Apparently, now that the campaign is over republicans are starting to feel free to say what they really mean.  Honestly, I thought after the campaign that there would be unity amongst republican rivals…apparently I was way wrong.  Huckabee was going on the typical “selling of the book” tour.  In this case the book is Do The Right Thing: Inside the Movement That’s Bringing Common Sense Back to America. He definitely did some settling of the score, and a lot of settling on Mitt Romney.  I don’t know why people found Mitt Romney annoying, I kind of liked him.  Anyways, this is what the Huckster said about Mitt Romney, excerpts via Time,

Mitt Romney, Huckabee’s principal rival in Iowa, receives the roughest treatment. Huckabee writes that the former Massachusetts governor’s record was “anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president.” He notes that Romney declined to make a congratulatory phone call after Huckabee beat the odds to win the Iowa caucuses, “which we took as a sign of total disrespect.” He mocks Romney for suggesting, during one debate, more investment in high-yield stocks as a solution to economic woes. “Let them eat stocks!” Huckabee jokes.

That is kind of bad for Romney not to congratulate Huckabee.  But, Romney could have kissed Huckabee’s evangelical ass and still not be considered conservative enough for Huckabee.  He also said this about Fred Thompson, and I definitely agree with him on this one.

“Fred Thompson never did grasp the dynamics of the race or the country, and his amazingly lackluster campaign reflected just how disconnected he was with the people, despite the anticipation and expectation that greeted his candidacy,”

Fred Thompson was just a complete embarrassment.  I didn’t even know why the hell he was in the race.  Just because you sound like you can be president doesn’t mean conservatives had to kiss his ass.  I have a real issue with this next account, not with Huckabee so much, but as why the hell people do things like this,

He also returns again and again to stories of his supporters, like the woman who gave him her wedding ring on a rope line in Michigan because she could not afford to make a contribution to his campaign and the truck driver who appeared on his behalf at public rallies. “I was only carrying mail to the mailboxes,” he writes. “It was the salt-of-the-earth types like my unknown angel in Michigan who actually wrote the letters.”

OK so I can understand why people would feel so inspired by a presidential candidate, but c’mon.  I hope she got her wedding ring back which she could have pawned off to get some money.  I just don’t feel that enamored by candidates enough to be giving away precious items like that.  I find it unnecessary, as me and my friends would say, “honey you doin’ too much, it’s not that serious”.  Anyways, my verdict on the book is go to Barnes and Noble, read the book while your there but don’t buy

UPDATE: Mitt Romney camp responds,

Asked to respond, Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said Huckabee was acting small.
“This type of pettiness is beneath Mike Huckabee,” Fehrnstrom. “If we’re going to move the party forward, we need to offer more than personal recriminations. Unfortunately, in this book, Mike Huckabee is consumed with presumed slights, and he seems more interested in settling scores than in bringing people together.”

come on, they could have come with a better come back then that.