thinks YOU'RE stupid. After all, he DOES support the FairTax, which doesn't tax corporations AT ALL, and millionaires and up at the same rate as someone who is near poverty level - i.e. less than 5%. Here's the thing - religious people really ARE religious. Who among them wants any truck with THIS devil?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:34 PM on 12/15/2007
- WigWamWag See Profile I'm a Fan of WigWamWag permalink

Huck the new Obomba? What is Huck going to do start wearing black face and giving kickbacks to his major supporters like Obomba does.

There sure is a sorry lot of candidates in the front running this time around. That includes both many of the GOP and the DNC offerings.

Both religion and race issues need to get out of the political arena.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:10 PM on 12/15/2007
- dax49 See Profile I'm a Fan of dax49 permalink

huckabee's the republican porky pig, along with his lard ass family- wouldn't they be a sight on the white house steps. let's don't forget that he lies, shifts blame for his screw ups, and has no loyalty-typical bush republican

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:55 PM on 12/15/2007
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