Fried chicken will win Huckabee the election?

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Ryan

During a stop in Florida over the weekend, Romney dropped by KFC for a tasty meal. Nice choice, Romney! What could be more heartwarming (and more AMERICAN!!!) than sharing a fast food meal with some campaign staff and average Joes? A grand strategy Mitt, but there was one flaw: you peeled the skin off off your fried chicken. I, for one, am not surprised.

And neither was Mike Huckabee, that stalwart champion of American values and Christian living. When the news leaked out, he was quick to comment:

“I can tell you this,” Huckabee said, “any Southerner knows if you don’t eat the skin don’t bother calling it fried chicken.” This was followed by another triumph: “So that’s good. I’m glad that he did that, because that means I’m going to win Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma … all these great Southern states that understand the best part of fried chicken is the skin, if you’re going to eat it that way,” CNN reports.

Way to stick it to that old carpetbagger, Mike. Now, we all know where Romney really stands: anti-chicken skin, anti-fast food, and anti-average Joe. The tides have turned.

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5 Responses to “Fried chicken will win Huckabee the election?”

  1. Mike O, on January 28th, 2008 at 8:32 pm Said:

    He was trying to abide by Huckabee’s ‘nanny-state’ healthy eating mandates.

  2. halldg, on January 28th, 2008 at 8:33 pm Said:

    He will be too busy hunting squirrel and possum to pertain to the needs of the people. While on the other hand, Romney would actually be trying to be a president. If the majority of the Southern states vote Huckabee because he knows how to eat fried chicken, and Romney doesn’t…………….., then I have nothing more to say, except that the tides better turn now and drown us all.

  3. Lance, on January 28th, 2008 at 9:42 pm Said:

    I live in the south and I know no one who eats opossum, but some who eat squirrel, or have eaten it before.

  4. Fooser, on January 28th, 2008 at 9:48 pm Said:

    He should go to Arkansas and buy a box of cigarettes, where the tax on them was increased 100%+ by Huckabee.

  5. Mike O, on January 29th, 2008 at 1:30 pm Said:

    Yea, fooser; my 90-year-old chainsmoking mother couldn’t afford to live in Arkansas. The taxes would be the death of her (unlike the cigarettes to date; her doctor tells her she’s living proof only the good die young. :D)

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