Mike Huckabee Endorses Lynn Fitch
June 27, 2011
Earlier today, Lynn Fitch announced the backing off former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in her quest to become state treasurer.
In a press release from Huck PAC, Huckabee said this in supporting Fitch: “Huck PAC and I are pleased to endorse Lynn Fitch for Mississippi Treasurer. Lynn has the necessary experience to be the next Mississippi Treasurer.”
The full endorsement can be found here.
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Does Huckabee have a special interest in the Fitch campaign?
His son in law is one of her consultants. It’s a pretty pointless endorsement. It’s funny how serious the Fitch campaign is taking it. But I suppose any news is big news in a down ticket primary.
Exactly… you pay me over $40,000 and I’ll get my father-in-law to endorse you too.
Fitch was proud enough of the endorsement that it was her introduction in the debate. Don’t know who Lynn Fitch is but I did learn she’s got Huc’s backing. Agree his support isn’t worth much (if anything) but am surprised it didn’t go to Huc’s fellow Baptist preacher.
Well let’s see……Smith- Brad White and Henry Barbour; Yancey- Greg Harper and The Gulf Coast 9-12 Project; Lynn Fitch- Past Presidential candidate and huge conservative leader, not to mention ABC radio show host and political analyst FOR-THE-NATION, Mike Huckabee. Gee, I can’t imagine who draws more attention and excitement. Who cares how she got it…..SHE got it. Mike Huckabee doesn’t throw his hat in the ring for just anybody, no matter the price. I don’t know her relationship with his people, and quite frankly…don’t care. This is fantastic for her!
Her opening line may have been about her endorsement, but she laid it to both of them when she called them out on their “Investing” experience they love to tout. Neither one of them had a real answer for her. It’s because they basically don’t have any experience with investing. Smith took a 2-hour course and read investing for dummies. I would love to know how his co-workers at the Governors office feel about all this budgeting and advising he claims he did. Yancey danced around the question and said he meets once a week with the partners and talks about how to expand the business. He says he has his Series 65, well that’s great, but doesn’t make you an investment guru. You have to also have a 63 which is the state requirement and that still doesn’t allow you to sell a product. To sell investments, you must accompany those by a Series 22, 6 or 7. I’m not saying he doesn’t have one of these but I haven’t heard him say he does. From the way he talks, he’s a sales rep for the company.
Great job Lynn…..keep up the good work!
Looks like the Fitch campaign is taking the negative road yesterday on the radio and today on this blog!
I felt like Yancey was the one who went negative on the radio last night. I thought it was pretty low for a Preacher to try and take shots at the family members of both of his opponent’s like Lee did with his debate questions.
Her relationship is as follows:
She hired his son-in-law’s consulting firm and, to date, has made two seperate payments totaling over $41,000. Therefore, she gets a Huck endorsement.
I’m sure each person thinks his or her candidate won the debate. Marshall Ramsey thinks Lucien was the most impressive.
All of the endorsements and who Marshall thinks is most impressive will prove irrelevant on Aug 3.
Huck’s son-in-law appears to be selling a package deal to Lynn and any other candidate who will pay. Hire my son-in-law and I’ll endorse you. He did the same thing in AL last year: http://www.theworldaroundyou.com/2010/06/15/bentley-staff-shake-up-coming-into-focus/
So then is it fair to say that if you’re drinking buddies with Brad White and Henry Barbour you get their endorsement? So then is it fair to say if you’re ‘Ranking County neighbors’ with half the members of MFIRE or you personally endorsed Gregg Harper you get their endorsements? Huckabee has not endorsed everyone the son-in-law’s firm has worked for. Even if he had, are you prepared to attack her for that endorsement while not answering the questions above regarding the endorsements of the other candidates? To imply his endorsement is BOUGHT (a heckuva stone to cast against L Fitch and M Huckabee, by the way) while failing to discuss any of the others in the race casts enough doubt for me.
Let’s take this a step further: Fundraising. Money. The almighty dollar. Is it more troubling to you that Lynn Fitch was endorsed by Governor Huckabee or that former Democrat State Representative and Speaker of The House Tim Ford has contributed AT LEAST $15K directly, and who knows how much indirectly, to Lucien Smith’s campaign? Which weighs heaviest on your mind?
Another question: Qualifications. Resumes. Is it more troubling to you that Lynn Fitch was endorsed by Governor Huckabee or that Lee Yancey can “charge a fee” to discuss money while not actually handling said money? Which makes the bigger (ok, negative?) impact with you?
C Jones has reminded us to “keep in mind this is a Republican primary, which Republican campaigns has Ms Fitch worked on in the past” like it’s some sort of merit badge or requirement to gain his support. Is that what matters to yall? Who someone’s neighbors or drinking buddies are? Who people know, or who owes them favors? Unbelievable criteria. Set that bar high.
(A few) Folks are complaining about Lynn Fitch starting with the endorsement and somehow saying, after she detailed her career as a bond lawyer, House Ways & Means counsel, and serving two appointments (running state agencies) for Haley Barbour, that they know nothing about her while failing to mention Lucien’s dodging of the question that was asked about how insignificant that certificate is as it relates to the gravity of this race or Lee Yancey’s explanation of his familiarity with the classic languages, namely Hebrew. What’d that do to reassure you about the prospective future of this office?
What were yall listening to?
What matters to yall?
These are serious questions.
Ok, I’ve been waiting for the opportunity to jump in here. This “negative” approach…tell me more. Before you answer Rankinlawyer…let me say this…let’s say you were running for Sheriff of your fine county (I assume you are from Rankin County) and everywhere you went you told crowds and folk that you were a graduate of the Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy and that was one of the reasons you felt you should be Sheriff.
One of your worthy opponents came upon the fact that you actually didn’t graduate from this program….you’re running for a job heavy in law enforcement and this comes out.
Is this a negative from your opponent to show light on this? What say you Rankinlawyer??
It’s amazing that some would rather call the TRUTH negative rather than admit they’ve been duped, or at the very least that they were mislead. I just don’t get it – if before the debate you knew that L Yancey was a salesman and L Smith’s certificate cost him the price of admission and the “For Dummies” book and you take offense to those things being brought to light, your reasons for being upset can only be either you don’t care about those things because one or the other is your candidate (your prerogative) and you didn’t want it to be known or you had been presented with potentially misleading information. Otherwise, is it not a service to the voters of MS to let them know L Yancey doesn’t handle investments (he all but called himself a salesman) and that anyone in the listening audience was a weekend short of the same certification that L Smith boasts, an accreditation that to my knowledge is mentioned nowhere in the Financial Industries Regulatory Authority’s literature. Furthermore, just to emphasise its prowess, the testimony quote on the brochure is from the Deputy Treasurer of Ann Arbor. A deputy city employee. Think about that.
The office of Treasurer is a vital one. Our bond indebtedness is a major issue. We need experience AND firm fiscally conservative values. Anything else is a disservice to our state, and that specific combination is available to us. All 3 candidates are conservative, but just as L Fitch said, if you were a job creator you’d be looking at resumes; when you look at these resumes it’s not close on experience. One certificate vs a career. One test vs a career. Internships and meetings with partners vs a career. It’s not negative, it’s truth. And so quickly labeling it as such simply points to just how relevant it is.
I hope the debate opened some eyes. My bet is L Fitch’s performance combined with the Huckabee endorsement made for her single biggest day of Name I.D. of the campaign. I’m anxious for the statewide radio ad with Gov Huckabee to begin running, and if her TV ads are anything like the first video the campaign released, you can count on them being solid.
This race is for real. Going to be a fun July across the board.
Is the public supposed to believe that Huckabee just woke up one morning and decided to endorse Lynn? That paying his son-in-law is merely conincidental? For all the griping you do about misleading, the Fitch campaign sure seems to be pushing this idea.
Let’s just clear the air before we go any further – 1) Did you or did you not know the truth about Lucien’s certificate and Lee’s role at Woodbridge before last night; 2) If you did, did you care; and 3) If you didn’t, what do you think now?
To answer your question, no. My hope is that people would hear the news and investigate for themselves. Investigate the endorsement. But moreso, investigate the dang candidate! If this race is run and won on qualifications then it isn’t going to be close. I think you know that, and after yesterday, many others are realizing it as well.
Hayes, get serious. How can you write, with a straight face, that you’ve been waiting to jump in here. Several of these posts have been yours, you have just put your name to this one. In fact you’ve gotten so good at it that you are posting and answering yourself now.
We all know you are working for Fitch which is perfectly ok. We all know that you are expecting payback from her if she should win in the way of good consulting gigs. Ok too. But to try to claim that this post with your name is the only one on here that you have written is too much. We can all ready your writing in the other “in defense of Lynn” posts. Start playing like a big boy.
Ivehadbetter, let’s give you the facts on this and then please try to forget endorsements and focus on what becauseyouasked is saying, because after all THAT is the key to this race. First, I worked for Mike Huckabee when he was the Co-Chair of the Delta Regional Authority. That was from 2001-2004. We’ve remained friends and I’m close friends with his old communications guy, Rex Nelson. When I got involved in this campaign (for ONLY the reasons becauseyouasked states above) I was wildly excited about Bryan Sanders (Governor Huckabee’s SIL) being in the race. I’ve pushed for the endorsement and after Governor Huckabee has had the opportunity to meet with and visit Lynn on several occasions, he was willing to do that. John, y’all act as if this is some “for sale” thing. First of all, it’s an insult to Governor that I bet you wouldn’t be willing to make to his face…even if you were willing to give your name. Secondly, it would assume that EVERY candidate Bryan gets involved with gets his father-in-laws endorsement. NOT TRUE. So…now that all that nonsense is out of the way….Ivehadbetter, can we please
Get back to the points becauseyouasked raises above. Throw out the money, throw out the signs, throw out the endorsements, and FOCUS on the body of work these three folk are putting out there. Keep in mind if you owned a 15 billion dollar company and had to hire a CFO out of the three, who would you hire. That is the point here…everything else is fluff.
Hayes,
Thanks for clearing the Huckabee thing; and I’m not accusing y’all of doing anything illegal or immoral, or anything in between. I personally don’t think endorsements mean that much. Sure you pull a few votes here and there, but clearly, they aren’t everything (see Longwitz, most recently). and for the record, I said this before anyone got any endorsement. You certainly have been in politics long enough to know, as you stated, that all that “is fluff.” I just want everything to be above the table.
Quite clearly, I’m supporting Lucien. I think understands the challenges we face as a State and I trust him to implement solutions. He is smart, capable, and hard-working. He understands the political environment and I think he is a good guy. (Being a good guy doesn’t make you qualified, but it is on the list.)
I’m fortunate to know all three candidates personally. Not know who they are… I know them and they know me. That being said, I trust Lucien to do the best job.
I know you feel differently and you are entitled to that. In fact, you probably know all three personally as well, and I know you trust Lynn.
Just to be clear, I don’t think you or the Fitch campaign has done anything wrong. I don’t think Lynn was “negative” yesterday… I hate the term as it relates to politics b/c it is usually not accurate as you pointed out above. I have yet to personally attack anyone on this website and won’t.
In the end, neither I nor Huckabee get to annoint the Treasurer. I think the more information we have on the candidates, the better… for everyone.
That said I am with Lucien.
Hayes Dent,
I would hire the one that explains what he/she is going to do to advance the company and How he/she plans on accomplishing their goals. I would not base my hiring solely on the resume. The resume will get he/she an interview, but they have to answer some questions. I am disappointed that all the candidates are avoiding the issues and focused on superficial self absorbent taunting of themselves.
By the way an endorsement from some bootleg preacher that threw away the spritual to embrace worldly position through politics dosen’t encourage me to support Lynn.
“Give unto Ceasar what is Ceasar’s, Give unto me what is mine” so said Jesus Christ
Oh my. Now Huckabee is a bootleg preacher that’s turned his back on the Lord. Man this site is better than Ole Miss’ or State’s message boards as it pertains to comedic value. Good grief.
Hey Tread, quick, walk away from the computer and stay out of political discussions, or else the Lord may think you’ve left him for modern technology and the way of the earthly, political flesh.
Becauseyouassked,
There is no place for preachers in politics. If he were a blackman reverend, I would feel the same way. I believe a preachers place is in the pulpit. If you throw away your commitment to preach that makes you a bootleg preacher. I know Im in the 13% minority, but a person has to have principles and be consistant. By the way the Lord is on the internet. Who did you think created! Al Gore!
Ivehadbetter…well said and I agree on all points except on who can do the job best on day one…:) Lucien is a good man though.
donttread…good point on the ability above and beyond the resume’. That’s probably the biggest reason I’m supporting Lynn Fitch, she’s cut her budget and increased services at both agencies she’s either helped lead or been the chief of…proven performance with a body of work experience to back it up. On the Huckabee thing, I guess you are entitled to your opinion…that of course knocks Rev. Yancey out of the Treasurer’s race so please look beyond the endorsements and vote for Lynn Fitch.
First off, huck isn’t a true conservate. Go read his record as governor before you buy that lie. He is a fake. Second, what does this Mississippi outsider truly know of Mississippi? Did he know that Miss Fitch was a democrat that worked for Ronnie Musgrove and liberal Mike Moore? She doesn’t seem to want to point this out. I could vote for either of the other two. I like both Smith and Yancey. I’m choosing Yancey but Fitch is not even on my radar. I won’t vote for a Musgrove/Moore stooge. My opinion, Fitch equals democrat.
Nice try Adam, it is a complete lie that Lynn Fitch worked for Ronnie Musgrove, so I’ll leave that one be. As far as Moore goes, you are correct…she worked for several months in a position in the AG’s office prior to moving over to the House of Representatives in the spring of 88. Since you dropped the Musgrove bomb, I’m guessing you know nothing of state government, but if you go back to those days there are alot of really good members of our party who were in government and weren’t R’s because basically nobody was! I actually worked in Jim Herring’s losing battle against Moore in 87 and wear my staple gun scar from 1975 Carmichael race as a badge of honor.
I’m proud that a lot of D’s are now R’s…unfortunately for you, Lynn was just a simple 25 year old law grad wanting to work in state government. I’m not sure if you were old enough to vote in 91, but the tide really started turning then and the rest, as they say, is history. I’m delighted you are voting in the GOP and I understand given your preference that you don’t have much deep party context, but google Reagan’s 11th commandment and try to stick to issues that are relevant today.
First off, hayes, I love how you attack me instead of the issues. Shows the weakness of your beloved Fitch. Second I am more than
old enough to remember 91 and I was a republican before it was cool to be. Way to assume, clown.
Third, Fitch did work for Ronnie or she lied to me about that because SHE said she did to me when I asked her.
Last, when I was 25 I had more values then I guess she did because I wouldn’t have ever agreed to work for a known liberal like Moore. Ms. Fitch did. I have a problem with that. You don’t and that’s very ‘progressive’ of you. So go vote for fitch and I’ll vote for one of the two real republicans. Good day.
Adam refers to folk as “stooge” and “clown” and yelps about being personally attacked….oops, not yelps, how about comments…kinder, gentler. Sorry, never personally attack someone who uses stooge and clown to describe people he doesn’t know and is willing to lie about.
This is good banter and I applaud this thread when it stays elevated to adult speak.
By the way Adam, it’s been my experience that people who have been around a while and are pretty sure of their positions on things are willing to give their full names, what’s yours?
Was Lynns name fitch when she worked for Musgrove and Moore?
I would like to know which banks will be used as the State Depository? Did that bank receive Bank Bailout money? Are they tied globally with the world financial fallout in Europe?
I guess I am confused, it has bee wriiten that Fitch is her maiden name, is this like some who do not take the name of her husband??
What is her husbands name?, Where does he work?
Once again dent avoids anything I say about fitch and comes at me. Avoids the fact he’s telling lies and acts like a liberal in attacking the poster. And what’s really the point of giving my last name? You don’t know me and clearly don’t care to know you. I’m sure to you that’s your huge gotcha. To me a laughable proof you’ve got nothing. Ms. Fitch is gonna lose. It will be either of the other two. I’ve heard her speak, I’ve met her and she isn’t impressive in the slightest. And listening to the debate she did nothing to win me over. And back to the huck endorsement, I ask again, what does this fake conservative know about mississippi politics that his opinion matters? I doubt huck the fake has studied any of those running this race to have any clue who the best person is. That’s a fact you can’t run from. Huck won’t save Fitch. Period.
Uncle!! You win!! Just do me one favor….I’m guessing you behave “out there” like you do “in here” so please openly support one of the other candidates, we’ll take all the help we can. Still though, vote R in August and November!
Married? Divorced? Widowed? Help me out Hayes!
Lynn is divorced…we’re hoping that the 87% of the people who are or have had that happen in their immediate family will overlook that as an issue relative to who the State Treasurer should be…do you think it is?
Divorce is not an issue!!! It’s what candidates who have no experience and no qualifications want to divert voters attention to.
If divorce was a significant issue we never would have had a President Reagan…
Pardon me, I was trying to clarify a point I thought had been left a little murky. I have heard Ms Fitch speak, and thought I had read all materials, either I missed that point or it was omitted.
I have read where “Coast “was detailing to a candidate when they qualify all areas of their life comes under review.
This really is not my race, I am and have been pulling for my guy in the Lt. Gov primary.
Disparaging no, qualifying yes, if apology is needed I offer mine.
Hey Dontread,
That is the kind of question people should be asking. Also, what rates and ccsts are associated and were they no-bid, open- bid or negotiated arrangements? Do any of them have campaign contribution relationships with anyone in position to make the selection.
You are right Ron,
If these type questions are not answered by the candidates now, the nominee will get it in the general. Then it will be to late if there is any inpropriety.
Dent, you need all the help. I noticed you still didn’t answer my question because you can’t. Fitch won’t even make the runoff. Of the three, you backed the worst one. And don’t worry. I’ll act this way in public too. I just hope you do as well. Not that it matters since Fitch will lose anyway.