He’s calling Mitt Romney out over fried chicken:
PENSACOLA, Florida (CNN) – Mitt Romney’s failure to eat fried chicken with the skin on is nothing short of blasphemy here in the South, according to GOP rival Mike Huckabee.
Romney, of Massachusetts, dug into a piece fried chicken at KFC while campaigning in Lutz, Florida on Saturday, but not before peeling off what most would consider the best part — the crispy skin.
Admittedly, KFC’s chicken doesn’t exactly stack up against the delectable kind that comes out of deep fryers in kitchens around the South, and Romney said he was looking for the healthiest option available to him for lunch.
Huckabee, looking ahead to a flotilla of southern states up for grabs on Super Tuesday, was told about the move by a reporter here in the Florida panhandle.
“I can tell you this,” he said, “any Southerner knows if you don’t eat the skin don’t bother calling it fried chicken.”
“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.”
What a moron.
I guess this is part of the Huckster’s aw-shucks good ol’ boy campaign style.
That doesn’t make it any less stupid.
But what do you expect from a guy who boasted about eating fried squirrel.
And, Governor, since when is Oklahoma part of the South ?
For the record, I love chicken, don’t much like fried chicken, and find the idea of fried chicken skin a little hard to stomach. Then again, I’ve never really considered myself a Southerner and don’t much like Mike Huckabee.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Go Huckabee! Some people don’t understand that you’re joking when you say these things, but that’s their problem. Grow a funny bone, guys.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Chris,
I’ve honestly got to wonder why you support Tax Hike Mike ?
Or do you just like a guy who claims to be a conservative but governs like Jimmy Carter ?
January 29th, 2008 at 12:20 am
I hate taxes too but I trust Duncan Hunter’s opinion that he is the best of what is left… Seriously, Duncan should know he’s spent 6 months around them…
At least the Huckster wants to abolish the IRS… Now that would be a nice start, maybe even the Paulistas would like that!