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January 23, 2008
Allowing False Witness
How long is Mike Huckabee going to let this go on without strong condemnation?
I'm hearing from Florida readers the same kinds of push-polls, criticizing the non-Huckabee candidates, that we saw barraging South Carolina Republicans.I know these calls aren't coming out of the Huckabee campaign, and that he and the campaign have issued statements asking the calls to stop. It's obvious, though, that more is needed. Huckabee needs to show some outrage. After all, a group is spreading falsehoods about other candidates in his name. Surely that warrants a little more than the milquetoast "I wish they would stop."Did the push-polls really help Huckabee in South Carolina? They obviously didn't push him over the top. Maybe the complaints and bad publicity offset the benefit from spreading around derogatory (and in some cases, false) information about his opponents...
Why isn't Huckabee asking for the callers to be prosecuted, or filing complaints about these tactics being used? Why isn't he more harshly condemning these political smears? If I were running for president and someone were doing this nonsense using my name, I'd have much more to say than "I wish they would stop."
If these calls go on much longer without strong condemnation from the Huckabee campaign, one could reach the conclusion that he's not all that upset about the help.
Let's see some righteous indignation, Huckabee.
Posted by slublog at January 23, 2008 09:05 PM
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I happen to be currently vacationing in SW Florida at a location where there’s a private residential landline. I picked up the phone late this morning and it was one of these robo push polls on behalf of Huck. In my view these are counter productive unless their purpose is just to piss people off. It’s hard to see how an obnoxious computerized voice would persuade anyone to change his or her vote. This is just one more example of misconduct by or on behalf of Huck, and the longer it continues the deeper the hole he is digging for himself. He’s long past the point of ever having a chance of being someone who matters in this election. Let him continue digging. Save your own indignation for something serious.
And thanks for all your earlier work on this guy.
Posted by: OldBrokeDick at January 23, 2008 10:28 PM