I know that I should have posted this yesterday … frankly, my life is going through a lot of changes now that I’m back in the workforce. I’ll bore you with those details some other time.
Rather, here’s the exciting thing — Mike Huckabee’s new political action committee!
This is the mission statement listed on the website:
Our Mission
Huck PAC is founded on the principles that make America great: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Our Republican Party embodies these ideas and is best suited to lead America forward.
Huck PAC is committed to helping Republicans regain control of the House and Senate, regain a majority of governorships and elect John McCain as the 44th President of the United States.
Huck PAC will support Republican candidates who are passionate advocates for tax reform, a strong national defense, real border security, life, the family, less government, and individual liberty.
Huck PAC will identify candidates who hold firm to these principles, promote their campaigns, and financially support their efforts.
How We Get There
We are relying on you.
Thanks to your support and hard work, during our Governor Huckabee’s campaign for President these past few months, we became known as the team who could do more with less. Now, our goal is to continue our work with the same reputation. HuckPAC will have a very active online community and will focus on organizing and building a national grassroots organization that turns Republicans out to vote.
HuckPAC will be innovative and fight every step of the way for the candidates we support. Hard work wins elections and the principles we are fighting for are far too important not to give our all.
Finally, we will be straightforward about our plans and our needs. We welcome your advice and support. Frankly, we are counting on it.
This looks really great to me, and the fact that HuckPAC has already singled out Bob Clegg, a great state senator in NH, as a featured candidate for his Congressional run, is noteworthy.
Sigh … I have to admit, though, that I’ve got a couple reservations. I’m signing up as one of the PAC’s bloggers, just as I did with the Huckabee campaign before. However … the slogan is now “Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness.” in place of the Huckabee campaign’s “Faith. Family. Freedom.”
I’m not sure how I feel about that — there are pros and cons.
And although I know the political reasons why Gov. Huckabee has to do it, I’m not willing to commit to supporting Republicans. I’m not backing Sen. McCain in his Presidential run.
I do support the Fair Tax, and I think that it’s great to have someone looking for real socially conservative candidates.
I trust Gov. Huckabee enough that I’m going to stick with the group … but I feel like I have to be honest about my hesitations. I am not a registered Republican, I’m an independent, and I plan to stay that way until I really believe that the GOP and I have the same plans and purposes.
I admit that this looks like rather a lackluster announcement of the group’s arrival, but it’s not meant to be. I’m glad to see that Mike Huckabee is not just going to disappear because of the unsuccessful Presidential bid. I love the idea of backing the right kinds of candidates, and I accept that they will more often be Republicans than not. On the other hand, I’m not particularly inclined to tie myself to the Republican Party. I understand that Mike Huckabee has to be, if he’s going to run for the White House again. And I’m all in favor of that … I’m just uneasy, and maybe it’s just me.
Mike Huckabee is promising to remain focused on the Fair Tax, which is great. He’s also talking about another Vertical Day, which is wonderful. And he’s still the only major-party Presidential candidate I’ve supported in years, so here I am.
April 17, 2008 at 10:39 am
I never supported Mike Huckabee becuase he failed Christ’s own litmus test. Here is why. Huckabee’s economic plan only increased the national debt which would require us to borrow more funds from China, Japan, etc. The lord is very clear that the when you borrow funds you become a sevent to the lender. So tell me with Mike’s economic plan how was it possible to maintain our nation as the worlds super power? Or better yet how can we ever expect to impose equal trade with China when they now own most of our nation? Any direction of Mike Huckabee to assit with the GOP while at the same time supporting big spending will only end our nation… We are in fact now #2 behind the EU in regards to assets. This has never been the case and it should scare the hell out of every Christian and American.
May 8, 2008 at 12:27 pm
You think Huckabee is some sincere honest guy? His support for Fairtax shows he is just another politician saying things he KNOWS is false, to appeal to misinformed voters.
Huckabee used the Fairtax issue to gain attention and to avoid the real hard questions about taxes. He knows Fairtax is a farce, he knows it would be a disaster. He also knows it sounds great to people who don’t know better.
Huck is a smooth deceptive guy, in my opinion. very polished and slippery.
May 14, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Well, Mark, that’s an interesting position … by definition, advocating the Fair Tax makes him a liar?
Can you justify that position? It doesn’t seem to make any sense to me, but since you’ve just defined me as an uninformed voter who buys into the Fair Tax, maybe that’s all that we have here.