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How can Mike Huckabee even be considered for the GOP?

With his ties to the racist organization Council of Conserative Citizens that I'm sure many don't even know about!

Update:

This question is for those who can comprehend, unlike the first answer on here.

Update 2:

During a lengthy phone conversation in 2006, CofCC founder and former White Citizens Council organizer Gordon Lee Baum detailed for me Huckabee's dalliances with his group. Baum told me that Huckabee eagerly accepted his invitation to speak at the CofCC's 1993 national convention in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Daily Beast Jan. 18th 2008 Senior Writer Max Blumenthal

Huckabee's plan was complicated, however, when Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker journeyed out of state and appointed a state senator to preside over the governorship. The Arkansas state legislature passed a resolution forbidding the lieutenant governor from leaving Arkansas until Tucker returned, thus preventing Huckabee from attending the CofCC's conference.

In lieu of his appearance, according to Baum, Huckabee "sent an audio/video presentation saying 'I can't be with you but I'd like to be speaker next time.'" (The CofCC promptly replaced Huckabee with Michael Ramirez, a right-wing cartoonist whose work is currently syndi

Update 3:

Typical answer from you Hawk...lol What the heck does Obama have to do with this question? Nothing. You just can't answer the question...lol

Update 4:

Ok Ac....Another birther...oh my!!! LMAO

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    because he's willing to be bought and paid for. That's all it takes. The more corrupt the more the financiers are in favor of. The financiers decide the outcomes well in advance through financing and media control.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Not after he said nice things about the Obama family.

  • 1 decade ago

    What are his supposed ties, do you have something that you can source, or are you just regurgitating someone else’s lie? Besides, people didn’t seem to care that Obama had strong ties to Rev. Wright and his Anti-White views.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    laffin--------because his ties?----------what the hell do you think obama was tied to and still is? Oh wait----one cannot be tied to conservative white organizations, just muslim and black--ok --I get it. Huckabee is a fine intelligent candidate----hope he runs

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If he doesn't know about it,

    then why would it be a factor?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    He can't, he has no chance at all.

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