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Posted at 4:16pm on Jan. 9, 2008 Re: Huckabee a liberal?
By Neil Stevens
Personally, I don't see how it defends Mike Huckabee to attack the records of others. If he were my guy, I'd want to lift him up. Surely if he's actually a right-winger it's possible to show it that instead of just dragging the other guys down to lift Huckabee by comparison?
Posted at 10:21pm on Nov. 12, 2007 Mike Huckabee and his campaign lying about his record [UPDATED]
By Neil Stevens
Mike Huckabee and his campaign are lying about his record in order to attempt to discredit the Club for Growth's revelations about his history of raising taxes in Arkansas.
Chip Saltsman, Mike Huckabee's campaign manager, says this on the candidate's web page:
More than 80% of the voters supported a 4-cent tax on diesel fuel to fix the roads. Similarly, the voters approved a 1/8 cent increase in the sales tax to preserve their natural and cultural heritage. The Governor would have violated his oath of office if he did not go with the will of these voters. He did not raise taxes -- the people did.
The candidate himself said the same thing on Meet the Press:
Did we raise taxes on fuel? Yes, but 80 percent of the people voted on it because it was on the ballot. So it wasn’t that I raised it. I joined with 80 percent of the people in my state to improve what was the worst road system in the country.
The problem is, it's just not true.
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