I appreciate the effort from Rudy, but it over. *Cries a bit in beer* F**k this sh**t. I will NOT vote for Huckabee.
The Republicans are becoming a party that is not for people like me... and I've been a loyal Republican since before I really knew what that meant.
While I totally understand your feelings, I don't think you need to get that discouraged.
Lets face it, we are the underdogs in '08. I'll be 100% for our nominee, and certainly don't think we're down for the count - but we'll have to work twice as hard to gain equal ground here. If we nominate a moderate (i.e. Rudy), and lose, I fear the Party will take such a drastic turn for the worse that Huckabee will look like a breath of fresh air. Rush Limbaugh and the other talking heads will scream at the top of their lungs about how we lost because we didn't "stand up for our values" and those folks will make Coburn/Tancredo our 2012 ticket. In the minds of these people, the only reason why Republicans lose any elected office is because our candidate was not conservative enough.
Huckabee is, at least personally, not as bad as you may think. I know Arkansans who don't like Mike because he wasn't conservative enough. I know he has said and written some rather extreme things, but my understanding is that its just talk and is not really reflective of Huck's personal values - which are quite strong and decent.
Huckabee has one of the more consistent Christian messages out there. He may be somewhat socially conservative, but he also is pro-immigration and has a moral view of the world that seems to extend beyond today's political whims (i.e. the Mitt Romney platform)
