Arianna, Mike Huckabee Duke It Out In Pennsylvania (VIDEO)

CBS local news reports:

A former governor and a former candidate for governor, each with political opinions that couldn't set them further apart were in Hershey Monday night to duke it out.

Guests of the Pennsylvania Chamber, Mike Huckabee and Arianna Huffington squared off in Hershey Monday night, just one night before presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama square off again before the nation.

In Huckabee's opinion, it will be a night where McCain must battle back from a recent pattern of hick-ups stemming from the recent financial bailout bill. "First of all, going back to Washington, saying I was getting to leave the campaign trail, I think people saw him acting like a senator, not a president. Then, saying he might skip the debate, that didn't help him. When he then went to the debate, then when he signed the bailout package. There were several things in a row that have now shifted the momentum to Obama," says Huckabee.

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[KarateKid]

Two original Republicans, but one came to her senses and the other......well, he's got a ways to go yet.

[RaraAvis17]

The other one went to FoxNews...nuff said.

[PUMAMA]

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[PitbullCatcher]

THEY ARE HIDING THIS FROM YOU…Mr. Hucklebee

http://mudflats.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/palin-2006-vetting.pdf

[JCB360]

If you support Barack Obama and Joe Biden and you are tired of all of the republican lies, smear capaigns and want the truth visit. There is detailed information on the Keating 5, McSames record, Palin and the Alaskan Independence Party, Palin and the witch doctor (seriously) and much much more.


www.republicansareliars.com

[Hirudin]

I only want to hear about ONE of these people being in Hershey's.

[stepintothelight]

You know .. Huck has to carry the banner he rolls under but many of his statements lead me to believe that he wants us to notice his lack of enthusiasm. I think Huck may be one of the bible thumpers who are not a threat. I think the goodness he preaches describe O more than anyone and Mike knows it.

[MikeDu]

Some years ago Ms. Huffington finally saw the light, recognized that the good-old Republican party of her childhood memories was long gone. You get the feeling Huckabee may be on the cusp as well. He may still be spouting the part line but, like you said, a lack of enthusiasm and perhaps even revulsion is starting to creep in. Does it have to take a tour of Cheney's torture camps for religious people the recognize the hard right never was the 'true' spiritual path?

[AnalyzeIT]

Huckebee lacks substance: is inconsistent in his responses, plus the facts that he has 'this almighty" condescending attitude.

Arianna, will KNOCK him out of the ball park - even while and when he interupts her . Whicj will probably be often.

You know that scenario - talk over her while she is talking.

OBAMA-BIDEN 2008

[Ohg]

Huckabee is much like other Republicans this year - he is embarrassing himself to support the top of the ticket. What a great tragedy for the Republican Party - except this - they asked for what they are suffering. .................
http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/10/03/respecting-joe-six-pack/

[AngryCenter]

But with Huckabee, you can really see the pain it's causing him, and he tries his best to interject as much truth as possible into the talking points.

I like Mike, just not his politics. He's funny as hell too.

[guajiro]

"and link the economy to the war in Iraq. Because even as our economy is in dire straits, we continue to spend tens of billions of dollars in the war in Iraq, despite the fact that there's no real, clear exit strategy,” says Huffington."

Boy, Arriana's got it right. This war has brought nothing but misery for the American people. The country has managed to get by these last few decades because the corporations have always managed to squeeze a little bit more out of the working class, either more work hours, or less pay, or reductions in programs, or delay in allowing people to qualify for certain programs, or raising barriers to those who qualify thus in effect reducing programs. But now, we're all squeezed out by these Republicans and there's just no more they can squeeze out which of course has the wealthy people panicking. I wish David Letterman would have her over to discuss certain things on air. The people deserve it.

[Lotus19]

Arianna, I look forward to seeing the video, but in the meantime, I see that you've brought up a very important point. I have not seen the connection between the war in Iraq and the economy being made as forcefully as it should. The topic has been touched on, but it needs to be hammered into everyone's thick skull that while our economy is melting down before our eyes we are spending billions cleaning up the mess that we created in the first place, with Bush's friends pocketing the profits.

It's a national disgrace and Bush and company should face charges for their roles in this international economic debacle.

[kelly]

arianna doesn't lose debates. she's a goddess

[LibRS]

Anyone mad about the mortgage mess? If so, watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj3YezuNuQo

[RealityBaseCamp]

Isn't that the famous professionally-produced video that leaves out just enough facts to sound true? Got news, only true believers fall for the "anything but deregulation caused it" excuses.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hale-stewart/memo-to-republicans-cra-h_b_127599.html

[DrVeruju]

To put this video in context, this is taken from another comment posted a few days ago on Huffpo.

University of Michigan Law Professor Michael Barr, a specialist in banking and finance law, flatly rejected claims that the CRA was "a significant factor in the current crisis. CRA was enacted more than 30 years ago. It would be quite odd if this 30-year old law suddenly caused an explosion in bad subprime loans from 2002-2007....Subprime mortgages were mostly made by mortgage brokers and lenders and securitized by investment banks -- institutions not covered by CRA," he told the Huffington Post, adding, "CRA only covers banks and thrifts, and these institutions mostly have not suffered to the same extent or kind from bad lending as the non-CRA-covered institutions at the core of the current crisis. The problem here is not CRA. It is what the late former Fed Governor Ned Gramlich called 'the giant hole in the supervisory safety net' -- bad lending by firms outside the banking sector's rules for prudential supervision, capital requirements, consumer protection and yes, the CRA."

[jah2008]

Where can see this debate?

[w&cheneysuck]

"Aw, shucks mister. I am just another Joe Six-Pack...."(Huckabee)...

[GolfingDevil05]

Looking back, McCain-Huckabee would have been a stronger ticket. Huckabee is an amiable guy who is liked by a fair amount of people on both sides of the aisle. I doubt very much that his qualifications would have been questioned as much as Gov. Palin's, and he has the conservative bona fides that she brings to the table. Even with his stupid comment at the NRA convention about Obama, he's not as gaffe prone as she is, and I think people would have seen him as passing the test of being able to step in as president in a crisis moment. Politcally, Huckabee would have taken Missouri and North Carolina out of play, maybe even Florida and Ohio too.

I still wouldn't have voted for them, but Huckabee would have been a safer, more reasonable choice than Palin. I still haven't heard a credible explanation as to why he wasn't picked.

[urweatherman]

Yeah...I agree and wish that it would have been either Guiliani / Huckabee or Romney / Huckabee

[GolfingDevil05]

See? The left and the right can agree on a few things!

Ahh, bipartisanship, even on the Huffington Post.

[olephart]

"I still haven't heard a credible explanation as to why he wasn't picked."

He's not corrupt enough and occasionally says things that are true.

[AngryCenter]

Yup.