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Pro-Huckabee Push Polling Angers Iowans, Huckabee
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ABC News' Kevin Chupka Reports: Last night in Iowa, a new and apparently independent group of supporters began calling voters in support of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. The calls, however, did not stop there. Rather than pointing out the strengths of Huckabee, the calls purportedly focused on the weaknesses of rivals such as Governor Mitt Romney and Senator Fred Thompson and ended with a message to visit www.TrustHuckabee.Com.
A disclaimer of sorts on the webpage reads, "Trust Huckabee is a grassroots independent organization committed to educating voters to support Governor Mike Huckabee for the Republican Nomination for President of the United States. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee."
Huckabee himself was angered by the negative tactics, "Our campaign has nothing to do with the push polling." Huckabee said, "I wish they would stop. We don't want this kind of campaigning because it violates the spirit of our campaign. I don't want to become President because I disabled the other candidates, I want to become President because I am the best candidate."
National campaign manager Chip Saltsman called for an end to the calls "Anyone who has the slightest understanding of the race in Iowa and the mindset of Iowans would know this sort of activity is extremely counterproductive....It loses votes rather than gains them. It's an underhanded way of doing business that is not welcomed by the campaign and it flies in the face of what Governor Huckabee stands for: integrity and clean politics."
This afternoon, the website Politico.com reported that the calls were the brainchild of Patrick Davis, a former aid at the NRSC and were financed by several former executives from manufacturing giant, Procter & Gamble.
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Don't run away Mike,it's ok you're not a Christian rather a Manipulator.Spit out you know what has been going on so don't pretend.
Posted by: kmjjp | Dec 3, 2007 4:44:45 PM
Yea, what would Jesus do? Huck will continue the Bush policy by continuing to kill thousands of more people in IRAQ in the name of "honor", and the hell with the Christian doctrine, just like McCain. Ron Paul was right about IRAQ and IRAN and will restore the republic.
Posted by: Greg | Dec 4, 2007 12:25:20 AM
You Ron Paul people need to get your facts straight. We are fighting terrorists, not civilians. Collateral damage is a horrible side of war, but to forget the rape rooms and torture chambers and the mass graves perpetrated by Saddam is horrible revisionist history. I agree wholeheartedly with his honor of our blessed constitution, but listening to him in the debate left me wondering if even he knew the difference between his isolationist rhetoric and the reality of the ever-shrinking world in which we now live. Everything he says sounds great, but when every madras is preaching jihad and every cleric is calling for a global caliphate, is "let's leave them alone so they'll be nice" really going to work? I suppose ignorance is bliss.
Posted by: derek | Dec 4, 2007 9:12:21 AM
Several countries reacted like France and became bitterly anti America because of the neo con Republicans & Bush's war policy, this is the thing that brings real isolationism, even our relationship with Russia is getting icy because of Bush's insecure need for macho aggression. Other countries like Pakistan , Egypt , Jordan and many others are being paid billions of dollars to be our supposed friends. These friends are really phony they only cooperate with Bush's schemes because the powers that be are being paid off and controlled that way, Bush is operating no different than the Mafia. Conservatives in Spain and Australia have lost elections because they followed stupid Bush's war policy and Bush has enthroned Nancy and Harry in Congress through his stupidity so conservatives are now isolated from ruling in their countries more than ever, keep up the good work stupid Republicans!!
Posted by: wake up | Dec 4, 2007 11:50:02 AM
well think this over for the dems and rep. if bothe parties was smart and i was a leader of one or the other, i would get them all together and chat. lets get our own priorities for the pres. election then IMPEACH VICE PRES. BUSH AND PRES. CHENEY. THEN EACH PARTY DO THERE OWN THING AND MAY THE BEST PARTY WIN. WE WONT WORRY ABOUT THE TWO UMMMMM OH WELLLLL
Posted by: pete | Dec 4, 2007 2:28:23 PM
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