Lots of smarmy, childish commentary to this post.
As a longtime but non-native resident of Arkansas I don’t necessarily like Mike Huckabee politically. However, folks who use “hillbilly” imagery and language merely display their own infantilism.
Mike Huckabee is a very intelligent man and accomplished politician. His home state is more beautiful and advanced than most of the commenters to this post will ever know — thank goodness. (Please don’t visit until y’all grow up.)
First, many in Arkansas use the hillbilly term with affection. If you don't like it tell them not to use it. It's like the "N" word thing. Second, for a newbie of two days I would advise that you don't preach about a state that has voted in the likes of the Clintons, Tucker, and Huckabee. We all know about the Clintons, Tucker did jail time and Huckabee is a fake Conservative that has played many for the fool by "preaching" Christian charity while acting anything but Christian. Now he is just on a free populist tour provided by the MSM to continue to split the conservative base.
Huckabee has shown nothing but self-affection and self-advancement by his continued vanity campaign. I don't give a damn how accomplished he is - if you supported Mexican consulates for a cut-rate $1, advocate in-state tuition for illegals, hold press conferences to cancel a negative ad (then show it to a roomful of media types), pretend to wonder about another candidates religion, deride the basic realities of capitalism (I wasn't in the business of firing/profit), sign an amnesty pledge a day before the SC primary, support a ban on smoking in public nationwide, pardon a thousand violent criminals, etc. etc. etc....then you are NOT a good candidate for the Presidency.
Huckabee is for Huckabee - it becomes clearer every day.
The real hicks are the geography bigots.
I feel like standing up and applauding your post. I am not from Arkansas but I am from the south and I get tired of all the stereotypical comments about the southern people , too. I could understand the comments if they came from the left but when they come from people who are supposed to be our friends, it hurts.