Who is Mike Huckabee?

Mike Huckabee is running a good race for President. But who is Mike Huckabee? What do we know about him?

I know him as a Baptist Minister, leader of the Baptist State Convention, Bass Guitar player, and Governor of Arkansas. I know him as a good man who would make a good president.

But what are the background facts. Here is what Wikipedia says:

Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is a former governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas, having served from 1996 to 2007. He was the third Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction and was the highest rated political figure in Arkansas for parts of his tenure.[1] He officially announced his candidacy for the 2008 United States presidential election on January 28, 2007, and he has been running a national campaign since then.

Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist minister. He is well known for losing 110 pounds in a very short time and advocating a healthy lifestyle.[2]

Huckabee was born in Hope, Arkansas, to Mae Elder and Dorsey W. Huckabee. His father worked as a fireman and a mechanic and his mother worked as a clerk in a gas company.[3] He has one sister who is a middle school teacher.[4] He was elected Governor of Arkansas Boys State in 1972 and is a Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Alumnus. He was president of Hope High School in 1973.[5] He married Janet McCain on May 25, 1974. [4] He graduated magna cum laude from Ouachita Baptist University, completing his bachelors degree in 2½ years before attending Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.[6]

At 23, Huckabee was a staffer for James Robison, a television evangelist.[5] Robison commented, "His convictions shape his character and his character will shape his policies. His whole life has been shaped by moral absolutes."[5] Huckabee believes in Biblical inerrancy.[5] Prior to his political career, Huckabee was pastor of several Southern Baptist churches in Arkadelphia, Texarkana, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He encouraged the all white Immanuel Baptist Church to accept black members.[5] He served as president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention from 1989 to 1991 and as president of a religion-oriented television station

What does all of that really say or mean. It says that Huckabee is a good man with a good background who would make a good President.

Vote Mike Huckabee!