Huckabee Not As Principled A Social Conservative As We Thought
I’ve never had a beef with Huckabee when it comes to social issues. I’m ambivalent towards his stance on gay marriage, and I’ve considered his stance on abortion to be pretty rock solid. But now comes news that his pro-life bona fides may not be as bona fide as we’ve been led to believe.
To wit: Revelations detailing some shady fund raising tactics including $35,000 from an embryonic stem cell research group.
Most noteworthy, $35,000 came from Novo Nordisk, one of the world’s largest embryonic stem cell researchers. It seems that when money is at stake Huckabee may be able to look past his supposedly fervent opposition to this procedure
He also received speaking fees and honoraria from churches while Governor.
It is certainly calls into question whether or not it is appropriate for a Governor to be taking a consulting fee from interest groups, as Huckabee did, when issues surrounding that interest group could come across his desk.
The consulting money was funneled through an organization called 12 stops, a group created in 2004 to handle Gov. Huckabee’s book deals. With all the attention Senator Obama received for running a separate PAC and potentially funnelling money from maxed out donors through that PAC, it calls into question whether Huckabee may have done the same.
Mike Huckabee is no fiscal conservative, but he’s strong on social issues. But if he loses credibility on social issues as well, his campaign “ship” is sunk.
