"Huckabee claims he didn't know," chief union negotiator John Bowman said. "I don't know what that means in terms of trusting him as a future president."
Posted on 01/02/2008 8:38:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee traded jokes with Jay Leno and played bass guitar with the "Tonight Show" band on Wednesday, the eve of the Iowa caucuses he hopes to win.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton also made a cameo appearance on David Letterman's "Late Show" as the funnymen returned to work for the first time since their writers went on strike two months go.
The visits broke some of the tension surrounding the nominating contests that begin Thursday with the Iowa caucuses. Clinton and Huckabee are in tight races, she with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and he with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Huckabee told stories about his hardscrabble upbringing, including that it took his parents a year to pay for a $99 guitar they bought him for Christmas in 1966.
"It was a big sacrifice for them, but I played that guitar until my fingers nearly bled, and until their ears nearly bled," he said. "And they said, 'Son, why don't you become a minister?'"
He went on to become a Baptist minister, then was elected Arkansas governor.
Clinton opened Letterman's show with a taped greeting: "Dave has been off the air for eight long weeks because of the writers strike. Tonight, he's back. Oh, well, all good things come to an end," she said.
Huckabee had to cross a picket line to appear on Leno's show, despite earlier saying he supported the writers. Picket signs read, "Huckabee is a scab," and, "Huckabee, what would Jesus do?"
Campaigning earlier Wednesday in Iowa, Huckabee said he believed the writers had agreed to allow late-night shows on the air. But only Letterman and fellow CBS host Craig Ferguson struck deals allowing writers to come back to work. Corrected, Huckabee murmured, "Hmmm," and, "Oh."
The writers guild urged him not to cross their picket line after he flew out to California. "Huckabee claims he didn't know," chief union negotiator John Bowman said. "I don't know what that means in terms of trusting him as a future president."
He said it was the whole set up, so I would assume that ment the amp to.
“You seem to have forgotten your man Huckleberry will be rewarding them with poverty level tax rebates. Duh.”
And your point is what? Do you understand the purpose of the rebate? It’s what makes the entire scheme progressive, rather than regressive. Similar to a flat tax with a standard deduction. Again, I’m haven’t made up my mind on the fair tax, but Huckabee is the only candidate so far who’s willing to tackle a bold change in tax policy along the lines that conservatives should applaud, not denigrate.
I like how he tells the story of his cheap wedding rings like it makes him a hero. Hers was $11, his was $22. Yeah they're cheap, and that's cute, but what kind of man spends more on his ring than hers?
Wish he’d kept up the guitar lessons. Maybe he wouldn’t be running for Prez right now. BTW, if he lives by WWJD, I’d be surprised if Jesus would have claimed to be above showing an indicting commercial just before showing it to the press. I wouldn’t be surprised if his operatives weren’t the ones behind the rumor that Thompson is quitting. I doubt if Jesus would have hired Ed Rollins, who wants to beat people up. Somehow in spite of their flaws, I can’t see “Walkin’ Around Money” Rollins sitting at the Last Supper.
Ummm I think he said it was a gift.
And perhaps he did have a paper route, or cut grass. But if he didn’t, would you vote for say Obama instead if he indeed DID cut grass and Huckabee didn’t?
I dunno...if you think about it he very well could have lived in more upscale surroundings on the tax-payer dime but declined. I know the Clintoons wouldn’t have stayed in a trailer during governor mansion renovations...
are you kiddin’ me? Hildebeest wouldn’t put up with that nonsense for a NY minute!
Ummmmm he was 11 years old in 1966! Did you want him to go to war before he got out of middle school?
The more posts I read on this thread the more I think the place is infested with DU!
And no I don’t support the Huckster, but these posts are loonier than the Ru-Paulys!
perhaps so, but then again what we have in place now, they do that AND don’t pay jack in sales taxes.
I believe Huckabee would have been 17 when the last draft was held.
Odd, no picket signs for Leno or Letterman?
Hillary was smart enough to continue avoiding questions in public, instead offerring a rehearsed taping of a phrase. Something akin to Richard Nixon on Laugh-In saying “Sock it to me?”
My parents spent $300 on a used guitar for me in 1966.
A good guitar was fairly expensive in 1966 since most of them were made by Americans in American factories. The same guitar I got for $300 in 1966 would sell for over $2,000 today.
Huckleberry the Scab!
"Huckabee claims he didn't know," chief union negotiator John Bowman said. "I don't know what that means in terms of trusting him as a future president."
I can't believe I am saying this but in all fairness to Clinton it takes a lot more practice to learn to play rudimentary saxophone than it does rudimentary bass.
So...Letterman is a union buster?
Who needs striking writers when you can have Uncle Chuckles Huckabee’s stand-up routine?
>>So...Letterman is a union buster?<<
He negotiated with the writers to make a deal, so some of the union writers are writing for his show. Apparently some of the union hard-liners don’t approve of this “special deal” because a few of the members are working for Letterman, while the rest are still unemployed. Judge for yourself whether Letterman is a “union buster.”
You could claim that Leno is a scab, since he is writing his own material, but as I understand it, Leno is a member of their union, so it’s a strange situation.
Gotta agree with you on that score. Hehe.
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