Club for Growth hits Huck again

Posted: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:44 PM by Domenico Montanaro
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From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
The fiscally conservative Club for Growth, which has been hammering Huckabee, will begin running an attack ad Monday against the former governor in Iowa and South Carolina. The ad attacks Huckabee's tax record and replays video of a heavier Gov. Huckabee talking about various tax increases which would be "fine" with him.

The week prior to the Aug. 11 Ames straw poll, the Club for Growth ran an attack ad in Iowa on taxes, equating him to another governor from Hope -- Bill Clinton. Huckabee still finished second at the straw poll with limited resources.

This is a $175,000 ad buy, which will run on broadcast and cable in Iowa, cable in South Carolina and nationally on FOX News Channel.

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A cheesy attempt by the CFG fools to take a speech out of context. It will truly backfire on them.

jt, okc (Sent Friday, December 07, 2007 3:54 PM)

Huckabee is a neocon in the mold of Bush and would seal the nail on the coffin that is this country. He'll tax us to death, after he preaches us to death, after he's turned us into a loney toon theocracy called the Christian Fundamentalist Regime of America!

pat huntington ny (Sent Friday, December 07, 2007 3:55 PM)

"Club for Growth, which has been hammering Huckabee"

I am glad there isn't a Spade for Growth organization.

nuanced (Sent Friday, December 07, 2007 3:56 PM)

C'mon. All these rich men want lower tax. Sorry, not this time. You cannot buy the presidency.

simple folk (Sent Friday, December 07, 2007 4:19 PM)

Huckabee can't do well in the light of scrutiny...and his past record will dictate how a President Huck will attend the office.

Gene Raleigh, NC (Sent Friday, December 07, 2007 4:28 PM)

Out of context?! What was the context? He latter went out to say Oh all that earlier talk about taxes was joke?

I guess you mean the court order to fund education.

First, such an order was illegal. A jduge cannot order the raising of taxes. He could rule the government was failing in its duties. But any remedy would be up to the elected officials.

So Huckabee has a sworn duty as Governor to the state constitution to opppose this illegal order.

And of course the real way to pay for education was to cut spending elsewere. Something Huckabee did not try to do.

As well as to cut out waste in education spending.

Which he did not even try to do.

Further, he raised taxes every year as governor not just that year.

Its just a great spot to use since he says with own mouth that he likes to raise every kind of tax!

Johnny Alexandria, Virginia (Sent Sunday, December 09, 2007 11:44 AM)

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