Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will be speaking at Union tonight. This has provoked the predictable huffy reaction from the usual suspects, but I expect it will be an interesting event, and certainly better than David Horowitz or Pat Buchanan, who I'm told were the first two suggestions of the students pushing to invite a conservative speaker.
I'm not sure if he'll do a Q&A period after the talk, but if he does, I'm tempted to try to ask a question. My inclination would be something about the Republican governor (Alabama? Mississippi?) a few years ago who realized that his Christian principles required him to aid the poor, and actually pushed for a tax on the rich to fund social services, against tremendous opposition from his own party. The same tension between conservative Christians and the Tax Cuts Uber Alles crowd was a factor in Huckabee's failed bid for the nomination, so I'd be interested in hearing what he thinks.
I'm open to better suggestions, though. If you have a not obviously insulting question that you'd like to hear Mike Huckabee answer, leave it in the comments, and if I like any of the suggestions, I'll see if I can get it asked.
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Alabama; Bob Riley.
Alabama; Bob Riley.
Thank you.
I was going to Google that this afternoon.
I'd be more interested in knowing if he ever realized he could have picked up your endorsement had he simply played you a game of basketball.
Certainly, there are a lot of very interesting conundrums to being in politics and trying to adhere to the teachings of Christ. But the one I've always wanted to hear a measured and sincere answer to is how a committed christian reconciles being the head of the largest military power in the world with Christ's commandment to turn the other cheek.
Dear Gov. Huckabee:
Did they use English saddles, or Western saddles when they rode the dinosaurs in The Garden Of Eden?
Thanks, I'll sit down and laugh, I mean, listen for my answer.
Oh, and as a follow up question, Is Ken Ham just a charlatan, and in it for the money, or does he really believe the crap he spews out?
Part of Huckabee's appeal is that he did live truer to his ideals than other evangelical Christians. He did things like extend health insurance coverage to lower income families, try to make school spending more level between districts, etc, and he did this by raising taxes.
There is a reason that the man scared the crap out of certain elements of the Republican party.
You definitely need to ask him about this. The ominous countdown is at 20 hours 16 minutes and counting.
I can only assume that there will be some sort of nefarious plot, possibly involving sharks with lasers, or perhaps etching his initials on the moon with a giant laser. I'm pretty sure lasers will be involved, however.
Is that the "screechy monkey" dogwhistle?
Is that the "screechy monkey" dogwhistle?
Not unless you're secretly on my campus.
You have obviously bought the lie that Huckabee was a tax and spender. Guess what libtards, Huck's fiscal conservatism was more about saying nicely what Conservatives have been saying harshly for years, welfare is a blight.
State revenue went up despite him cutting Capitol Gains significantly and the income tax been held steady because income went up dramatically thanks to Huckabee's abilities to create jobs. Arkansas was a low tax state with corruption and and ineffective government before Huckabee and was a low tax state with less corruption and effective Government afterwards. Arkansas taxes increased less than half the national average despite frequent economic issues and natural disasters that struck the state while growth of the economy was above average.
People who actually think the Club for Growths attacks on him were anything more than Romney paying surrogates to take out an opponent frankly need a CAT scan.
Improvements to education was due to accountability and reform, hardly liberal positions of bureaucracy and statism in schools.
Huckabee was the best thing the Republicans had come there way in a long time, a true conservative who could market his message to minorities, catholics, women, and the youth which will all be tough spots for the GOP this year with McCain.