Huckabee requesting a debate with McCain...
Posted February 27th, 2008 by cazeringue
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Huckabee Challenges McCain to Debate (by Lee Fletcher)
Mike Huckabee Encourages John McCain to Debate the Issues
Little Rock, AR – Former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee sent a letter to Sen. John McCain Tuesday, asking the Senator to join him in a Republican Presidential Debate. Huckabee said it's time to debate the issues in front of the American people.
"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," Huckabee wrote in the letter to Sen. McCain. "I encourage you to join me in a Lincoln Douglas-style debate so that voters can better understand our views on critical issues such as health care, education, energy independence, terrorism and national security."
Huckabee said Democratic candidates, Senators Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton, have had the opportunity to debate the issues before their constituents, and it's only fitting that Republican primary voters are offered the same.
"I look forward to working with your staff to schedule this as soon as possible. I would suggest we set the debate before the March Fourth Primaries," Huckabee wrote. "It is my hope that one of the TV networks would offer to sponsor such an event."
Copy of letter is copied below.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The Honorable John McCain
John McCain 2008
P.O. Box 16118
Arlington, VA 22215
Dear Senator McCain:
It's been my pleasure sharing the stage with you this past year, as we have worked to promote our ideas to lead this county. I have the deepest respect for you as a person, politician, and an American hero – and I appreciate the way you have run such an issue-based, positive campaign.
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. I encourage you to join me in a Lincoln Douglas-style debate so that voters can better understand our views on critical issues such as health care, education, energy independence, terrorism and national security.
Our Democratic counterparts, Senators Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton, have had recent opportunities to underscore the differences in their positions. It seems only fitting to me that Republican primary voters are offered the same.
I look forward to working with your staff to schedule this as soon as possible. I would suggest we set the debate before the March Fourth Primaries. It is my hope that one of the TV networks would offer to sponsor such an event.
Senator, let's lead by example and get the ball rolling. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this idea and debating you in front of the American people
Sincerely,
Mike Huckabee
Former Governor of Arkansas (1996-2007)
Paid for by Huckabee for President, Inc.
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Meh!
Huck's always been a piece of shit, this just helps to drive it home for the handful out there who still think he's "not such a bad guy."
Hey you! Huck's a piece of shit! Got it?
:)
what a S.O.B. Huckabee is
He steals ideas from Ron Paul and then pretends like he's not even around any more. S.O.B.!
I'll debate you Huckabee. I've got a list of things to ask....
The strategy of flattering the ego...
"We're the only ones left that matter, McCain, and since you've all but wrapped up the nomination, you don't have anything to lose from debating tiny 'ol me in Ohio. Whaddaya say?"
I think any one of us could debate Huckabee issue-for-issue and give him the rhetorical smackdown he so obviously needs (though I fear he may actually feed on negative vibes and emotions, as much as he feeds on ill-gotten evangelical support). The chains of graduate school bind me to Jersey and NYC, though I'm doing what I can by proxy to fuck with both of their worlds and uplift the message of common sense and decency advocated by our Hero. I don't like feeling this seething hatred in my core being, but it sure comes out as I see these fucking parasites slithering through my home state and counties, spewing forth vile assertions and misleading "truths."
I hope, still. My brother stands in defiance. As does his army of vociferous mice.
For Liberty!! *gong*
Hey bring your army of vociferous mice
and I'll bring my army of hungry rats and we'll let them chew the crap out of Huckabee's ankles while he's lying his big ass off at the podium. Then they can go eat what's left of McCain's insane brain. Whatdaya say??