You Like Mike, I Like Mike, They Like Mike...

...So let's help him win the Straw Poll, in Iowa!*




Here are a few articles, post debate.

• But by the debate’s end, they knew a lot more — and liked what they saw.
• “He speaks to you — he doesn’t try and make everything seem like the correct answer,” Jesse Fetters, 26, a FedEx handler from Des Moines, told The Politico afterward. “He just tells you his answer.”
• Rick Holland, 42, a self-employed plumber from Des Moines, was similarly impressed. “He just came across as an American — as just a hometown guy. That was a big deal to us.”
• Fetters and Holland were among 29 GOP voters from the Des Moines area assembled here by Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster and political consultant, and by Fox News.
• Huckabee is hitting it out of the park with these people,” Luntz, a Fox contributor, said as he listened to comments from this small but influential group of voters, whose reactions will be featured on Fox News.
• Their reasoning — he was appealing because he seemed like a non-Washington, regular guy — may sound a wake-up call for the leaders in the race.
• Huckabee’s best moment — “Off the charts!” crowed Luntz — came when he attacked the Saudi royal family while talking about the importance of reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
• “Look, we’ve made them rich,” Huckabee said. “Every time somebody in this room goes to the gas pump, you’ve helped make the Saudi royal family a little wealthier. And the money that has been used against us in terrorism has largely come from the Middle East.” Huckabee got on such a roll that Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas called out to the moderator, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos: “George? George?”

For the whole article, go to They Like Mike

• (CNSNews.com) - The presidential campaign of Mike Huckabee is hailing his "post-debate momentum," following the latest gathering of Republican candidates in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday. The debate was televised on ABC.
• The Huckabee campaign, meanwhile, is asking its volunteers to "redouble your efforts to get even more Iowans to the straw poll in Ames to vote for Mike Huckabee."
  Chip Saltsman, Huckabee's national campaign manager, said he's had several national reporters tell him that Huckabee is on the verge of emerging as a top-tier candidate. "With your help, a big day in Ames will vault this campaign into the top tier," Saltsman told Huckabee's Iowa volunteers

To read the whole article, Iowa Focus Group Gives Huckabee High Marks

There is still time to go to Iowa, whether ya want to volunteer (or if you are from Iowa VOTE IN THE STRAW POLL). Take a bus, train, plane or automobile. If your worried about room cost, there are ma n' pa places that are cheap. Just go to Yellow Pages online and check out all the names that don't sound like a chain. Ya might be able to get a room for less than $40. Do ya really need fancy ammenities? No, not if the future of our country is at stake. To help Mike Huckabee win the Straw Poll ya can deal with just a place to sleep. DEAL, cause I said so.

*As for the top sentence, my appologies to the Eisenhower Estate.

RAVE ON!!!!

HELLOoo BABY! Yeah this is the Michigan Redneck speaking. HaHaHaHa! Oh you sweet thing. Do I what? Will I what? Oh baby you know what I like. Mike Huckabee and Rockabilly music and capri slacks-cropped up!!!



As y'alls fave resident mid-century historian I thought I would bring this to y'alls attention. Check this video out of Mike Huckabee, standing in front of The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa. That was where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P "Big Bopper" Richardson performed their last concert during the Winter Dance Party Tour. They then went on to die in a plane crash that Don McLean called "The day that the music died," In the immortal song "American Pie".




On a side note, Waylon Jennings was a member of Buddy Holly's band. He won and lost a straw poll that kept him off the plane that fateful day of February 2, 1959. Instead, he took a bus that had no heat. In interviews, he felt some guilt 'til the day he died.
I hate to think of anyone dying. But if he had been on that plane instead of The Big Bopper or Ritchie Valens I don't think The Dukes of Hazard would have been as good. If either of the two guys had survived and sung "Just Some Good Ol' Boys" the song would never had been the same. Of course I am sad that anyone died on that plane.

In an attempt to butcher Don McLean's words, I have a song dedicated to Mike Huckabee.

• Hi-Hi Mr. American Pie
• I'll drive my Chevy to the Iowa levy
• I want to volunteer at the Straw Poll
• This good ol' girl won't be drinkin whiskey and rye
• Singing this'll be the day that I die

It looks like I will be going to the Straw Poll. I wish there was some way that I could be able to see the memorial outside of the Surf Ballroom. I would also love to see the memorial at that historical corn field, nearby. Wishful thinking. Well "Maybe Baby." Hey, it may not be Graceland, but what is?
Buddy Holly was a huge influence upon bands like The Beatles.












Well until August 11 I will "Rave On" about Mike Huckabee. There's nothing to "Think it Over," Mike Huckabee is the only one to support, in this otherwise "Fools Paradise." These fools he has to compete with ain't nothing but "White Lightinin'." Yeah they pack a punch when first tried but the hangover ain't gonna be pretty.
That's why ya need to support Mike in a "Heartbeat." That's why you need to keep him in your prayers "Everyday." "It's so Easy" and "It's the Truth Ruth." Our message to Mike should be "Someone Watching Over You." Like the preacher in the "Preacher and the Bear" Mike is going to see a miracle and win, as long as we all help him to not "Fade Away" out of the media.
Some say he has a "A Million to One" chance of winning at the Straw Poll. But I think with Rudy Giuliani not being there in his "Pink Petticoats" under a "Chantilly Lace" dress there is a chance. Plus John McCain won't be there to act like a "Little Girl" when he whines and cries.
I can't wait to go to Iowa! I will be arriving "Early in the Morning." "Oh Boy!" I will get to be part of history! I will take a "Fast Freight" to Iowa if I have to.
I know this much, I will "Cry Cry Cry" if Mike Huckabee doesn't have a good showing at the Straw Poll. If he decides to get out of the race early, depending on his showing, it will be "Raining in my Heart." "That'll be the Day" when I support someone else. My feelings toward the political process will be "It Doesn't Matter Anymore."
After I saw that short, but sweet, video I have gotten my creative juices flowing and put on my Buddy Holly and Big Bopper CDs. Now I have been recalling many Ritchie Valens songs, that I unfortunately haven't heard in ages since I do not have any of his records or CDs. I think I will go on Amazon.com to order a CD.
Seriously, if Mike Huckabee was to play stand bass wildly and jump on it I will get my grandma to give a contribution to his campaign. In fact anyone from Capitol Offense will do. George Jones asked over 20 years ago "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?". I think it will be Capitol Offense.

So if anyone get out to the Straw Poll "Put on Your Cat Clothes" and pack you "Blue Suede Shoes." All you cats need to be there or be square.

I REALLY Want to go to Iowa!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. That's what I was doing last night. I am trying to find bus tickets to get to the Straw Poll in Iowa. I was checking the online rates last night for going to Chicago and possibly carpool with someone, a Mike Huckabee supporter, to the Straw Poll. Or going to Ames or Des Moines and finding someone to pick me up there, to take me to wherever Mike Huckabee volunteers are supposed to meet. Well, I guess my OCD was kicking into overdrive. I kept looking at the same schedules repeatedly, only to come up with the same results. Who woulda thunk?

Greyhound has started to make taking the bus hip and cool. They even have frequent rider programs, hot seats starting at $12, even a traveling street basket-ball team. I just wish that I could find one of those "hot seat" cheap rates going to Chicago or Iowa.

I was looking at rates trying to find the cheapest possible result, over and over and over.... again. Trying to find the best schedule that would get me back home in time, so as not to take too much time off work, over and over and over... again.

If someone out there who is passing through Chicago to get to the Straw Poll could pick me up and take me I will help pay for gas. Or if someone would be willing to picking me up at the Ames or Des Moines bus station, please let me know. The bus going back from Ames leaves at 6:30am on Aug. 12. There is a bus going out of Des Moines at 11pm on August 11. For Chicago, I would have to be back in Chicago by 9am on the 12th. I will need to be back to work on Monday night. But I would like to be home as early as possible so I can get at least one decent day of sleep.

I know this is alot to ask of anyone. And I would be ever so grateful to anyone who could help. I still don't know for sure if I can get the time off. If I do go I would need to buy my tickets at least 14 days in advance.

Send an Iowan to Straw Poll

Message from Mike Huckabee;

Dear Friend,

• I would like you to help me with the Iowa Straw Poll.


• It's important for our campaign to be able to provide Iowans that can't afford tickets to attend the Ames Straw Poll with the opportunity to particpate. Tickets for the Straw Poll are $35 each. The campaign would like to be able to provide tickets to these Iowans, but to do so however, we will need your immediate help.


• I urge you to make an immediate contribution of 35, $70, or $140 to help me sponsor Iowans who will cast a vote in the Straw Poll for me.


• It is a simple request that will have a tremendous impact on the direction of our campaign. Campaigning in Iowa you can feel the momentum building behind our campaign. Traffic to our website from Iowa is increasing. We are reaching out to Iowa voters on the phones, in the mail and over the internet. Our team is working overtime.


• That is why I hope you will help us send as many Iowans to the Straw Poll as possible. Thank you in advance for your support.


• With deep gratitude,

• Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee has moved headquarters to Iowa

Read this article in Quad City Times.


Mike Huckabee has opened his Iowa headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. In the article he talks about celebrity-dome, or is that celebrity-dumb? Whether it be celebrities in terms of tabloid bait or in terms of the alleged front funners (while I was spell checking this I realized that I meant runners, but since I gave myself such a laugh I thought I would share it with you. I think it actually makes more sense. What say you?). He wants to get his name out there. And he is doing everything he can to show he is the clear true conservative. He also talks about the relevence of the straw poll in Iowa.

Due to the fact that I am doing this book report of Character Makes a Difference. I don't have time to blog about articles and stuff as much. So I will try to direct you to articles and other blogs as much as possible for current info about Mike Huckabee.
I have finished Chapter 2 book report. Either scroll down a ways or link directly here.


God Bless from the Upper Penninsula in Michigan!