Huckabee defends McCain and comments on Romney's Iraq views.

While campaigning in Alabama, Mike Huckabee, stepped into the fray between the two leading GOP candidates for the Florida primary, by defending John McCain from allegations by Mitt Romney that he was" dishonest". Romney had used that term after McCain accused him of supporting a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.
Huckabee agreed with McCain that Romney had supported a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. Huckabee said that Romney supported a plan authored by Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor (D) that called for a "secretly-held" timetable for withdrawal without a publicly disclosed date. - FoxNews Embeds

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[FreeAmericanMind]

This is a bald-faced lie. It's bad enough for McCain to bring up this lie about Romney 3 days before the FL primary but to Huckabee to step in a support McCain's lie is shameful - add it to the pile of reasons Huckabee is unqualified to be our nominee in 2012 including the Christian Leader ads, the slam on Mormonism, eating fried squirrel in college and supporting in-state tuition for illegals. Nice guy, but a liar, not a leader.

[Reasons4Huckabee]

Fried squirrel is yummy. Tastes like chicken.

[smpf38]

Romney called for milestones, benchmarks, goals, etc. What is the alternative? Just an indefinite occupation with no program or mission objective to get our troops home?

Romney is for "milestones" and benchmarks because that is the correct position to have. You would be a terrible leader if you weren't setting goals and trying to complete them in a timely manner. This is different than publicly saying, "we are out by this date no matter what" which is what makes McCain dishonest on this point.

[Reasons4Huckabee]

I have to admit - and I don't mean this sarcastically. I don't get why so many people like Romney. He seems to me the most fake plastic guy to ever run for office. He seems more fake than Edwards - and I didn't know that was possible. I just don't trust him. All his changing of views coinciding perfectly with where he is running is just too much for me. If he wins the primary it will be hard to pull that lever come November.

[smpf38]

Huckabee did well in the debate by the way. I would prefer him over McCain. McCain is so one dimensional. All he does is talk about military and nothing else. There is more to being President of the United States.

[Reasons4Huckabee]

I appreciate that Huckabee is your second choice! Thanks for saying that.

[bcmguy]

i am going to take a wild leap that u are a ron paul fan.

[bcmguy]

It doesn't matter anymore. It's only McCain and Obama that matter now.

[smpf38]

[cough ...cough... cough] It's all a conspiracy maaaan!

I've like totally done my research dude.

[jrscott2007]

Mike Huckabee is a decent man. He has no chance of winning the nomination. He should withdraw. But he won't. He would rather have Hillary as president than a Mormon as president. And he knows that as long as he continues to run, he will draw votes away from Romney. Such a shame for someone who claims to be Christian.

[jrscott2007]

Now take all of the Huckabee's above and substitute the name Romney. Huckabee and Romney are basically the same, as compared to McCain. Yet, Huckabee supports McCain the

liberal. The only conclusion that anybody can arrive at is this: Huckabee, the former ordained Baptist Preacher, hates anything Mormon. And that is pure, plain and simple bigotry.