I just stumbled across a story on what the presidential candidates don’t like to eat and saw this response from Huckabee:
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: “Carrots. I just don’t like carrots. I banned them from the governor’s mansion when I was governor of Arkansas because I could.“
Little quips like that bother me. I know it’s silly, but they just leap right out at me.
I suppose that quip struck me hard because I’ve seen numerous reports of Huckabee saying he’d support a nation wide ban on smoking if he became president. From what I gather Huckabee has become pretty health conscious in recent years, and if you ever see some YouTube videos of him as governor of Arkansas you’ll notice he’s lost a lot of weight. And that’s cool, I like that, and think it’s really awesome that he got all health minded. But, Huckabee seems OK with the notion of shoving his lifestyle choices down our throats for our own good.
I do not hold to that.
Note to Huck: If the president thing doesn’t work out I’d suggest starting a line of fitness centers with the Chuck Norris Approved endorsement. I’m not being snarky here. It’s worth a look.
I’m pretty certain Huckabee would not resist the temptation to take power that a President should not have. I can see him pushing a social conservative agenda on us.
Further proof that politicians are bad news, regardless of party affiliation. I don’t smoke, and I think smoking bans are a bunch of crap. If I don’t want to smell smoke, I sit in the non-smoking section or just don’t go to the business or location. If you want to smoke, go for it. The flip side of that coin is I also don’t have a problem with insurance companies charging smokers higher premiums for their destructive behavior. The price of Liberty and Freedom is accountability for your actions. No one can force you to take of yourself, nor should they. Do what you want, just don’t expect me(or others) to pay for the clean up.
I regretfully predict Huckabee vs Clinton as the race in 2008.
Yeah, the more I read about Huck, the more I see him as an extremist on certain issues… And yes, I think he would use his power to shove his beliefs down our throats.
Chuck Norris is still sweet though. I mean, come on, he counted to infinity.. TWICE!
Hear-hear! I second the nomination of Mike Huckabee as leader and spokesman for 24 Hour Fitness. The only people he would have power over would be those who voluntarily chose to sign up.