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DES MOINES – On Monday, Gov. Mike Huckabee held a news conference to show reporters an attack ad he said he won’t run against Gov. Mitt Romney — a bizarre campaign stunt that seemed difficult to top in absurdity.
Huckabee did it in about 29 hours.
Last night, Huckabee and the aging action actor Chuck Norris stood side-by-side in a conference room at the downtown Marriott here. Huckabee talked for a few minutes about the importance of bloggers, who hosted the event. Norris then took over on the mic and proceeded to tear into Romney, as well as unveil a fundraising idea that he and his wife came up.
Norris started out by calling Romney a flip-flopper and then he turned his ire toward those who call Huckabee a preacher. “I don’t call him Pastor Mike. I call him Governor Mike,” said Norris, noting that Huckabee spent 11 years in that position.
A blogger then asked Norris if he’d like to roundhouse kick Romney, to which Norris replied: ” I don’t roundhouse kick. I choke.”
Leaving the choking for later, Norris said he’d like to help raise money for Huckabee’s campaign, which seriously needs cash, now. At this point in the event, this reporter thought Norris was about to announce a major donation from himself — maybe whip out an oversize check — but it went a little differently than that.
Norris presented the idea that he could hold a BBQ at his Texas ranch, and have people pay to watch the event over the internet. Huckabee’s band could come, Norris said. And Norris would arrange for a demonstration from martial arts-trained youths and other “entertainers.” You could even get a virtual tour of Norris’ “2,000 square-foot gym.”
In short: On Tuesday, Mike Huckabee and Chuck Norris announced an upcoming virtual picnic, where you can log on and pay to watch them eat BBQ.
Truth, at least on the campaign trail, can indeed be stranger than fiction.
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