Huckabee Mocks Romney's Chicken Eating Method
(CBS)
PENSACOLA, FLA -- A reporter asked Mike Huckabee, who famously lost 110 pounds after being diagnosed with diabetes, how he he takes his fried chicken as both a Southerner and health junkie. The question had been inspired by reports that Mitt Romney, in front of his amused media entourage, pulled the skin off his Kentucky Fried Chicken before eating yesterday.
"Going through the weight loss program I try to eat it more broiled and baked," Huckabee said. "But I can tell you this: any Southerner knows that if you're not gonna eat the skin, don't bother with calling it fried chicken."
In jest, Huckabee said, "I'm glad to hear that [Romney] did that because that means I'm going to win Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma -- all these great Southern states that understand that the best part of fried chicken is the skin."
Huckabee compared Romney's skinless fried chicken eating to Gerald Ford eating a tamale with a shuck on it. Recalling hearing about it as a grad school student in 1976, Huckabee said, "That weekend every newscast in Texas led with 'President Ford doesn't know how to eat a tamale."
"He lost Texas," Huckabee continued. "And many believe he lost the presidency, and there are a lot of people who will believe forever that it was the shuck on the tamale -- not Jimmy Carter -- that beat Gerald Ford in 1976. So who knows?"
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See all 62 CommentsIt is up to us to choose the person we want for president. We all kow that media bias is controlling who people vote for. And some of the mainstream media is getting paid very well for what hey report.
www.catholic.org put a great article that supports Mike Huckabee and talks about the un fairness that is happening in this race. The article is called "Let Huckabee speak" It is front page! Please go and read it. Not only are Protestants and Evangelicals supporting Mike, so are Catholics. As well as people who live with morals an values, common Americans are choosing Mike Huckabee. Please look carefuly at the candidates.
Dan Campbell
Sgt. USMC
FACT: Mike Huckabee wants "to amend the Constitution so it''s in God''s standards rather than try to change God''s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view." (Source: msnbc, HUCK, THE CONSTITUTION AND ''GOD''S STANDARDS'', 01/16/08)
Look through his "Awe Schucks" act and see him for what he really is. Mike Huckabee is a liberal in conservative clothing.
FACT: Mike Huckabee opposed a federal raid of 119 illegal immigrants at an Arkansas Tyson poultry plant, 107 of whom left the country either voluntarily or through deportation. (Melissa Nelson, "Huckabee Risks Political Fortunes To Denounce Immigration Raid," Associated Press, 8/5/05)
FACT: Mike Huckabee opposed a bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in his own state. (Source CNS NEWS, Some GOP Concerned about Huckabee''s Immigration Views, Fred Lucas, 12/04/2007)
FACT: During the 2001 regular session of the Arkansas Legislature, Mike Huckabee supported giving driver''s licenses to illegal aliens. (Source Arkansas Journal, Mike Huckabee Supported Bill to Give Driver''s Licenses to Illegal Aliens, Henry Rearden, 11/22/2007)
FACT: Mike Huckabee stole over $70,000 worth of furniture from the Arkansas governors mansion. (Source: Arkansas Times Counting the Furniture, 12/14/06 Leslie Newell Peacock)
FACT: Mike Huckabee set up a nonprofit entity so he could give paid ``inspirational'''' speeches without having to disclose the donors. (SOURCE: Bloomberg Dec 12, 2007 Margaret Carlson)
FACT: Mike Huckabee raised more taxes in 10 years in office than Bill Clinton did in his 12 years. (Source: The Leader, 08/30/2006)
FACT: Mike Huckabee''s substantial tax hikes far surpassed his modest tax cuts, with the average tax burden increasing by a whopping 47% over his tenure. (Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 10/09/07)
FACT: Mike Huckabee opposed a congressional measure to ban internet taxes in 2003. (Source: Arkansas News Bureau, 11/21/03)
FACT: Mike Huckabee in 2004, he allowed a 17% sales tax increase to become law. (Source: The Gurdon Times, 03/02/04)
FACT: Mike Huckabee joined Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in declaring his opposition to the interrogation procedure known as "waterboarding," and said he would support closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and moving the Guantanamo prisoners to the military''s only maximum-security prison, Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. This move would grant habeas corpus rights to "enemy combatants." (Source: Washington Post, Huckabee Chafes at ''Front-Runner'' Label, Perry Bacon Jr. 12/4/07)
FACT: Mike Huckabee granted 1,033 pardons and commutations, including 12 convicted murderers, one of which "Wayne DuMond" shortly after his release moved to Missouri where he raped and murdered Carol Sue Shields. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Clay County, Mo., in 2003. He died in prison in 2005. (Source: The Leader, Arkansas clemencies outpace other states, Garrick Feldman, 2004)
FACT: The ethics commission fined Huckabee $1,000 for failing to report that he paid himself $14,000 from his 1992 U.S. Senate campaign and $43,000 from his 1994 lieutenant governor''s campaign. (Source: POLITICO, Huckabee rivals unearth ethics complaints Kenneth P. Vogel Nov 21, 2007)
FACT: Huckabee accepted more than 300 gifts worth at least $130,000, ranging from $3,700 cowboy boots to a $600 chainsaw. (Source: POLITICO, Huckabee rivals unearth ethics complaints Kenneth P. Vogel Nov 21, 2007)
Now lets talk about the real CHEAT. Mitt Romney can not answer questions for himself so he has to have someone feed him the answers. If this Cheater does this in a debate you know he will do or say anything to win. He can not be trusted!
Don''t believe me? Look at this video evidence. 3 videos and only a total Kool-aid drinker can deny this proof.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NlIMQ31EjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wfWDOxZkEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK408oqEyOU
Romney appeals to conservatives and will clean up in every Republican-only primary--here are the issues:
1. His clear stance on illegal immigration. McCain attempted to grant amnesty.
2. His stance on the economy. Mitt outclasses every candidate on both sides and will provide the middle class with tax cuts, and slash the ridiculous corporate taxes stifling business growth. McCain is a joke on this issue and admitted he does not understand the economy.
3. His stance on energy independence. Mitt understands the substantial investment required to develop clean, efficient energy resources but he is not going to punish the US by not drilling oil and refining gas--oil production in Alaska will not only be key to reduce gas prices for every American citizen, but will further boost the economy by providing an abundance of well-paying jobs. Remember the 80''s? Again, McCain is an ignorant liberal on this issue.
Romney will handily defeat the Clintons in 08''
"The success [in Iraq] is due to the blood and the courage of our servicemen and women... not to General Hillary Clinton"
- Mitt Romney
I read the article, too entitled, "Let Huckabee Speak" and it is absolutely true! Did you catch C-Span this morning? GREAT answers from Mike about all the issues! Now if the "paid-by-Romney" media would direct those kinds of questions to ALL the candidates instead of their "boy", we''d have a fair and balanced debate, wouldn''t we? There''s another debate coming up this week in California...let''s see if the mediators blantantly and unfairly direct the questions with "meat" in them at just the "chosen one" or all the candidates! I''m not holding my breath! MIKE''S THE MAN!!!
That room stuffed full of young ment in white shirts and ties sitting behind monitors, with about 100 flat screens in front on the wall monitering every news article, broadcast and comment about him posted.
They are paid to say anything to make Romney look good and the other candidates look bad. I seen it on the news. It is scarey. That combined with Romney trying to buy everyone to buy America. we are in a fight for Freedom in our country. God, please help us.
The crazy thing is people will actually vote for that inexplicable combination of total opposites. McCain/Huck will choose collusion for their desperate effort to achieve the whitehouse - but neither is the right person for the work that needs to be done.
Mitt is It! I am amazed that people are so taken with McCain''s straight talk express, after he boldly declares untruths about Romney. McCain is the poster boy for the professional Washington politician.
I do not want him representing the Republican party - even with Huckabee as his VP. Shame on Huckabee if he does join up with McCain.
At Bain Capital, Mr. Romney used offshore corporations to avoid U.S. taxation, and he fee-milked acquired businesses before firing workers and taking them into bankruptcy ( http://snipr.com/romneyoffshore ), to amass his great $250,000,000 wealth.
So, when you compare how Mr. Huckabee''s visionary FairTax advocacy ( http://snipr.com/nextrung ) compares to Romney''s interest in the current tax system, it''s pretty easy to see who will lead us out of tax slavery ( http://snipr.com/taxburden ) - $265 billion annual tax code compliance costs representing 5 billion wasted hours, annually.
Let the CEO of Overstock.com tell you how those "wizards of Wall Street" tried to ruin his company: http://snipr.com/nakedshortgdarkside
You think Romney will clean up the markets? Not a chance. Just like he''ll never get rid of the tax code - it''s just too plump pluckin''s keepin'' them "money boys" cluckin''s.
What gripes me about this article is not that I don''t enjoy Huckabee''s sense of humor, but he has so much of substance to say and the media just totally ignores it - to the delight of all his bashers out there who would prefer people to believe that he has no substance.
He just posted an article on the value of & need for an improved infrastructure for our country, for example - where is the media coverage on that?
Seek the truth - mikehuckabee.com and hucksarmy.com
This statement is going to haunt him for weeks. It will take more than few town hall meetings to clarify his position.
He''s going to have to demand special "Southern fried" preparation from now on for the entree at every chicken-dinner fundraiser he attends.
I just hope his gallbladder is up to the task.
He is the only candidate in the Republican Party who has actually put forth any substantial plans on how he would govern. He has taken the bold step to introduce America to the concept of a "Fair Tax", a bold economic initiative. He has proposed rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, something he did in Arkansas as Governor. This positive step will create jobs, good, paying jobs for Americans.
Mike Huckabee is a social conservative and a fiscal pragmatist. It would be rather refreshing to have a leader such as Mike Huckabee sitting in the White House; someone with a great sense of humor and who can communicate and connect with the American people.
I support Mike Huckabee for President of the United States.
It is down to Romney and McCain.
If he is lucky, Romney or McCain will pick him as VP. I am thinking it will be Romney, with the latest Rasmussen poll showing a 6 point lead for Romney. (33-27%)
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Contrast him to Mitt Romney--whom Huckabee mocks. Romney demonstrates lifetime, healthy lifestyle traits--he looks lean and strong, he eats and drinks wisely, protecting his health for the good of his himself, his family, and those he serves.
Due to the mounting diabetes epidemic, America faces a monumental medical care and cost meltdown due to unhealthy eating and drinking lifestyle choices. Congratulations to Huckabee for "flip-flopping" on his past unhealthy lifestyle choices, but congratulations to Romney for a consistent record of good health self-discipline--the kind of positive example America needs.
David
Huckabee is the ONLY candidate that has not resorted to negative campaigning in order to diminish his competitor''s reputations or records. In the mean time, Club for Growth has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars producing negative attack ads against Huckabee in order to try to derail his campaign. And now that Romney''s Bain Capital owns Clear Channel Communications, who, by the way broadcast Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter and others programs, the on-air assaults have exploded! Gee, a little sucking up to the new boss, perhaps?!?
Mike Huckabee is a good and decent public servant who did an excellent job as Governor for the State of Arkansas, has more governing experience than ANY of the candidates, republican OR democrat, and has the moral compass that has long been absent from American politics.
Huckabee is the best choice for President in this election.
Mike Huckabee has obvious reasons to be jealous and angry. But being so sly, while cloaking himself in the banner of Christianity, makes him downright dangerous.
Mike Huckabee is an Ambassador of the American spirit. You are doing great Mike! Number 2 Nationwide in polls and 2nd most amount of delegates so far. The media may try to avoid stating those facts, but your people know them. We are growing in numbers daily. keep up the momentum!
Aaron Tippin song:
"He''d say you''ve got to stand for something or you''ll fall for anything
You''ve got to be your own man not a puppet on a string
Never compromise what''s right and uphold your family name
You''ve got to stand for something or you''ll fall for anything"
Mike Huckabee stands up for whats right.
Please vote 4 Governor Huckabee
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