Huckabee Not Going to Dayton, Ohio; Says He is Not Under Consideration for VP
On his website tonight, Mike Huckabee told supporters he is not on his way to Dayton, Ohio, and that he will not be John McCain's Vice-Presidential nominee:
There are reports that I’m on my way to Dayton tonight. Not true. Wasn’t invited to be there and any reports that I’m going to be there are a big surprise to me. I have never been contacted by the McCain campaign at any point about the VP slot. I have never been asked for any information, background, etc., so as I have said repeatedly in interviews, I didn’t consider myself to be under any consideration. I think people thought I was being coy and just not talking, but I have built my political life on trying to shoot straight and tell it as it is and as I see it. I have been honest in telling you that I had no reason to believe I was ever seriously considered or “vetted” for the ticket. That’s why I have continued with HuckPAC because I have felt that we (me and you) shouldn’t give up, but rather gear up and help good pro-life, conservative people to office across the nation. Our efforts are just getting started. Like you, I will await news of who Senator McCain selects. I hope it will be a person with a solid record and solid convictions on the foundation issues that bring many of us to the process. I’m taking this unusual step to communicate so it will come from me and not from some of the ridiculous things being said on TV and websites tonight.
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Mike Huckabee is a Class
Mike Huckabee is a Class Act, and a gentleman and an asset to the Republican party. No, he was not going to be John McCain's VP. The party's economic conservatives don't like his track record, and his being a Baptist minister digresses the election away from politics and toward the pulpit. Still, I am glad that Mike Huckabee is part of the Reublican kaleidoscope. Mike, you are a good guy !
Not only a class act
Not only is Mike Huckabee a "class act"....he is in a class all by himself, and certainly the most refreshing breath of fresh air to appear upon the American political scene in a very long time. God bless you Huck.
Sad that Gov. Huckabee
was overlooked and virtually ignored by the party. Although he came in second in the delegate count and has the highest favorability ratings of any VP contender, he was tossed aside. In the year where the working class will turn the election, the real blue-collar man was thrown under the bus! Sad!