On his band, Capitol Offence: “We’re playing at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, where Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens played their last concert. I will not be flying out that evening.”

On health care: “Baby boomers retiring are going to cause a crisis for health care. Can you imagine what it will cost when all the hippies find out that seniors get free drugs?”

On Arkansas: “I heard a man was telling a joke about a politician from Arkansas. I told him: ‘You won’t believe this, but I am a politician from Arkansas.’ He said to me: ‘Don’t worry son, I’ll tell it real slow.’?”

On his poor upbringing: “We only had this lava soap [which contains pumice stone]. I was in college before I realized a shower wasn’t supposed to hurt.”

He was born in the small town of Hope, Arkansas, and overcame poverty to become governor of his native state before launching a bid for the White House. He is a charismatic speaker and a musician who has played with some of America’s most famous artists.

Bill Clinton? Nope. Mike Huckabee.

Great interview in The Telegraph (UK). Read it all.

UPDATE:

DBZWarror posted Huck’s appearance this morning on Fox News Sunday.

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