Look out, Huck, Ron Paul's people are gonna be furious

OK, Disciples of Paul, here's the chance you've been waiting for to get Mike Huckabee, the only remaining contender between your guy, Rep. Ron Paul, and the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, that nobody senator from Arizona, John McCain.

Do you know what Huckabee wrote on Tuesday? You won't believe it. Seriously.

Because he needs the publicity and doesn't have the money to buy much advertising to convince the rapidly growing number of Republicans who see the former Arkansas governor as a lingering nuisance who can't take a hint that his presidential hopes are over, smoked, done, dashed, cooked, fried, kaput, finished, completed and hopeless, Huckabee has challenged McCain to a debate. Hey, it only cost a stamp.

Huckabee's letter says: "I believe a Lincoln-Douglas debate so that voters can better understand our views on critical issues such as health care, education, energy independence, terrorism and national security is just what we need."

Of course, the Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred in....

a U.S. Senate race. There were seven of them, each three hours long. (That was in the 1850s before commercials for bathroom breaks.) And, also, the Republican lost that race.

But nevermind, Huckabee wants the spectacle of a debate before next Tuesday's March 4 primaries, when his campaign hopes could become absolute cinders. He'd also like your online signature on the letter for publicity.

But here's the real outrage that will rock the Internet in the next few hours. After paying the now-required tribute to Sen. McCain as "an American hero," Huckabee writes:

"Now that the race for the Republican nomination is down to just the two of us, I believe this is the time for a real discussion about our vision for the future of this great country."

The two of us? As in 2? One more than one and one less than three? Huckabee has no idea what he is in for, dissing the party's other remaining candidate. Just watch the comments section below for a taste. He's completely disregarded the existence of the 10-term libertarian-like congressman from Texas. Who may not have a realistic chance of beating McCain either, but don't tell that to members of the Ron Paul Revolution.

Paul, by the way, has consistently raised more campaign donations than Huckabee for the last year -- five times Huckabee's total in the third quarter of 2007 alone and more than any other Republican last quarter, nearly $20 million.

Paul has been spending a good deal of time recently in his home 14th District where, like Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, he's facing a serious party primary challenge next Tuesday because he's been spending a lot of time not in his home 14th District.

But that doesn't mean Paul's countless thousands of fervent followers are tied up. Huckabee doesn't know the meaning of evangelical until he runs into Paul proselytizers. First, they will spread word of this Huckabee outrage within their chatrooms, meet-up groups, phone chains and message boards.

They will start leaving hundreds, then thousands of comments on blogs like this. They will, of course, politely remember that this blog has resisted the mainstream media ignorance and written often about their man. So they will direct their displeasure at the Huckmeister.

If the Paulunteers can discover Huckabee's e-mail, he'll get an electronic earful. And once they find Huckabee's campaign schedule on his website and realize that the former governor is also in Texas these days, they will march on Huckabee's campaign events as they did Rudy Giuliani's.

And remember what happened to Giuliani's candidacy.

--Andrew Malcolm

         Typical Ron Paul supporter

Comments

[ryan rabalais]

Martin Luther King was never President of the United States, but he nonetheless presided over a revolution in it.

[Frantz]

WE ARE THE FUTURE.

Ron Paul's ideas are as old as this country. And its time we bring truth, justice, and freedom to ourselves.

[MBB]

I'm writing to ball Huckabee out. Thanks for the heads up!

[Patrick Shields]

This is outrageous! Ron Paul has the best policies by far! Upholding the constitution is one of the most important things we can do at this stage!

[Rod Miller-Boyer]

Why would we Ron Paul supporters be angry? When you're organizing the 2nd American Revolution, there is absolutely nothing you pray for more than the privilege of being underestimated. The element of surprise is indispensible if we hope to prevail against the Empire, its ostensibly superior forces, and its clear lack of principles.

Hopefully, the contemporary lackeys of today's King George won't take us any more seriously than his equally brain-damaged ideological ancestor in the 1770's.

Who wants the respect of thugs like these? All that matters is that we live long enough to see them all rot in jail, so that there will be some hope our children may inherit the liberties that are their natural right. On that there is no compromise. The Bill of Rights is not negotiable.

[Ben Chaput]

Admit it Andrew, you will be a little sad when Paul does leave the race. He has sure ratcheted up the traffic on this blog.

[Steve]

At some point a candidate is going to be forced to embrace Ron Paul supporters, or he is going to lose this race. We don't want war, we won't elect McCain, at least not without a serious change of heart and backing from Paul supporters.

McCain is a trigger happy grudgemudgen. Huckabee denies the basic realities of our existence. Hillary has already had 8 years in the White House. Obama appears two-faced and seems to deny the revelance of his personal life.

I am still looking for a good explaination for some quotes from "Dreams of My Father" that refer to Obama's feelings toward white people. I am also looking for a good explaination for choosing a spiritual advisor with close personal ties to Louis Farrakhan.

It looks like I have no choice but to write in Ron Paul.

[Dennis]

Ron Paul lectured Bernanke on certain fundamental facts of the economy recently. Can anyone possibly imagine Governor Huckabee having such an understanding? You don't have to resort to mathematics either Why should a privileged sector of society, the banking cartel, be given the legalized capability of creating money ex nihilo and collecting an interest stream on that money? Of course, mathematically the debt to this sector must increase and it eventually reaches a point where the people are indentured servants to this class of glorified bookkeepers. The whole fractional-reserve system of credit creation goes against a legal principle that was recognized as far back as the Roman Republic, and that legal principle should once again be enshrined: you cannot take a demand deposit and make it available to more than the person who has made the deposit. Such practices lead to distortions in the market and benefit bankers to the detriment of the citizenry. In the Den of Charlatans only Ron Paul seems to understand this point, certainly not Huckabee. In a continuing fashion Ron Paul has been marginalized by Huckabee, McCain, Hillary, and Obama. Cui bono? Not the American people who deserve to know the causes of what is happening to our melting economy.

[Geepa]

Andrew,

You're just trying to get me rilled up to get a response. Well, I'm not gonna take the bait! So there! I guess I fixed your little red wagon!

Go Ron Paul!!

(You are a brilliant and insightful person. We know that because you come here to read and teach us. And join the dialogue. Thanks.)

[PrincipledAmerican]

Everybody that votes [for Ron Paul :) ], demand a paper ballot. They will give you a provisional ballot, but if you are properly registered, your vote is assured to be counted. You will also get confirmation in the mail that your vote was counted. Let's make sure our votes are heard!

[fu ckabee 1933]

what a jerk .... he is in for a rude awakening ... and mccain is an even bigger jerk ...huckabee doesnt mention dr. paul ... while mccain makes jokes about it ..

i'm a republican ... and this GOP is just full of crap ... it's becoming embarassing to say your republican because of all these cronies and their radical ideas

[Shawn House]

We continue to go door-door, we will have billboards up - Congressman Ron Paul, like Ronald Reagen vs Ford can become the Republican nominee. He's the only one that can beat Obama. There is NO way McCain will beat Obama..I really wish Dr. Paul hadn't been treated like a third party candidate - this has been a great dis-service to our electoral process. We will continue to spread the word in Pennsylvania. The revolution will not stop-

[Nelson]

A debate between a comedian, an economist and a warhawk. Boy, would that be fun.

[Mary]

After I read this article out loud, this comment from my 1st grader says it all:

"Do you think Mike Huckabee knows his colors?"

(insinuating that he must be stupid)

Children can be so observant.

[evan egrin]

The politcal show in America, thanks to MSM, is all about charisma and name recognition; not truth or facts. Our government educated voters care not about our once beloved Constitution and what it has done for them, nor do they know or care about economics and the blessings of a sound dollar. They will blindly follow the pragmatists and populists into hell if they are promised heaven. What has passed for debate is sickening and we will have to live with the awful results.

[Casey Sanders]

Maybe Huck wants a debate with only "qualified" candidates, by qualified I mean greedy, bought and paid for politicians. Ron Paul has more conservative values than every other republican that ran in the primaries combined.

[Tess]

Larkin G. Mead wrote this in a previous comment:

As a Huckabee supporter, I do agree that Ron Paul should be included in the debates. His fiscal conservative values are crucial to this campaign, however, as a Huckabee supporter, I do not ascribe to any of McCain's or Paul's social liberal leanings.

My response to Larkin: I hate to inform Larkin but Ron Paul is no social liberal, where did you get that from? Or maybe you have a different definition of a social/liberal? I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I read that, please enlighten me with a comment.

Tess

[vinnie]

I simply cannot wait until we get to the convention, McCain is nominated on the first ballot, and the Ron Paul nuts go into hibernation -- at least for awhile. While some of his supporters are extremely intelligent, Paul attracts a large number of unstable people -- 9/11 truthers, paranoids who believe we are all going to be imprisoned in FEMA camps, conspiracy theorists, those who fear the Bilderbergs, illuminati, New World Order, CFR, etc. And, to top it off, so many of them are the most obnoxious people that I have ever met. I cannot wait until they go away.

[AK]

The nice picture of Dr Paul here even made it to the homepage of Google News just now ( http://news.google.com ), which is *very* rare (and good)!
Hope it brings a lot of new readers.

Thanks for the blog.

[Carl Buschmann]

Interesting to read some of the interpretations of what you said in your blog. I believe reading and understanding is sometimes difficult when a person reads something like this which is of a very serious nature.

As I recall this blog was for spirited comments and debating. This was not a closed blog to anyone.

Fortunately this helped us - the Ron Paul supporters as well as the LA Times including yourself. I would like to see the LA Times put Ron Paul on its front page also and scoop the rest of the MSM.

[Wendy]

Huck doesn't have a chance, McCain's under hot water, the only choice left is Ron Paul. You'll see.

[lastnymleft]

Texas meetups, hop to it! Let them know that Dr Paul is VERY much in the race:

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=1518

[Dan]

I find it hillarious and disturbing how many people are so blind as to think that he is "only running for president in his district." Have you paid any attention at all?? He is focusing on his district so that he can be re-elected to the house of representitives.

The amount of campaigning that we, the supporters of Dr. Paul, do dwarfs that of the other "republican" candidates. We are NOT just the internet. We are on the ground every day spreading the word of freedom.

[Laura]

WELL, WELL, WELL.....the ONLY thing that comes to my mind regarding this self-aggrandizing pipsqueak is this---

How DARE he ignore Dr. Paul as a viable candidate and ACT JUST LIKE THE MEDIA!

How DARE he NOT recognize the UNFAIRNESS of Dr. Paul not getting HIS fair share of "debate times"!

NOPE, ole man HUCK is underneath it all just a PHONY MINISTER WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT "LOVING HIS NEIGHBOR", and.....

HUCK is, in the end, just really an un-Christian SCHMUCK!!

[Tominellay]

Andrew,
Are you not a little concerned about the states in which our two political parties find themselves?

On the one hand, the Democrats have Super Delegates, whose job is to rescue the party from making a nominating 'mistake' at the national convention.

On the other hand, the Republicans require unapproved 'outsider' candidates to accumulate 1191 delegates (without the benefit of media coverage); however the first approved 'insider' candidate to accumulate 500 delegates will be conceded the Republican nomination, and the media will declare the contest over.

That's where we are, Andrew...

This is the land of the free and the home of the brave. It helps to be brave.