I like Mike Huckabee. I don't like Mike Huckabee's politics but I like Mike Huckabee, he is genuine and faithful to his beliefs. He does not appear to me to be an opportunist and for that I respect him. He defended Obama in the face of the Wright criticism and he is defending him again:
McCain ally Mike Huckabee took Obama's side on the issue, saying he didn't think it was a swipe at Palin.
"It's an old expression, and I'm going to have to cut Obama some slack on that one. I do not think he was referring to Sarah Palin; he didn't reference her. If you take the two sound bites together, it may sound like it," he said on Fox's "Hannity and Colmes."
"But I've been a guy at the podium many times, and you say something that's maybe a part of an old joke and then somebody ties it in. So, I'm going to have to cut him slack."
CNN story on "Lipstick" comments
Now I know some folks are going to say he is just covering his own ass, based on an off-the-cuff comment he made at the microphone of a NRA event about Obama ducking for cover. He was rightfully villified and he apologized. And I don't doubt that humbled him a bit and I think that yes, it is informing his backing of Obama here, but I believe it is a genuine sentiment and he is not about to play dumb for the McCain people.
Don't get me wrong, the guy would scare the bejeezus out of me as President, maybe more so because he is so likable. But he isn't and he won't be and I can appreciate his sincerity and also, his sense of humor: