Mike Huckabee announces 2016 Presidential bid

  Today Mike Huckabee announced that he is running for the Republican nomination to become President in 2016. Here is part of what he had to say as he reached out to the working class in the United States during his announcement:

“I don’t come from a family dynasty, but a working family. I grew up blue-collar, not blue-blood”

But here in this small town called Hope, I was raised to believe that where a person started didn’t mean that’s where he had to stop. I always believed a kid could go from Hope to Higher Ground.

Like a lot of Americans, I grew up in a small town far removed from the power, the money, the influence that runs the country. But power and money and political influence have left a lot of Americans lagging behind. They work hard, lift heavy things and sweat through their clothes grinding out a living, but they can’t seem to get ahead or in some cases even stay even.

  The first sentence is a  clear shot at the Bush and Clinton political dynasties, and I would add to all the establishment elitists as well. I have to admit that I admire him for the fact he does not come from a “blue blood” family and that through hard work he was able to overcome his humble beginnings to turn himself into the successful person he has become. But, having said that, he will not be getting my vote.

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