We Want Your Opinion: Huckabee Hired To Be A Fox News Political Pundit
Okay, I’m going to let you Dollard Readers in on something you may or may not be aware of:
Back on May 21st I posted one of those “Opinion Poll” posts and said “Think Long and Hard, Who Should McCain Pick For VP“…That article received 75 comments, which is relatively high for a post here. However, only the first 25 or so were actually from you guys, our regular Dollard Readers, and on May 22nd, after the story left the main page, the comments stopped.
Then on June 2nd, we started getting comments in our spaminator. People who have never commented here before are automatically forwarded here, as well as many of you…hell, when I post a comment it goes into spam so don’t feel bad.
But in this last week and a half, we have received about 50 comments trickling in to that thread, and every single one of them was going on and on about Huckabee should be the pick. All different IP’s (though I know people can change them, not like this) and all from legit emails. What we have been seeing here is a concerted grass roots effort to get Huckabee picked as VP.
Today we get this story, Huckabee hired on at Fox News as a political commentator.
I have a conclusion or two I have drawn from this, but I would like to hear what you have to say about it…
Does this mean McCain called him and said “You aren’t on the short list anymore, good luck in life!” or…
Does this mean that Huck offered himself to Fox at a reduced rate in order to bring himself into the limelight more? or…
Is Fox trying to push Huck? (I don’t think that this is the case, just tossing out thoughts here)
What, if anything, do you make of what I just told you about this (obvious) underground grass roots movement to get Huckabee on the ticket with McCain, and this announcement of Huckabee coming on to Fox News to be a political pundit.
Anxious to hear from you Dollard Readers.
Oh, and by the way, that’s Verdine White playing some funkification on the bass there next to Huck in that picture. Can you name the band Verdine played in (no Googling!)? It was my favorite Band from 1975-1980, although from all the other albums in my collection, you would never even guess it, their music is completely different from anything else in my collection…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential hopeful, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a political commentator.
“Gov. Huckabee’s campaign experience and knowledge of politics makes him a great addition to our ongoing election coverage,” Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming, said in a statement Thursday.
Huckabee, who served as governor of Arkansas for 10 1/2 years, dropped out of the race in March, after John McCain won enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination. Despite a financially strapped campaign, Huckabee won the leadoff caucuses in Iowa and seven other states.
“I hope to bring the unique perspective from `inside the dragon’s belly’ as well as to try and speak for the millions of hardworking middle-class Americans who really do feel that their voices are not being heard,” Huckabee said in a statement released by his daughter, Sarah. “I saw that on the campaign trail and continue to see as I speak to groups of all kinds around the country as well as campaign for other candidates.”
Financial terms of the agreement weren’t released.
Huckabee, an ordained Baptist preacher, has been mentioned as a potential running mate for McCain. Since leaving the race, Huckabee has formed a political action committee that he says will help raise money for McCain and other Republicans.
(AP)
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