In “Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That’s Bringing Common Sense Back to America,” Mike Huckabee opens up aboot his life as a pizza delivery boy in Brooklyn amidst the racial turmoil of the late 1980’s. Actually, that’s not true, but Gov. Huckabee had to know what he was in for when he named his book after a Spike Lee movie. No, “Do the Right Thing…” was mainly aboot Huckabee’s 2008 campaign for president and I have to say, homeboy sure sounds bitter.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Huckabee. He has ideas and a voice that I feel is vital to the Republican Party, and they’re ideas that it’s hard to get people to listen to. Every interview with Huckabee can be broken into two parts: Part 1 is the reporter criticizing Huckabee for talking aboot religion, Part 2 is the same reporter then asking him nothing but questions aboot religion. Mike Huckabee literally had to ask people to ask him aboot education and healthcare.
But those ideas get lost even more in what amounts to a manifesto aboot everyone he feels wronged him over the past year. While Mitt Romney is out talking aboot the auto bailout, Mike Huckabee is out there talking aboot Mitt Romney…and seemingly for no other reason than to prevent him from ever becoming President. If Huck can never have it, it’s like he wants to make sure Mitt never gets it either.
I can understand his being upset with the various social conservative leaders. The message from “the conservative base” seemed to be that the social con’s were to speak out against sanctity of life and marriage issues…but otherwise just shut up and do what you’re told. And if I was a social-con candidate and watched people like Pat Robertson endorse a candidate like Rudy Giuliani, or watched John Hagee endorse John McCain…only to have McCain denounce him because the media told him too, I’d be annoyed. But when has putting important political figures on blast in a book ever helped you future political career?
That’s not all to say the book wasn’t entertaining, and it gives you a lot to think aboot. There was the predictable chapter aboot the fair tax in it, plus a look at the difference in Huckabee’s eye between “conservatism” and “libertarianism.” The hundred or more pounds that he lost give his views on healthcare a certain degree of extra authority. And when he talks aboot the sanctity of life not starting at conception and ending at birth, that’s exactly the way we need to start talking aboot life issues to a growing secular electorate.
Bottom line, if you’re a political junkie like me, you’re going to thoroughly enjoy this book. I just think it would have been better had it been more on ideas and less on how much Mike Huckabee doesn’t like Mitt Romney.
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Huck is trying to hack Mitt because he knows that Mitt has a better chance to win in four years. So he’s planting seeds whereever he can but he will not gather a good harvest. He’s a Christian who had already thrown stones at Mitt.
Huckabee is fool. He’s so jealous of Mitt Romney he can barely contain himself.
I use to like Huckabee, but he is so obviously trying to run for president while tearing down everyone else it is sickening.
I heard him tearing down Sara Palin the other day.
I think Mitt Romney has so much more class than Huckabee does because he has solutions at this crucial time in our countries future.
Go away bomb thrower and hater. America has enough haters on the left. By their fruits you shall know them. The Huckster needs to do more than try and take on those “eeevvilll” Mormons who have the nerve to actually work for a living, promote a church without a paid clergy, live their values, and put their money and time where their mouths are. Sounds like D A N G E R to me. Mitt is a class act and has raised a wonderful family, the hallmark of any good christian.
If Huckabee wants to do the right thing, he will not strive to strive to make the religious tight wing change the United States into a theocracy.
Mike Huckabee and John McCain Contributed highly to the election of Obama. Huckabee needs to stop venting his jealousy of Mitt Romney. He split the votes in 2008 and the Republicans do not need someone like him who obviously is out for only himself.
Hickabigot hates anything Mormon. Period. There isn’t a bigger bigot than Mike Huckabee. You know it! I know it! He knows it! We all do.
It seems that portions of this book are a lot like the ad Mr. Huckabee “proved” he wasn’t going to run by showing it to the press…and getting it aired for free. He is so transparent in his dislike of Mitt Romney and his need to make sure Romney doesn’t become President it’s pathetic. The Bible says that by their fruits we will know them – Huckabee’s son killed a dog (Romney has five law abiding sons), Huckabee has had numerous ethics violations filed against him (Romney has none), Huckabee is out promoting himself while Romney is out trying to help Republicans stay in office. Huckabee is a joke with appeal only to those he has successfully convinced to fear the Mormons. I wish he would Do the Right Thing and go away!
Let’s leave religion out of politics.. It has absolutely NO business being there!!
Shellie399, Huckabee has no mission of intergrating Religion into politics.
Tammy, maybe we should not bicker amoungst ourselves about worthless stuff. Mitt Romney raised taxes in Massachusetts and has been consistantly against the grain of the Republican party. Romney is the “bitter” canidate. He was so upset about losing Iowa, in which he outspent Huckabee by 15 to 1, that he never called Huckabee to congradulate him, common ettiquet. Huckabee has a better message that transcends politics read chapter 2 again, if you even own the damn book. I’d also like to point out that Mike has consitantly used his website and Huckpac as a platform to get other Republicans elected. Huckabee is always on Foxnews talking about the auto bailout and other political issues.
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I must say I rather enjoyed this book myself.Huckabee I feel didn’t try to cause problems by what he wrote and lets face it if anyone is casting stones it is Mitt Romney. Has for Huckabee saying stuff bad about Palin I know that is a load of crap because I have heard nothing but good from him about her. 2012 there will be President Huckabee.
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I believe in Mike Huckabee for his stand for the Lord . I believe we need to change the moral standing and get back to the basics . I believe one of the main problems with the ecomney is the way the goverment has kept raising the time for benifits . It has made the people not to appreicate a job to make a living . Speaking from a owner point of view the health and well fare has gone way to high the employer can not afford to pay the cost of health benefits . The real problem is that everybody is trying to beat the Jones . The Gasoline is gone out of line you guys don’t realize what it cost to operate a business.
Pleople deon’t want to work for a wages to feed their family they need to go drinking at night instead of caring for tthere own.I believe in giving to the poor because I was there and started from the bottom . I think they need to look at our own needs and instead of going to war for Political reasons. Yes I was in the Army and spent my time and know what the middle east is all about . I’m a student oof the Bible and I think that we better get our head screwed on right because I have read the book of Revelations and I know at the end we will win.
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