Posted Dec 31, 2007 by 
mlh in Politics | 3 comments | 321 views
As elections for the next President of the United States comes closer to a climatic end, the political barbs, knives and swords continue to fly. It is apparent that the "truth in advertisement" in American politics is not to be found. Dirty laundry rules. In the Boston Globe (Boston.com), Huckabee rival Romney fires shots across the bow of the Ship Huckabee in the hopes of sinking the rising wave of the Huckabee landing.
Although Romney is closer to being a Reagan Era Conservative than Huckabee is, neither one has anything to brag about in that regard. Huckabee's claim that he is the closest one to being a Reagan conservative is laughable.
I often wonder why these aspirants just cannot be themselves. I also wonder what Romney is really like in private seeing that he side-stepped a particular question:
As the negative barbs come out as the primaries approach, I am judging each "character" by their character assassinations. I just might go with the candidate that has the least negative character assassination campaign.
That in and of itself is a sad state of affairs.
Vote it up at Digital Journal
"To hear Mitt Romney tell it, Republican Mike Huckabee shares more with Democrat Bill Clinton than a hometown in Hope, Ark., and a stint as Arkansas governor."I agree. Huckabee has a propensity to raise taxes and voted for amnesty for illegal immigrants...partially due to it being too hard to enforce the laws. This isn't Presidential material.
"Governor Huckabee's record is more liberal than our nation needs right now," the former Massachusetts governor said in Iowa last week, seeking to link his GOP presidential rival to the former Democratic president who is loathed by many Republican loyalists.Huckabee took offense to those barbs from Romney but, if the show fits?
Although Romney is closer to being a Reagan Era Conservative than Huckabee is, neither one has anything to brag about in that regard. Huckabee's claim that he is the closest one to being a Reagan conservative is laughable.
I often wonder why these aspirants just cannot be themselves. I also wonder what Romney is really like in private seeing that he side-stepped a particular question:
"Asked whether Huckabee was more like him or Clinton, Romney sidestepped. "I think you have to look issue by issue," he said.That was one of those non-answer poli-speak answers. Is this what we want as a President?
As the negative barbs come out as the primaries approach, I am judging each "character" by their character assassinations. I just might go with the candidate that has the least negative character assassination campaign.
That in and of itself is a sad state of affairs.
Vote it up at Digital Journal
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