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Prosperity for All Fund
Prosperity for All Fund
"Nailed Shut"
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2:18 video from May 1, 2015.
[Music, Hammering SFX]
Rex Nelson, Arkansas Democrat Gazette:
"On his first day in office, Governor Huckabee's door was nailed shut."
"It was in Bill Clinton's Arkansas."
"You had huge Democratic majorities in the House, in the Senate..."
"You had all the apparatus of the Democratic party aligned against Mike Huckabee."
"And all of a sudden this Republican comes out of nowhere and wins."
Gov. Mike Huckabee:
"Every day of my life in politics was a fight and sometimes it was an intense one. But any drunken redneck can walk into a bar and start a fight. A leader only starts a fight that he's prepared to finish."
"As governor of Arkansas - I cut taxes and welfare, balanced the budget every year for ten years, and raised average family income by 50%."
"We didn't slash, burn, hurt people, leave people impoverished. We empowered people to live a better life."
[Clip from Speech] "I'm not a Republican because I grew up rich, I'm a Republican because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life poor, waiting for the government to rescue me." [cheers]
"One thing that has to happen in America is moving the power away from Washington, where people are so disconnected from the way that so many ordinary Americans live. It's a disaster. Power needs to be local and limited, because the closer government is to the people, the more accountable it is to the people who are being governed."
"Instead of fighting over the minimum wage, I'm going to focus on solutions to help every American earn his or her maximum wage."
"I'll protect Social Security and Medicare. Washington has done enough lying and stealing. I'll never rob seniors of what our government promised them and even forced them to pay for."
"And I'll lead with moral clarity in a dangerous world."
"There's a difference between right and wrong. There's a difference between good and evil."
"I'll keep all the options on the table in order to defeat the evil forces of radical Islam."
[Clip from Speech]
"We
believe in some things. We stand for those things. We live or die by
those things!" [cheers]
"Let's win the fight for what matters most."
Notes: According to the press release, the video is to be used "to introduce him at his official announcement in Hope, Ark. on May 5. The video highlights Gov. Huckabee's political record, which includes defeating the Clinton machine in Arkansas and governing effectively in an overwhelmingly Democratic environment. "Nailed Shut" also reinforces Gov. Huckabee's commitment to defending Social Security and Medicare for seniors, helping every American earn his or her maximum wage, and leading with moral clarity.