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| − | '''Mike Huckabee''' is a [[Baptist]] minister and candidate for the 2008 presidential election. | + | '''Mike Huckabee''' is a [[Baptist]] minister and candidate for the 2008 presidential election. He believes in [[Creationism]] and was the governor of [[Arkansas]] from 1996 to 2007. He was born in 1955 in Hope, Arkansas. |
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| − | Huckabee lost 110 pounds while governor of Arkansas and documented his weight loss and set out a 12-step plan for weight loss in his book ''Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.'' <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7752179/site/newsweek/</ref> He has also made childhood obesity a major platform issue. He attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Fort Worth Texas, before becoming a [[Baptist]] pastor for twelve years in Arkansas. | + | Huckabee lost 110 pounds while governor of Arkansas and documented his weight loss and set out a 12-step plan for weight loss in his book ''Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.'' <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7752179/site/newsweek/</ref> He has also made childhood obesity a major platform issue. He attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Fort Worth Texas, before becoming a [[Baptist]] pastor for twelve years in Arkansas. |
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| + | == Quotes == | ||
| + | * "We've had a congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop." | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 01:37, May 16, 2007
Mike Huckabee is a Baptist minister and candidate for the 2008 presidential election. He believes in Creationism and was the governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was born in 1955 in Hope, Arkansas.
Record as Governor
As Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee cut and raised taxes. For example, during his ten years in office, the Arkansas legislature enacted increases in tobacco, sales, and fuels taxes; however he also signed into legislation tax cuts over 90 times during that period. Recently he signed the Presidential Taxpayer Protection Pledge to Americans for Tax Reform.
In 2005 he was named one of Time Magazine's top five governors.[Citation Needed]
Political Beliefs
Taxes: He has criticized President George W. Bush's tax cuts as being too oriented towards the wealthy, although the Congressional Budget Office released a report in 2004, that claimed the opposite.
Spending: During his tenure, state spending rose 65.3% between 1996 and 2004, which was 3 times the rate of inflation. This has led to strong critcism from conservative groups like the Club for Growth. [1].
Abortion: According to National Review, as Governor of Arkansas, Huckabee signed a bill requiring parental consent for abortion, and mandating notification by abortion providers to prospective parents that the unborn baby may feel pain.2 He is generally known to be strongly pro-life.
Personal
Huckabee lost 110 pounds while governor of Arkansas and documented his weight loss and set out a 12-step plan for weight loss in his book Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork. [2] He has also made childhood obesity a major platform issue. He attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Fort Worth Texas, before becoming a Baptist pastor for twelve years in Arkansas.
Quotes
- "We've had a congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop."
References
2: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmNjMmI1ODhjNGVlZWFmNTlmMGNiZTVjYTg1NTUzMTk=