Huckabee: Do the Right Thing

Every page in Mike Huckabee's 'Do the Right Thing' from Sentinel Publishers, convinces me of the gigantic mistake we've made this election cycle. We are talking a contrast as potentially stark as Carter vs. Reagan. Can you guess who I think is the next Carter and who would be Reagan??

The first sixty pages emanates more common sense than I heard from all the other candidates this election cycle. Mind you, these aren't talking points. No democratic or republican pollsters are speaking through this man. Huckabee expresses his core convictions about our country and its future with a surprising honesty I've almost assumed doesn't exist anymore. It's certainly been strong enough to energize me towards 2012 after a bitter loss this year.

Huckabee, like Bush, is a man of deep personal conviction. Huckabee, unlike Bush, has strong CONSERVATIVE principles. For "Huck" there is no wishy-washy open border policy to buy Hispanic votes, or letting Congress appropriate funds for anything they want. No government inspired solutions to our economic problems either. All of which were George Bush solutions. It was this avoidance of core conservative principles, demonstrated all to often by Mr. Bush and his wimpy friends in Congress, that tossed our butts back to the political sidelines.

What does Mr. Mike describe in these first sixty pages compelling enough for me to write about? The radical notions of self-government and respect for life. Such radical concepts they've become it almost seems too good to be true when the words leap off at you as you're reading. With each turned page, I've become more encouraged that sanity still exists in the USA. And Huck is the politician who articulates its message best right now.

Deep down, don't you dream wildly about what the good ole USA could be if it reverted back to the crazy notion of personal responsibility? We are still a prosperous nation despite the claims of liberals and our media. But how much higher could we go?? Isn't it almost delicious to conjure up images of people actually owning up to mistakes, apologizing for them, and working to not repeat them? You would vote for such a man in a minute wouldn't you? Even if you didn't agree with everything he said...Crazy ideas aren't they?

If you've dreamed about returning to this paradise, then Huckabee's book is for you. Stick around for my next posting and I'll share with you how Huckabee's radical blueprint could bring our country back from its continued nose dive off the cliff of prosperity and civility. Plus, if you've read anything lately you think is a must read, drop me a line and let me know because I seem to have this thing for books!