Huckabee calls Romney dishonest. Tries to defend showing his attack ad on Romney that he never aired.
By John Amato Tuesday Jan 01, 2008 8:45am
Mike Huckabee went on Hannity & Colmes to try and beat down the alleged controversy he caused by showing a group of reporters an attack ad on Romney that he had made but then decided not to run because he's so pure---though he played it for them anyway---so he could say he didn't---
"If a man's this dishonest to obtain a job---then he'll be dishonest on the job," Mike Huckabee from the ad that never ran.
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Huckabee: Well, we didn't run the ad, Sean. What we did--we pulled it. I knew that if we said we had made one and didn't reveal that it existed there would have been the cynicism of the reporters that had said "Oh, you really didn't have one", but we did. And I don't know how you obtained that copy because we didn't give it to anybody. We had a box of CD's of em, we gave then to no one. We showed it in that room, for those reporters and the only way they could have gotten it would be to tape it---I guess off a camera from the screen...
Colmes: Is Mitt Romney too dishonest to be President of the United States?
Huckabee: You know, I think Mitt Romney has every reason to run for President, the voters are going to decide in Iowa and the rest of America. Who's consistent on issues like....
Colmes: I want to know if you stand by the words of that ad? Do you stand by the words in the ad?
Huckabee: I never retracted the words, but I pulled the ad because I felt like that it is the tone and the spirit of the ad that we need....(Colmes: You do stand by what that ad says?) I made it very clear that when you say things about an opponent's record that aren't true or say things about your own record which aren't true, I don't know how else you call that...dishonest...
Back to you, Mitt. Huckabee just called you a liar and unfit for office to your face. The copy on H&C just fell from the sky....He actually has the nerve to say that if he didn't show the attack ad then he would have been attacked for hiding it. I mean, how many Hail Mary's and Our Father's should he be required to say as penance for this nonsense?
And it's a nasty ad for sure. Listen, you only get criticized for your actions---not something you produced but then didn't run. If his conscience was bothering him so much then all he had to do was shelve it in silence. If any reporter got wind of it, just admit it existed and be done with it. The Preacher is probably trying to get as much publicity on the ad as possible because then he doesn't have to shell out the Romney bucks to air it.
UPDATED: And Benen catches this very important point:
About mid-way through the ad, during a litany of accusations against Mitt Romney, Huckabee criticizes his rival with this data point: "No executions." Apparently, Huckabee -- you know, the evangelical, pro-life Republican -- is going after Romney for not having executed any Americans during his gubernatorial tenure.
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None. Only idolworshipping Catholics say Hail Maries or do penance.
The Huckster must have thought people would be REALLY STUPID and not understand that by showing the ad, but not running the ad, that he was trying to have it both ways.
keep preacher huckleberry in the church where he belongs....
we DONT need a preacher as a president.... whats next? little boys for everyone?
Oh, please! And all this for the votes a few people in Iowa who represent a fraction of the voters in that state, and a minuscule fraction of the total voters in the country?
I've got a plan. Let's take a poll of left-handed unmarried astronomers with green eyes over the age of 90, and find out whom they're voting for.
I'm sure that in the delusional landscape that passes for Huckabee's brain, he's already been forgiven by Christ Jesus.
America does not need a Jesus fish stuck on its behind in 2008.
The Preacher is probably trying to get as much publicity on the ad as possible because then he doesn’t have to shell out the Romney bucks to air it.
Brilliant strategy, if that's his plan. Let's him get his negative message out while insisting he didn't want to air it -- and it's all put out there courtesy of the MSM.
A work of evil genious that would make Rove envious. Though honestly, I don't think the Huckster is either evil enough or ingenious enough to have planned it.
They're all too dishonest to run for POTUS. That bar has been set long ago, starting with Tricky Dick and going to the current Liar-in-Chief.
Whats sad is the republican candidates are such blatent liars. I don't see how anyone can vote for them
Gotta at least say this for Huck's campaign manager....getting his attack ad without paying a bloody dime!
Oh yeah, I'm not running it, but here, let me show it to you....
Then the freaking idiots in the CORPse media replay the ad ad naseum, so the Huckster gets his ad out to the public, but he never pays for it. Smart, real smart.
The only reason I would want to live in Iowa is to have the opportunity to say "fuck you, you piece of shit" every time one of these Republican candidates showed up at my door.
They are all horrible in their own special way.
What makes me sick is that at least 45% of the voters are gonna vote for one of them in November.
"No Executions" Um, you have to kill people in order to become president? Better than letting a rapist off only to have him rape and kill again.
"Healthcare Plan" Communist!!! With a 50 dollar copay for abortion!
Bush the Liar @ 8:
Honestly, I think there's a crisis of honesty going on in our country.
A lot of people not only believe EVERYONE is out to screw them already - but are just as willing to screw anyone they can to get ahead.
Its easy to vote for a dishonest bastard when you believe everyone is, and at least this one is promising you lower taxes.
EXACTLY! Huckabee couldn't have described my feelings towards him any better then if he hadn't have said it...
JJohnson @ 12:
Once you get beyond the fact that they are all lying through their teeth (and asses), you have to figure out what you feel is important and what lie they are telling you they do or don't stand for that you would be less hurt if they flipped on...
Is that about right?
Although, to Fox News (the laughing stock of laughing stocks) good hair, without $400.00 haircuts, is very important...
Swashbuckler @ 2:
uhhh... he WAS on Faux News... is there much critical thinking going on by the people that watch that show? Inquiring minds want to know. ;)
Big DUH!
It's a way of pretending to take to the high-road, while showing the ad your bragging you didn't show, to a roomful of reporters who'll hopefully put in on the news, so the campaign doesn't have to spend cold cash to air it as a commercial.
That alone should say something about hockaloogy's ethics.
I hope Huckleberry gets the nominaton. He's got more baggage than Continental Airlines. Underneath that good ol' boy persona is a short tempered prick who will self-destruct when confronted with all of his contradictory and hypocritical statements.
This is a simple test:
In which column should Huckabee be attached to?
Winners: Jefferson, Adams, Jackson, Lincoln, Kennedy.....
Losers: Dukakis, Mondale, Burr, Dewey.....
That's what I think as well.
Pretty mild considering a few weeks ago he was implying Mitt and Mormons are tools of the Devil.
does anyone really believe the 08 elections not allready fixed? anyone? you can type your finger to the bone and its just wasted energy! the last two elections were decided by the assholes who do the counting , this elections allready in the bag! the assholes who do the counting are still in power! and you lost!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry shmuckabee but basing your entire campaign on your ability to bend over for an invisible wish granting fairy that whispers in your ear only impresses the other asylum inmates. Thanks for playing. Buh-bye.
Unfortunate it would be if Crooks and Liars continued to air pieces devoted to the 'he said she said' and 'horserace' of the presidential nomination race. I come here because this is not corporate media. I come here because this is not the same clear channel playing the same damn story. I come here because this is different, because it reports on stories that matter. Because I want to know what Huckabee really stands for, becasue I want to know what Romney really stands for. I would hate to see you dumbed down like the rest of the media.
What a fucking hypocrite, and stupid, too!
That is pretty slick do an attack ad and then "pull it" thereby drawing attention to it. Then you get people to really pay attention to it because it is controversial.
Do we REALLY need either of there worthless lying assholes in the White House? I THINK NOT!
Shadowgm @ 5:
I think that the whole bunch of 'em are fishy.
Fools on the Hill @ 20:
Does the Devil play with his tool?
Just remember, for the '08 election,
A traitor to the republican party,
Is a patriot for the USA
jwf @ 17:
But unlike the airlines, he FOUND it!
Classic Pharisee. Huckabee will live for an eternity with Satan. Oh well.
ysbaddaden @ 30:
Seriously, dude, Continental is an awful airline. The few times that I've flown in recent years was with them and they were the worst!
Reid @ 23:
Huckabee takes a firm stand for hypocrisy, Romney takes a firm stand for flip-flopping.
capnmike @ 26:
The longer they wrestle in the mud, the less likely they'll emerge with clean, Mr. Nice Guy reputations. Here's hoping neither gets knocked out early.
Time to circulate a photoshopped Romney impregnating the Spears girl.
I for one don't care in the slightest which Republican candidate wins tomorrow. They're all easily-beatable pricks. I think all we really have to worry about is the November election being fair. I admit, I have no idea how to help ensure that on my own, but will work my body to the bone to make it so. Any suggestions?
Fuckabee thinks Americans are idiots. First it's an ad that "inadvertently" features a floating cross (We didn't MEAN for it to be a cross, honest.. it was a BOOKCASE....). Now this drama over an ad that wasn't shown but was instead leaked in order to get more attention than what it would have gotten had it been shown.
In the words of the sage, George Bush, "You can fool some of the people all of the time. And those are the ones you want to concentrate on."
Fuckabee will probably get a bump from this antic. He's after everyone with an IQ lower than around 85.
Romney just announced that he is refusing to show the complimentary ad he made praising Huckabee, and his straightforward campaign style and substance. Mitt said,
'I pointed out that Huckabee always rigidly adheres to his ever-changing faith in what constitutes truth, fairness, and duplicity, that he is seldom afraid to state what he knows to not be the truth, and when he is afraid, he does it anyway. He stands firmly for his right to not agree with ethical standards, and perseveres in his mendacious approach to fair and honest government.'
we got had in the last two elections, we all know they were stolen by the repigs, nothings changed ! we stood by and let them screw us, we did nothing! they own the news , they own your jobs, they own your state ,they own your police your politicians your militaty, and most of all they own your voteing system, they know wich states to fix and they have them allready in thier pockets , remember florida? ohio? they are trying to fix california , watch the democrats rolls being purged again , watch the long lines in democratic controlled areas being short changed on voteing machines , long waits for voteing , they gave us nothing in 06 but a bunch of undercover repigs dressed like democrats , and you fell for it,
Joementum @ 6:
Brilliant? Hardly. Sophomoric - yes. The plan is transparent. Only the most idiotic will fall for it. Of course, considering the composition of the republican party... he could very well get a bump from this....
"You know, I was thinking about robbing a bank, because my campaign is short of funds, but then, I knew you wouldn't believe me unless I actually showed you the tape of me robbing the bank, only I thought better of it and left the money where it was ..."
Hammity: "So is it true you called Romney a pederast and a homosexual?"
Huckabee: "Well, as you know, that ad never really aired ... but, yes, we filmed the ad and then I decided it was best if we didn't air it."
Coma: "But you did use those words, correct? Pederast and a homosexual?"
And yet the media doesn't even blink at the fact that they're being played as patsies, handily delivering the slam on behalf of Huckabee. (Well, I don't give Hammity and Coma high marks for being deep thinkers to begin with ...)
what other religious scenes of carnage and lust will this toady's campaign run up? this guy is claiming to be jezus' brother or mother or something, and he isn't being laughed into the coma they brought him out of to run for presnit.
sure hope he is the nominee. doesn't really matter though, none of the floating stinkers could debate with any of the demo candidates without drooling. Too damn bad none of the democratic candidates will say anything about what they intend to do if elected? pretty startling stuff having nothing on the table for a future
we have crappy choices in the lead. does this reflect america? we should be quite embarrassed.
Lost in the pundits' pondering over Mike Huckabee's scam to show - and then not air - an attack ad against Mitt Romney is the former Arkansas Governor's apparent bloodlust. As Steve Benen and Michael Crowley note, Huckabee's spot takes Romney to task for a record in Massachusetts that included "no executions." In extolling the joys of the death penalty, Huckabee is following in the proud tradition of George W. Bush.
For the details, see:
"Huckabee Echoes Bush in Killer Ad."
the difference betweeen huck and all the other candidates?
huck huckabee's a jesus man.Such a good Christian man...
"If you're doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, get it in writing. His word isn't worth shit. Not with the Good Lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal."
-- William S. Burroughs
Grrr! Its so frustrating! Each republican misstep fills me with delicious shadenfruede but it is immediately ruined when I remember that its probably helping another republican.
If anyone believes that line, they're too stupid to live. Bring on the global warming, bring on the tornadoes, bring on the floods, the melting icebergs, the hurricanes and the smiting of the one, true almighty god, my god, not yours, your god sucks my cock for breakfast, before I've showered. We need a good purge of stupid people.
My resolution for 2008 is to survive the mighty purging.
It is insulting to those of us who are practicing Catholics to equate a fundamentalist, evangelical nut job with the Catholic Faith by referring one of our precious devotions, namely the Rosary, to Mr. Huckster. If there is anything that I assume this character despises, it would be anything Catholic. That is the position of many of those who ascribe to what he claims to believe. So please leave us Catholics out of this.
Jacques @ 48:
Ex Lax will be so disappointed.
This piece of humanity is running for president? Jesus Christ would bitch slap this asshole for dissemination of pure bullshit. We are in big trouble if this man is qualifiied to be president of the USA, just writing these words is a sign of how far away from democracy we really are..goodbye freedom.
Anybody want to imagine a Huckabee presidency can come to Arkansas and see what a wonderful job he did here as Governor. It's like one of those 'Gator' movies with Burt Reynolds, only the roads have deteriorated.
havent seen the movie!but this truely isnt a country for old men!or women either!
I went to the local police and told them that I had planned to rob a bank. I showed them my weapon, my ski mask and the note I was going to give to the teller, then told them that I changed my mind but wanted them to know what a good fellow I really am. They congratulated me for my honesty and the mayor gave me the key to the city for being so forthright.
Ain't life grand!
It seems as if things are beginning to unravel a bit for the
popereverend. Now that the scrutiny has been turned up, he is spending a great deal of time defending what he just said. And, he does not seem to be doing a particularly convincing job of it. I am also detecting a certain dishonesty in some of his statements. This whole attack ad thing smells like a con. I cannot prove it, or even substantiate it. So do not put any stock in it.The "Huckster" is truly the Republicans' Frankenstein Monster. I get a whole lot of amusement from following 'ol Huck. He's a slow motion train wreck you just can't keep your eyes off of.
Criticizing Romney because he had no executions while governor was the one thing that really caught my attention. Here is this S**, a holier-than-thou minister, (whose son tortures and kills stray dogs) who supposedly respects life and is anti-abortion, criticizing someone because he hasn't had enough executions. The Republican Party, the party of hate, intolerance, war, greed, killing, and corruption.
I must say that I heard the ad and found the "no executions" part to be quite odd. Whether you are for or against the death penalty, the fact that a candidate didn't execute anyone during their term being viewed as a negative is rather bizarre. Add in that the sentence also includes pro-life references and that an ex-minister is saying it and you are quickly heading for full-fledged insanity.
I believe they are running for President, not who will star in the Sopranos sequel. Essentially stating that " he didn't kill anyone," seems like a rather unusual qualifier. Mitt you are not qualified because "thou didn't kill."
This guy is nuts, plain nuts.
Every time I see Chucklefuck with that shitty Ibanez strapped on him I want ot barf.
You can't be in my band, Mike.
mouth-breather on mouth-breather crime is always fun to watch
Blah blah blah blah blah... Whatever, Here's an idea you don't have to spend money on and not air... STFU Huckleberry...Shut up and go home.....Join some cover band, play your bass and get the hell off the political stage.
I am sick to death of the whole lot of your generations version of republicans... The myopic greed driven trickle-downers, the pandering religio-lying fascist theocratic wannabes, the war-mongering sovereign shredding NAFTA globalists, and the all three in one all consuming assholes...There, I think that pretty much covers all the basics on current republican ideology and stratagerizing... If there is any justice in this universe, let alone this world, none of you are going to win spit this time out or ever again.. Go home, you're all burnt toast as far as I'm concerned...JD
I guess it depends on what the meaning of "run" is. Apparently, "run" is different than "showed." LOL. Isn't it fun to see Republicans attacking each other?
Both H & C do a good job of calling Huckabee on his b.s. Wonder if they would do the same if Rudolph was in the hot seat under the same circumstances. Don't hold your breath.
...and this psycho hose beast considers himself a man of God?
Get thee away from me, Hucklebee.
I am sick of these Christians selling G-d and judgment to the public. The republicans needed one more voice in the wilderness to make this election win.
That said, Huckabee is an antichrist.
Huckabee. Proof that God won't strike you dead, no matter how many times you piss on his leg.
The man has Chuck Norris opening for him giving moronic little speeches about raising huge sales taxes so "the Arabs that buy American yachts and cars" get screwed (and incidentally poor people). He mans his phone banks with
brainwashedJesus-homeschooled 9 year olds (is that even legal?).How can we be surprised at ANYTHING this flapping chunk of snake oil does?
Huckabee’s Non-Ad Ad: ‘I Don’t Approve This Message’
swarmofkillermonkeys @ 65:
What if you hump it?
Here's a message for hockaloogy.
WWJC?
Who Would Jesus Crucify?
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