Deanna's Daydreamer
06-18-2008, 06:31 AM
Republican Huckabee says don't denigrate Obama Wed Jun 18, 2:32 AM ET
Former US presidential contender Mike Huckabee urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday not to denigrate Democrat Barack Obama, saying they should celebrate the historic moment of a black candidate.
"Republicans will make a fundamental if not fatal mistake if they seek to win the election by demonising Barack Obama," Huckabee told a news conference on a visit to Tokyo.
The former Arkansas governor said that, having grown up in the segregated South, he never thought he would see an African-American win the nomination of a major party for the US presidency.
"I do not want to have anyone misrepresent or miss the opportunity to celebrate what I think is a landmark achievement, not just for Barack Obama, but for the United States of America," he said.
The country was able "to get to a point where we did not see his colour but we truly saw his charisma, his message and what he brought to the campaign trail," Huckabee said.
Huckabee, who won the first nomination contest in Iowa on the back of support from evangelical Christians, said he hoped Republican John McCain would defeat Obama but urged his party to highlight policy differences and not race.
Huckabee said the troubled US economy would be the top campaign issue and doubted that Obama's race would come into play.
"When people are really hurting -- and they are right now -- they're not looking at a person's race," he said.
Huckabee declined comment on whether he wanted the vice presidential nomination, other than to say that McCain would be more likely to pick him if he chose to focus on winning over Southern and conservative voters.
"You can't accept an invitation to the prom until the football captain asks you. So I'm not going to go out and buy the outfit just yet," Huckabee said.
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My answer is that they won't need to.... and that Obama will give them enough fodder with what he SAYS to do battle with....
and that they won't need to do much more.
This crew from the far left is so full of themselves they honestly think that they will not lose no matter what, and that they don't need Hillary or ANYTHING else.
They are way out there in front. After 8 years of GOP rule?
They got a mile wide view of the ICE fields of victory............
and do not realise
that.... the ice is a half an inch thick.
Conservatives are STEWPID to think that McCain is not a good candidate; if the middle right had any brains they'd be looking to court hispanics, the log cabin boys, and even disenfranchised Hillary middle leftists about now! Gold in those hills, who gives a damn about what the religious ultra right in Virginia thinks! What are they gonna do? Vote Obama? Dream on.
Former US presidential contender Mike Huckabee urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday not to denigrate Democrat Barack Obama, saying they should celebrate the historic moment of a black candidate.
"Republicans will make a fundamental if not fatal mistake if they seek to win the election by demonising Barack Obama," Huckabee told a news conference on a visit to Tokyo.
The former Arkansas governor said that, having grown up in the segregated South, he never thought he would see an African-American win the nomination of a major party for the US presidency.
"I do not want to have anyone misrepresent or miss the opportunity to celebrate what I think is a landmark achievement, not just for Barack Obama, but for the United States of America," he said.
The country was able "to get to a point where we did not see his colour but we truly saw his charisma, his message and what he brought to the campaign trail," Huckabee said.
Huckabee, who won the first nomination contest in Iowa on the back of support from evangelical Christians, said he hoped Republican John McCain would defeat Obama but urged his party to highlight policy differences and not race.
Huckabee said the troubled US economy would be the top campaign issue and doubted that Obama's race would come into play.
"When people are really hurting -- and they are right now -- they're not looking at a person's race," he said.
Huckabee declined comment on whether he wanted the vice presidential nomination, other than to say that McCain would be more likely to pick him if he chose to focus on winning over Southern and conservative voters.
"You can't accept an invitation to the prom until the football captain asks you. So I'm not going to go out and buy the outfit just yet," Huckabee said.
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My answer is that they won't need to.... and that Obama will give them enough fodder with what he SAYS to do battle with....
and that they won't need to do much more.
This crew from the far left is so full of themselves they honestly think that they will not lose no matter what, and that they don't need Hillary or ANYTHING else.
They are way out there in front. After 8 years of GOP rule?
They got a mile wide view of the ICE fields of victory............
and do not realise
that.... the ice is a half an inch thick.
Conservatives are STEWPID to think that McCain is not a good candidate; if the middle right had any brains they'd be looking to court hispanics, the log cabin boys, and even disenfranchised Hillary middle leftists about now! Gold in those hills, who gives a damn about what the religious ultra right in Virginia thinks! What are they gonna do? Vote Obama? Dream on.