A Couple Articles to Check Out

Since I have been busy working on my carry on bag I thought I would point y'all to a few good articles about Mike Huckabee. Also, a good place to find Mike Huckabee info is two blogs, One Mom and Massachussetts for Mike Huckabee. Both of these blogs are in my blog roll. I have to correct the link for One Mom, which the actual link is http://www.onemom.wordpress.com/. Both these blogs are almost completely dedicated to Mike Huckabee. Be sure to check out all the links for Huckabee and politics and whatever is on the mind of the blog writer.

In this link Mike is talking about education, in Iowa. A few highlights;

• When supporter Bob Parker, of Story City, introduced Huckabee and explained why he and his wife support him, he said, "As far as I know, he has no skeletons in his closet. And I'm sure people have looked." Rather than speaking from the podium, Huckabee - an ordained Baptist minister and former governor of Arkansas - sat near the front of the room while he summarized his experiences with education issues in Arkansas and responded to comments and questions from those present. He said that his education reforms in Arkansas, which resulted in students earning markedly better test scores in that state, demonstrate that he understands the pertinent issues and is able to implement programs that will improve the quality of the education system. "I was the first Arkansas governor in 50 years who put his own kids through public school," he added.
• He said he also believes that music and art programs have "intrinsic value, beyond raising math and science scores" (as some researchers say those programs do). Huckabee also made reference to a study that showed, he said, that the greatest predictor of whether students will finish college is "accessibility to a rigorous and broad curriculum."
• A man in the audience who identified himself as a retired ISU history professor said he believes No Child Left Behind should place more emphasis on social studies because "becoming a good citizen is just as important" as reading and math. Huckabee agreed with the man, saying that the Act "needs to address a broader curriculum."
• "One of the values of an education is being exposed to a wide variety of ideas, whether you're going to agree with them or not," Huckabee said, speaking generally about curricula at public educational institutions. That's why, he explained, he favors the study of debate and forensics, in which students are expected to argue for or against positions regardless of their personal views.
• He emphasized that he's an "unapologetic conservative," but with regard to the extreme left and extreme right, he said, "I think sometimes you have to cut off both ends of the sausage and eat from the middle."
• He added that he was "the first Republican to show up at an NEA convention." "If you really care about kids, it's not a Democratic or Republican issue. It's a vertical issue, not a horizontal one. And whoever (addresses that) ought to be elected."
• Huckabee's Web site is http://www.mikehuckabee.com/.
  

Here is another article about his pro-life stance. I can't comment on it right now, my computer is acting slow and it's not showing up all the way.