Huckabee and Don Young: Two Peas in a Pod
Written by YellowJacket on July 1st, 2008The Alaskan Representative with Potomac Fever gets the endorsement of Huck PAC.
Republican Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, challenging Young in the party primary, has the endorsement of Gov. Sarah Palin (rapidly gaining attention beyond the blogosphere in recent weeks) and of the Club for Growth.
I’d say that’s a pretty good litmus test, and a microcosm of the battle within the Republican Party. On one side you have the Huck PACs and incumbent Don Youngs, and on the other side you have the upstart reformist conservatives. My bet? Young gets bested in the primary. Another RINO bites the dust. Slowly but surely, conservatives manage to accrue more power within the Party. This could mean great things for 2012, 2016, or beyond.
National Review has a primer on Don Young.
Cross-posted at The Next Right.
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Huck is such a fake conservative.
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Great post! This should be every conservative’s–and indeed every American’s–top priority. Sean Parnell is a dedicated public servant. Don Young is one of the most corrupt elected-officials out there.
Please, if you can, make a donation to Parnell’s campaign (I’ve given $60 and plan on giving more). This race is too important to stand idly by. As Langley says, this race more than any other, is about the future of the GOP.
Plus, polls show Parnell beating the Democratic challenger, while Young loses badly to him. We cannot lose this seat. I can only imagine the execrable Dems’ joy at gaining Alaska’s congressional seat. That alone gives me nightmares!
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Huckabee is your status quo neocon. He’s a social conservative and a big nanny government supporter. The “religious right” loves him just like they did Bush, but like Bush a President Huckabee would have been detrimental to the party.
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Politicans like Huckabee and Young make me sick at my stomach. They represent everything wrong with the Republican Party and lack a limited government bone in their bodies. They are essentially socially conservative Democrats.