Huckabee is also back...

The Huckster is back, making the rounds on talk radio to promote his new book, "Do the Right Thing." The book is a memoir of the long-fought primary battle and a self-proclaimed rally cry to conservatives discouraged with the slaughter they experienced in the general election.

Before I talk about it, let me admit that I haven't read the book and don't plan to. If Mike Huckabee sent me a free copy then I would consider it, but I will not support the Huckmeister by buying his book or by encouraging anyone to puchase it. That being said, I have heard two lenghty interviews with him about the book and read a number of blogs and articles about it.

Let's be clear, Huckabee is positioning himself for a 2012 bid. His new book, TV show, and future radio program are all mediums to get himself into as many homes as possible. I have no problem with that. What I have a problem with is Huck throwing every other Republican under the bus except his ol' buddy and fellow Romney-hater John McCain.

The blogs are most frequently quoting Huckabee's description of Romney as "anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president." This is the center of what I hate about liberals and Huckabee - their contempt for the well-to-do. In the interviews I heard with Huck, he was constantly double-talking about conservative principles, saying that we need to care about "main street" and at the same time cut corporate taxes. He takes plays right out of the liberal playbook by vilifying the rich and pretending to be middle class himself.

As for his team-up with John McCain, the Republican nominee gets only a few brief mentions in the book. How do you write and entire book about a historic primary race without hardly mentioning the winner of the contest? When asked, Huckabee's answer to Hugh Hewitt was that he didn't want to do anything that would jeopordize McCain's chances of winning in the general election. What a bunch of garbage. If that were the case then he should have waited to write and release the book until after the election. As it is, the book is merely an excuse to knock down prominent Repulbican leaders, especially Romney, and make himself look like the face of the GOP's future.

The true future of the GOP lies in the hands of whoever can do what Reagan did - bring conservatives together. Huckabee has done nothing but tear apart Republicans and seed anamosity and contention within the party.

Mitt is back...

An he might be the only one tlaking right now that has any idea what he's talking about. His article today in the New York Times shows why he should have been our next President, especially given this economic "catastrophe." Mitt knows that writing a check to the Big Three auto makers will not solve the long-term problem, but perpetuate bad business and keep the companies wallowing in the same financial problems that got them where they are. (I want to use a metaphor involving cosmetics and swine, but I'm affraid of where that might lead...)

Romney knows that leaving governemtn out completely is not the answer; he advocates for a "partnership" with the auto companies to work out a "managed bankruptcy" which will help really restructure the companies. Without bankruptcy, the companies will still have all of their over-loaded contracts, wages, pensions, and real estate holdings that are bogging down their budget sheets. Mitt has the forsight to know that if we just write a check to the companies, even if the governemtn is involved in the restruturing, then the bottom-line costs will stay the same and it won't be long before they are back begging for more. History has already told us that.

Of course Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barney Frank think they know what they are talking about. And big surprise, they want to throw money at the problem. Sure, house and Senate Dems will attach strings and talk a lot about "green technology," but the bottom line is that they don't want to loose favor with their biggest contributors - the unions.