Fred Thompson’s staff is on the attack against Mike Huckabee. Apparently, the Huckster was on Don Imus in the morning on 77WABC. When asked about his foreign policy he reverted to a joke. I don’t watch/listen to Don Imus - but from what I’ve gathered his show is supposed to be a typical morning ’shock jock’ spectacular without the bare asses and boobs you’d find on Stern. Not really the place for foreign policy debate or serious conversation.

Fred Thompson Press Release:

Huckabee on Foreign Policy

Consider these events in the last three days:

· A new NIE on Iran

· Major referendum in Venezuela

· Russian Elections

· A bombing this morning in Afghanistan near to Sec. Gates

How does Mike Huckabee respond to these? He makes a joke.

When asked by Don Imus this morning about his lack of foreign policy credentials, Mike Huckabee joked: “And the ultimate thing is, you know, I may not be the expert as some people on foreign policy – but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.” (WABC Radio, 12/04/07)

“When confronted with a serious question about his lack of foreign policy experience, Mike Huckabee makes a joke. The security of Americans and our allies is no laughing matter. What Americans are looking for in their next president is a commander in chief, not a Court Jester,” added Bob Haus, Executive Director of Iowa Friends of Fred Thompson.

I dislike when these groups attack each other. Yea, I known it’s’ part of the process. If you can’t hold up to scrutiny from your own party then how can you handle criticisms from the enemies or the democrats. I get that. I just don’t think it’s really needed. So far Fred Thompson has been a disappointment to me. Instead of focusing on himself he’s resorted to attacking the others.

I want a “Hi, I’m Fred” speech.

Mother Says Huck is to Blame

ABC Blotter continues the War on Mike Huckabee:

A Missouri mother says she will do “whatever it takes” to stop former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee from becoming president, because he freed the man who went on to rape and murder her daughter, Carol Sue Shields (pictured).

“I can’t imagine anybody wanting somebody like that running the country,” Lois Davidson of Adrian, Mo., told the Blotter on ABCNews.com.

Wayne Dumond was initially sentenced to life plus 25 years for raping a 17-year-old Arkansas high school cheerleader. In 1999, a parole board voted to free Dumond, after then-Gov. Mike Huckabee announced his desire to see him released.

This one is hard to gage. If this were to happen to my family I would be outrage at a failed government. The jury system convicted Wayne Dumond and he was sentenced to not only life, but life+25 more years. That’s a pretty hefty sentence. For each story where the government has failed in making the right decision - there are other stories where the government has succeeded. I’m not sure, but have all the former inmates Huckabee let free committed crimes post-prison too? Or was this just a bad lemon out of the bunch. I feel for the mother and she has every right to be mad. The ultimate blame belongs on Wayne Dumond.

Romney on Huck’s Surge

From the CNN Political Ticker:

“We started off with the McCain surge, the inevitable candidate, then it became the Giuliani surge, and then it was the Thompson surge, and now we have the Huckabee surge,” the Republican candidate said.

“There is an initial infatuation and people take a close look on a person’s issues and decide whether they want to support them or not,” the former Massachusetts governor told CNN.

How come he didn’t mention the Romney surge!