Huckabee’s GOP War

J.J. Jackson* | January 29, 2008 

Will Mike Huckabee bring the same policies to the White House that he had in Little Rock? Will he fight to increase taxes while working hard against those that want to reign in spending and let people keep their hard earned money?

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jake Files was a newly elected representative when all two dozen Arkansas House Republicans met for their first caucus in 1999. They had doubled their numbers in elections two months earlier, and were ready to join Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee in pushing for conservative government.

That was when Brenda Turner, the governor’s chief of staff, entered.

“Just walked in, shut the door and said, ‘There’s two kinds of people in the world: those who are for Mike Huckabee and those who are against Mike Huckabee. I’ll do everything I can to help the first group. I’ll do everything I can to hurt the second,’ ” said Mr. Files, who left the legislature after two terms.

And that’s the way it was.

“Not only would he not help you, he would go out of his way to do things in opposition to you,” Mr. Files said.

For the 10 years he was governor of Arkansas, Mr. Huckabee was at war with much of his party.

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Almost immediately after taking office from Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, a Democrat who resigned after federal fraud and corruption convictions, Mr. Huckabee campaigned for his first tax increase — one-eighth cent on the sales tax to dedicate to conservation projects. He followed up with both budget cuts and increases, but the net effect was nearly $500 million in new taxes and an accompanying rise in spending.

Hopefully we will never have to learn if he will or not.


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2 Responses to “Huckabee’s GOP War”

  1. LibertarianPrince (Moderator) on January 29th, 2008 6:38 pm

    You’ve said you won’t vote for McCain or Paul. I add Huckabee to my list that also includes those two plus Rudy.

    Boy, I’m not left with much else now.

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