You might think conservatives would learn a few lessons from recent mistakes. There have been many effective phrases developed by the conservative spin masters, but there also are some real stinkers. The neoconservative movement is still clinging to the left over rhetoric of the Ronald Reagan era. That model for disastrous deregulation left us at the mercy of unregulated markets and the policy of tax cuts for the wealthy left us deep in debt. Even faced with the fact that the corpse is rotting and the smell has become unavoidable, Mike Huckabee is still unable to get past simplistic slogans meant to divide and lead people away from the truth. I'm surprised to hear the same mentality all over again.

Hopefully, America has moved past the tendency to be swayed by these silly slogans. People were drawn in by slogans like the infamous "Government is the problem" and "Drill Baby, Drill". How could less government control be the solution to unregulated markets run a muck? How can more oil be the solution to our oil addiction? Why should Americans elect government leaders who don't think government should actually do anything?

Thank you Jon Stewart for cutting through the crap. Huckabee seems like a nice guy but it is obvious that he won't entertain reason, even in a friendly dialog. He'd rather just shut down and fall back on his canned rhetoric.