Mike Huckabee Schools Fred Thompson at Myrtle Beach Debate

Partial transcript from Myrtle Beach debate 1-10-07

HUCKABEE: The Air Force has a saying that says that if you're not catching flak, you're not over the target. I'm catching the flak, I must be over the target.

(APPLAUSE)

HUCKABEE: Fred, I want to say, I appreciate the analysis of my record, but let me try to give you some of the facts of my record.

I came into Arkansas as a governor. Put in that position as a lieutenant governor when my predecessor, a Democrat, was forced out of office on a felony conviction.

I did something that had not been done in my state in 160 years. I cut taxes, with the legislature working with me, and we continued to do that 94 times.

We cut spending. I'll tell you, the most painful time of my being a governor in 10 and a half years was looking at a budget that 91 percent of which was pretty well fixed on education, Medicaid, and prisons -- and cutting 11 percent out of that budget.

Everywhere I went for about a year, and every person -- it may take me just a moment longer, please.

HUME: Go ahead. Go ahead.

HUCKABEE: Because there were a lot of things on that catalog there.

HUME: Go ahead. Please, go ahead.

THOMPSON: I know the feeling.

HUCKABEE: Yes.

Everywhere I went, I had people protesting me and screaming and yelling and doing demonstrations because I cut government. But I stayed faithful to the things that Ronald Reagan stayed faithful to.

You know, if Ronald Reagan were running tonight, there would be ads by the Club for Growth running against him because he raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California. It would be $10 billion today.

What I did was I governed. And the people of my state must have liked the way I did it, because they kept re-electing me.

HUME: Thank you, Governor.

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[Anchor696]

Sorry to say, but Fred Thompson is ANGRY and desperate.

Thompson has no record for spearheading anything significant in his eight years in the Senate - and yet has the audacity to criticize someone who successfully governed a state that's traditionally Democrat. That's a tough job, and Huck was popular.

[santo999]

Huckabee WILL be President. Fred will go back to acting. Accept it.

[nrobyar]

Yes, Huckabee was the BEST hope we had!! I'm still hoping Senator McCain will add him to the ticket as his vp. Please call 703-418-2008 and ask for McCain/Huckabee

[rdcasey1982]

huckabee would be a far better president than any of the wackos left

[jorge17171]

Who cares. Are you an English Major? Don't pass the forrest for the trees. Huck was not granted the time to fully explain himself.

[leghaia]

Huckabee tells the truth about himself and focuses on his own campaign not wanting to go as low as trying to step on everyone else to make yourself look higher. What he's doing is called Humility. And what's wrong with John Hagee?

[Ma3lst0rm]

Beware the Huckachrist!

[egginanest]

Thompson is raking in donations. Please add YOURS to it, today! FRED08(dot)com

Huckabee is dangerous and would destroy the Republican party as we've known it to be....he's been weighed, measured, tested and found wanting!

[taymacjack]

sthuckupabee

[DocVeedub]

What's negative about Thompson's comments? They're the truth AND they're in context. Your boy Huckabee is a liberal. There's no shame in it. But he also has a wannabe neocon thang going on with John Hagee's gang.

I hope he can "school" better than that.

[delburd]

Why doest Huckabob answers Thompsons comments instead of his stale jokes and potty humor I mean reall this guy has no class !! He is a Liberal he knows it you know it and I know it end of story! CYA CHUCKLES lol

[brown55061]

Republicans wont win period because Americans are stupid. They will vote for change for the sake of change. That makes a lot of sense! In other words they are going to vote democrat regardless. If God was on the republican panel they would still vote for that feminazi or Obama. Ron Paul is the only person Ive heard talk about foreign policy that makes sense.