Mike Huckabee on All Things Considered
Mike Huckabee was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered this evening and he had this to say about why the Republican Party lost the election.
The former Arkansas governor says Republicans lost the presidential election this year, along with roughly 27 House and Senate seats, because “people want there to be an effective government, not just one that rhetorically remains pure.”
He had this to say about the $700 billion bailout that has not done what Henry Paulson and Congress said it would do.
Huckabee says the GOP must adhere to traditional Republican platforms, including its stances against abortion and same-sex marriage. The party, he says, also needs to practice more fiscal restraint, particularly when it comes to policy issues such as the recent economic bailout.
The Republican Party should not have supported it, Huckabee says.
“It’s not about being nay-saying. It’s about saying ‘yes’ to the taxpayer and not just saying ‘yes’ to the tax-taker,” he says.
“These bailouts are a disaster. They’ve not stabilized the markets — and why should they when the government starts picking who’s going to live and who’s going to die in the marketplace?”
Well said, Governor Huckabee. You can listen to the entire interview here.
That’s my take!
Larry
Sadly, he has also decided that libertarians are the enemy…