Call Him Mike “Yuckabee” Instead?

Since our media seems to be getting a kick out of him and his jokey remarks during the Iowa Repug straw poll, in which he came in second behind Willard Mitt (I Advocate Fiscal Restraint, Now Watch Me Buy A Victory) Romney, I thought it would be a good idea to take a bit of a closer look at former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee...

On October 19, 2006, Huckabee appeared on the Imus in the Morning radio show with Don Imus. Referring to his significant weight loss, Imus remarked that Huckabee looked "emaciated." Huckabee joked that "I have just come out of six weeks at a concentration camp held by the (sic) Democrat Party of Arkansas in an undisclosed location, making a hostage tape...That's why I look that way." The National Jewish Democratic Council spoke out against the remarks; deputy executive director David Goldenberg said that Huckabee's comments were "insensitive" and that "making light of the Holocaust isn't something any elected official should be doing."

Huckabee's response was, "I have a great deal of respect for the Jewish people" and "To make such a far-reaching statement is laughable and is the type of allegation that makes people cynical."[17]

Interesting non apology, I would say…

In November 2006, both Huckabee and his wife drew criticism for creating wedding registries in the amount of over $6000 at both the Target and Dillard's web sites, in conjunction with a housewarming party to celebrate a new house they had purchased in Little Rock. The Arkansas Times, which first reported the story, noted that wedding gifts represent one of the exceptions to a $100 cap on gifts to political leaders under Arkansas law.[18] Huckabee claimed that the registries were intended only for those who were invited to the event, that he was not involved in organizing the event, and that they were classified as wedding registries only because those sites did not have separate categories for housewarming parties.

Oh, that’s cute (though I just checked Target, and I couldn’t find a housewarming registry either, only for babies and weddings – slick one, Mike)…

And one more thing…as a HuffPo commenter noted, did you know that Huckabee is a proponent of FairTax, which advocates getting rid of all other taxes in favor of a 23 percent sales tax??!!

Can you say “permanent recession and massive bankruptcies now and forever,” boys and girls?

And another supposedly hilarious moment from Huckabee came when he said, “we've had a Congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop.”

Ha, ha, ha...

I guess with Mike Huckabee, the jokes never stop. And by the way, smooth move in the Wayne Dumond case; Dumond is a convicted rapist who was punished too severely under former Governor Bill Clinton because Dumond attacked one of Clinton’s distant relatives (or so Clinton’s enemies believed). The problem is that, after Huckabee released him, Dumond sexually assaulted and murdered a woman in Missouri. I can chalk that up to a mistake in judgment, though it was horrendous.

So now, I suppose Huckabee will try and use this “momentum” to crowd out the rest of the well-moneyed Repug field including Fred (“Flaw And Ardor”) Thompson, Rudy!, and Romney of course (with the specter of Newt hovering in the background…God, please run; I’ll post forever).

Now that’s funny!

Update 8/14: Not sure who this blogger is, but this is a good post (I know who Booman is, though).