Something I simply don't understand.

Conservatives talk a lot, and rightly so, about media bias...especially from the "liberal" media.  For a long time, I didn't understand or even perceive this bias.  Now I do.

 

What troubles me now is I am seeing a bias I don't quite understand, and it is coming from conservative publications.  It is a seeming bias against Mike Huckabee.  I say this because he seems to get passed over when the pundits and talking heads on a channel like Fox News are talking about the GOP race.  It's as if Rudy, Romni and Thompson are the only ones who exist.  Huckabee only started getting more mention when his poll numbers went up and he was endorsed by Chuck Norris.  Yet, this bias seems to hang in there.  A prime example comes from the Washington Times in an article by Stephen Dinan and Ralph Z. Hallow that is titled "Giuliani foes in GOP panicky."  The article is dated December 1, 2007.  Before I quote the article, let me say that this is what I am reading into it, and I freely admit I could be wrong.  Mr. Huckabee is my chosen candidate, and so I may be seeing things in the story that aren't there.  I may be inferring something that is not accurate or even remotely the intent of the authors/editors at the Times.  The line that stuck out for me is this: "Mr. Huckabee is a former Arkansas governor and ordained Southern Baptist minister."

 

This gets mentioned almost as an aside...almost.  What it implies to me is because Mr. Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist minister he might be, somehow, too extreme for the GOP.

 

Personally, I am seeing ways in which the GOP needs to get back to their core values.  It is my assessment at this point that Huckabee is the one to help the GOP do that.

 

Giuliana is too much of a compromise when it comes to our core values.  Romni, if I've gathered correctly has also done too much flipping and flopping on core values and issues, so he is not only a compromise, but his being a Mormon could hurt him more than help.

If the GOP really wants to go back to Reagan conservatism, then they need only look to Mike Huckabee.  I say this because his whole demeanor and his stands on the issues of the day all seem to evoke President Reagan.

    To pass Huckabee over because he is a minister, or God forbid had the audacity to be governor of Arkansas, the Clinton state, is plain stupidity.  The fact Huckabee is rising in the polls tells me that people are finding the one person that matches their values and is consistent and shows it.  More and more people are waking up to who Mike Huckabee is and to me that is a good thing.  So, please, don't dismiss him, you pundits and talking heads, but instead get to know him, and you might find yourself stepping away from the Giuliani, Romni and Thompson trio towards the candidate you've been seeking all along: Mike Huckabee.