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And contrary to what Ms. Russell and hundreds of others have written, Huckabee's so-called "nanny-state" tendencies have been grossly exaggerated. Yes, they are there in all their unfortunate glory at times, but his problems in this regard are certainly no worse than those of our current president.

p>I can't help but think many conservatives' near-allergic reaction to Huckabee is something of a projection of our dislikes of the shortcomings of our current president. How else can we explain why two pro-choice, anti-gun, effectively pro-civil union politicians were hailed as true conservatives by the likes of TAS , NR , Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity while a pro-life, pro-gun, anti-gay marriage guy running to abolish the IRS (however unseriously) was heralded by some as a pro-life liberal? Are Republicans really so determined to define a third of their base out of the coalition? br> -- Brian C. Mueller /p>

Mike Huckabee, Bill Clinton's favorite Republican, masqueraded as a conservative and lied about his record. That he was able to fool people should not be surprising in a year when style over substance is the name of the game as illustrated by the meteoric rise of the "Obamanation" and his cult. Huckabee was our Obama, but fortunately the majority of Republican voters (including conservative evangelical Christians like myself) were not fooled by a 21st century Huey Long.

Huckabee is an egocentric, unethical and dishonest politician from the old school of Southern Democrat politics. Those fooled by this charlatan need to wake up -- true to his liberal roots he is an old time tax and spend politician, with a foreign policy agenda straight out of the McGovern playbook, who believes the Constitution is a "living doctrine" (the bedrock of pro-abortion fanatics) and sodomy is a Constitutional right. How long do his devotees really believe he'd stay pro-life and for the marriage amendment once he was seduced by the DC "harlot of Babylon?" As far as ethics he has none. Like Bill and Hillary Clinton politics for the Huckabee's is all about personal gain at other's expense. It's too bad his shaking down lobbyists and stealing furniture from the Arkansas Governor's mansion among his many "crimes" didn't win him a cell in prison.

p>I wonder if Chuck Norris hadn't been so gullible how long the Huckster's vaudevillian campaign would have lasted? Mike Huckabee needs to do the ethical thing and embrace his real political home -- the Democrat party. He's dishonest and shady enough to fit in just fine and like wimpy Harry Reid he's supposedly pro-life. br> -- Michael Tomlinson /p>

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