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Huck on the run

Governor Mike Huckabee continues to get maximum mileage from his weight-loss and marathon running.

The December 2006 issue of Runner's World magazine lists Huckabee in its cover article on The Heroes Issue: The Most Inspiring Runners of 2006.

On Page 71 Huckabee is shown in running gear outside the Governor's Mansion. The feature lists the heroes as The Mentor, The Survivor, The Inspiration, etc. Huckabee is listed as The Leader. The accompanying text mentions his ongoing run for the 2008 presidency.

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And yesterday, he was on ESPN2's "Cold Pizza" (I know, I have no life). I can't believe how he is dragging this out. Could a man really run for Pres solely on his weight loss?

Don't you know that Mike and Jan are just dreaming of all those free trips, all that fine living, lavish dinners, and all the perks of the presidency? But, here's the rub - how the hell would Huck be capable of digging the USA out of the biggest mess we have ever been in?
It'll be tough, and we must elect someone a lot more smart and engaged and a lot less greedy the next time around.

Because such a mediocre man like Huckabee can get so much mileage out of nothing isn't a big surprise to me.

Turn on your TV set. America spends all week watching regular everyday people camp on far off islands to win prize money. Other ordinary people have become TV stars living in the same house and pretending to fight or FK. Other regular people eat bugs and worms while the television cameras roll and much of America rolls all over their sofa in enjoyment.

We have become a whole country of easily amused people. We quit demanding real actors and writers and scripts and settled for dumbasses pretending to be living real life.....on desert islands eating bugs.......just what we all do on a daily basis in our real lives. I'm so glad Desi and Lucy are dead!

People like this might think Huckabee is special. People like this might believe Bill Frist and laugh when Rush wiggles around like a terminally ill person. Huckabee quit being our Governor last year and still draws a paycheck while he fills his PAC with donations from out of staters who simply have too much money.

The jokes on us because we ourselves have turned into jokes. We demand people not smoke in alleys behind the hospital, but we don't demand anything from our elected officals who have used their offices to grow obscenely wealthy and powerful. My friend, the former P, worries about the cost of sick smokers while the rest of us worry not a bit about the cost of crooked politicians stealing from each and every one of us every waking moment.

Man are we screwed! Giants used to walk this earth. Now we worship those without any talent other than separating us from our money, freedom and rights. In the future, unless we get a handle on it now, we're going to be playing Survivor: America, because we allowed the dumbing down of our nation, too lazy to give a damn any more.

Huckabee is an outstanding example of someone totally ordinary lofted to high position who spent 10 years lining his pockets and now thinks we're dumb enough to elect him to the highest office in the land. From the looks of things, he might be right. We're looking awfully stupid. Try real hard to vote smart on November 7th.

DBI, have you heard the latest? There is a movement underway to completely ban smoking in the USA.
I don't smoke, but I might take it up in protest. LOL.

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