If anyone here is able to find a full transcript of his announcement tonight to not run for POTUS, please post. Thanks!

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"I've always believed the mission is greater than the man..." -Governor Rick Perry
"We're not choosing a pastor-in-chief, we're choosing a commander-in-chief." -Pastor Michael Youssef

I like Paul Ryan, but he has already ruled out a 2012 run for president. He is open, though, to accepting a VP nomination.

I did, a couple pages back. It's also at Mikehuckabee.com

Awesome! I found it, thanks!

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"I've always believed the mission is greater than the man..." -Governor Rick Perry
"We're not choosing a pastor-in-chief, we're choosing a commander-in-chief." -Pastor Michael Youssef

I will take him at his word that this is a spiritual decision, one that is not necessarily his own. But while the nomination process isn't going to be there, it's not like Huckabee is losing all of his ideas and talents.

I have a feeling that God has something more important for him in the future. I don't know what that could possibly be, but an event like this has to make one wonder. Could this be a message aimed more for Huckabee's followers that we should stay alert? Why else would this decision seem completely illogical at face value?

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Florida for Huckabee!

Beck's time slot on Fox.

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Most people believe what they see, the Left see's what it believes.....

Well, Southern Doc posted earlier that he would be away from his computer until 10:00 tonight. So, I'll quote from one of his posts yesterday:

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"Never, Never, NEVER GIVE UP" Winston Churchill

Like everyone else here I'm surprised and disappointed with the Governors decision tonight, though I respect him for his reasoning. The GOP certainly lost its best chance at beating Obama. Who else has the Conservative beliefs, the governing experience AND the ability to speak that the Mike Huckabee has?

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"Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar."
- Abraham Lincoln

Pawlenty & Huntsman have already released statements. People sure don't waste any time to try to get our support.

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I think it makes a lot of sense for Mike to make this announcement now. He wants his supporters to have the time to research other candidates and refocus their support. The primary race doesn’t really get started until after Labor Day, but it takes people awhile to get comfortable with a candidate before they start to contribute their resources to them. I know it took me a couple of months in 2007 to decide on supporting Mike.

I believe this statement is the root of why he isn't running. We've all seen it and have been very frustrated. Talk radio gave us Mccain last time (though Rush says the MSM picked the candidate). Now they may have given us four more years of Obama.

My mind is certainly reeling with a lot of the same thoughts I have been reading on this thread:

What a positive build-up for a "NO"!

The Trump clip was bizarre and totally lacking in taste.

Life will be different without the HucksArmy camaraderie. I will certainly miss it.

I have a feeling I won't tune into Huckabee's show as much as I have.

We still know that there are many Americans who share the same goals we have for our country. Without this HA experience we might not have known that. Those core goals remain the same now as they were a little over an hour ago regardless of whether Mike Huckabee is running.

All things will work for the good of those who love the Lord. Our final hope is in Him--not in any one man. We will be okay eternally--even if Barack Obama ends up being president.

It may be hard for us to accept, but the Lord has something better for us in mind.

I have been thinking Cain would be a good VP choice. There were several of those who debated in South Carolina who spoke well. I believe I will be able to vote for someone whom I would far prefer over Obama.

I think we have good choices in the future with Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio.

Blessings to you all and to Governor Huckabee and his family. God bless America!

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"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." (Proverbs 3:5)

Yeah, everyone will want to be Huckabee's buddy now.

Some funny comments at race42012 re: Pawlenty and Huntsman's statements:

maryjthom, please stick around for a while this forum is still great, the people are the greatest on the internet. And isn't it really for the people that we are here? Sure I'm here because I support Huckabee, but I can support Huckabee without being here. I'm here mainly because the people here are lovely to talk and discuss with

Well, Army friends, I need time to pray, and then sleep.
Goodnight all.

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Now there's the first good idea I've seen all night. Maybe Fox offered him a daily show. He'd be the natural choice to replace Beck and pretty funny since Beck has been dumping on him the last few weeks.

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Well I am in shock. Then I wrote up my post and posted it to my website, along with video of his decision. After I posted it, I felt very sad.

But I was very pleased with Huckabee's reason for not seeking the nomination. Can you imagine if when he was praying for discernment, he heard God say no, and he went ahead anyway? It is very hard to listen for God's direction. I am proud that Huckabee listened and acted upon God's still small voice telling him no.

Please check out my post:

http://ilikemikehuckabee2012.blogspot.c ... -seek.html

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I've had a Mike Huckabee bumper sticker on my car since '08...guess I'll have to scrape it off now. Of course I'm disappointed. While Mike's TV show is very good...I CAN GAURANTEE YOU THAT HIS TV RATINGS WILL NOW STUMBLE BADLY. After all, many people's views of Mike as a potential POTUS were formed from his TV show. People will now lose interest in what he has to say. His viewpoints are important...but now they carry little political weight. He'll be valuable to FOX as a political analyst (like Dick Morris), but doubtful he would be taken seriously again as a candidate. And...if he tried, a Huck run in 2016 will be too late to save us from this downward spiral. If would have run...even if he lost, FOX would still pick him up again. A very sad day indeed!!

Well…that’s why I make my living as an historian and not a fortune teller.

Huckabee certainly had his reasons. But actually “reason” was not the basis of the stated choice. All the “reasons” were to join the race. He chose to listen to a heart of faith. I am compelled to accept that. I have never considered, and strongly argue against, the notion that faith and reason are in conflict. Faith and pragmatism yes, reason no. For me the logic should confirm the “inner light.”

But it is not my decision or my conscience. He is the arbiter of his soul.

I will say that he went about announcing this in a very poor fashion. It became too much about “him” and too little consideration was made as to the best way to inform his supporters. I am glad he doesn’t work oncology.

This is likely the end of the line for Huckabee 2012. There will be speculation of a VP slot or a late entry. I doubt anyone who survives the 2012 run will need him enough to overcome the insider opposition to Huckabee being “one heartbeat away.” The “late entry” scenario is open IF folks are so disappointed in the field that he enters in October or November. But I think that would be too clever by half.

As far as Huck’s Army is concerned…well…as a Southern Historian I am familiar with the “lost causes.” I do think this group has become an important social network that is informed and connected. It is a force that can be used to good effect.

I, for one, am determined not to lose the strength, knowledge, wisdom, insight, and faith gained by my fellowship with this band of brothers. For you see the battle is still before us though our preferred leader has chosen a different course. I am now more politically and culturally engaged than ever. That will not change. The times will not allow it.

These ranks are the ranks that must form up and fight.

I can well understand why many, even most, will lose heart and walk away as they see their hoped champion seemingly exit the field. But it was never his fight. It is ours. Do what you can, where you can.

Do not grow weary in this work of love.



God Bless you all,
Affectionately,
Southern Doc.

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"As for us, our days of combat are over. Our swords are rust. Our guns will thunder no more. The vultures that once wheeled over our heads must be buried with their prey. Whatever of glory must be won in the council or the closet, never again in the field. I do not repine. We have shared the incommunicable experience of war; we have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top."

Oliver Wendell Holmes