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  • By far the best and most electable conservative, outside of Marco Rubio. Huckabee/Rubio would be the Republican Dream Ticket.

  • MY question: why does a man of God such as Huckabee work for an organization (Fox News) that is funded by terrorist Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, and whose biggest draw (Glenn Beck) follows the Mormon cult? A Mormon is no more Christian than a MUSLIM is. I have serious issues with the company Mr. Huckabee is keeping...

  • Now, THAT is one of, if not THE best speeches I have ever heard!!! Huckabee reminds me of Reagan because his speeches inspire Americans in the same way Reagan did.

  • i liked mike huckabee i would have voted for him if he got the nomination

  • Huckabee said how much he would have like the slot called the acceptance speech at the RNC. He should be happy now that he will have that chance again in 2012, since obviously McCain won't be getting renominated that year, and the White House is available to be taken back by The GOP that year!!

  • Huckabee is very smart! He said the government in Europe takes over stuff and Obama learned that. Just watch our health care reform.

    Enough said. Go Huckabee!

  • This is one of, if not THE best speech I have ever heard! Huckabee is motivating and inspiring! His impressive record in Arkansas in getitng things done even with a democratic majority in his state make him a PROVEN leader. Huckabee 2012!!!

  • Damn straight, and anyone who truly believes the earth is only a few thousand years old, and dinosaurs walked around with people, and the earth was created in 6 days, is very intelligent.

  • Did you even LISTEN to Huckabee's answer in the debate on evolution. He said he DOESNT KNOW how long it took, he wasn't there....and NEITHER WERE YOU. That was an HONEST answer. More that you get from 99.9% of the politicians out there.....

  • Scientists do know how long it took. There's this little thing called carbon dating which helps date fossils and looking at the expansion rate of the universe, and the rate of change on that expansion, to back track the time frame on this solar system and the universe as a whole. The thing you people don't get is that science is the TRUE study of God, whereas you biblical tails are glorified Aesop fables, with childish answers to satisfy the weak minded.

  • How in the world did McCain end up as the nominee over this guy? Huckabee could have won.

  • Till this day I also wonder how! I think the dems voted for McCain cuase they knew BO couldn't hang with this fellow. Oh, well it looks like the wheels are coming off the BO car. Hopefully Mike or Sarah will come and establish real order!

  • shuld have been mitt romney and it wil be in 2012 romney/jindal 2012

  • God bless Huckabee!

  • You should be a little nicer and respectable to other peoples beliefs.

  • What FACTS cause you to dislike Governor Huckabee? I'm just curious because most of those liberals who claim to dislike THE GOVERNOR don't really ever list any FACTS, just say they dislike him. Guess that's because he is a hard guy to dislike. Not much negative about him.....

  • @DanielVanVuren just because he beleives in god doesn't mean he sucks or would be a bad president

  • Just look at what has happened since the election!! Only by the Grace of God will we ever get the Country back to normal & restore our dignity ! Stooping & bowing before the Saudi King, apologizing everywhere overseas. He turned his back to the flag before he came to power and now that he is in power, he throws it down & steps on it! Huckabee 2012!!

  • Huckabee is perhaps the only Republican who has a chance to defeat Obama come 2012 given his ability to make a good speech, something exceedingly rare from Republicans nowadays. His sincerity and common sense is what sets him apart from other candidates.

  • go Huckabee!!

  • Huckabee/Jindal 2012

  • Huckabee 2012! Common sense leadership!

  • I like Huckabee, he is what I call a good compassionate conservative. He is conservative on social issues, but is moderate on economic issues and I like that as an independent who usually votes democrat (i've voted republican before). I dont see him winning nationally because of his social conservatism. I am impressed that he got 45% of the black vote in Arkansas when he ran for governor where blacks make up 16% of the population.

  • "dont see him winning nationally because of his social conservatism."

    --CBS polls last month put support for gay marriage at 33% nationally

    --Gallup's large annual pro-life/pro-choice poll showed a pro-life majority for the first time in 15 years and a steady increase over that time

    The social conservatism will not hurt Huckabee with voters...it will hurt him with the media that doesn't like that.

    That said, I hope his pragmatic leadership of Arkansas is more in the forefront if he runs again.

  • Discussing politics on youtube is not only futile, its retarded.

  • No one here believes ONE WORD ot this distorted rubbish you have written about Governor Huckabee rockandrollgirls. Nothing you have written is the truth about Gov. Huckabee and you KNOW that. So do the people on this site. Take your anger somewhere else. These are Huckabee supporters on here.

  • I am certain that, after hearing Governor Huckabee's speech you DO NOT believe what you wrote about him. That is one of, if not THE BEST speech in politicl history. Governor Huckabee is the ruler by which all politicians should be measured...

  • He is magnificent!!

  • 6:47 FTW

  • Indeed, imagine that kind of rhetoric if it had been given to and Obama or a Biden (both wealthy elitists). It would have been up there with the "youth and inexperience line" delivered by Reagan.

  • Huckabee is the most powerful speaker we have ever seen (Republican OR democrat). He ALWAYS inspires, motivates, makes us all feel proud to be Americans. He is ALWAYS in control of his emotions and makes you fell it will be alright. THIS is the man who will be our next president. Let's get working for 2012.

  • I love Huck but c'mon Reagan was a better speaker.

  • They excelled in different ways, I think Huckabee is possibly the best debate performer since Television though. Yes, better even than Reagan.

  • I disagree with that! Reagan was a better script reader and because of his experience as an actor, he developed ability to improvise 'in character'. that aside, Reagan, tho popular, was probably one of the worst administrators we ever had in the Whitehouse, not as bad as GWB, but close. The same power squad driving his train were the people behind GWB's administration, minus only the one's who croaked or were indicted.

  • This man has way more charisma than Obama

  • It helps that he speaks sense as well.

  • It will be a long time before anyone would give Palin a chance as a presidential candidate. She is a good conservative but she is not qualified to be commander-in-chief and could never win in a general election. She should never have accepted the vp spot when she clearly wasn't ready.

  • Huckabee/Jindal 2012!

    They are both governors, experianced, good morals, give great speeches, can get out of any trouble they may get into e.g. bill clinton's....scandal, governor of chicago, governor of New York. (even though that barely happens for them)

  • Did you actually listen to Mike Huckabee's speech? You will be ready to vote for him after 4 yrs. of Obama. We said Huckabee 2012! We KNOW Obama is president this 4 yrs. term. Why are you calling us names?

  • It's Huckabee's time. Get behind this man so we can have a REAL chance at the White House in 2012!! He is the ONLY Repubican who can win in 2012. Don't split your loyalty or it will backfire like it did this time.

  • I agree ONE HUNDRED percent!!

    Huckabee 2012!!

  • I'm leaning Specter/Snowe (Specter may be too old by then...)

  • Huckabee/Palin Palin/Huckabee Huckabee/Jindal Jindal/Huckabee Palin/Jindal  Jindal/Palin either of these combinations would be great

  • I totally agree. Right now I really love Sarah Palin, Boddy Jindal, and Mike Huckabee. Real conservatives!

  • I love sarah palin. The only reason she MAY have hurt McCain's chances was her inexperiance but in 4 years that won't matter

    8)

  • I like Huckabee. He would be a great choice for 2012.

  • huckabee is a very respectable man with good morals he would make a great president.

  • That's why I still Wrote-him in as my presidential vote!!!!!

    Huckabee/Palin 2012

  • NO!! Huckabee should be the nominee but Palin would destroy his chance!

  • I agree! I think she hurt McCain.....

  • This man should have been the republican nominee

  • Best speech of either convention and one of the best I have ever heard! Huckabee 2012!!!

  • Mike Huckabee 2012! :)

  • Such a great speech.

  • I was drawn to Huckabee because his personality seemed so refreshing compared to the Clintons and McCains of Washington (plus, I saw him on Colbert Report). I agree with about 98% of what he says and i trust him to always be telling me the truth. What cool dude! I too wish he was our nominee instead of McOld

  • huckabee in 2012!

  • i agree.i am black and i like huckabee because he's sensible,intelligent and personable.the fact that he's reglious is a plus.

  • The desk thing was just so memorable

  • WOW what an intelligent comment

  • These are some of the most inspiring words I have ever heard coming from a man with the character and EXPERIENCE and the vision that is right for this country. Why McCain didn't add this "national treasure" to his ticket I'll never know but better for Huck to not have to follow behind McCain's poorly run campaign. Still hoping for McCain in 2008, but Huck in 2012!!

  • can we get this guy over here in the UK? we never hear politicians talk like that over here. How refreshing, a wonderful mix of God, small government, freedom etc. without apologies to anyone. God bless you, America.

  • You're right aplang4ever. He's like Ronald Reagan. I wish he were our Republican nominee instead of McCain.

  • Huckabee is such a gifted public speaker, he reminds me so much of our champion, Ronald Reagan.

  • This makes you proud to be an American. This is the stuff & substance we lack as the USA. We need our swagger back. Fantastic message & I will never forget this speech.

  • Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee would have been a better choice PERIOD

  • Mike Huckabee 2012

  • U R saying you want Barack Obama to win?

  • I've listened to this speech a dozen times and it inspires me just as much this time as the eleven before. The part about the veterans and that vet crying brings me to tears myself. And the line"I'm not a Republican because I grew up rich"......best line of the entire convention....

  • I disagree, it's his next line! "I am a republican, because i didn't want to spend the rest of my life poor, waiting for the government to rescue me!"

  • What a speech WOW

  • WE LOVE YOU MIKE

  • Watch "Huckabee" Huck's new Fox show Saturday and Sunday 8pm eastern 7pm central. Great show check out the video on youtube Huckabee fox show.

    by the way...best speech of the entire convention.

  • Someone please explain to me why this man is not the republican nominee??.....

  • never mind the republican nomination, this guy deserves the presidency!

  • AMEN

  • THIS is the man I want for My President..I agree with Neil Boorst's wife who made that very istatement when she heard Huck deliver this flawless speech at the RNC!!!!

  • When he was governor of my home state of arkansas he would come and give the governor's award for the steak cook off in magnoila arkansas i met him so many time's and i was a senate page for the arkansas state senate i got to go in a senate committe hearing and then in the governor's office to see mike huckabee before that we had to pic's with him anyway.

  • "I'm not a republican because I grew up rich. I'm a republican because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life poor waiting for the government to rescue me" Best line EVER

  • I have to admit I don't like Huckabee, but I would take him any day over John McCain.

  • This speech spoke to me. It told me that we need someone who fought for our freedom, someone who has continued to fight for us, and someone who will always fight for us to be our next president of the United States. What we don't need, is a radical, elitest, inexperienced, socialist democrat that wants to bring the federal government to the biggest size it has ever been in our history!

  • That has got to be one of, if not THE, best speeches I have ever heard!! Huck said more in his 15 minutes than the others all said combined! Huckabee 2012!!!!

  • whoa there nrobyar your not hoping McCain loses so he can run in 2012 are you?

  • I dont think McCain will do but one term. I fully expect him to win but Huckabee is going to be president in 2012!!! Don't know which way it will go but that much I believe.....

  • Huckabee was re-elected TWICE in Arkansas , had approval ratings as high as 77%. He was voted one of the 5 best govs. in the US, improved the school systems, halved welfare and greatly improved infrastructure in the state. Started ARKids to help those children under 18 with health care. I don't believe you are from Arkansas or you would KNOW these things. Polls showed he had overwhelming support from the state of Arkansas so you must not know anyone from the state either.

  • Arkansas is such a great place, never been there, but my dad was back in the 60s slot of farmers and hill folk lol, Well he didnt say hill folk, Huckabee said that in his speech in texas when he was talking about how his father took him to go see the governer in person, and told him that this was probably going to be the only time he would ever see someone that important lol, well that didnt turn out the way his father expected. Huckabee is awesome!!

  • He balanced the budget 10 years in a row

  • Huckabee is the most honest politician to come along on decades and he has visionary answers to the country's problems. Was the only presidential candidate gutsy enough to endorse the Fair Tax, the single most thing we could do to have a long-term positive effect on our economy. Great strong leadership is what Huckabee offers from a man we can respect.

  • in this dangerous world which was made exceedingly more dangerous by the actions of the current administration.

    In this dangerous world we need peacekeepers not war mongers.

  • Great speech Huckabee.

    Huckabee, Palin, and Jindal all seem to be set up to be the conservative future.

  • Huckabee, Palin, and Jindal are my favorite govenors they seem so authentic, Palin though might need some more experience, but with a guy like McCain she can probably learn how to be a great political force in washington.

  • I love this guy, i wish he was the republican candidate, no disrespect to mccain but i honestly think hed make a better president.

  • Huckabee is the best speaker out there, republican or democrat! The man is powerful, experienced over a decade as governor, speaks with common sense and common solutions to the problems AMERICANS face. Verical politics is the way of the future and Huck is leading the way. Huckabee for president 2012.

  • Is good to have Huckabee in our side!!! MacainPalin for president!!

  • This video comment section is not meant for those who resort to foul language because they don't know how to hold an intelligent conversation and get valid points across. Huck has always been more than fair to the democrats. Show him some respect!!!

  • The same applies to you nrobyar. I'll run circles around you without breaking a sweat. This is a public forum and if I want to use the word FUCK I am well within my right to do so. Chew on that for a bit ;)

  • And I have the ritgh to say what I want Mcain Palin for president!!!

  • Wow! Impressive comment. No one is questioning your right to speak your mind...even if you are foolish enough to want to vote these two into office.

  • "Biden knows about these things."

    Wonder why Obama chose him...

  • Republicans like this wannabe Mr. Rogers idiot dont make any sense. What does Palin getting more votes in Wasilla than Biden have to do with experience? Correlation? Why does the GOP think that being a POW that was tortured and that cant raise his arms above his shoulders (not making fun)mesns that they would make a good president? Correlation? Go take ur blazer of and put on your slippers Mr. Rogers...fucking joke.

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  • Haha, you're unable to understand a rather simple supportive speech. Look at your spelling, your punctuation. I think this 'wannabe' has some damn good advice for you "I did not want to spend the rest of my life poor, waiting for the government to rescue me..." Perhaps look into getting your GED?

  • Would you prefer I refer to the gentleman as a "Mr. Rogers-want-to-be"? You fuck. How dare you pretend to actually know me and my educational background? There are these typing errors that often occur when one types that are called "typos". Look that up. I'm actually graduating with a finance degree and attending law school shortly thereafter. I'm not going to personally attack you because I do not know you. When I post here, my writing is such that any person would understand it. Suck a fat one

  • Humor me: Where did my spelling go wrong? haha...

  • One can make a supportive speech and at the same time be thoughtful and logical.

  • You definitely do not want to get into it with me, psychobabble. I'll tear you a new asshole...

  • "I'm actually graduating with a finance degree and attending law school shortly thereafter." and then... "Suck a fat one."

    Yeah... you are clearly a high caliber person.

    Oh, and a finance degree and then chasing a JD, at least make an effort next time you lie on the internet about how awesome you are. Hilarious though, so thanks.

  • Took you more than a week to come up with that? Wow...republicans are really stupid. Whats wrong with a finance degree and a JD? Blows you out of the water? haha

  • Huckabee got more delegates per $ spent than ANY candidate either dem. or rep. this election. The ONLY reason he didn't win was a lack of money. He got well over 4 million votes before he dropped out. He came in 2nd behind McCain and no one ever heard of hin when he started out. So you see,he had a VERY sucessful primary run. presidential candidate. Now, I like Biden better than Obama but he DIDNT get many votes. .

  • Huckabee is the super star with staying power. He WILL be the next president. This man has a leadership quality that is rare. He is authentic, genuine, experienced, proven and vetted. The kind of man that makes me proud to be an American....

  • there is no time for on-the-job training.

  • Terrific speech which inspires me at my heart as well as my mind. Gov. Huckabee is indeed the most inspirational leader our country has. And what he isnspires to is just what our country needs. I wish he were the nominee now but I look forward to the day when he will not only be the nominee but in fact the Prresident of the United States. In the meantime his support for Senator McCain and Gov Palin is laudatory

  • He is better than mccain...

    He's even better than obama...

    Don't u agree...???

    P.S: I envy U, guyzz...!!! Wish my country, Indonesia, could have this kind of leader running for the presidency in the 2009 election... =)

  • Osama bin Hidin?

    (pronounce that Osama been hidin(g))

  • Palin-Huckabee in 2012!!!!

  • that's what I'm talking about! And Alan Keyes could be Speaker of the House... Second in line for president and showing what a botox idiot Pelosi is...

  • this guy has got it goin on

  • This is quite possibly the BEST speech I have ever heard! Huck clearly has the vision, character, charisma, compassion combined with strength, AND over a decade of proven executive experience and he would be one of the most popular presidents in history.

  • Finally a Republican that has good character and enough humility to not insult their opponents.

  • Huckabee is the only Republican politician that i will vote for.

  • His wife looks wonderful, you shouldnt say things about peoples you dont even really know about.

  • Seefried21, I'm not disrespecting the greatest President this nation has ever had by comparing Huck's speech to A Time For Choosing.

    "ATFC" was the speech that put Reagan in the national spotlight and made America know that he was really a politician that cared.

    Huckabee's speech on Wednesday could have that same impact. So, that's why I call it the modern day "A Time For Choosing."

    I'm not trying to disrespect the last American Hero, Ronald Reagan.

  • I'm gonna recieve a lot of criticism for this, but I think that Huckabee is going to be the new leader of the Republican party.

    We really don't have that strong of a leader right now. Reagan was the last one. Maybe H.W. Bush until he lost the election, but after Reagan got alzheimer's we really haven't had a strong leader. W. Bush is the President, but he's not on good terms with most American's.

    Huckleberry Hound has the Reagan persona, the Reagan beliefs, and the Reagan will!

  • What a warm and genuine man Huckabee is. I believe we are in for great things from him in the future.

  • We want something to change alright. We want Huckabee as president!!!!!!

  • Huckabee was not selected as vp for the same reason Hillary wasnt. They are both too strong to play 2nd banana to anyone!!! These presidential candidates want to be top dog. Huck outshines ANYONE. He didnt win the nomination only because he didnt have the money to become well known fast enough. Huck is a good man, strong leader, experienced over a decade as governor, tried and tested, ready to go. Huckabee 2012/2016!! He is the best speaker I have EVER heard. Makes Reagan look bad.

  • Huckabee, WTF?

    Former POWs say that Mccain made videos as a POW and that he promoted Viet Cong propaganda. Mccain, America deserves to see all of these videos! Why wont you let us see them? Is this true?

    Huckabee loves Madonna.

  • If Huckabee was so great, why didnt he get selected as Mccains running mate on the GOP ticket?

    Obama will help this country. Mccain will help himself to pork. Just take a look at Mccains belly! Obama is fit as a nail!

  • This speech is the new "A Time For Choosing," the speech that put Reagan in the national spotlight.

    Huckleberry Hound is so honest and straight forward it's like Lincoln, Eisenhower and Reagan molded into one, with Nixon's looks.

  • Darn american public, they dont want anyone who does not look the part, I mean he might not look like a strong guy or anything like that, but he has a giant spirit and a humbleness and honesty that is just so great to see in this modern world of ours! Go Huckabee!!

  • Its a good speech but don't disrespect The Great One Ronald Reagan by comparing this to The Time For A Choosing

  • I voted for this guy because of the fairtax. Didn't care because he was a preacher.

  • His speech was almost as phenomenal as Sarah Palin's!

    I loved it :)

  • I had the extreme pleasure of meeting Huck at a convention in June and he has the most unique way of going from the most powerful, awe inspiring speaker on the stage,to shaking your hand 10 minutes later and making you at once feel so comfortable he seems like an old friend. The man is amazing.

  • You are so right nrobyar, I didnt know anything about him until I went to his rally in San Antonio, and when it was finished I just felt that this man was so honest and so humble that I wished I could instantly just make him president. God bless him and God bless you!!

  • I think that by 2012 majority of America will know Governor Huckabee and he WILL be our nominee (if MCCain goes only one term). He is a man who has the vision and the experience to make things happen for this country and is the best role model we could ever have. Makes Aericans feel GOOD about BEING Americans.

  • All you liberals on here are closet Huckabee fans!!! Go on... admit it..It will make you feel better!! I'm proud to say I'm a Huckabholic. He's like the Lays potato chips. Once you hear him, you JUST CAN'T stay away. He has the best common sense answers of any politician in our lifetime. He "gets it." He connects with people and he is strong, consistent, honest and authentic.

  • To be clear... I'm not negating the value of a soldier... And I don't think it's crazy to perceive the desk analogy as a very loose one. All I am saying in my initial comment is that there are good strong solid attributes to John McCain that can be explained without necessitating any sort of analogy. I'd prefer to stick to those.

  • not only did your parents' tax money pay for your desk; so did the soldiers' tax money. they pay taxes just the same AND they do things on less money not to mention they leave their families behind to handle all kinds of things that you probably take for granted. by the way, parables are meant to give you an idea of how a situation applies to your life.

  • Mike Huckabee 2016

  • I will admit that I don't care for parables nearly as much as I do for conversations about tangibles. I don't think that makes me stupid, but it is obvious that it makes you crazy. And really rude.

  • I'm rude, but your the guy who asks if I can read. I am so tired of you kool-aid drinking libs telling us how to act. i thought tolerance and acceptance was the name of your game!? no... You all like to throw curse words around because your not smart enough to use any kind of substance in your debate. Parables mr. Ignorant were used then and now to connect with people. Because we all do diffent thing, big reason why Kerry never connected with us, he's not one of us, and he couldn't talk it!

  • You get too much pleasure out of this, and are too ignorant to understand opinions other than your own, which is obviously located a good distance up your ass. I'd guess it also shifts with the wind to allow you opportunities to get fired up. You just like to argue.

  • Your probably right! I just wanted to get you mad enough to curse, which proved my point! Bitter and sweet water cannot come out of the same font (well) if your to ignorant to know what a font is... It's a parable. Let me break it down for you. Have good intelectual dialog without throwing stupid curse words around it proves your stupidity!

  • It appears, then, that we can each rest our cases successfully. Let's move on now...

  • Hee Hee Hee! OK, I'm fine with that!

  • Your right molehead! no veteran preserved any freedom for you. They didn't preserve freedom so that you parents could work, and didn't have to pledge their allegiances to another country like Germany! or China, or Japan! and raise you with the freedom to spout off stupid remarks on Youtube. What a moron!

  • Can you read? I certainly didn't negate the value of a soldier's work. I just said that it's not the soldier who paid for my desk. Soldier's do great things, and I think those things are more inspiring to talk about than to stretch into a crappy analogy like the one about desks. It was an empty story.

  • He's a preacher, it's what preachers do! you call it empty, some would have called Jesus' parables empty, maybe You like them...Just don't get it, and since you are too stupid to understand you just squirt diahreaha out your mouth and fingertips!

  • Agreed

  • Sorry Governor Palin, but Governor Huckabee's speech was just a little bit better than yours. I think this will be the best night of the RNC convention, I don't see how McCain can top it.

  • Did you notice? When Mike Huckabee speaks, it's from his heart... no teleprompter!

    Watch his eyes and body language thoughout and compare that with the glazed left, right, and center views of nearly ANYONE who's following a script.

  • What is the middle class? The middle class is a nebulous group. What do the democrats do to help said middle class? The democrats want to use a progressive income tax that takes more from the upper classes (including upper middle) to hand out to the lower classes. This sounds a whole lot like redistribution of wealth which brings to mind Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto. So, logically, Dems who want the redistribution could be called Communist. Reps believe one should work for his or her money.

  • did everyone hear bout Bidens daughter? she was arrested on Saturday!!! where was the media when this was going on? attacking Sarah Palin while ignoring Joe Biden