Last night I watched the replay of Thursday's Republican debate in Myrtle Beach. I'll admit that during the first couple of debates (before his stock took off in October/November) I kind of liked what I saw in Mike Huckabee. He's down to earth, funny, has overcome weight problems through self-discipline, and lacks the elitism so typical of someone running for office. But now that I've cut through the fluff to the substance, he won't get my vote.
One of his responses was disturbingly telling. When Fred called him out on his huge tax increases to finance government solutions to problems that government wasn't disciplined enough to fix in the first place, he said "what I did was I governed...what I did was raise hope." Mr. Huckabee, hope is no substitute for dependency and a lower standard of living.
If government fails to educate its populace or heal its indigent sick, maybe the solution is for government to get out of the business of trying to fix these problems. What best raises hope is for government to get off our backs.
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