Chuck Norris: Huckabee's Fair Tax plan guarantees Arabs get taxed when buying their yachts & jets

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Huckabee Goes Into Caucuses "Kneeling To God"



January 2, 2008 12:01 AM

West Des Moines, Iowa - Two nights before the crucial first-in-the-nation caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appealed to God to grant his supporters guidance as the former Arkansas governor struggled to maintain his tenuous lead.

"We cannot do it," he said referring to Thursday night's Republican caucus, "by arming ourselves and taking anyone out. We will go to the caucuses having knelt on our knees and having asked God for his wisdom."

Meanwhile a debate has raged among political insiders as to whether or not Huckabee had staged an historic meltdown or a cynically brilliant political coup during a highly unusual press conference on Monday. After renouncing negative campaigning, the former Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor said he was withdrawing a planned attack ad against Romney, only to then show it in its entirety to dozens of news TV cameras and reporters from the national press corps.

The presence of actor and businessman Chuck Norris also helped draw tonight's big crowd that wildly applauded when he took the stage. Norris offered up a rambling, unfocused talk in which he enthusiastically endorsed Huckabee's proposal of a "fair tax" that would replace the progressive federal income tax with a steep sales tax. Norris said such a system would guarantee that "Arab sheiks" get taxed when they come to America "to buy their yachts and jet planes."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/02/huckabee-goes-into-caucus_n_79134.html

[Skittles]

1. I don't know which is the bigger nutcase

they are both religious freaks

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. It's rocketed right past the "amusing" stage...

...I just keep telling myself that not matter how crazy the voting public might be, they're not crazy enough to put a loon like Huckabee in the White House.

[Skittles]

3. hey, after reagan and the bushes ALL BETS ARE OFF

I mean, REALLY

[tanyev]

4. But, but, I thought RWers hate it when celebrities get involved in politics.

[HughBeaumont]

5. Fair Tax = shittin' on the little guy.

This is a horrible Steve Forbes-backed pile of bullshit that lets the rich off of the hook more than ever. Don't let them sell you on the idea that this helps the middle class and poor - it doesn't. It's a veiled doorway to the rich paying less than their fair share than before.

[Highway61]

6. Jeez.....

It's a little early to see a picture like that....there should be a warning:eyes:

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. My,my. That's a very presidential-looking group.

The guitar is the smartest thing on that stage.

[slick8790]

8. Hmmm...

Did it ever occur to Chuck Norris that if these "arab sheiks" as well as other foreign purchasers had to pay a prohibitively high sales tax that it would not bring more money in to America? They're not stupid, they'll just buy their jets/yachts/etc. somewhere else. And come on, it should be obvious to anyone by now that a sales tax on the scale huckabee is suggesting discourages buying, which leads to a stagnant economy.

[LiberalFighter]

9. Does Norris pay the taxes he should be paying or does he weasel out?

[ShaneGR]

10. Chuck Norris does not pay taxes

Taxes pay for us to have Chuck Norris in our lives.