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Double secret probation -- UPDATE

There are down sides to joining a frat. I didn't figure it would take long for Gov. Mike Huckabee to catch a little good-natured heat in the blogosphere for following Elvis Presley into the unofficial honorary ranks of TKE, the rowdy frat his son joined at ASU.

Example:

I’m not sure that joining a frat as a 51 year old man is the best way to convince the country you are mature enough to lead the nation. Do we really want the President and Defense Secretary overseeing some bizarre Iraqi prisoner hazing ritual that involves making suspected terrorists try to drop the marshmallow squeezed between their ass cheeks into a martini glass?

When you run for president, everything gets looked at closely. Rules dodging on PACs. Bridal registries. Woofing at boxing matches. Cadging furniture gifts. Etc. Judgment IS part of the equation.

UPDATE: Lots of party pix, including many with secret hand signals, of the governor's frat brothers at ASU here.

Posted by Max Brantley on December 12, 2006 09:18 PM | Permalink

Comments

Bizarrer and bizarrer.

Posted by: widj | December 12, 2006 10:03 PM

My main questions: where's the post-initiation party?

And can I order a t-shirt?

Posted by: Arkansas Student | December 12, 2006 10:09 PM

Now we can understand the wieght loss and marathons. He was getting in shape fo "Hell Week."

Posted by: docholliday | December 12, 2006 10:14 PM

Pledge Huckabuck, it has a nice ring to it. And though it's been 30 years, I'd say Huckabee has acted more like a spoiled frat boy the last year than a Governor of a southern state.

I'm sorry I read this story because tonight I'm having this horrible reoccurring nightmare of them finding Janet's underwear in the front yard of the TKE house tomorrow.....ohmagod.......

Posted by: Deathbyinches | December 12, 2006 11:33 PM

When you run for president, everything gets looked at closely.

Bimbo eruptions. Shady land deals. Medical examiners issuing dubious rulings in cases connected to Momma. State troopers drafted into being pimps.

Lordy, that the last president form Arkansas had only had a gift registry at Dillard's.

Posted by: Prouster | December 12, 2006 11:51 PM

I think Mikee under the microscope will be great entertainment and I look forward to it with glee!

However, I predict he'll fade off with his bloated PAC and will never be heard of again. Either way I win!

Posted by: Deathbyinches | December 13, 2006 01:42 AM

Wait a minute ... Did they change the rules? I didn't know you could just join a frat, I thought you had to pledge first.

Who's his big sis? Can I sign his paddle? Tell me he's not gonna wear a P-pledge P-pin.

What's next, model rocketry?

By the looks of things, the only Arkansan to make President for a long time will be the one who was popular with the ladies. And the gentlemen.

Posted by: hugh mann | December 13, 2006 02:03 AM

Come on Prouster, crawl out from under your rock and tell us what you really think. It's been awhile since I laughed at such a load of crap.......LOL

Posted by: Charles Eddie Smith | December 13, 2006 06:21 AM

Strange story. I must correct you in that the TKE fraternity is far from 'rowdy' in that they do not have enough members and barely even have a house at the ASU chapter.

Posted by: www.arkstar.blogspot.com | December 13, 2006 11:34 AM

Huckabee would have a
better chance of being
president of a frat than of
the US.

Posted by: The Bold and The Blue | December 13, 2006 01:01 PM

I am SO tempted to comment on the pics, but I won't.

Posted by: widj | December 13, 2006 10:32 PM

Actually, The ASU TKE chapter has enough members and they own 2/3 of the block that their house or houses (they have 5) sit on. They own their own land and house, unlike the other fraternities at ASU.

Posted by: blahblahblah | December 14, 2006 03:42 PM

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