The American Mind

So, is Huckabee Jim Moody or Joe Checota?

Sean, this underhanded behavior by Mike Huckabee has been pervasive all throughout his campaign. He tries to set himself up as the better man, only to dish out dirt in a sneaky, nasty manner. I’m a Fred Thompson supporter like you, but Huck’s dishonest behavior is really causing me to dislike the man. I wrote not long ago over at Hot Air that Mike Huckabee reminds me of the guy who’d say something nasty about someone’s mother under his breath, then run off laughing when the guy who punched him for saying such a thing got in trouble.

[…] As Sean at The American Mind said - ”Huckabee continues to crumble under the pressure.” […]

Signed 47% more tax increases than Clinton in Arkansas, set up a scam non-prof to enrich himself, plays the Christ card as the false prophet, lied about pardons/releases.

Huckster is a fraud from the word “go”. This latest gambit just proves further that he is neither a skilled nor intelligent pol. Sneered at by mediaheads? How bad must it be to be recipient of that flavor of cynicism?

Here’s hoping he crash-and-burns like the Hindenburg.

He seems an odd cross of Carter and Clinton.

I’m no Huck supporter, but this was one interesting move. He’s managed to get all the stations airing the ad - while disclaiming it and not having to pay for it. He’ll only get away with it once (I think, though that may be giving the MSM wayyyy too much credit), but there’s no such thing as bad publicity over something like this.

It just reeks of something Ed Rollins would come up with. Sneaky, underhanded, and effective.

>>but there’s no such thing as bad publicity over something like this.

Gotta disagree with you there, Chancellor.

He has been getting absolutely slashed over this “Slick” move, both by the media and his opponents. And this isn’t Hollywood. Consider: if you (and I) feel it “’sneaky and underhanded”, do not the majority of GOP/Cons see it the same? Everything I’ve read/heard/seen seems to indicate such. Even the evangels he has as main supporters cannot feel right about this obvious dishonest ploy.

The fact that the scam he played, not the ad itself, became the big story is not at all good for the Huckster.

And I’m certainly OK widdat. Tickled pink, actually.

It is one thing to express opinions on a blog, but to assume that “the majority of GOP/Cons see it the same way” is presumptuous. The ad seems not to have discredited Huckabee among the audience that counts. Incidentally, most other candidates’ ads (read Romney) are at least as snide and underhanded.

I thought it was weird how he spent the money and time making the ad only to not air it at the last moment but then show the press garnering free media. Guess it worked. It makes me question is decision-making skills.