WB: Mike Huckabee

Huckabee received perhaps the most enthusiastic reaction from the crowd when his name was announced as the next speaker, and the moderator semi-jokingly asked the delegates from Arkansas to please sit down.

He said to the values voters that he comes not as one who comes to you, but as one who comes from you.

He said some values are non negotiable: freedom, family and faith.

Huckabee said we need to wake up to the threat from radical Islam because they don't care how long it takes, they don't care if your children or grandchildren live at all. He said they would establish a theocracy over the entire the whole earth, and for that to happen, all of us have to disappear. He said the idea that they will leave us alone if we leave them alone will get us killed.

He said border control is a national security issue. He said it was a disgrace that it was more difficult for an American citizen to get on a plane in their hometown than it was for an illegal to get into the country. He said we will say no to amnesty and sanctuary cities, and to ignoring that some of our laws have been broken. He said he doesn't blame people for coming here, but he blames our government for allowing immigration to get out of control.

He condemned outsourcing and importing all our goods and energy from other countries; he said this leaves us vulnerable and unable to deal with threats.

He spoke against threats to our sovereignty.

He said the family is under attack by those who want to redefine marriage. He said we're not against people, we're for marriage. He said we should make it constitutionally clear. He said he was tired of hearing from people who are afraid to change the Constitution but want to change the "holy Word of God" and what it says about marriage and family.

He said it is clear that life begins at conception.

He said it is not someone's responsibility to accommodate someone's risky behavior. He said we don't move God's standards to meet cultural norms, we should move cultural norms to meet God's standards.

He said it was always preferable to be on God's side, even when the other side seems superior and more powerful. He said when you're on God's side, you get to see what God can do with a little faith.

We shouldn't let expediency or electability replace our values. He also said he doesn't spell GOD as GOP, and that our principles are more important than party.

Huckabee said it was time for values voters to pledge our lives, our fortunes and sacred honor for that which is eternal.

UPDATE: The video of Huckabee did not turn out (a few sessions have failed, for some reason).