A friend sent me a piece by Mike Huckabee railing against defecit spending and demanding that the stimulus bill be stopped.
After reading it, 3 things crossed my mind:
- Mike Huckabee must know that most of his article is BS, but it will play well
- Is he planning a run for president in 2012 already
- Is there a seat up for election in the senate in 2010 in AR? (Turns out, yes there is).
Article and comments below
Huckabee's article is here: http://www.foxnews.com/...
"I learned a few tricks and tactics while I was a lieutenant governor and governor for over 13 1/2 years. "
Like how to get your kid out of trouble with the police when he is caught tortuing and mutilating animals. But, more to the point, overall I have to say that I agree with most of what Huckabee writes!
Yes, Huckabee is right that the Bush and the Republicans have really screwed the country.
He seems pretty ticked that Bush and Republicans in congress refused to allow oversight into the first giant check that congress wrote to Paulson.
Bush and then Paulson used that money in a way that was completely different from the reason they asked for it, but because they refused to allow any checks to Paulsons power to spend it they were powerless to do anything to stop him at that point.
Of course now that it is Obama in the white house Republicans have rediscovered oversight. But this time the person running the country is in favor of oversight, as Obama agreed to create an independent stimulus oversight committee (which Republicans then voted against).
"They've run up a debt that our children and even grandchildren will have to pay." When he says "They" he must mean Republicans right? In that case Mike: Yea I know! Thankfully the Democrats forced PAYGO rules into the Senate recently.
"Term limits for members of Congress — 12 years and go home."
Sounds good to me! Wait, didn't YOU say you served for 13 1/2 years?
"Instead of automatic pay raises, you lose 2 percent of your congressional salary every year you don't balance the budget."
I guess Huckabee thinks that after 20 years of Republican defecit spending the only way you can get them to balance the budget is to threaten them with losing 2% of their pay if they don't. Ha.
"We end the congressional pension and you have to go into the same Social Security system we're in."
Sure. Is Huckabee going to give up his AR state pension then too? I mean, shouldn’t he work in the same Social Security system we’re in?
"You get a fixed amount for health insurance and you pay for half of yours and all your family's and you go into the marketplace and buy it like we do."
Or, instead of screwing members of congress, why don’t you get us the same health coverage that they have. That way we all have good coverage, insatead of all having crappy coverage.
"You pass the "fair tax" "
I love the "fair tax." But why not rename it the "rich people pay even LESS tax"? That sounds more accurate than "fair tax."
"If you want more information on the outrageous examples of waste in this pathetic pork-laden piece of **&^, go to my Web site at mikehuckabee.com and let me know what you think. That's my view, I would love to hear yours. E-mail your comments to: huckmail@foxnews.com"
So is this just his new day job, working for the RNC/FNC or is this him getting ready for a Senate bid?