Huck and Tax Increases

Excuses are an interesting thing. I see this with both Mitt and Huck. Huck was on Fox News Sunday today. Mark Kilmer at Red State reported that Huck was asked about the You Tube video of him begging for a tax increase to which he responded that "It was a special session, the Democrats had blocked all budgets and the State was about to be forced to shut down. All he did, he said, was put everything on the table to do the emergency work of keeping Arkansas in operation at an emergency session." (I am quoting Kilmer, not Huck).

Here is my problem with this answer. What he is basically saying is that he was fighting a Democrat controlled legislature and if they did not get the budget dealt with, the government would shut down. SO, a tax increase was an acceptable expedient.

Chances are, the next President will be dealing with a Democrat controlled legislature. I do not want a President that will accept a tax increase to keep the government running. I want a President that will show some backbone and stand up for what he believes in and will keep the economy strong.

UPDATE: I am watching the Fred interview from ABC this morning and there was something that Fred said in context of abortion that made me think of this issue. Fred said that any bill funding or promotion of abortion would not become law "without his veto." Basically he was saying that he would not compromise on abortion. What Huck is saying in this interview is that he does not see tax increases in the same way as Fred sees abortion.