Vertical Leadership

I seem to have turned into the blog into the font of all things Huckabee. I didn’t mean to but its hard reading and watching so many get it so wrong. Personally, I am a McCain/Thompson kind of gal, though, I doubt either have the withal to take the nomination. And even McCain likes Huckabee. Imagine a McCain/Huckabee or Huckabee/McCain ticket…never thought of that….possibilities, possibilities. Am I smelling a convention deal????

When I wrote about the Republican nomination would be the battle for the conservative soul of the party I had no idea that National Review Online would be go so far as throw out all pretenses to the wind and morph into becoming the 24/7 ShuckaHuck team. Makes me wonder if Mitt Romney has just bought NRO and become the new publisher. Somehow I think turning the phrase “Holiday Inn Express Candidate” against Huckabee will come back to haunt the editors at National Review in the future. That being said, watching the established conservative pundits come out gunning against Huckabee on the weekend, it has been somewhat satisfying watching him still leading in the polls.

If you really think Mike’s vertical rise will be halted or has particularly harmed his chances with Republican voters for suggesting quarantine for Aids patients eons ago, I have a swamp land in Florida to sell you. When the founder and former editor of National Review can write a column eons ago suggesting all Aids patients be tattooed and not be lynched - a quarantine sounds absolutely humane in comparison.

There is only so much mileage one can get from the Dumond case. The bottom line is; the man was physically castrated by a vigilante group while awaiting trial so no doubt the former governor rationalized with a de facto castration, time already served, sponsors and employment opportunities lined up - the chances for rehabilitation were high. Though ultimately, it was the full responsibility of the Arkansas parole board who let Dumond go - governor or no governor. While Huckabee’s record for pardons and clemencies is high, you cannot ignore that under his tenure, Arkansas’ prison population doubled. Furthermore, Huckabee holds the dubious honour of having held a record number of executions during his terms in office. When discussing Huckabee’s record one must know the legal difference between pardons and clemencies. I suspect Huckabee’s record is strong on clemencies while weaker on outright pardons but I won’t bet on it either. Hence, the innate problem of having a Christian governor act in accordance to Christian doctrine while in office.

You know what I would really enjoy? Watching the Hillary/Huckabee debates. Her repulsive factor is so huge and his likeability so high. What can she do to counteract that - cry? Then watching the debate move to the sphere of ethics and pardons without the word Whitewater or the name Marc Rich coming up. Oh, oh, oh, watching Hillary talk about her faith….I am laughing and rolling on the floor already. What can she do? Bring out Wet Willie and his sax? Then Huckabee gets to come out with a guitar and his band. Guitar trumps sax.

Second only in enjoyment to watching the Hillary/Huckabee debates, will be watching the mainstream conservative pundits having to write a whole lot of crow for Huckabee or risk Her Darkness coming to Whitehouse. I just can’t wait. Canadian politics is never so entertaining.