"I'm the only Republican who has gotten endorsements in this presidential race from major labor unions..."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC >>Details
"When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper . . . and we would fry squirrel."
Mike Huckabee on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe. >>Details
"Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
"Let's not blame President Bush for all of this. We've got a Congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
"The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government."
Mike Huckabee on Friday, January 25th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy.
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 in >>Details
"I took on the worst road system in the country, according to Trucker's magazine. When I left, they said it was the most improved road system in the country."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
"(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
Says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Michigan >>Details
"I supported the surge when you didn't."
Mike Huckabee on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads."
Mike Huckabee on Sunday, December 30th, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC. >>Details
Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13.
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe. >>Details
Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates.
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa >>Details
MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 in interview on Fox News >>Details
Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg >>Details
"Fred's never had a 100 percent record on right-to-life in his Senate career. The records reflect that. And he doesn't support the human life amendment, which is most amazing because that's been a part of the Republican platform since 1980."
Mike Huckabee on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 in an appearance on Fox News Sunday >>Details
"As governor of Arkansas, I cut taxes and fees almost 100 times, saving the taxpayers almost $380-million. I left a surplus of nearly $850-million."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 in a news release. >>Details
The signers of the Declaration of Independence were "brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen."
Mike Huckabee on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in Orlando >>Details
"The reality is, with a $2 trillion-a-year health care budget, we're spending more on health care, nearly 17 percent of our gross domestic product, versus 3.8 percent of GDP on the entire military budget."
Mike Huckabee on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 in >>Details
"He's sued gun manufacturers. He was supportive of Brady. He was supportive of things like assault weapon bans."
Mike Huckabee on Friday, September 21st, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC >>Details
"Sixty-one percent of our active military are currently listed as overweight."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 in a television interview. >>Details
"I would love to see us have in this country what I helped lead in Arkansas...Amendment 65 (which) says that we believe life begins at conception, and that we ought to do everything in the world possible to protect it until its natural conclusion."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H. >>Details
"I'll tell you what I can tell this country: If they want a president who doesn't believe in God, there's probably plenty of choices."
Mike Huckabee on Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
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