Why I support Governor Mike Huckabee.

I am a life long resident of Arkansas , where I am currently a college student majoring in history/ political sciences at Arkansas Tech University. I am an independent conservative, and have been a constituent of Gov. Mike Huckabee since long before I was old enough to vote, and before Gov. Huckabee began his career in state politics. In 1989, he was elected president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. This was the same year that I became a Christian and was baptized at Second Baptist Clarksville.

Our spiritual kinship is by no means, however, the only reason I am a strong supporter. I will get into his record and policy later, but first I will stress other similarities I share with the governor. Like Mike, I was also raised in a financially challenged family in the rural Arkansas River Valley. My parents were hard workers and always taught me the importanve of strong family values, faith, and patriotism. Because of all the things I have in common with Gov. Huckabee, his success has been a vital inspitation in my life. I see in him proof that a poor small town Arkansas boy like Mike, and myself truly can make a difference in the world.

These reasons alone would be enough to secure my support for the governor, but his record in politics is one that would spark the most intesnse enthusiasm of even the most skeptical cynics. During Mike Huckabee's term as governor of Arkansas, the state went from being ranked 48th in the nation in education to number 8, this alone should be considered one of the best success stories in modern politics. Governor Huckabee drastically improved Arkansas' infrastructure. When he took office, Arkansas' highways were among the worst in the nation. Now, trucking magazines are calling Arkansas highways the most improved in the nation. I am a college student, my wife is a law school student, and we have two boys, so finances in are family are obviously very tight. Because of Gov. Huckabee's ARKids First health insurance program for children of low-income households, we never have to worry about getting our sons the best healthcare anyone could ask for. I am a strong advocate of fine arts in education. So is Gov. Huckabee. The Play-It-Again Arkansas Foundation and charity would not have been possible without the direction of Gov. Huckabee. This great organization makes sure that all interested students are equipped with the "weapons of mass instruction" that Gov. Huckabee often speaks of, that being musical instruments for them to master in their local school's music programs.

There has been a lot of talk this week from certain elements of the left and right wings saying that people like Mike Huckabee and myself are biggoted. I think the rebuttal to that accusation was made before it was even accused, on my previous blogpost. Maybe the people who are making these accusations really need to ask themselves if they aren't the ones who are biggoted against us.

I could go on and on about how my home state was blessed with Gov. Huckabee. I am willing to exhaust all of my abilities to make sure our nation recieves all the benefits my state has recieved becaue of this great man, in whatever capacity that may be. News contrubutor, political advisor, motivational speaker, or maybe even one day president, this man's message needs to be heard. I will do whatever I can to get that message to as many people as possible.