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

[Dave C]

Please follow this link and tell Dr Paul you are going to write in your vote in November...I did already. http://www.ronpaul2008.com/contact/form

[NoTimeForTheHuckster]

Bah! Huck is a worthless piece of slime. Not even worth bashing.

[Valeria]

I say lets watch the comedy show. See how close they come to being like Clinton and Obama. Maybe the 4 of them ought to start some new kind of party. Let Dr. Paul save face and not be seen with the like of them.

Now for some other news:
McCain got into trouble in our state (Oklahoma) and it is being said that our atty general will be bringing him up on charges. He broke the law here and faces stiff fines and a possible 5 years in prison. We will see what happens but this is not public knowledge yet.

[Ted D!!]

GO RON PAUL!!! In my eyes he's the only one left that Republicans should like... I don't know how everyone likes McCain... He's horrible! Dr. Paul got's my Vote!!!

[Greg Topper]

Hay mr. MacCain and mr.Huckabee your both running for president you both want to run this great nation.You mr. MacCain aspire to be commander and chief. You mr Huckabee clam the power of miracles.
Yet neater of you have the courage to confront Dr.Ron Paul. I for one, want a strong leader. Not a man that would be party to the cowardly conduct you two are practicing. I want a leader that has the courage to confront hardship and overcome.Ron Paul has the courage and will overcome.

[victor kersey]

Huckabee doesnt want Ron Paul in the debate. Paul would make him out to be the fool he is. Huckabee and McCain to are clueless about the economic dangers that face this country.

[wallace]

If Ron Paul is so popular, then the primaries don't matter, right? The mainstream media doesn't matter, right? He'll run in the fall and smoke everyone, right? Because you know better, right?

You're all delusional. I love it. It's the American way. But admit the fact that your hero isn't nearly as popular as you wish him to be.

I do hope he wins, though. Then the rest of the world can laugh at us and actually have good reason to do so.

Cuckoo. Cuckoo. Cuckoo.

[bleep]

Can you imagine a one-to-one debate between RP and McCain? Remember when Paul ask McCain the economy question, when he answered like the Teen South Carolina contestant? (YouTube John McCain and Miss Teen USA South Carolina). Imagine an hour of that? I think HBO should PPV it.

There is no free lunch Huckster, you want an hour of free TV?, invite RP to a one-to-one. Just remember that you are not going to be able to plagiarize Paul ideas and sound like you even understand the economy this time. Also, make sure you hire Romney's whisper to give you the answers and don't look like a total idiot on national TV.

Mr. Malcolm, this article was pretty funny. Keep it up, and we'll keep posting and boosting your blog so you can pretend you have lots of viewer and charge your advertisers more money, even though we will never buy anything from them anyways.

[Doug Stewart]

I've been supporting Dr. Ron Paul because he's the Republican candidate with, by far, the best value system. However, I'm a member of the Constitution Party and they are in the nomination process at this very moment. When they have a candidate, that's who I will be supporting.

[jstme]

This revolution will not be televised. We are growing in numbers and in force. We have done very well without the MSM.

There's nothing to debate. Ron Paul does not need to share a stage with Huckabee and McCain. Both are nothing but political bobble heads. Neither has a chance of winning the presidential nomination. Ron Paul exposes the truth of what ails this country and The Constitution is the solution.

[evan egrin]

Dr. Paul will get my vote even if I have to write his name in.

[Flo]

ALL RON PAUL SUPPORTERS LOOK FOR "SOS" THINGS ARE WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT

[James]

Well said but Ron Paul is In It To Win It and help the country get out of this mess!

It is the Economy, Sovereignty and Freedom, Stupid! deal with it!

[jaa1169]

Wallace,
I doubt that the rest of the world will laugh at us. Check this out...
http://www.whowouldtheworldelect.com/

[DrD]

For Greg...regarding Obama sticking it to the CFR, don't you know that he is 'CFR'? The CFR funds promotes candidates in both parties, i.e., Clinton (Tri-Lateral Commission); Obama (CFR); McCain (CFR); Huckabee (CFR). Huckabee's Advisor on Foreign Affairs is the current President of the CFR.

So I wouldn't be misled by charisma. The media creates that for all America. They can make Count Dracula into an instant pop star. I'm only surprised they haven't gotten Gorbechav convinced to run because you would see one piece of spin...and likely he'd make it into office!

[Andy White]

Always a good read from Malcolm. I liked how you referred to Ron Paul as libertarian-like. Ron Paul like libertarians in many ways, but is a Republican. He is the reason I call myself a Republican.

(Glad you enjoyed it and welcome back. Thanks for reading.)

[Susan]

Better to be a Ron Paul evangelist than one of the millions of zombie sheeple in this country who seem perfectly content for Hillary to take another big chunk out of our paychecks to fund her Hillarycare and for McCain to bomb Iran and stay in Iraq for 100 years.

[David, Oregon City]

The GOP and McCain have risen to the level of their incompetence!

[hukerbeeee]

If Huckabee were serious about this going to a brokered convention then he would work to get Paul into 2nd place above McCain to prevent McCain from getting additional delegates. That's not happening. A brokered convention isn't happening. Huckabee is just doing his job for the GOP and blocking Paul from getting votes and media attention until McCain gets the required number of delegates for the media to claim it's officially in the bag.

oh.. and Andrew.. Tominellay has an interesting comment above. Please follow up on it. Someone in the media needs to write about that.

[blakmira]

I believe the "Job Position Available" ad for President of the United States said:

"Wanted: Good Puppet for the Government and the Federal Reserve. Must be a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, be willing to pander and lie continuously, support the Patriot Act, have average or below-average IQ, and be pro-war."

Well, Ron Paul applied anyway. And dammit, he's still running!

[Jim Stewart]

Rather than bother Huckabee, we should be pointing to similar errors & omissions of the MSM. I encourage others to search for and demand corrections rather than just complaining. Here [less links, but the first is in the link on my name] is my still unacknowledged email to the news desks at The Times [of London]:

From: James Stewart [mailto:stewart_jim@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 25 February 2008 9:59 PM
To: 'foreign.news@thetimes.co.uk'; 'newsdesk@sunday-times.co.uk'
Subject: Please correct Sarah Baxter's & Tim Reid's errors
Importance: High

Dear Sirs

The reputation of The Times is at risk when two of it’s reporters, within two days, make false statements on the same important topic: candidates for the US presidency.

Sarah Baxter's error here is in 'John McCain’s denials start to unravel in tale of the blonde lobbyist' [Feb 24].After reading it online, I attempted to add this comment:
The statement "If McCain’s campaign collapses, the Republicans will be stuck without a presidential candidate (not counting Mike Huckabee, the former pastor, who is still around but has lost his claim to be a serious contender)" is false.
Ron Paul is also a Republican candidate. See: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
Sarah Baxter's error may be honest, as the truth has been suppressed in the US media. She should correct it promptly and prominently and learn not to trust the US media.

In ‘John McCain rejects allegations of an affair with lobbyist in first run for President’ [February 22] here, Tim Reid wrote: “Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas Governor who is Mr McCain’s remaining rival for the Republican nomination,”. This is equally false and misleading. It is doubly so as Tim was in Austin, Texas, where he did not need to rely on the US media. In fact given Texas coverage such as this, Tim appears to be less competent than we expect from your foreign correspondents.

Please ensure that the corrections to both these errors are corrected promptly and prominently in the relevant editions of the Times. Also please notify me when each is published.

Thank you

Yours faithfully

Jim Stewart

[Steve]

Huckleberry: pathological liar, serial tax increaser
McInsane: the Manchurian candidate

Dr. Paul is wise to avoid being near either of those two neo-con-artists. He will win the Republican nomination because his supporters are dedicated to becoming delegates. McCain will not have enough legally bound delegates (1,191) to win the nomination.

[GatorVol]

Thanks, Andrew. I think you are more than fair, and your articles are entertaining as well as informative.

The things I like most about Ron Paul are his steadfast positions on:
Upholding our Constitution
Protecting our rights and human rights
Reducing the size of the Federal Government
Changing economic policies that really don't work anymore
Not trying to police the world
Ending this war that we had no business getting into.

Both Huck and McCain publically support the Bush Administration policies, and we really don't need 4 more years of that.

Here's a Huckabee quote:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/25/huckabee-easter-wmd
We owe Bush our thanks that he had the courage to recognize there was a POTENTIAL of WMD and rather than wait until we had another attack he went and made sure it wasn't going to happen from Saddam Hussein
“Iraq’s WMD Were Hidden Like ‘Easter Eggs’ And Then Moved To Jordan”

And McCain WAS fervently against torture, including waterboarding, until it came time to vote, but then he votes AGAINST a bill specifically prohibiting these kinds of torture. That sounds like a "company" man to me, putting loyalty to these misguided Bush policymakers above his own moral beliefs.

I am amazed that either of them have gotten this far in the primaries. Don't people realize what these men stand for?

I will cast my vote for Ron Paul, at the very least I can say I was true to myself and my beliefs. The Ron Paul rEVOLution will keep growing, long after this election is history.

[Tim]

I agree with alot that Ron Paul has to say about getting back to what the constitution says,and having a gold standard that backs our dollar....problem is, not many americans do. That doesn't mean that our voices shouldn't be heard though, and I would like to see him in all the debates. Ron Paul brings up issues that should be talked about. Now, I don't believe that the way to go about getting our voices heard is by attacking the only person at this point thats even got a prayer against McCain, and I don't think it's time to turn our anger on Huckabee. He's standing for the Fair Tax that will eliminate the income tax amongst so many other unconstitutional taxes. So what if Huckabee only named McCain, that's who he wants to debate, the front runner. It makes sense! So, why don't we focus our energy on the one we should really be trying to take down, McCain.

[Tim]

Did you know that the Value Voter's has published a invitation to McCain, Huckabee and Paul. Only person I know so far to respond and except is Huckabee. Will Ron Paul except and win the debate? Well, not if he doesn't except! Ron Paul supporters we need to make sure Ron Paul shows up. And so should McCain!