Huckaboom? Try Hucka-Bush!
Mike Huckabee may have chuckled his way to an Iowa caucus win, but the voters are serious about rejecting President Bush's failed leadership. The fact is, a vote for Mike Huckabee, like all the Republican candidates, is a vote for a third Bush term on everything from Iraq to health care, to sticking with Bush's budget busting special interest tax cuts. The American people, though, want real change and new leadership.
Huckabee's not alone, and he may not win the GOP nomination. One thing is clear: whoever wins, a vote for any of the Republican candidates is a vote for a third Bush term. Read more on the 2008 Republican candidates.
FOUR MORE YEARS? No Thanks!!!
Mike Huckabee Means a Third Bush Term
IRAQ: NO PLAN TO END THE IRAQ WAR
Mike Huckabee Just Plain Confused: Criticizes Bush's "Arrogant Mentality" But Praises His "Stubbornness" In The Face Of Opposition. Mike Huckabee has drawn fire for saying that the Bush-Cheney Administration has an "arrogant bunker mentality" that pits the United States against the world. But he's previously said that was a good thing, praising Bush for his steadfastness in the face of criticism: In January 2007, Huckabee saluted President Bush's speech calling for tens of thousands of additional troops to be sent to Iraq. "I think we have to give the commander-in-chief an opportunity to make this succeed. You said people have said he's stubborn. That's a good quality in an executive. You don't want someone who changes the course of a military every time there's a new opinion poll. He's looking at briefing papers as commander- in-chief of our military that's bigger than I used to be. Every day, he sees those kind of intelligence reports. He's surrounded by military experts and intelligence experts. His decisions aren't always perfect, but I believe they're in the best interests of the United States." [Hannity & Colmes, 1/10/2007]
Huh?–kabee Responds to Bhutto Assassination by Warning of "Unusual Activity of Pakistanis" in America. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says the assassination of Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto underscores the need to secure the America's borders to prevent potential terror attacks here. "We ought to have an immediate, very clear monitoring of our borders and particularly to make sure if there's any unusal activity of Pakistanis coming into the country. [Radioiowa.com, 12/28/2007]
HEALTH CARE: NO PLAN TO EXPAND COVERAGE AND CUT COSTS
Mike Huckabee's Plan For The Uninsured: Don't Get Sick In His State: Arkansas Ranked 44th Nationally in Uninsured Adults Not Receiving Proper Healthcare. According to a national report, "The Coverage Gap," done by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to kick off Cover the Uninsured Week, Arkansas ranked 44th nationally in the percentage of uninsured adults who don't get proper health care. [Arkansas News Bureau, 4/26/06]
Huckabee Health Official Said "AIDS Is Caused By Behavior" Illegal In Arkansas And That If There Were No More Sodomy or IV Drug Use, The Epidemic Would Be Over. In 1999, Huckabee appointed Dr. Fay Boozman director of the Arkansas Department of Public Health. In 1997, Boozman said, "AIDS is caused by behavior that is illegal in this state. We know the cure for AIDS." The state's sodomy law includes a prohibition against having sex with animals and with members of the same sex. Boozman said later, "AIDS is spread and continued by those two activities. If there was no IV drug use and there was no sodomy, then the AIDS epidemic would be over." [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 6/8/97, 12/1/98, 2/17/99]
TAXES – MORE BUDGET-BUSTING FAVORS FOR THE WEALTHY AND SPECIAL INTERESTS
Mike Huckabee Backs Fair Tax. Plan Would Lead to 34 Percent Sales Tax, Repeal of Middle Class Deductions. According to analyses of Huckabee’s Fair Tax, "The 30 percent rate assumes that the tax would be imposed on a broad range of goods and services that has no precedent -- putting a hefty and politically implausible extra tax bite on purchases of new homes, rent, food, health insurance, medical care and mortgage interest. Finally, the FairTax would hit the middle class the hardest. Consumers would receive a monthly 'prebate' on expenditures up to the federal poverty level, providing a cushion and probably even a modest benefit for those with the lowest incomes. The top earners, those with incomes greater than $200,000, would see significant tax cuts. So who makes up the difference? It's likely that taxpayers with incomes in the middle range -- about $40,000 to $100,000 -- would pay more. And they call that a FairTax?" [Editorial, Washington Post, 12/31/2007]
