Mike Huckabee, former Evangelical preacher,
former Governor of Arkansas, former Republican Presidential candidate,
bandleader, Fox News commentator, and Superman critic might have been the
been elected US President in 2012. In a November 2009 Gallup poll, Mike was
shown as the leading Republican contender for 2012.In November 2010 CNN
projected in a poll that Mike would defeat Barack Obama in a hypothetical
2012 contest. In a Rasmussen poll taken January 11–14, 2011, Huckabee was
even with Barack: 43% - 43%.
On his Fox News weekend talk show called Huckabee. Mike explained that "All
the factors say go, but my heart says no.” The much anticipated announcement
was preceded by an appearance by Saved by the Bell's Mario Lopez and
musician Ted Nugent with whom Mike played bass alongside Ted on “Cat Scratch
Fever.”
Fox News has been a platform for his pop culture/political forays including
his May 2011 attack on DC comics and Superman in an on-air tirade against
Action Comics #900 in which Superman renounces his US citizenship. Mike
explained that “Well it is a comic book, but, it is disturbing that Superman
who has always been an American icon is now saying I’m not going to be a
citizen. I think it’s a part of a bigger trend of Americans almost
apologizing for being Americans... .Here’s the point that I think we need to
make from a policy standpoint, this idea that if we quit being so American
our enemies will love us. What kind of idiocy is that? That’s not going to
make them love us more. They don’t hate us just because we are Americans.
They hate us because we represent everything they consider to be horrible,
individual freedom, individual responsibility, a sense in which we have
liberties that are not confined to somebody else’s idea of what we ought to
be doing with our every moment of every day.”
Unfortunately Mike forgot that Superman was an illegal alien. He was was
born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an
infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction.
and discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife. Mike's confusion
with the alternate universe of Action Comics and the alternate universe of
Republican politics is easy to understand. It should also be noted that
Sarah Palin, Mike's Supergirl, had similar observations on Superman's
criminal pronouncement.
But on Mikes birthday, let's return to less comic times when he was the 300+
lb governor of Arkansas, and lost 115 lbs on a mysterious diet. So we
tracked down one of his favorite recipies, Huckabee's Hot and Happy Cajun
Jambalaya, for his birthday celebration which we recommend scarfing down
while viewing a video of I Heart Huckabees (2004). As a side note, Mike tell
us that " For suggested seasonings, I recommend Tony Chachere's Cajun
seasoning (I use it instead of salt and pepper for just about everything).
In my opinion, there must be Tabasco sauce. The table isn't set and the
dinner isn't ready until the Tabasco is available! The jambalaya is good
when freshly made, but actually is better several hours (or even a day)
after it's cooked when all of the ingredients have "merged" into a wonderful
and filling feast."
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