I noted more than once that Mike Huckabee wasn’t a true Republican. I’m totally convinced now that he’s a liar and a dirtbag. Putting it succinctly, he should be run out of the Republican Party. Wednesday afternoon, Mike Huckabee called into Rush’s show. Follow this link to the transcript of the conversation. Here’s what stood out for me from the interview:

RUSH: Well, but wait a minute, that’s true for both parties. And McCain’s running ads right now featuring Hillary endorsing him. There is a gold mine of Hillary audio and video that McCain can make an ad of. Those things happen in primaries. I mean you guys were ganging up on Romney, too. That’s what politics is. I mean you and McCain joined together in West Virginia on the second or third ballot to take the state for McCain. That’s hardball.

HUCKABEE: No, it really wasn’t us. The truth is it was the Ron Paul people who got with our delegates, and there really wasn’t a deal cut with the McCain people in West Virginia.

RUSH: Really?

HUCKABEE: It was the Ron Paul people who said, “We just want a little bit of respect, and if our guy doesn’t win on the first ballot, we’ll vote for you.”

RUSH: Really. That is not the way it was explained to me.

HUCKABEE: That’s what happened. I was there.

Except that that isn’t what happened. A short time later, a caller, Brian from Michigan, had this to say:

RUSH: Brian in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Welcome to the EIB Network.

CALLER:(whispering) Hey, Rush. It’s an honor. How are you doing?

RUSH: Very well, sir. Thank you.

CALLER: I don’t know what’s in the water over there at the Arkansas governor’s mansion, but I believe Governor Huckabee just told you a blatant lie to your face when he was describing what happened at the West Virginia convention. All 12 of McCain’s delegates went for him, and to say that Ron Paul was this vast force behind Huckabee winning that convention is just preposterous, especially when you see what happened.

RUSH: Yeah. You know, I have to admit my memory was a little foggy on the details, which is why I was going to look it up and refresh my memory on this after the program. But Romney won in the first ballot.

CALLER: Yeah.

RUSH: We know that there’s something personal between Huckabee and Romney, and I think he alluded to what it may be, and that is all these attack ads. They all hated Romney, because Romney was early with his own money running a bunch of attack ads on them and they didn’t like it, but my memory was that you’re exactly right, that Huckabee and McCain joined forces to keep McCain in there and Romney out in West Virginia.

In addition to Mr. Huckabee not being an honest man, he carries a grudge. That isn’t the Christian thing.

Other than being pro-life, there isn’t a single conservative principle that identifies Mr. Huckabee as a conservative. He’s a tax raiser and he’s a big spender. What’s worse is that Mr. Huckabee didn’t think twice about raising taxes. In fact, he appeared to relish it.

Mr. Huckabee’s world view is warped, almost as warped as Patrick J. Buchanon’s. That alone is reason enough to ostracize him.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

1. Hallelujah! The Huckster’s hypocrisy and duplicity is finally being exposed outside of Arkansas.

   Comment by Frank — August 28, 2008 @ 6:35 am