It surprised me, and I know it surprised a lot of other people, whe Jim Gilcrest endorsed Mike Huckabee for president. It isn’t a secret that he is soft on illegal immigration. One would think that you would look into things like that before getting behind a candidate. Now, Gilcrest seems to be backtracking on his endorsement:
As previously reported, Gilchrist told WND, “Nothing I can find in Huckabee’s plan indicates he is going to let the illegal immigrants back into the country the next day after they go home.
“The illegal aliens, once they are back home, will have to stand in line with everybody else and apply for legal entry at the end of the line,” Gilchrist insisted, representing what he thought was the Huckabee plan.
Gilchrist further stated at the time, “If, in fact, there is no standing in line and waiting for legal entry, I would have a serious reservation about endorsing Huckabee.”
As Lone Wacko pointed out here, Huck’s plan has a revolving door. But Gilcrest wants more answers.
Despite the new information about Huckabee’s plan, Gilchrist declined to withdraw immediately his endorsement.
“I need to get answers from Huckabee himself about this discrepancy,” Gilchrist said. “I want a valid explanation and I want it published.
“Plus, I have some other questions too that you’re not aware of that I have already queried Governor Huckabee’s staff about yesterday and again this morning,” he continued. “But it’s going to take about 72 hours to get responses.”
It surprises me that Jim didn’t take the time to learn all this before he endorsed Huckabee. He seems like he is generally on top of things like this. I can’t imagine after learning everything about Huckabee and illegal aliens that his endorsement will stay with the Huckster.
