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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,985 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 09:03 PM Apr 2015

Mike Huckabee vows to announce decision on a 2016 presidential run on May 5

FWIW I don't think he'll run due to this.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/maurice-clemmons-man-wanted-for-questioning-has-troubling-criminal-history/

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a Republican, said on Friday that he will make an announcement on May 5 about whether or not he will run for president in 2016.

Huckabee said in an interview on Fox News that he will announce his plans in his hometown of Hope, Arkansas.

Huckabee, who left office in 2007, first ran for president in 2008. He hosted a Fox News television show but quit early this year to weigh another run at the Republican nomination.

Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor, is known as an unabashed culture warrior on issues such as abortion rights and gay marriage. But he could struggle to win support beyond his social conservative base this year.


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/mike-huckabee-vows-to-announce-decision-on-a-2016-presidential-run-on-may-5/comments/#disqus

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Mike Huckabee vows to announce decision on a 2016 presidential run on May 5 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2015 OP
there's good money to be made running for prez... dhill926 Apr 2015 #1
go for it douche maggot Mikey ! olddots Apr 2015 #2
Grifters gotta grift. Will Santorum, Huckabee, and Cruz split the Evangelical Vote? FSogol Apr 2015 #3
I like Huckabee Dpm12 Apr 2015 #4
Like him? No way. missingthebigdog Apr 2015 #5
I said that politically I disagree with him Dpm12 Apr 2015 #7
I would like to see him nominated just to see Kevin Spacey play him in the HBO movie Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #6

Dpm12

(512 posts)
4. I like Huckabee
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 11:06 PM
Apr 2015

Now, hear me out. Politically, I disagree with the man on just about every issue. As a person, I like him. He's soft-spoken and seems very friendly.

missingthebigdog

(1,233 posts)
5. Like him? No way.
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 11:58 PM
Apr 2015

But he was considerably more moderate when he was governor of Arkansas.

He once said we need to stop locking up people we are mad at, and focus on locking up the ones we are afraid of. Not a terrible approach to correction reform.

He also pushed through a Medicaid waiver program to provide healthcare to virtually every child in Arkansas.

Now he's just another blowhard, right wing, Fox News, teahadist hack. He needs to go away.

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