Carole
01-27-2008, 10:05 PM
I found this thread on a forum. Any ideas for using it? :p
I Ran Against Mike Huckabee for Governor of Arkansas
http://www.hoinews.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=37154
"I ran against Mike Huckabee for governor of Arkansas in 1998. He spent over a million dollars to defeat me in the Republican primary where fewer than 60,000 votes were cast. As governor he increased state spending by over 65% and campaigned to raise taxes. He granted clemency 669 times which is more than the 507 clemencies given by the three previous governors combined. Many of the clemencies were granted to convicted murderers. The CATO Institute gave him an "F" grade for spending and tax policy in 2006, and an overall grade of "D" for his governorship.
In 2002 he narrowly defeated State Treasurer Jimmie Lou Fisher, garnering 53% of the vote to her 47%. He was lucky that a more formidable candidate did not emerge in that election.
What does a former governor do with that kind of record? Why, run for president of The United States, that's what. "— Gene McVay, Fort Smith, AR
I Ran Against Mike Huckabee for Governor of Arkansas
http://www.hoinews.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=37154
"I ran against Mike Huckabee for governor of Arkansas in 1998. He spent over a million dollars to defeat me in the Republican primary where fewer than 60,000 votes were cast. As governor he increased state spending by over 65% and campaigned to raise taxes. He granted clemency 669 times which is more than the 507 clemencies given by the three previous governors combined. Many of the clemencies were granted to convicted murderers. The CATO Institute gave him an "F" grade for spending and tax policy in 2006, and an overall grade of "D" for his governorship.
In 2002 he narrowly defeated State Treasurer Jimmie Lou Fisher, garnering 53% of the vote to her 47%. He was lucky that a more formidable candidate did not emerge in that election.
What does a former governor do with that kind of record? Why, run for president of The United States, that's what. "— Gene McVay, Fort Smith, AR