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Huckabee?

Bamaro said:
he is soft on illegal immigration.
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He is as soft as GWB and Ted Kennedy. I wouldn't vote for him due to his indifference to the illegal alien problem. He is totally out of touch with the American people. Lou Dobbs reported last night that over 77% of the US wants something done about the millions of illegals.


http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071130/NATION/111300094/1002

He was an absolute disaster on immigration as governor," said Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that played a major role in rallying the phone calls that helped defeat this year's Senate immigration bill. "Every time there was any enforcement in his state, he took the side of the illegal aliens."
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Bamaro said:
I'm not discouraged by him being a religious man either, just by him not believing in evolution. They are not mutually exclusive.
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To you and me, they are not. That is not the case with everyone. It isn't my place to draw those lines for others.

While I disagree with him, I wouldn't even consider it on election day...
 
Blue Devil Tide said:
Giant Squid, Huckabee is a "major candidate"? Somehow, Ron Paul is not?
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Don't put words in quotes that I didn't write.

I don't think Huckabee is a major candidate. I wrote that he would make noise in Iowa but Giuliani would get the nomination. I was just looking at the candidates from a horse-race kind of perspective, which is easy for me to do because no one I like on either side has a realistic shot.

There are some things that I really like about Ron Paul (emphasis on civil liberties, unflinching honesty, non-interventionist foreign policy), but I don't like how his supporters think that every conversation about politics is actually a conversation about Ron Paul. (For example, a conversation about Huckabee is not a conversation about Ron Paul.)

I've give the man this: he has done more for libertarianism in politics than anyone else in a long, long time.
 
Jack Bourbon said:
These really religious guys would get creamed in the general election. Not believing in evolution = not a chance.
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The majority of this country still considers themselves to be religous. And with all the more major concerns of this country, I doubt that EVOLUTION even crosses many voters' minds.

Huckabee is great, in my mind, because of his religous background. BUT, I don't feel inspired by his supposed tax issues and his almost apathy on illegals.

I think that Romney is the best choice. He, to me, is the best liar of the bunch.
 
On the subject of Ron Paul....

Sometimes when I listen to him I'm like, "This guy really knows what's going on in todays world"

then other times I'll think, "This guy is off his rocker"

Sometimes, I don't know what he's thinking about and he always seems to be yelling are the 2 things that irk me about Ron Paul.
 
SoldierForTide said:
On the subject of Ron Paul....

Sometimes when I listen to him I'm like, "This guy really knows what's going on in todays world"

then other times I'll think, "This guy is off his rocker"
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I agree. He fits the "kook" bill a little too frequently for my tastes. I think his perception of foreign policy is a little naive, too. Never ever step in and forceably deal with a situation because the people there may not like it? Come on Ron.

Gotta love his hard-line conservative nature, though. Less is more when it comes to gov't, in general.
 
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I view him (Paul) as being a little extreme but that could be a good thing because it would tend to add some balance with congress.
 
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Doesn't get much more "anti-immigration" than Tancredo. If that's your #1 issue (and you agree with his solution), he's your man.
 
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All I have to say is health care, health care, health care. Something must be done very soon about America's health care system. Mike Huckabee's plan is awful and vague, like most of the other Republican candidates' health care plans. Tax credits are not the answer either. The Republican candidates need to start working on some details of their plans or it will be very ugly for them down the stretch.
 
Mamacalled said:
And who really has a strong stance on illegal immigration?
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Tancredo and Duncan Hunter.


Congressman Hunter has a 27 year record of fighting illegal immigration and promoting border security. As a member of Congress with a Southwest border district heavily impacted by the effects of illegal immigration, Rep. Hunter has steadfastly opposed amnesty proposals, including voting against the 1986 amnesty law, while tirelessly working to strengthen border security. Amnesty is not the answer. In fact, it encourages a whole new wave of illegal immigrants who seek to catch the next amnesty.

America has one of the most generous immigration policies in the world. It is unacceptable that we allow millions of people to sneak in the back door of our country when the front door is available. We have tried amnesty and it does not work. We must enforce and, as necessary, tighten our immigration laws and secure our border–it is a matter of national security.
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From his website
 
Paul advocates a tough stance on illegal immigration.

I haven't paid enough attention yet to the campaigns to compare the various platforms yet though. Being anti illegal immigration is easy. Fixing our disjointed system is something else entirely.
 
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