Phyllis Schlafly Slams Mike Huckabee
From John Fund:
Phyllis Schlafly, president of the national Eagle Forum, is even more blunt. “[Mike Huckabee] destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles,” she says. “Yet some of the same evangelicals who sold us on George W. Bush as a ‘compassionate conservative’ are now trying to sell us on Mike Huckabee.”
Ouch!
Since Reconstruction, Arkansas has elected ONE Republican to the U.S. Senate and, besides Huckabee, only two GOP Governors.
It was a shambles when he got there.
Who the heck is Phyllis Schafly and why would anyone listen to that old bag?
Huckabee is in 2nd place in Iowa and climbing the polls nationally while eveyone else is falling. Romney is a flip flopper, Thompson is a dud, McCain is an angry old man, and no one wants to listen to Rudy’s lisp for four years.
Huckabee is starting to raise money and people are realizing that he is the ONLY Republican who has a snow balls chance of beating Hillary. Now that he is a threat, here come the naysayers.
Close your eyes and picture each of the top five GOP candidates on a debate stage against Hillary. Huckabee is the only one who comes off likable.
Huckabee is an authentic conservative who played the hand he was dealt in Arkansas. That place was pretty much an economic hell hole. It needed infrastructure to compete and now it has it. It also has a better business climate than Ohio which has been GOP controlled for most of the past 15 years. Huckabee is a leader who says what he believes and believes what he says.
Go to www.mikehuckabee.com watch this guy give a speech and tell me America won’t love this guy when they get to know him.
Ron, watch your language. You will not talk about women like that… atleast not on my website, you ass.
Secondly, conservatives must be respectful to her for all she accomplished- Without her, we would probably have the ERA right now as law. God bless Phyllis and her hard work for the cause.
I just applied to be a Thompson delegate to the GOP national convention. Needless to say, I’m strongly in Fred’s corner. But I’m watching Mike Huckabee closely, too. I don’t like some of the things I’m reading about him, but I like some of the things he’s done and some of the things he’s saying. As a card-carrying member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, Christian Branch, I want the right person in the White House. I can never support Rudy for the nomination. I’m very leery of John McCain, even though I respect him greatly as a genuine war hero. I’m still not sure I can trust Mitt. Soooo that leaves Fred or maybe Mike. Time will tell.
Phyllis is a staunch Roman Catholic and Mike Huckabee is Baptist. I wouldn’t discount this underlying difference in how Phyllis feels about Mr. Huckabee. It shouldn’t be this way in the 21st century but frankly, in some quarters, it still influences political outlooks. Why didn’t Phyllis write an article slamming Rudy Guiliani? She has a lot more morally to go after there than with Mike.
To my way of thinking, Mike Huckabee represents the only one fit for the job. He’s also the only one who stands a good chance against Hillary, and I DON’T want to know what will happen to this country if she’s elected!
Matthew,
I’m sorry, I didn’t realize “bag” was a dirty word.
I check this site a couple times a day because I find most of the political information and debate to be interesting. If I’m going to be called an “ass” for something I’ve written which was not dirty in my opinion, I’ll just move on to another site.
old bag is defined as a “an ugly or ill-tempered woman.” That is insulting, and with all she has done for the conservative cause, she is hardly someone that deserves to be insulted.
I think Jill’s accusation of it being a Roman Catholic vs. Baptist thing is wrong, but it’s not insulting. As a Catholic, there are plenty of so-called “Bible Christians” who I disagree with on theology that I would gladly vote for before any liberal Roman Catholic. But considering Jill’s far left positions on issues, it is surprising that she cares at all about orthodoxy.
I was a delegate at both values voters debates/strawpolls in Ft. Lauderdale Florida and the Washington D.C. Briefing. Phyllis was a major sponsor of the Florida debate and a key speaker at both events. The question I have for her is how can she blast the candidate that was chosen 5-1 at both meetings as the choice of the delegates who flew in (at their own expense)to HER meeting? She is out of touch with the very people who support her organization and attended her meeting. Phyllis…why did you have people come in to Florida and vote if you are now going to blast the man that was elected?
Ron, I’m not offended…in fact, had you called Helen Thomas (who means just as much to the left) an old bag, not only would you have been right, but it is doubtful that any sudden burst of indignation and/or chivarly would have occurred.
And being a “recovering Catholic” myself (that’s a joke people), I think Jill’s point has some validity. I’d much rather Phyllis clean her own house b/f she accuses mine of being filthy…that very practice is a microcosm of why we are down in the mud with liberals instead of having the leadership to further proven, conservative principles.
Just my opinion.
>>> But considering Jill’s far left positions on issues, it is surprising that she cares at all about orthodoxy.
What ARE you talking about? I defend Mike Huckabee in my post and I’m tagged a left winger? That’s about as funny as saying Bill Clinton is faithful to Hillary! LOL!
FYI, I’m about as far right as anyone you could hope to meet. Born again Christian, traditional housewife and mother of 5 children, happily married for 25 years, kids have gone to private Christian school or been homeschooled, I’ve taught Sunday school, and on and on.
My point was: why doesn’t Phyllis write an article slamming Rudy Guiliani? He has in his history a whole lot more to criticize morally and ethically and politically than Mike Huckabee, yet Phyllis gives Rudy a pass and instead writes a hit piece against Mike Huckabee just when he was starting to broaden his support and become a first tier candidate.
No one sees anything odd in this?
Sure Phyllis has done a lot for conservative causes in the past but frankly her timing and her discernment here regarding Mr. Huckabee is highly questionable.
I think it is appropriate that we speak out against individuals even whose contribution to conservatism have been for the most part been positive.
The accusations leveled against Mike Huckabee were terribly inaccurate and shameful. That is not to say I would respect many other things she has done to one extent or other.
Mike Huckabee is one only good thing to happen for the conservative movement in Arkansas for a long time. No matter how respected this individual has been in the past, this first accusation reveals how out of touch with reality she is on this subject.
Oops! Sorry Jill! There is another Jill around here… an obnoxiously liberal and wordy blogger. Sorry for the mixup.
I also wondered if this was Jill Miller Zimon, but after my “Lorraine” slip-up I hesitated to reply. It looks like mistaken identity is contagious
No problem on the mistaken identity. I understand.
One other point: I noticed Phyllis’ hit piece on Mike is not up on her regular Eagle Forum list of articles she’s written. If she were so sure of her “facts” wouldn’t she be proud enough of that article to have it listed along with her other weekly articles? It’s not there.
That’s right Phyllis, go ahead and attack an articulate, clear thinking, gutsy, innovative and solidly EVANGELICAL candidate! And who do you suggest we vote for??? Guiliani? yeah right, Thompson? are you kidding me?, Romney? never!, McCain? I don’t think so… so come on Phyllis who?
What postive alternative could you contribute Phyllis, or do you just like to throw rocks?
Mike Huckabee lowered taxes 97 times during his tenure. The tax hikes, (check the record) for the most part, were voted in by large (80%) voter (yes, the citizens of Arkansas) mandate.
Mike Huckabee was governor of the state for TEN years Phyllis, that took an awful lot of backing from, gulp!, REPUBLICANS.
I Say Go Mike.
Hi Jill, I went to EagleForum.org and it’s there… I left a comment identical to the one I left here, let’s see if they print it. It would be great if others could let Phyllis know what they think.
“And who do you suggest we vote for??? Guiliani? yeah right, Thompson? are you kidding me?, Romney? never!, McCain? I don’t think so…”
Actually, I choose Alan Keyes.
Alan Keyes was wonderful… In fact, I still have all of the episodes on his short lived MSNBC show on tape.
However, he had his chance against Obama. He is a great speaker, but there isn’t a more irrelevant candidate than Keyes— He is at sub-Ron Paul level.
I respect your choice and respect Alan Keyes. Mr. Keyes is a great statesman, and I have fully supported him in the past. While He is an announced candidiate for 2008, Al Keyes also ran for President in 1996, and 2000. Mr. Keyes also ran for Senate in 1988, 1992, and 2004. I think his intregrity, ideas, persistance are honorable and he is worthy of being our leader, but I also think that the time has come for someone new. I believe that person is Mike Huckabee.