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Posted at 9:55pm on Feb. 1, 2008 I'm On My Knees... Begging You, Mitt

By perico

crossposted here:
http://race42008.com/2008/02/01/romneys-largest-obstacles-both-then-and-...

Mitt, as a Thompson guy, I'm begging you to stand up...

An interesting discussion was taking place over at the Corner, and I somewhat agree with this thought:

One problem Romney has, which I was acutely aware of the other night, is that he comes off just a bit too effete. He is smart and thoughtful. But each time John McCain said something that was smirky or a direct lie, (the business about timetables), after trying to correct it, Mitt's natural inclination was to shoot a plaintive look at the questioners, as if to signal that he and they both knew that McCain was misbehaving. This was entirely redolent of the behavior of the teacher's pet, who always knows the right answer, looking for authority to back him up in an argument with the class bully. But if you are president you have to be the authority, and you had better be able to slay the dragon right there and then, without looking to some offstage authority figure to nod in agreement that you are right. This little bit of body language reinforced whatever it was that McCain's people meant recently when one of them was quoted saying, "Mitt Romney is the kind of guy that John McCain used to beat up at school." (That's a paraphrase.)

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Posted at 10:40pm on Jan. 18, 2008 White Supremacists Behind Ads Attacking Romney, McCain, and Thompson

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The group behind the "Confederate Flag" ad that attacks Governor Mitt Romney and Senator John McCain is called Americans for the Preservation of American Culture, or APAC. The group is headed by a man named Ron Wilson, who has an interesting history.

According to the Washington Times:

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Posted at 3:28pm on Jan. 14, 2008 Will The Democrats Pick the Republican Frontrunner?

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It's a sorry state of affairs when Democrats could decide who wins the Michigan GOP primary.

Jim Geraghty gives his take at NRO:

There are also Michigan Republicans who’d prefer that their primary not be swamped by crossover Democrats. These GOPers have a few unexpected allies: Senator Carl Levin and Congressman John Conyers are touting “Detroiters for Uncommitted Voters.” Conyers and his wife, Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, will begin airing radio ads this week urging voters to cast their ballots for uncommitted.

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Posted at 6:41pm on Jan. 12, 2008 Accepting Joe Carter's Challenge: Huckabee

By perico

After publishing two posts that were critical of Huckabee over the last two days, I was not planning on doing another one, but like a bad case of diarrea, Joe Carter pulls me back in, making a challenge to "put up or hush up" about Mike Huckabee's liberal tendencies.

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Posted at 10:15pm on Jan. 11, 2008 Victim's Mother Responds To Governor Huckabee

By perico

Press Release link:

Statement from Lois Davidson, Mother of Killer's Victim, in Response to Governor Huckabee

Lois Davidson, whose daughter Carole Sue Shields was raped and killed in 2000 by a criminal whose release from prison was championed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, issued the following statement today in response to Huckabee's contention in a television interview that her story was being "exploited" for political purposes:

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Posted at 6:48pm on Jan. 1, 2008 ... And They Attack Him For It: Thoughts Before Iowa

By perico

And They Attack Him For It... Blowing Off Steam, Throwing Sharp Elbows, and Running Against the Mainstream

"If what people really want in their president is a super type A personality, someone who has gotten up every morning and gone to bed every night and been thinking about, for years how they can be president of the United States... someone who can look you straight in the eye and say they've enjoyed every minute of campaigning... I ain't that guy.

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Posted at 8:36pm on Dec. 30, 2007 Romney's Subliminal Ads

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A little history here from the September 12, 2000, courtesy of CNN:

Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush said Tuesday he was "convinced" an ad placed by the Republican National Committee that flashes the word "RATS" over a Gore prescription drug proposal was not intended to send a subliminal message.

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Posted at 2:47pm on Dec. 30, 2007 Hypocrites, criminalizing women, abortion, Huckabee

By perico

After all the grief given to Fred Thompson by those about his views on abortion. After how we heard time after time that since Fred Thompson said that he wouldn't throw "young girls in prison" on MTP he wasn't a true pro life candidate, and Mike Huckabee was the only pure candidate because abortion is murder, I hope those people tuned into Meet the Press this morning.

Pro-Huckabee bloggers were in an absolute tizzy. He (insert Thompson, Romney) doesn't want to throw the young girls or their doctors in jail. They think abortion is not murder. They petitioned the NRTL to withhold their support of the group for endorsing Thompson, linking to the MTP transcript.

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Posted at 4:00pm on Dec. 27, 2007 My Full Endorsement...

By perico

While Fred Thompson is not leading the polls, Thompson does have a majority of endorsements from prominent conservative bloggers. Here are some of the higher profile conservatives on the Internet who have come out and endorsed or support Thompson (H/T to Josh Painter):

Polipundit, IMAO, Pejman Yousefzadeh on Red State, SayAnything blog, Rick Moran of rightwingnuthouse and the American Thinker, Rightontheright, Bob Krumm, Eugene Volokh, Beldarblog, FloppingAces, The DailyPundit (Bill Quick), David Hinz (The Hinzsight Report), Alo Konsen (Brainshavings.com), Gamecock (Race42008.com and The Hinzsight Report), John Hawkins (Rightwingnews), Jonathan Adler (NRO and the Volokh Conspiracy), TraderRob (Opinipundit), Haystack (hick politics, Redstate), Erik Erickson (Redstate), Professor Steven Brainbridge, Conservativesuperiority.com

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Posted at 11:39pm on Dec. 19, 2007 Roger Simon's A Misleading Hack... There, I said it.

By perico

Your typical Poli-Hack

hacks... The type of reporters that I can't stand. You know the ones I'm talking about? The ones who think that with one swoop of the pen (or keyboard), they can shape public opinion to their own little view. The type of reporter usually writes some lame crap about a candidate, then snorts like Steve Urkel, and says to himself, "Boy, I'm so good."

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Posted at 7:06pm on Dec. 10, 2007 Every Time You Think It Can't Get Anymore Ridiculous, Another Huckabee Case Pops Up

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From the Arkansas News Bureau in 2004:

"I would not deny that my sense of the reality of redemption is a factor," the former Baptist pastor said in a radio interview with KUAR in Little Rock. "And I don't know that I can apologize for that because I would hate to think of the kind of human I would be if I thought people were beyond forgiveness and beyond reformation and beyond some sense of improvement."

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Posted at 10:28pm on Dec. 6, 2007 Is Mike Huckabee Not All that Bright?

By perico

From a brand new GQ magazine interview with Mike Huckabee, via MSNBC:

GQ: So, generally, do you think it’s fair for people to take a candidate’s theological convictions into consideration at the polling place?

Huckabee:As long as everyone gets the same scrutiny. That’s what I don’t think is fair: I’ve been given an unusual level of scrutiny. No candidate gets quizzed to the depth that I do about faith.

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Posted at 12:18pm on Dec. 4, 2007 Huckabee: "Close Gitmo."

By perico

From the Powerline blog:

Now we learn (but are surprised) that Huckabee opposes waterboarding and would close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Huckabee reached this conclusion after meeting with a group of retired generals (the usual suspects, I assume) who are lobbying candidates to oppose Bush administration interrogation and detention policies.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2007/12/019190.php

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Posted at 1:12pm on Dec. 2, 2007 Movement

By perico

Let’s put up the transcript from Rush Limbaugh’s radio program, which was broadcast around the world to some 30 million willing listeners:

RUSH: It was fascinating to me, as I said, to watch this because it hit me upside the head — even though, as I say, I instinctively knew this — that all of the top-tier candidates, because of these questions... See, there's always a silver lining in everything. There's always an upside. Some of you might not think of this as an upside or a silver lining, but the genuine moderate as opposed to conservative aspects of three of the top-tier, four of the top-tier candidates were on full-fledged display last night. There was one candidate who did not display any moderateness or liberalism or have any of his past forays into those areas displayed, and that candidate was Fred Thompson. Now, this is not an endorsement. You know, I don't endorse during primaries. I just point out: These are things I noticed, and I've told you during the course of this one campaign year that one of the things that's bothering me, is I'm a Reagan conservative, and I believe in conservatism. It's in my soul and it's in my heart, and I know it is the best way for us to manage our affairs to ensure the most prosperity for the most, to continue our freedom, to protect our country.

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Posted at 10:38pm on Nov. 29, 2007 Is This the Slow and Painful Death of the Republican Party as We Know It?

By perico

Former Governor Mike Huckabee is an extremely likeable fellow, and in the CNN/Youtube debate, his charm was on full display. After having a less than stellar first half, he stepped up his game during the second hour. For the first time, I think he might win the nomination, riding a wave of evangelical unity to the grand prize of GOP politics. In an election year where there is no majority support for any one candidate, this strong showing among one particular faction of the party might well be enough. Huckabee’s rise is due to the fact that he’s a strong speaker, a good campaigner, strong on some social issues, and a person who is genuine and wears his faith upon his sleeve.

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