creepy photo from huckabee's flickr account 
Posted on 02/23/2011 4:04:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee defended First Lady Michelle Obama Wednesday from conservative critics who he said have painted her anti-obesity campaign as nothing more than "a government takeover of our dinner plates."
"She's been criticized unfairly by a lot of my fellow conservatives," Huckabee said at an event sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, adding that the criticism is more "a reflex" than "thoughtful expression."
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and conservative talk host Rush Limbaugh are among those who have slammed Michelle Obama's efforts as heavy handed.
"It's exactly what Republicans say they believe," Huckabee said of the first lady's campaign. "By putting the focus on individual responsibility, you encourage people to make good choices and reward them for doing so. I thought that was what we're about."
The former governor, who has struggled with his own weight in the past and has helped promote Michelle Obama's efforts, said rather than condemning her, "I think we ought to be thanking her."
Huckabee said the nation's obesity problem is worthy of more serious discussion and that it goes well beyond economics.
"If you really want to talk about obesity -- let's talk about it as a national security issue," Huckabee said. "We better hope we don't have a war with anybody because were not gonna have anybody who can pass the physical and wear the uniform."
Unfortunately, all the fat between his ears continues to grow. Fortunately, the fat growing between his ears has zip to obstruct it.
My husband and I are mature adults,older than both Mike Huckabee and Michelle Obama. We can make our own decisions about what we will and will not eat.
It’s none of their busy body,bossy,holier than thou business what we do or do not eat and drink. Who the H*ll do they think they are? They sure ain’t my mommy and daddy.
Thank her yourself fatso. I don't need a First Bigfoot built like an NFL linebacker to tell me how to feed my kids.
Anyone who would thank the nobamas for anything needs a “check-up from the neck-up.” I dammn then for what they are doing to Americ and to Americans. huckabee is a loser. Thanks for further clue-ing me in on your clue-lessness, huckster.
They kept him fit by eating most of his food and chasing him after the rest.
Ha, ha, tell us how you really feel! ;-)
That is so creepy. I wonder how many other horrible things he has done since then. His old man managed to get him off the hook for that crime, right? Huckabee is a fraud.
I like calling him Suckabee.
Wookies need meat!
creepy photo from huckabee's flickr account
I don’t want diet advice from fat people.
He wrote a whole lying book about how he did it on his own without surgery. He is a compulsive liar. No one would have faulted obese huck from having the surgery, but he still had to not just lie, but publish his lies.
And now it’s time for another gastric bypass, because he still couldn’t keep the weight off. Popcorned squirrels are fattening.
THERE was that business of wanting to give scholarships to children of illegal aliens...and now this?
....HUCK Man, yer shootin yer self in the foot already....
this kind of thing is akin to seeing g w walker bush appear onstage with b. clinton....it ain’t no good no how...KNOCK IT OFF !
Well, McCain is creepy, but in my comment I was not referring to Huckabee supporters, but to Huck’s son, the dog killer. If I am not mistaken, the governor attempted to pull strings to keep his son from being punished for his heinous act. That is creepy.
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