Huckleberry’s In January 29, 2007
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FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR GIVING IT A GO
FITSNews - January 29, 2007 - Mike Huckabee probably doesn’t remember it, but he passed the FITSNews interview test a long time ago.
Three and a half years ago to be precise, at the Southern Governor’s Association meeting in Charleston, West Virginia.
That’s when Sic Willie went up to Huckabee and started blabbing about how he played a Fender Jazz Bass through a solid state pre-amp Gallien-Krueger head and double-stack Hartke Transient Attack cabinet.
Whatever that means.
Anyway, without missing a beat, Huckabee - himself a bass player - responded by asking Sic Willie whether or not he had the Hartke 410’s with the 10″ TP aluminum cone bass drivers, because he’d heard those rocked.
Then the clouds parted and it was kind of like that part in “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” where they introduce “the one and only Billy Shears.”
And then Sic Willie fell to the ground and screamed “I’m not worthy!”
In addition to knowing his bass cabinet shiz-nittle, Huckabee is also great on Gen X staples like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, where he’s been toe-to-toe with both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert and come off looking more genuine than any politician we’ve seen in a long time.
Of course, they don’t give out Republican presidential nominations based on how cool you are or how much you know about bass speaker cabinets.
Damn if wishing made it so, though.
Anyway, now that Huckabee is in, what are his chances against a formidable array of well-funded GOP candidates including Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Flipper the Dolphin?
Well, the skinny on Huckles is that he’s solid on social conservative issues but might need to bone up on his Friedman and Laffer a little bit.
Which might not be the best arithmetic in a race where Romney and his fellow right-wing baiters Sam Brownback, Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo are already spooking the hell out of GOP primary voters in search of their share of the “I’m scared sh*tless of Hillary, black people, Mexicans and progress” voting bloc.
Which is also known as Anderson County.
Oh, and another problem Huckles will face (which we’re sure Laurin over at SC ‘08 will tell us about any minute now) is dealing with whoever it is that’s currently cybersquatting on his domain name.
It doesn’t look like that person likes Huckles very much.
You know, we’d look into that particular situation ourselves but yesterday was Wal-Mart day and we picked up the latest editions of US Weekly, Bazaar, GQ, Vanity Fair and Vogue so needless to say, we’re a little busy now.
Comments»
In January 1991, Bill Clinton had 2 percent of the vote in a Gallup Poll (according to a Gallup blog on USA Today posted a few weeks ago).
Just because you haven’t heard of someone doesn’t mean they won’t be a good presidential candidate.
Besides, with the exception of his tax hike in Arkansas, Huckabee might be the most “real” candidate out there.
And you have to respect the personal fortitude it takes to drop 100 pounds and run a marathon. That isn’t anything presidential, but it shows the character of someone. Besides, look at all the fatasses out there (like me) who can’t drop their mocha frapps (FITS) and lose ONE stinking pound structly by walking across the street.
But I’m not bitter or anything.
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