Chuck Norris: No Buyers Remoarse With Mike Huckabee

The following is a great article by Chuck Norris that was published today:

by Chuck Norris
Presidential buyer's remorse
Posted: January 28, 2008
1:00 a.m. Eastern




This past week investors experienced a sizable economic tremor as Wall Street's fortress shook. From a Dow that dropped more than 200 points in the first 10 minutes of trading to the Federal Reserve's biggest "emergency" slash of interest rates in a quarter of a century, even the experts are confused if these are signs of an unhealthy economy or birth pains of an American recession.

Just as fluctuating and fickle is this presidential election. With political surges, primary bypasses, midstream start ups and blended politics, there are still no clear front-runners in either party. Super Tuesday is on the horizon, and most are still speculating about who is leading the pack.

Who's your daddy now?

Speaking of presidential ebbs and flows, I believe many are now suffering from a type of presidential buyer's remorse.

On the one hand, I commend those who early on stuck their necks out in favor of a candidate's platform, values or principles over another. (There are still far too many who wait in hiding for a clear leader, out of fear of being aligned with a loser.)

On the other hand, I'm sure many are now silently sorry that they've backed certain presidential hopefuls because of new revelations or reactions on the campaign trail.

The bases for political remorse are varied:


1. Realizing that all the Democratic candidates would raise taxes, expand big government oversight and waste and increase national security risks by reducing roles of the military.
2. Discovering Rudy Giuliani wouldn't start his primary political engine until Florida, ignoring early and minor states and so sending a non-committal and undervaluing message to middle America.

3. Awakening to the reality that Mitt Romney has and will flip-flop on issues more than International House of Pancakes turns pancakes.

4. Learning as David Limbaugh and Pat Buchanan noted this week that John McCain is respectfully not a full-fledged conservative.

Of course, it's never too late to change before one casts the actual vote. But then again, pride is often a formidable foe to overcome on the way to the booth.

What I will never regret

When I backed Mike Huckabee as my choice for president, I didn't do so because he was a front-runner, could beat Hillary, had lots of money or because his presidency would advance my humanitarian efforts or increase my pocketbook. I endorse him because I agree with his platform, trust in his integrity, relate with his poor upbringing and support for average citizens, value his 11 years of service as governor of Arkansas and believe in his vision for a better America.

I want Mike to win – the nomination, then the presidency. But whether or not he does, or is offered by another a vice-president or cabinet position, my wife Gena and I can sleep at night and move forward into the future because we've lived true to our convictions, principles and beliefs. We cannot experience buyer's remorse with Mike Huckabee, because we know, win or lose, he could lead our nation into a better and more prosperous tomorrow. And he will continue to do so, as he's done for the last 20 years, whether he's the president or not.

A recent sign of future economic stability

This past week news agencies reported how some of the presidential candidates' campaigns are running into financial hardships. Huckabee even grounded press airplanes and asked staff to assume volunteer positions. While many have interpreted those as signs of Mike's demise, I see them differently. They are sureties of his stewardship. He's being fiscally frugal as he always has in office.

Mike has arisen as a front-runner from obscurity on a shoestring budget, being outspent by his rivals by at least 10-to-1, proving it's his message not money that matters. He doesn't have a personal account of multimillions like Romney, nor does he think it's good stewardship like McCain to borrow what one doesn't have to gain what one might not win.

For Mike, handling campaign finances is a microcosm of managing the national budget. If he doesn't have the money, he's not going to spend it. He's made this commitment on a number of occasions, and he lived it out in his gubernatorial service in Arkansas, bringing in a balanced budget for 12 straight years and ending his term with a surplus of $844.5 million.

I ask again, are those not the types of figures we want to see at the bottom lines of the future executive fiscal leadership of America?

Mike is a leader we all can trust and financially back, and will be a president with whom this nation will not experience buyer's remorse.