Huckabee affects me exactly the same as Clinton did.
I’ll never forget when Clinton announced his candidacy in 1991. I didn’t know much about him, only that he’d given a disastrous speech at the previous Dem convention. I was walking through the den and saw him on TV announcing his run. My brain IMMEDIATELY said: “That man is lying!”. That was my first and lasting impression of him...a shyster.
The first time I saw Huckabee speak...I had the same spontaneous reaction. I don’t think he’s lying the same way Clinton did...it’s more like Elmer Gantry.
I remember seeing my first Clinton commercial too, and thinking oh, he’s too obviously sleazy, I can’t believe the Democrats, let alone the general population, will fall for him! (And, to be fair, he at least didn’t get a majority in either election.)
Although it took me longer, about 20 seconds, I had the same experience with my first impression of Clinton. I mistakenly couldn’t imagine then that my opinion of him would sink any lower.