Huckabee Is Nuts

This really needs to be highlighted.

First, Huckabee creates his first negative campaign ad against Mitt Romney.

Then he calls a press conference to show it off.

Then at the conference, he forswears the ad, saying it was a mistake and he's pulling it.

Then he insists on showing the ad to the reporters, supposedly to prove it existed (and not at all so he can claim he stayed positive when he went negative, nope).

But the ad itself is a doozy....

Excerpts from the not-quite-killed spot, via ABC's Political Punch:
HUCKABEE: I'm Mike Huckabee and I approved this spot because Iowans have the right to know the truth about Mitt Romney's dishonest attacks on me and even an American hero, John McCain.
NARRATOR: Romney's record? Over 700 million in new taxes. Left office with a deficit. No executions. Supported gun control. And Romney's government-mandate health plan provided a $50 co-pay for abortion.
HUCKABEE: If a man's dishonest to obtain a job, he'll be dishonest on the job. Iowans deserve better.

Emphasis mine.

So Huckabee is fightin' mad that, amongst other things, Mitt didn't kill anybody while he was Governor, at least in an official capacity. This savage bloodthirsty bible thump maniac is your Republican frontrunner, ladies and gentlemen.