Critics Slam Huckabee On Foreign Policy Experience

December 29, 2007
The Facts
Mike Huckabee has made a couple of “slips of the tongue” lately relative to foreign affairs. As a result, both his opponents and the news media have come down on him very hard about his lack of foreign policy experience.
My View
No one would question the need for a President to be kept [...]

Clinton Responsible for Bhutto’s Death?

December 28, 2007
The Facts
Barak Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod seemed to link Hillary Clinton’s vote on Iraq and the death of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s former prime minister. Read the complete report here.
My View
Innuendo or a deliberate mistake, this is a prime example of a “take no prisoners” attitude during a campaign, no matter the cost. [...]

Overwhelming Majority Want Independent Party

December 26, 2007
The Facts
A recent unscientific survey by a major news channel resulted in 95 percent of the voters saying “yes” to the question “Do you believe now is the time for an Independent candidate who will represent the needs of the American people and not pander to special interests?”
My View
I realize that this was [...]

Mike Huckabee Unapologetic For Christmas Ad

December 24, 2007
The Facts
Mike Huckabee made no apologies Sunday for the religious tone of a recent holiday campaign commercial and said it is important to look for Jesus at this time of year. His comment was “forgive me, but I thought that was the point of the whole day.” You can read more at this [...]

Ron Paul On Meet The Press

December 24, 2007
 The Facts
Ron Paul was on “Meet The Press” yesterday with Tim Russet. It’s always interesting to hear what Paul has to say. He has some very novel ideas of what a President should be doing and not doing. You can see his interview here.
My View
As always there were just a couple of things [...]

Mike Huckabee Slammed By Rush Limbaugh

December 23, 2007
The Facts
Rush Limbaugh has made it clear that he doesn’t like Mike Huckabee. In response to a question on why, one of Huckabee’s allies expressed his take on the reason a few days ago and Limbaugh didn’t appreciate it too much. Huckabee’s man said “Honestly, because Rush doesn’t think for himself. That’s not [...]

Romney Keeps Harping on Huckabee’s Pardon Record

December 23, 2007
The Facts
Over the past two months, Mitt Romney has come down hard on Mike Huckabee’s record of pardoning convicted criminals when he, Huckabee, was governor of Arkansas. Huckabee has spent some time, but not much, defending those actions.
My View
First, let me say that I do not think that governors or presidents should be [...]

Mitt Romney Stumps For Tax Cuts

December 22, 2007
The Facts
Quote from article: “Mitt Romney told a crowd in notoriously tax-averse New Hampshire Saturday that rival John McCain had “failed Reagan 101″ by not supporting President Bush’s tax cuts.” Romney says that tax cuts will stimulate economy.
My View
Both Republican and Democratic presidential contenders have talked about tax cuts during their campaigning. One [...]

John Edwards Wants To Bail Out Economy

December 22, 2007
The Facts
Presidential candidate John Edwards says the country can’t simply wait for the economy to turn around, and he wants Congress to come up with as much as $100 billion to prepare for a potential economic slowdown. He highlights his plan in a paper to the Associated Press, according to a CNN article.
My [...]

China Goes After Barak Obama

December 21, 2007
The Facts
Quote from article: “Angry Chinese officials are taking aim at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama over his statement that he would ’stop the import of all toys from China’.”
My View
Who really knows if Obama would really do this, but what is funny in a serious way is that China is blasting him. [...]