Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, mindful that some criticism he said of Mormon Mitt Romney in the Republican primaries still lingers, had some things to say about Utah in hopes of putting Mormons at ease.
“I have never said anything unkind about Mormons,” said Huckabee. “Utah doesn’t need to think there is a problem with me.”
In the Republican primary, Romney received 90% of the vote. Apparently, Huckabee is trying to find a way to cut into that for his 2012 Presidential run.
Huckabee says he may visit Utah soon. First, he wants to correct the misinformation that he said bad things about the Mormon Church.
“Utah is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and I want to go there and not have eggs and rotten vegetables thrown at me.”
Huckabee/Palin in 2012! Palin/Huckabee in 2012! Oh please let it be!
Huck’s use of the “Christian Leader” title and the Cross in his ads and his attempt to denigrate Mitt Romney’s religion is a thinly-veiled attempt to impose a religious test in violation of Article Six of the Constitution
The Huckster was the 1998 keynote speaker at an anti-Mormon conference in Salt Lake City. And he says he knows nothing about Mormons?
Mike, let me educate you. Mormons are not Creedal (4th Century) Christians, they base their Christianity on the New Testament (1st Century):
http://www.MormonsAreChristian.blogspot.com
Mike, please stop calling the Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) a non-Christian church, it impugns your intelligence and integrity.
Huckabee is NO conservative:
Mike Huckabee was regarded by fellow Republican governors as a compulsive tax increaser and spender. He increased the Arkansas tax burden by 47 percent, boosting the levies on gasoline and cigarettes. The Arkansas Leader.com editorialized that Mike Huckabee raised more taxes in 10 years in office than Bill Clinton did in his 12 years.
The National Education Association endorses any candidate who raises taxes and opposes school choice – thus they endorsed Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee “broadly repudiates core Republican policies such as free trade, low taxes, the essential legitimacy of America’s corporate entities and the market system allocating wealth and opportunity,” according to George Will.
The Arkansas Ethics Commission held proceedings 20 times on the former governor. During his tenure, Huckabee accepted 314 gifts valued overall at more than $150,000, according to documents filed with the Arkansas secretary of state’s office. (He accepted 187 gifts in his first three years as governor but was not required to report their value.)
Two months after taking office, Huckabee stunned the state by saying he questioned rapist Wayne DuMond’s guilt and that it was his intention to free the rapist, DuMond murdered a women in Illinois after Huckabee set him free
Huckabee battled conservatives within his own party who were pushing for stricter state-level immigration measures, such as:.
– proof of legal status when applying for state services that aren’t federally mandated
- proof of citizenship when registering to vote
- Huckabee failed in his effort to make children of illegal immigrants eligible for state-funded scholarships and in-state tuition to Arkansas colleges.
He joined the Democratic chorus in indicting President Bush for his “arrogant bunker mentality.” Is he in the right party?