Huckabee: Abortion issue trumps all

[Straw Man]

really ?

trumps the budget deficit, the debt,  unemployment, our 2 wars (and our secret 3rd war), etc...?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/15/huckabee-abortion-issue-trumps-all/

Several likely GOP presidential candidates have spent the bulk of their time stressing fiscal and economic issues, but Mike Huckabee said Monday that for him the issue of abortion still trumps all other pressing concerns facing the country.

"For me this is an issue that - as I've said before - it transcends all of the political issues," Huckabee said at a fundraiser in Tennessee for the Center for Bioethical Reform, an anti-abortion group.

"I've often said I would gladly lose an election before I would ever yield on the issue of the sanctity of human life," Huckabee added.

The former presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas has not said if he will run for president again, though he is a leading candidate, according to several recent national polls of the hypothetical battle for the Republican presidential nomination.

His comments differ significantly from potential White House rivals who have spoken little of social issues so far this cycle as Americans continue to overwhelmingly point to the economy as the No. 1 issue on their minds.

[Soul Crusher]

FUCK HUCK! 

I don't trust that guy at all - seems like a real greezy hack to me. 

[Mr. Magoo]

Economy usually trumps all issues

[Soul Crusher]

Economy usually trumps all issues

Right now we are on the brink of collapse fiscally.  Social issues really need to be put on the shelf for the time being.   

 

[tonymctones]

Economy usually trumps all issues

AGREED and AGREED...

[loco]

If you don't have babies, then who's gonna work?  Who u gonna tax to pay for your socialist programs?

[Straw Man]

If you don't have babies, then who's gonna work?  Who u gonna tax to pay for your socialist programs?

Do you think that's why Huck thinks abortion is the most important issue?
If so, let's here his plan to create jobs for all the fully formed human beings who are out of work
before we start worrying about jobs for fetuses

[loco]

Do you think that's why Huck thinks abortion is the most important issue?
If so, let's here his plan to create jobs for all the fully formed human beings who are out of work
before we start worrying about jobs for fetuses

Who cares about what Huck thinks?

[tonymctones]

Do you think that's why Huck thinks abortion is the most important issue?
If so, let's here his plan to create jobs for all the fully formed human beings who are out of work
before we start worrying about jobs for fetuses

well we could try using tax money to give ppl work and then tax the money that we give them...oh wait we already did that and it resulted in an epic fail...

[LurkerNoMore]

Exactly why the nation doesn't elect religious hacks into POTUS office.

[Straw Man]

Who cares about what Huck thinks?

Excellent point

[Dos Equis]

Good for him.  He believes life begins at conception and that abortion is murder, so it makes perfectly good sense that this would be one of the most (if not the most) important issues to him.  

[Straw Man]

Good for him.  He believes life begins at conception and that abortion is murder, so it makes perfectly good sense that this would be one of the most (if not the most) important issues to him.  

Do you agree with him that it trumps all other political issues?

[Fury]

Can't agree with that. That said, this is rivaled by some other dumbass putting healthcare reform above the economy.

[tonymctones]

Can't agree with that. That said, this is rivaled by some other dumbass putting healthcare reform above the economy.

HAHAHAH careful now youre treading on the sacred acts of straws saviour...

[Straw Man]

Can't agree with that. That said, this is rivaled by some other dumbass putting healthcare reform above the economy.

The first thing he worked on was the economy and then he was smart enough to take on health care (which he said he would when he was running) while the Dems had control of both branches of Congress

[Skip8282]

Can't agree with that. That said, this is rivaled by some other dumbass putting healthcare reform above the economy.

lolol, it's all about perspective.

[tonymctones]

The first thing he worked on was the economy and then he was smart enough to take on health care (which he said he would when he was running) while the Dems had control of both branches of Congress

the actions he took after the stimulus including health care nullified his feble attempt to help the economy...

again how do you encourage businesses to spend and expand?

provide them with as much stability as you can...introducing legislation that makes their health care costs unclear during the recession and expecting them to spend, hire and keep employees is idiotic

[MM2K]

Mike Huckabee is only one of two people whom I will not work hard for if he wins the Repubican nomination. I will still pull the lever for him, but I dont think I will be very motivated. Im not a fan of Huckabee's at all.

That being said, while I may not agree with him here, what he is saying isnt any where near as rediculous as you people are making out. THink about all those abortions that have taken place over the past 30 years. Think of all the potential human brains that were wiped out, that could have been useful for innovation, intelligence, and skills. I keep trying to get you independents to realize that it isnt so easy to seperate economic issues from social issues.

[Skip8282]

the actions he took after the stimulus including health care nullified his feble attempt to help the economy...

again how do you encourage businesses to spend and expand?

provide them with as much stability as you can...introducing legislation that makes their health care costs unclear during the recession and expecting them to spend, hire and keep employees is idiotic

Kinda weird.

The first thing he worked on was the economy and then he was smart enough to take on health care (which he said he would when he was running) while the Dems had control of both branches of Congress

How do you figure.  His first executive order was to cover up his Presidential records like all those before him (I guess starting with Reagan/Carter) - even though he campaigned on transparency.

Then he signed the State's Childrens Health Insurance Program (or something like that).

[Soul Crusher]

He worked on the economy alright.  Lol.

[Mr. Magoo]

Mike Huckabee is only one of two people whom I will not work hard for if he wins the Repubican nomination. I will still pull the lever for him, but I dont think I will be very motivated. Im not a fan of Huckabee's at all.

That being said, while I may not agree with him here, what he is saying isnt any where near as rediculous as you people are making out. THink about all those abortions that have taken place over the past 30 years. Think of all the potential human brains that were wiped out, that could have been useful for innovation, intelligence, and skills. I keep trying to get you independents to realize that it isnt so easy to seperate economic issues from social issues.

You do realize the social economic status of the people that usually have abortions don't you? Most are not professors that don't want to fit a child into their world changing research. Given all the scientific data, these abortions would have resulted in a larger number of those in low social economic positions. It has been argued, by a Harvard professor I think, that given the evidence about the types of families that abortions typically arise in, the implementation of abortions in the late 1970s caused the decline of crime rates in the early 1990s (because as we all know, most crime is committed by low income males between the ages of 16-25).

However, I do personally think abortions are wrong. But that is irrelevant. The data that is available is contrary to your point I have highlighted in bold.

[Soul Crusher]

Its really sad that we even have to have this discussion tbh.

I personally am pro life, but feel the govt criminializing abortion does no good at all and is a worse option overall, but its sad that we look at who is killing their kids and saying its ok since those kids most likely would not have jobs or probably committing crime so its ok.

[Fury]

The first thing he worked on was the economy and then he was smart enough to take on health care (which he said he would when he was running) while the Dems had control of both branches of Congress

Worked on running it even farther into the ground. The economy has been on the back burner since day one for this guy.

[Straw Man]

Worked on running it even farther into the ground. The economy has been on the back burner since day one for this guy.

how so?