"Club for Greed" would have attacked Reagan too!

Had the "Club for Growth" (aka "Club for Greed") been around when the populist Reagan ran, they would have attacked him as a "tax and spend" liberal just like they are attacking Huck!

Our Opinion
Nashua Telegraph 11/25/1975
Mr. Reagan's Record
Ronald Reagan, or so the ultraconservative legend runs, brought the yeasty state of California to the brink of perfection during his two terms as governor.

Since his tenure as governor constitutes his first and only governmental service and experience, Mr. Reagan and his flacks make much of it; too much, in fact.

When he announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination last week, Mr. Reagan performed the obligatory "mess in Washington" routine and promised to clean it up tidily, using the techniques he employed as governor of California to "manage government more efficiently." "We found that fiscal responsibility is possible, that the welfare rolls can come down, that social problems can be met below the federal level." So much for the rhetoric. Now for the record:
While Ronald Reagan was governor of California the state budget soared from $4.6 billion to $10.2 billion — a more than 100 per cent increase.

While Ronald Reagan was governor of California the state sales tax was increased from 4 per cent to 6 per cent, the corporate income tax was increased from 5.5 per cent to 9 per cent, and the top personal income tax was increased from 7 per cent to 11 per cent.

While Ronald Reagan was governor of California the number of state employees increased by 5.7 per cent. This is the mart who promises to cut armies of employees off the federal payroll, who promises to balance the budget, who promises to begin paying off the national debt and who, to top his program of conservative delights, promises to cut taxes to boot.

Some people may be charmed by Ronald Reagan's pitch; some people may even be persuaded, but the difference between promises and performance, between the Reagan rhetoric and the Reagan record is a difference that should be made plain to the voters of New Hampshire and the rest of the nation.

I am in no way attacking Reagan, just making the point that when Reagan ran, the "republican establishment" attacked him too. Reagan didn't abide by the "rules" that the establishment set. He made his own rules and stuck by them. The same is true for Huckabee today.

Is Huckabee really a "Christian Socialist"?

A lot of mud has been thrown at Huckabee from the "conservative coalition." But is it right? The following article from the American Spectator contains some interesting observations.

HUCKABEE IS A Christian socialist, some say. Really? If he is a Christian socialist, he is surely the first one to call for the abolition of the Internal Revenue Service. Again, it is not at all clear why rank-and-file conservatives are supposed to nod vigorously whenever a McCain or Romney supporter calls Huckabee an "economic liberal." At least he talks about eliminating income taxes and capital gains taxes. Do they?

Romney's support for semi-socialized health care in Massachusetts (which is almost indistinguishable from Obama's scheme for the entire nation) is scarier to me than anything Huckabee uncorked in Arkansas. And then there is John McCain's opposition to Bush's tax cuts. Does that make him an unacceptable economic liberal?

But Huckabee doesn't talk about Wall Street enough, some warn. Good; Wall Street already sups at the government trough. If he cuts off corporate welfare, I would be happy. It is about time somebody talks about getting the ravenous, regulatory Leviathan state off the backs of small businessmen, gun owners, and homeschooling families, rather than waste time on Wall Street talking to fat cats who vote for the Dems anyways.

It's Not JUST the Christians: An Athiest Voices Support for Huck!

I was a little surprised to view this video--but it makes perfect sense!

Romney Concedes Iowa?

Think we'll hear more concessions like this soon? BTW, Mr. Romney, if Iowa wasn't so critical to your win, why have you spent so much time and money there?

ANKENY, Iowa -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney disputed the idea that, having spent millions of dollars on TV ads and his state organization, he has to win the Iowa Republican caucuses Thursday.

"There's no 'have to win,'" Romney said in an interview with ABC News Tuesday. The former CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympics predicted he'd win "either the gold or the silver and then go on from there."

No Mitt, you don't have to win Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, South Carolina... you just don't have to win anything at all.
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Remembering Ronald Reagan

Watch these videos. Lay aside all your bias for a minute and think about what a great president Reagan was to reinspire the genius of humanity in America and to give our nation hope again. Every prominent political candidate has compared themselves to Reagan except one. Perhaps that one is the one that reminds us most of Reagan.

The Final Challenge

The AP reports the following:

Huckabee also suggested a two-way debate in the final two days that would allow Romney and him to share a stage.

Go Mike! Bring him on and bring him down!

Baby Disposal: $50. Mitt Romney for President: Priceless.

Newsmax has the following story:

Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney “comes on and says he's pro-life and yet he signed a bill that gives a $50 co-pay for an elective abortion in his state's health care plan,” Huckabee told host Tim Russert on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

I've actually known this fact for quite some time now, but any life-loving individual should be appalled that the destruction of an innocent life could be purchased for fifty smackers. Just the idea that someone could consider ever allowing a bill like this to pass makes me doubt that person's respect for human life. I could never vote for a person that has supported a bill like this, especially since they have changed positions on it several times.

A person's chance at life can be ended by fifty dollars. Mitt Romney has spent millions upon millions to "purchase the presidency." Apparently the presidency has much more value to him than the life of an individual who hasn't even had a chance at life yet. Mitt Romney is scary. I will never vote for him, no matter who he is running against.

GOPBloggers has some more comments and a link to the actual documentation of this bill.