Comments on: “Huckabee is in the race to take Romney out of the way for McCain.” http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/ "Religion, Politics, the Presidency: Commentary by an Evangelical Christian and A Mormon" Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:05:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: HaroldHutchison http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-11971 HaroldHutchison Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:08:36 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/#comment-11971 If it's Giuliani, I can more than live with that, particularly given the tax cut he proposed and what he did in New York City. I can even live with McCain, who backed the surge before the surge was cool (I do not think he and Huckabee are tag-teaming Romney). I don't mind Mitt losing if the other guy has a better resume (which is arguably the case with Giuliani) or if another guy managed to be very right about one of the big issues this country is facing (McCain). But I think I should have the right to be ticked off if Romney loses to a guy who relied on the politics of religious identity to overcome a really bad resume and track record. If it’s Giuliani, I can more than live with that, particularly given the tax cut he proposed and what he did in New York City. I can even live with McCain, who backed the surge before the surge was cool (I do not think he and Huckabee are tag-teaming Romney).

I don’t mind Mitt losing if the other guy has a better resume (which is arguably the case with Giuliani) or if another guy managed to be very right about one of the big issues this country is facing (McCain). But I think I should have the right to be ticked off if Romney loses to a guy who relied on the politics of religious identity to overcome a really bad resume and track record.

]]> By: JLFuller http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-11967 JLFuller Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:06:10 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/#comment-11967 It is OK to attribute villainy to those who commit it but it is not OK when they use acceptable strategies. Huckabee teaming up with McCain to force out competitors is an acceptable strategy. It is fair play. Romney is responsible for the image he presents and if he has failed to coalesce the electorate behind him when he had a fair chance then so be it. What I have seen this last week has been fair. There has been no underground anti-Mormon campaign that I have seen or heard of. There will be in South Carolina however. But in the New Hampshire race I have not seen anything objectionable. It has not been unfair no matter how I wish there was a different outcome. We can see that Romney is genuinely disliked personally by the others in the race - maybe with some reason. No one said he had to be liked by everybody. I have thought for a long time that he couldn't take a punch. These nasty comments during the debates leave him looking like somebody just stole his lunch money. I don't think he has the ability to drag up some crankiness on demand or make somebody feel bad about who they are and how they fit into society. It isn't hard but you can't be afraid of taking a whack in the chops. A second job as a bouncer in a cowboy bar or maybe a stint in the armed service or as a cop or a job in a penitentiary would have helped develop some street survival skills. Anyway, hold McCain and Huckabee accountable for misdeeds, but not for something they <em>didn't </em>do wrong. It is OK to attribute villainy to those who commit it but it is not OK when they use acceptable strategies. Huckabee teaming up with McCain to force out competitors is an acceptable strategy. It is fair play. Romney is responsible for the image he presents and if he has failed to coalesce the electorate behind him when he had a fair chance then so be it. What I have seen this last week has been fair. There has been no underground anti-Mormon campaign that I have seen or heard of. There will be in South Carolina however. But in the New Hampshire race I have not seen anything objectionable. It has not been unfair no matter how I wish there was a different outcome. We can see that Romney is genuinely disliked personally by the others in the race – maybe with some reason. No one said he had to be liked by everybody.

I have thought for a long time that he couldn’t take a punch. These nasty comments during the debates leave him looking like somebody just stole his lunch money. I don’t think he has the ability to drag up some crankiness on demand or make somebody feel bad about who they are and how they fit into society. It isn’t hard but you can’t be afraid of taking a whack in the chops. A second job as a bouncer in a cowboy bar or maybe a stint in the armed service or as a cop or a job in a penitentiary would have helped develop some street survival skills. Anyway, hold McCain and Huckabee accountable for misdeeds, but not for something they didn’t do wrong.

]]> By: jgardner http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-11966 jgardner Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:20:13 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/#comment-11966 Don't contribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence. I don't know that Huckabee would run a campaign solely to take out the mormon. (I wouldn't be surprised if it was true, however.) I do know that Huckabee is a fool and he is perhaps expecting a miracle a la Red Sea or Pentecost. He doesn't see that by starving out more viable, socially conservative candidates that he will hurt his cause down the road. Perhaps the republican voters will come to their senses and see that a vote for Huckabee is a vote for Giuliani or McCain. Don’t contribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence. I don’t know that Huckabee would run a campaign solely to take out the mormon. (I wouldn’t be surprised if it was true, however.)

I do know that Huckabee is a fool and he is perhaps expecting a miracle a la Red Sea or Pentecost.

He doesn’t see that by starving out more viable, socially conservative candidates that he will hurt his cause down the road. Perhaps the republican voters will come to their senses and see that a vote for Huckabee is a vote for Giuliani or McCain.

]]> By: kgbudge http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-11961 kgbudge Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:57:08 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/#comment-11961 I think there's a real possibility Huckabee thinks Romney is literally the Antichrist. It would explain a lot about his campaign. I think there’s a real possibility Huckabee thinks Romney is literally the Antichrist. It would explain a lot about his campaign.

]]> By: CarlH http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-11959 CarlH Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:52:20 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/01/09/huckabee-is-in-the-race-to-take-romney-out-of-the-way-for-mccain/#comment-11959 <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzNiZDk5ZTI3ZWI2YzBjMzg4MzA5ZjJhMWQ4ZGUyZTE=" rel="nofollow">Mark R. Levin</a> had the same conclusion (and some very short consistent analysis) last night over at NRO's The Corner: <blockquote>Remember Huck? Are we still on the GOP = European Christian Democrat theory? Huckabee got 11%. And if he wins another state or two? The question is, after all the Huckabee this and that in the media, where does he go now? South Carolina, where he has to battle McCain. Huckabee is in the race to help stop Romney, which helps McCain and, ironically for Evangelicals who support him, Rudy. </blockquote> Mark R. Levin had the same conclusion (and some very short consistent analysis) last night over at NRO’s The Corner:

Remember Huck?

Are we still on the GOP = European Christian Democrat theory? Huckabee got 11%. And if he wins another state or two? The question is, after all the Huckabee this and that in the media, where does he go now? South Carolina, where he has to battle McCain. Huckabee is in the race to help stop Romney, which helps McCain and, ironically for Evangelicals who support him, Rudy.

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