The Myth of Electability

Every time I hear someone say that he or she likes one candidate, but is going to vote for someone else because the “someone else” is “electable,” I want to scream. In a republic, people are electable if we vote for them. If enough people stop voting for one party or another because they’re told that no one else can win, and instead vote for candidates that we really want to win, then candidates of principle suddenly become electable.

I have long wanted to write this post, but haven’t figured out exactly how to write it. But Dr. Laurence White posted a blog that says just about everything that I wanted to say.  I invite you to check it out.

29 Things You Don’t Know

… about Mike Huckabee. These are some fun facts worth checking out.

29 Things You Don’t Know About Mike Huckabee

1. He narrated the Doctor Seuss book, Horton Hatches An Egg in a high school play.
2. He’s a big fan of “The Three Stooges.”
3. He’s a great cook.
4. He rides his bicycle to the grocery store.
5. He likes Yarnell’s guilt free ice cream.
6. He likes to snorkle.
7. He likes the “The Colbert Report.”
8. His favorite actor is Robert De Niro.
9. His favorite actress is Meryl Streep.
10. He reads a chapter of Proverbs every single day when he wakes up.
11. He is not fond of heights.
12. He’s like a kid at Christmas because he wants to open Christmas gifts early just so he can see what he got.
13. He organizes his socks, and everything else.
14. He prepares his own breakfast the night before to save time in the morning because, getting up no later than 4:30 , there might not be enough time.
15. He talks to “the Boys” (his three dogs) and thinks they are listening. [I'm sure they are - Wickle.]
16. He graduated from College magna cum laude with a 4 year degree in just over 2 years.
17. His Dad picked him up from school once in a car that had no body, just a frame and wooden boxes for seats.
18. He does great impressions of Billy Graham, Jimmy Stewart, Ronald Reagan, and Ross Perot.
19. He was left handed but was made to write with his right hand in elementary school.
20. He wanted to be an astronaut in first grade.
21. He was a pretty shy kid.
22. He can’t sit still. If there is ever a free minute he feels the need to get up and immediately start on a new project, for instance the minute a meal is over he has to get up and start putting things away and doing dishes.
23. One of his favorite television shows is “The Sopranos.”
24. His favorite snack food is movie style popcorn. And he likes it so much his wife Janet bought him a popcorn machine for Christmas.
25. He gave Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones a pardon when he was Governor.
26. He loves to play practical jokes.
27. His favorite movies are “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Casablanca.”
28. His favorite church hymns are “A Mighty Fortress is our God” and “In the Garden.”
29. One of his dreams is to watch a game in every Major League baseball park.