wgadget
09-08-2007, 10:21 AM
Beautiful Saturday morning, held at local airport hangar
Crowd estimated about 130 tops, probably 25% local party apparatus, mostly middle aged and older, a handful of 20-somethings (probably Romney-ites or Fredheads).
Huck gave about a 20 minute speech then took questions. He does have a casual demeanor, and has a big dimple which makes him seem more down-home than the normal politician. He has a quick sense of humor, and he told about three jokes before getting serious about the issues.He came up with a few off the cuff one-liners here and there. He seemed to bring up his small-town, working class upbringing a lot.
Before it started, I sat there listening to the aforementioned party apparatus crowd. I heard two older women talking about the debate, particularly Ron Paul. One says, 'His army is OUT there..." to which the other one says, "He's crazy." First one says, "His army is really out there...," to which the second one says, "He's a character." Then they both go on about how he "always wins." I wonder if they ever wonder WHY his army is out there and he always wins?
Huckabee's speech was rather vague, the typical "I have the experience to solve all America's problems" political speech. The Baptist preacher in him was evident every time he did the Three Points That All Start With the Same Letter thing so commonly found in sermons. He got the most applause when he spoke about being pro-life, and when he spoke about vetoing spending bills.
I took careful notes when he spoke about his run-in with RP. He said that he was "out of line saying that the terror attack on 9/11 was our fault." He said that RP has an "extensive level of naivete" to think this is true., and that he should "read the documents" (?) that say those people only want to kill us. Then he said he has more respect for RP because he spoke out of the courage of his convictions.
Then he went on to say something that still doesn't make any sense to me regarding RP's statement that the GOP will lose elections over the GOP pro-war stance. Something like, "I'm an American more than I'm a Republican," and that he wants to win for America, not the GOP, that we need to stop having divisive right-left, liberal-conservative campaigns, and need to make this a "vertical election." (what?)
I didn't stay to shake his hand, and I noticed there were several others that did the same. Probably other moles. :)
Crowd estimated about 130 tops, probably 25% local party apparatus, mostly middle aged and older, a handful of 20-somethings (probably Romney-ites or Fredheads).
Huck gave about a 20 minute speech then took questions. He does have a casual demeanor, and has a big dimple which makes him seem more down-home than the normal politician. He has a quick sense of humor, and he told about three jokes before getting serious about the issues.He came up with a few off the cuff one-liners here and there. He seemed to bring up his small-town, working class upbringing a lot.
Before it started, I sat there listening to the aforementioned party apparatus crowd. I heard two older women talking about the debate, particularly Ron Paul. One says, 'His army is OUT there..." to which the other one says, "He's crazy." First one says, "His army is really out there...," to which the second one says, "He's a character." Then they both go on about how he "always wins." I wonder if they ever wonder WHY his army is out there and he always wins?
Huckabee's speech was rather vague, the typical "I have the experience to solve all America's problems" political speech. The Baptist preacher in him was evident every time he did the Three Points That All Start With the Same Letter thing so commonly found in sermons. He got the most applause when he spoke about being pro-life, and when he spoke about vetoing spending bills.
I took careful notes when he spoke about his run-in with RP. He said that he was "out of line saying that the terror attack on 9/11 was our fault." He said that RP has an "extensive level of naivete" to think this is true., and that he should "read the documents" (?) that say those people only want to kill us. Then he said he has more respect for RP because he spoke out of the courage of his convictions.
Then he went on to say something that still doesn't make any sense to me regarding RP's statement that the GOP will lose elections over the GOP pro-war stance. Something like, "I'm an American more than I'm a Republican," and that he wants to win for America, not the GOP, that we need to stop having divisive right-left, liberal-conservative campaigns, and need to make this a "vertical election." (what?)
I didn't stay to shake his hand, and I noticed there were several others that did the same. Probably other moles. :)