Richard Viguerie Says Huckabee Win is Bad News for GOP

MANASSAS, Va., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Richard A. Viguerie, the
author of Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big Government
Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause (Bonus Books, 2006), issued the
following statement regarding Mike Huckabee's victory in the Iowa caucuses:
"Mike Huckabee's victory in the Iowa caucuses is bad news for the
Republican Party.
"Mike Huckabee is a Christian socialist. He is a good man, but with a Big
Government heart. He is the most liberal of all the Republican presidential
candidates on economic issues.
"Huckabee's approach to every problem or perceived problem is to pass a
law and launch another government program. If you like President George W.
Bush, you'll love Mike Huckabee.
"If, on the other hand, you're a limited government conservative in the
grand tradition of Robert A. Taft, Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan, you
will want to redouble your efforts to make sure Huckabee doesn't win the
Republican nomination. Four years of a Huckabee presidency would ensure that
there wouldn't be a penny's worth of differences between the Republican Party
and the Democratic Party on economic issues.
"Much has been made of Mike Huckabee's strong stance on social issues. In
the 1970s, we conservatives had two legs on our stool-economic responsibility
and a strong national defense-but that wasn't enough to win many elections.
It wasn't until we added the third leg to our stool-social issues-that
conservatives were able to win elections consistently.
"Now Huckabee wants to go back to a two-legged stool-social issues and
defense. He would saw off the economic leg. That's a recipe for disaster for
the Republican Party. Economic and traditional conservatives would stay home
in droves, turning the country over to the Democrats.
"Conservatives in New Hampshire and the other early primary states had
better wake up, and make certain the Huckabee victory is confined to the
subsidized ethanol fields of Iowa."
NOTE TO EDITORS: Richard A. Viguerie pioneered ideological and political
direct mail and has been called "the funding father of the conservative
movement" for his role in helping build dozens of conservative organizations.
He is the author of Conservatives Betrayed-How George W. Bush and Other Big-
Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause (Bonus Books, 2006).
Richard A. Viguerie Contact: Bob Sturm (703) 396-6974
ConservativesBetrayed.com After 6 PM Eastern time, contact:
9625 Surveyor Court, Suite 400 Vi Shields (703) 906-6542 or
Manassas, Virginia 20110 Bob Sturm (703) 368-1812

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