Comments on: Where do I sign up to help defeat Mike Huckabee? http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/ Not Looking Out For You Since 2006 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:04:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Phil Gomes http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-335039 Phil Gomes Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:08:42 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-335039 >In essence, Governor Huckabee >yesterday repudiated the First >Amendment and the concept of >free speech by announcing that >he would like to “outlaw” >any political speech not >expressly “authorized and >approved by the candidate.” Eeeek... That sounds like something right out of the Reason Magazine "Brickbats" column... >In essence, Governor Huckabee
>yesterday repudiated the First
>Amendment and the concept of
>free speech by announcing that
>he would like to “outlaw”
>any political speech not
>expressly “authorized and
>approved by the candidate.”

Eeeek… That sounds like something right out of the Reason Magazine “Brickbats” column…

]]> By: Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » Huckabee on the First Amendment http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-330730 Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » Huckabee on the First Amendment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:38:23 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-330730 [...] From Marshall Manson: In essence, Governor Huckabee yesterday repudiated the First Amendment and the concept of free speech by announcing that he would like to “outlaw” any political speech not expressly “authorized and approved by the candidate.” [...] […] From Marshall Manson: In essence, Governor Huckabee yesterday repudiated the First Amendment and the concept of free speech by announcing that he would like to “outlaw” any political speech not expressly “authorized and approved by the candidate.” […]

]]> By: shaun http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-330603 shaun Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:10:05 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-330603 Wow. That's quite a stretch. Huckabee did not repudiate the first amendment. You're hysterical with Huckabee Derangement Syndrome. He said he wished he could approve anything put out in his name. Makes sense. How would you like people posting random blogs on the internet ascribed to Marshall Manson and mischaracterizing you? Obviously it's not gonna happen. But to get hysterical about it is "protesting too much." Huck's far more of a conservative constitutionalist than Romney (Mr. Universal Health Care) or McCain (a TRUE opponent of free political speech). Wow. That’s quite a stretch. Huckabee did not repudiate the first amendment. You’re hysterical with Huckabee Derangement Syndrome. He said he wished he could approve anything put out in his name. Makes sense. How would you like people posting random blogs on the internet ascribed to Marshall Manson and mischaracterizing you?

Obviously it’s not gonna happen. But to get hysterical about it is “protesting too much.” Huck’s far more of a conservative constitutionalist than Romney (Mr. Universal Health Care) or McCain (a TRUE opponent of free political speech).

]]> By: William http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-330567 William Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:26:46 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-330567 Where to sign up? Try www.Fred08.com for one. I was behind Huckabee beginning in October but have become disillusioned. It's time we resurrect what was once our best hope at putting a conservative in the White House--and, no, it ain't Romney (whether it be version 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0). As a Christian, but also as a conservative, I encourage South Carolinians to put this nomination process on the RIGHT track. Where to sign up? Try www.Fred08.com for one. I was behind Huckabee beginning in October but have become disillusioned. It’s time we resurrect what was once our best hope at putting a conservative in the White House–and, no, it ain’t Romney (whether it be version 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0). As a Christian, but also as a conservative, I encourage South Carolinians to put this nomination process on the RIGHT track.

]]> By: Jeff http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-329992 Jeff Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:37:41 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-329992 As much as I'm not a fan of Huck's -- and that's "a lot" -- I think the guy's got a legitimate point here. At best, he phrased it really badly, leaving it open to misinterpretation. But I think his key idea was that he <i>wishes</i> we could ban this wacky 527 stuff. He did not, take note, say that if elected he'll push for a ban on unauthorized speech about a candidate. Cause yeah, obviously that would be unconstitutional. The balance between free speech and reasonable speech is always tipping this way and that. I don't think I agree that it's defined in terms of absolutes. Sure, we can all agree that restrictions on speech are bad, and that lying or speaking with malicious intent are bad, but we have to then continue the debate to hammer out exactly here the tipping point is. As much as I’m not a fan of Huck’s — and that’s “a lot” — I think the guy’s got a legitimate point here. At best, he phrased it really badly, leaving it open to misinterpretation. But I think his key idea was that he wishes we could ban this wacky 527 stuff. He did not, take note, say that if elected he’ll push for a ban on unauthorized speech about a candidate. Cause yeah, obviously that would be unconstitutional.

The balance between free speech and reasonable speech is always tipping this way and that. I don’t think I agree that it’s defined in terms of absolutes. Sure, we can all agree that restrictions on speech are bad, and that lying or speaking with malicious intent are bad, but we have to then continue the debate to hammer out exactly here the tipping point is.

]]> By: Doug Bandow » Blog Archive » Mike Huckabee Disses the First Amendment http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-329878 Doug Bandow » Blog Archive » Mike Huckabee Disses the First Amendment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:53:47 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2008/01/17/where-do-i-sign-up-to-help-defeat-mike-huckabee/#comment-329878 [...] a politician, getting criticized by the rabble!  Yesterday on NPR Mike Huckabee unburdened himself (quoted in a blog post by Marshal Manson): “I personally wish that all of this was outlawed. I think that every candidate should speak for [...] […] a politician, getting criticized by the rabble!  Yesterday on NPR Mike Huckabee unburdened himself (quoted in a blog post by Marshal Manson): “I personally wish that all of this was outlawed. I think that every candidate should speak for […]

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