I WAS WRONG

Huckabee takes Iowa

In my article “Why Christians should vote for a Mormon” I made a mistake. Yes I was wrong. How you say? Well Huck-a-who? Mike Huckabee, winner of the Republican Iowa caucus didn’t even rate an honorable mention. I blabbered on about the other Republican candidates and their chances at beating Hillary Clinton in the national election. (Hillary came in third in Iowa. So much for her inevitability.) I suggested that really only Giuliani and Mitt Romney had a chance. My premise was and still stands that I would rather have a real Mormon than a fake Christian. To my credit I said the jury was still out on Thompson. Now the jury is basically in and he doesn’t want it bad enough. I figure my career as a political blabber mouth is still secure considering O’Reilly got it wrong too.

Now much to my surprise and delight, we have the slim hope of asking which would we rather have a real Mormon, a fake Christian… (queue drum roll) or a real Christian? At least on the front cover, Mike Huckabee seems to be the real thing. Yes the rest of the world will laugh at us for electing a red neck cowboy whose name has something to do with foliage but wait they do that anyway.

The truth is he really only has one shot and that is to win New Hampshire. It would be like hitting a hole in one twice in one day. With only 5 days left and a completely different base (NH lacks the strong evangelical presence that Iowa has) it will be an uphill battle and a long shot with veritable giants to beat. Perhaps it’s even a fools bet. I wonder if anyone bet on Daniel vs. Goliath.

So if you have any interest at all in who becomes our next president (or perhaps VP) may I please ask you to check out Huckabee’s website? I donated a little money to the chap. I know he’ll need it if he’s gonna have a shot in NH in 5 days. Though he didn’t need it in Iowa.

-John

“Outspent 15 to 1 voters prove they cannot be bought.” www.mikehuckaabee.com