(2008-01-04) — Iowa presidential caucus winners Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama today announced at a joint news conference in New Hampshire that “the partisan divisiveness which has torn our land is dead.”
The new Democrat and Republican frontrunners have decided to unite their two campaigns under one banner to “overthrow the military-industrial complex, crush greedy corporate fat cats and end the politics of personal destruction.”
“I could no more run against my Christian brother Barack than I could run a negative TV ad about Mitt Romney,” said the former Arkansas governor. “Together we’ll unite this polarized nation — together in perfect harmony.”
A spokesman for the new HuckObama 2008 campaign said, “Each of these men has tapped a primal desire among the electorate to look past the issues that divide us and to unite on common ground — like our faith in the power of the federal government to improve people’s lives, and our rage against corporate CEOs whose greed denies the rest of us our God-given right to be as wealthy as they are.”
33 responses so far ↓
1 nylecoj // Jan 4, 2008 at 10:37 am
“Together we’ll unite this polarized nation — together in perfect harmony.â€
Hmmm….Reminds me of a song.
Paul McCartney anyone.
2 upnorthlurkin // Jan 4, 2008 at 10:37 am
Lord, please guide America…
3 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jan 4, 2008 at 11:06 am
Oh, I know I posted this earlier this morning, but Scott, owner and operator of Scrappleface moved forward. So, call me a huckster-I can handle it.
( I think )
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A new dawn is slowly spreading across the barren snow covered corn fields of Iowa. The chill of the night is being overtaken by the near 32 degree morning and within the barns the sounds of life is being heard as farmers tend to their livestock, be it pigs cattle or dairy farm.
Yes, this centrally located land west of the mighty Mississippi, called called Iowa by the Indians, which means “This is the place,†was indeed the place where the might presidential canidates fell and the weak stood tall.
This morning the business of putting Porter House steaks on our country’s tables and ethanol in the tanks of America’s transportation system returns to normal, “This is the place,†will no longer capture the headlines, which for the majority of Iowans is just fine.
Now, “The Place,†will return to the one of many socialistic centers of the lower 48 states, where those mighty in fleecing citizens, not sheep, will have the chance to once again gain foothold into the lower regions of the human anatomy.
Yes, Iowa was King Hog Slop for just a brief inspiring moment, but like the title of Bachman Turner Overdrive’s number one hit in 1974, according to Billboard Magazine, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.â€
4 Maggie // Jan 4, 2008 at 11:09 am
Republicrats or Democans????/
5 gafisher // Jan 4, 2008 at 11:23 am
Ms. RW Re#3: A nice juicy Porterhouse sounds really good this morning, but the tankard of ethanol will have to wait until the sun goes below the yardarm.
6 gafisher // Jan 4, 2008 at 11:30 am
Hey, maybe Huckabee and Obama should go to Massachusetts, where the “genuinely Conservative” contender single-handedly made it possible for them to marry!
7 onlineanalyst // Jan 4, 2008 at 11:44 am
It just goes to show you that in Iowa corn sells.
Mushy platitudes, denial of muscular defense combined with clear-eyed diplomacy and class-warfare populism belong in a September 10 world. I sincerely hope that the caucus-goers in Iowa and the liberal loons in New Hampshire are not harbingers of a nation in denial, trying to take a honeymoon from history.
Ed Rollins, Huckabee’s campaign manager, catapulted another spoiler, Ross Perot, into the limelight. Rollins and his minions are already sowing mischief in South Carolina.
8 upnorthlurkin // Jan 4, 2008 at 11:46 am
What warms my heart is the fact that 70% of Iowa’s Democrat(ics) don’t like Shrillary…okay, call it schadenfreude but that’s gotta sting… I don’t think any female ego could shrug and call this defeat anything but a defeat.
9 gafisher // Jan 4, 2008 at 11:55 am
OLA Re#7: Ed Rollins joined the Perot campaign as a co-manager in June of ‘92 and walked away the next month, stating that Perot was emotionally unsuited for the Presidency. When Rollins left, Perot dropped out, though others (some have suggested the Clintons) convinced him to return to the campaign trail after the Democrat Convention.
Rollins is much better known for managing Ronald Reagan’s and Jack Kemp’s campaigns.
10 Libby Gone // Jan 4, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Upnort’,
As Shrillary reminds me so very much of someone in my former life, I would contend she CAN’T concede defeat. I see her angrily scheming to discredit the other runners in yet another Politically Inspired Attempt at Personal Destruction. Ego, pride are powerful influences.
11 woodnwheel // Jan 4, 2008 at 12:45 pm
OpinionJournal.com has a great piece up about Huckabee: “Mike Huckabee’s New Deal“… Highly recommended reading…
12 everthink // Jan 4, 2008 at 2:05 pm
“schadenfreude”?
If Bill Clinton were in this race he would win it, and the national election! George W. Bush has made a hero of Bill Clinton.
You could trot out every dirty trick you could find, and still be swallowed up by the great tsunami already headed your way.
Better call “Brownie” quick!
ET
13 Just Ranting // Jan 4, 2008 at 3:39 pm
ET:
I thought Bill was running again. Wasn’t that the whole point of having Shrillary in the race? They were co-presidents afterall.
14 onlineanalyst // Jan 4, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Thanks for posting the link, woodnwheel. After reading it myself this morning, I had intended to share this worthy article , as well.
As its author, familiar with Arkansas politics, observes, Mike Huckabee is a liberal Evangelical. Wrapping himself in pieties, he has hoodwinked many voters about his agenda that imposes more federal control over our lives, more social engineering, and higher taxation.
Frankly, there is no difference between Huckabee and Obama.
15 seneuba // Jan 4, 2008 at 3:44 pm
ET: I thought Bill was in this race. After all, whose legacy is Hillary trying to freshen up?
16 gafisher // Jan 4, 2008 at 3:48 pm
WNW Re#11: Sanders’ WSJ article is interesting, particularly in its (not unexpected) Wall Street / Eastern Aristocracy focus.
Ignoring the 90+ times Mike Huckabee cut taxes as Governor, the WSJ concentrates instead on his having signed a bill in which his legislature had included a minimum-wage hike. Instead of mentioning Huckabee’s consistent support for school choice and homeschooling, the WSJ insinuates that he’s in the pocket of the teacher’s unions. Instead of heralding Huckabee’s advocacy for such insurance reforms as portability and deductability, the WSJ notes with a trace of horror that poverty-level children in Arkansas are no longer turned away from hospitals (shades of Ebenezer Scrooge’s “decrease the surplus population” comment!).
Comparing Huckabee’s actual record with his opponents’ assertions is very reminiscent of the way Ronald Reagan was misrepresented; I hope Americans won’t be fooled.
17 everthink // Jan 4, 2008 at 3:57 pm
No, this isn’t a referendum on Bill Clinton.
I like Hillary, but she isn’t my first choice either.
You all have worked her over pretty throughly; but the only truth is, she isn’t Bill.
ET
18 JamesonLewis3rd // Jan 4, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Instead of letting the Inane Labels and Flying Dirt get under our skins, we should consider the Facts. Read/Hear what the candidates are actually saying and then Test those Words.
This is not the time to be distracted from the Primary Responsibilities of The POTUS (that’s what this is about, after all) and Huckabee is Dead Wrong in his National Security POV.
All this mindless blather about his “Evangelical Baptist” Status is utter clap-trap as well. There’s been quite a display of Religious Ignorance on the part of virtually ALL Talking Heads recently as they perpetuate the Myth into the Mesmerized Eyeballs of those who actually think these overpaid Marionettes are smart and know what they’re talking about.
I will never vote for Huckabee precisely because he Claims to be an Evangelical Conservative. As far as I’m concerned, it’s time to draw the Line—I’m no Lemming.
Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.~~Ephesians 6:13
19 JamesonLewis3rd // Jan 4, 2008 at 5:14 pm
In my previous comment, I probably should have said Theological rather than Religious Ignorance although their Theological Ignorance does border on the Religious.
20 gafisher // Jan 4, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Huckabee on National Security:
“The top priority of the President as Commander in Chief is first and foremost protecting our own citizens.”
“Build the Fence, Increase Border Patrol, Prevent Amnesty”
“I am focused on winning.”
Seems fairly reasonable to me.
21 camojack // Jan 4, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Personally, I could do without either one of ‘em.
Go, Fred!!!
22 onlineanalyst // Jan 4, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Ditto, camojack.
Huckabee the deceiver (posted at powerlineblog today):
Remember the attack ad against Mitt Romney that Mike Huckabee said he wasn’t going to air, but played for reporters so they could publicize his attacks on Romney? It turns out that Huckabee did air the ad — at least 10 times on four different stations in Davenport and Cedar Rapids, according to FactCheck.org.
Moreover, FactCheck found that Huckabee’s attack ad contains several “misleading claims” about his rival. For one thing, the ad says Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts includes “no executions.” That’s true, but the reason is that Massachusetts doesn’t have a death penalty. Indeed, Romney tried but failed to get the death penalty reinstated.
In a less egregious but somewhat misleading claim, the ad also holds Romney accountable for the fact that his state’s health care program covers abortions. But Romney didn’t make the decision to provide abortion coverage for a $50 co-pay. Rather, the health care legislation Romney signed provided that an independent agency would implement the law and would “develop criteria for plans eligible for premium assistance payments.â€
Meanwhile, FactCheck blows the whistle on another Huckabee ad in which he touts his record as a “tax cutter.” Among other problems with the ad, Huckabee’s tenure as governor actually resulted in a $505.1 million net increase in taxes.
23 everthink // Jan 4, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Where can you ever hope to find another Dumbyah?
Say, what’s Dan Quayle up to these days?
ET
24 JamesonLewis3rd // Jan 4, 2008 at 6:11 pm
RE: Huckabee
Today’s update of yesterday’s FactCheck.org article.
25 MajorDomo // Jan 4, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Thompson-Huckabee ‘08
26 MajorDomo // Jan 4, 2008 at 6:21 pm
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27 JamesonLewis3rd // Jan 4, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Closing Gitmo is not an option, IMO. Furthermore, I think it is Insane to even suggest such a thing.
28 everthink // Jan 4, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Say, have you all have forgotten about Condoleezza Rice?
How about Rice-Gonzales ‘08.
That works for me!
ET
29 My word // Jan 5, 2008 at 12:49 am
McCain was the first to state, “the first thing I will do is close Gitmo!” That is when I finalized my disgust with him as a candidate. (I already knew his position on illegal aliens (amnesty) would ensure I would never vote for him. )
Now the Huskster is saying the same thing? He has absolutely no credibility in the area of foreign policy.
We must ask ourselves this question when it comes to voting for the next President. “Who do we trust to be a leader of our nations military when they come into office, as that person will immediately become a ‘War Time’ President?”
God protect us all if it is any of the Democrats who win that office.
30 Fred Sinclair // Jan 5, 2008 at 8:13 am
The liberal Socialistic committed news media are almost humorous as they scurry to circle the wagons around their appointed queen. Without regard to their actual words, their message reads -
“Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee! WoW Huckabee wins in Iowa!!! Fantastic, etc., etc. Oh…and by the way some guy, an Obama guy we’ve heard, is rumored to have placed 1st for the Democrat Party. BUT IN A STUNNING VICTORY QUEEN HILLARY COMMANDED AN ASTONISHING (3rd place) SMASHING VICTORY AS SHE OUTDID ALLOF THE DEMOCRAT’S RUNNING IN THE CAUCUS (except for two THAT BOUGHT ALL OF THEIR VOTES while trying to deny our Queen her rightful crown!!!”
btw - I will quite happily vote for JamesonLewis3rd or everthink if the Republican National Committee puts either of those names up to run against a Democrat.
To not vote as a protest against someone who doesn’t dot the “i” or cross the “t” like we think correct, is to give the Democrat’s one more vote they don’t have to cover.
aka - giving a freeby vote for the Democrat nominee.
Heirborn Ranger
31 JamesonLewis3rd // Jan 5, 2008 at 8:34 am
In this image (which is very interesting on its own merits as a photograph) I see an older, bearded man in a black hat (against a most fortuitous background) giving the photographer a dirty look-the AP caption-writer sees something else.
I know, I know, I post weird stuff…..
32 JamesonLewis3rd // Jan 5, 2008 at 10:28 am
RE: #29~~
Heirborn Ranger~~
You have made that point before, and eloquently. I do not totally disagree with your premise nor do I mean to be argumentative.
In fact, this very point helped form my decision to not vote for Huckabee because, in an ironic epiphany, I saw clearly that this is not about jots and tittles-those have a way of sorting themselves out and, therefore, do not weigh very heavily in my final analysis-but, rather, it is about my conscience.
While sometimes, not saying anything says it all, at this point in time I’m not fatalistic in the least; I have great, sustaining faith in We The People of The United States of America. This just makes me want to “do” not “don’t” all the more-not sure what-something. Now that I have scrutinized and realize who I do not want to be the Republican Nominee, all the more reason to Push Harder FOR who I do want.
Anyway, I don’t see it coming to that; I have faith in the American People to scrutinize and to realize. I do, however, foresee some Extreme Comedic Meltdown Action on both sides as the fields are culled.
33 MajorDomo // Jan 5, 2008 at 8:32 pm
JamesonLewis3rd, I used to have faith in the American people to scrutinize and realize… That faith faded, however, when Clinton was reelected.
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