by Mark Silva
Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Baptist preacher who ran for president but admitted that he had "majored in miracles,'' is gearing up for a weekend cable TV show set to debut on the FOX News Channel this fall.
"I can say it's gonna be unlike anything else that's on Fox and maybe on cable," the Republican told an Arkansas newspaper over the weekend.
Huckabee, promising a live audience for the show, suggests that "politics will be a part of it, but it certainly won't be all of it.''
But what if Sen. John McCain wins the White House in November. Will Huckabee forfeit FOX for a Cabinet post, perhaps?
"Why would I want to do that?" Huckabee replies. "I'm gonna have a good life out here in the private sector. Why would I go back to telling everybody in the world how much money I make and . . . barely surviving to have some obscure Cabinet post and have some 20-year-old from the White House telling me what I'm gonna do?"
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Comments
Fox News - where old GOP right wing wingnuts go to collect on their pandering to the Fox base.
Just like Karl Rove, Ollie North, etc.
Just ask Howard Wolfson - tell everyone how great Fox was to Hillary, and they give you a job!!!!
Posted by: BobHusseininAtlanta | August 13, 2008 9:48 AM
Good for Mike! He's done his stint in public service and now it's time to have a little fun.
Posted by: Rick Moore | August 13, 2008 10:33 AM
During his campaign, Huckabee consistently came out with funny yet incisive commentary about what was going on, without that Limbaugh-Coulter-O'Reilly nasty streak the rest of us can't stand. He also didn't rely on their bullying lies, rumor and innuendo to attack the other candidates, as I remember. I'm sure his show is going to be worth watching, Maybe he'll become the conservative alternative to Oprah: positive and upbeat.
Posted by: Tom J | August 13, 2008 10:59 AM
Darn. Huckabee is far to upbeat and eloquent. I was hoping for a show hosted by Michelle Obama, perhaps called "America is Downright Mean" or "Our Souls are Broken."
Posted by: Julie | August 13, 2008 11:31 AM
This is fantastic news. I will definitely be watching it come Fall. :)
Posted by: Megan | August 13, 2008 9:38 PM