Huckabee Loses in Michigan
Huckabee Loses in Michigan, Taxpayers Win
Washington – Tonight, voters across Michigan soundly rejected the liberal economics of Mike Huckabee in a victory for taxpayers everywhere.
Many voters in Michigan saw Club for Growth.Net’s $200,000 worth of television issue ads educating people about the need for pro-growth policies and Mike Huckabee’s long laundry list of tax hikes as Arkansas governor. The ad asked viewers to urge Huckabee to support more pro-taxpayer policies, including a moratorium on taxation of Internet access. Obviously, they wanted no part in Huckabee’s big-government tax-raising record. Entitled “Arkansas Governor,” the ad used a humorous tone to demonstrate Huckabee’s willingness to raise taxes in Arkansas.
“Mike Huckabee walked around the state of Michigan telling people he was an economic conservative who cut taxes ninety times,” said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey, “but the truth is that Huckabee’s tax increases far surpassed his tax cuts, and his record is riddled with spending increases and big-government initiatives. Club for Growth.Net’s ad was critical in educating people in Michigan about pro-growth policies and setting the record straight. Tonight, the truth won out over campaign spin.”
“The Club for Growth PAC urges South Carolina voters to reject Mike Huckabee and his big-government policies this Saturday. The Club for Growth PAC will be hosting a joint press conference tomorrow in South Carolina with three other major conservative organizations -- FreedomWorks PAC, American Conservative Union PAC, and Council for Citizens Against Government Waste PAC -- to expose Mike Huckabee’s liberal record. Republican voters should nominate a leader who will return the party to the principles of economic conservatism, not an economic liberal who sounds more like John Edwards than Ronald Reagan.”
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