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20. Steven Thomma, “Huckabee Keeps on Running, but Why?” McClatchy DC, February 13, 2008, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/02/13/27578/huckabee-keeps-on-running-but.html#storylink=cpy.
21. Huckabee, personal interview.
22. “SNL Weekend Update: Mike Huckabee on Why He’s Not Conceding the Republican Nomination from Saturday Night Live on http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/gov-huckabee-on-update/n12193.
23. Huckabee, personal interview.
24. Charmaine Yoest, personal interview with the author, spring 2015.
25. Michael Shear and Peter Slevin, “McCain Clinches GOP Presidential Nomination,” Washington Post, March 5, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030401984.html.
26. “Transcript: Huckabee Concedes Nomination to McCain,” WP Politics (blog), March 4, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402801.html.
27. Ibid.
Chapter 30: Dream On
1. Brian Hiatt, “The Emancipation of Steven Tyler,” Rolling Stone, January 17, 2012, http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-emancipation-of-steven-tyler-20120117#ixzz3ZvpJYZpw.
2. David Greenberg, “Usual Wisdom on V.p. Choices Is Full of Errors,” June 8, 2008, http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700232354/Usual-wisdom-on-vp-choices-is-full-of-errors.html?pg=all.
3. Robert Novak, “McCain’s Christian Problem,” Washington Post, May 12, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/11/AR2008051101786.html.
4. Ibid.
5. Ross Douthat, “Huckabee vs. McCain?” Atlantic, May 13, 2008, http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2008/05/huckabee-vs-mccain/54064/.
6. Novak, “McCain’s Christian Problem.”
7. Mike Huckabee, personal interview with the author, April 2015. The remaining Huckabee quotes in this section are also from this interview.
8. Robert A. Lehrman, The Political Speechwriter’s Companion: A Guide for Writers and Speakers (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2010), 94–100.
9. Mike Huckabee, “Mike Huckabee 2008 Convention Speech,” C-SPAN, September 3, 2008, http://www.c-span.org/video/?280790–8/mike-huckabee-2008-convention-speech.
10. Ibid.
Epilogue
1. Jim Rutenberg, “After Hinting Otherwise, Huckabee Says He Won’t Run for President,” New York Times, May 14, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/us/politics/15huckabee.html?_r=1.
2. Leon Stafford, “Chick-fil-A Keeps Growing Despite Uproar,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 29, 2013, http://www.ajc.com/news/business/chick-fil-a-keeps-growing-despite-uproar/nT85n/.
3. Rebecca Kaplan, “Huckabee Weighs In on ‘Duck Dynasty’ Controversy,” CBS News, December 22, 2013, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/huckabee-weighs-in-on-duck-dynasty-controversy/.
4. “Huckabee Launches Petition to Support ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star,” video clip, Fox News, December 23, 2013, http://video.foxnews.com/v/2966031995001/huckabee-launches-petition-to-support-duck-dynasty-star/?#sp=show-clips.
5. Mike Huckabee, Facebook post, January 3, 2015, https://www.facebook.com/mikehuckabee/posts/10152701857157869.
6. Ben Gittleson, “Huckabee Announces 2016 Presidential Bid,” ABC News, May 5, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-huckabee-announces-2016-presidential-bid/story?id=30816392.
7. Dana Milbank, “Mike Huckabee’s Ill-Fated Quest,” Washington Post, May 5, 2015, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mike-huckabees-ill-fated-quest/2015/05/05/15fa7330-f35e-11e4-84a6-6d7c67c50db0_story.html.
8. David Ramsey, “Mike Huckabee Is Running for President,” Arkansas Times, May 5, 2015, http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/05/05/mike-huckabee-is-running-for-president.
9. Mike Huckabee, “Huckabee Announces,” C-SPAN, May 5, 2015, http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4536668/huckabee-announces.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
MY HEART IS FULL OF GRATITUDE:
To Pearl, my best friend. Every day with you is another reminder of God’s smile.
To the greatest kids—Josiah, Nathanael, Isaac, Benjamin, Savannah, and Aaron. You are God’s gifts—first to us, then to the world. You’re all growing up way too fast, especially when I’m in the middle of a book project. So thanks for bringing such joy into my life on days which otherwise were full of deadlines and pressure.
To my parents, Walter and Rexanna Lamb, for all your encouragement to me throughout the years. And for your help moving our family to Tennessee while in the middle of this writing project.
To Mike and Janet Huckabee, for the unending openness of your heart and home. You gave, and never asked for anything in return.
To the board of directors of the Presbyterian Lay Committee and my colleagues: Carmen Fowler LaBerge, Paula Kincaid, Susan Andrews, and Jessica Lalley—people who combine great talent and accomplishment with kindness and civility.
To David and Cindy Lane of the American Renewal Project, who open doors and spread joy to others.
To John Solomon of the Washington Times, who believes that truth can still hold its own ground in the public square.
To the incredible team at Thomas Nelson: Matt Baugher, Lori Cloud, Nicole Pavlas, Caroline Green, and Kristi Smith. And an extra word of thanks to editors Joel Kneedler and Meaghan Porter for the generous use of their incredible talents, helping direct the vision for this book.
To all the people who were interviewed, understanding Mike Huckabee would have been impossible without your input. Thank you so much for being interviewed by me or one of my journalist friends.
To my friends who helped me conduct or transcribe the interviews: Jeff Robinson, Tim Ellsworth, Bethany Blankley, Michelle Smith, Patricia Latham, and Jennifer White. And thanks to Caleb Yarbrough of the Arkansas Baptist News for the work in your archives.
To Dr. Wendy Richter and Dr. Phil Hardin of Ouachita Baptist University, for their assistance and hospitality while conducting research in the archived political records and papers of Governor Mike Huckabee, housed there at his alma mater—a beautiful and friendly campus!
To Lester Sitzes for his hospitality in Hope, and for the pictures. I had a great evening of fajitas and fun stories about your best friend since first grade.
To Jim and Pat Harris—your stories about your kid brother had me laughing and crying. Thank you for opening your home to me—and for all the pictures.
To Clay Smith and family and Klay Aspinwall and family—for prayer and encouragements over the past two decades. (What? Are we that old now?)
And thank you to God for giving me salvation through the work of the Holy Spirit in my life, bringing me to faith in Christ and repentance of my sin. Soli Deo Gloria!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
W. SCOTT LAMB SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF the Presbyterian Lay Committee and the president of Reformation Press in Nashville, Tennessee. He is an ordained pastor who has led churches in Alabama, Missouri, and Kentucky. He and his wife, Pearl, are the parents of five sons and a daughter. With Tim Ellsworth, Scott coauthored Pujols: More than the Game (Thomas Nelson, 2011). With David and Jason Benham, Scott coauthored Whatever the Cost (Thomas Nelson, 2015). Under the banner of “Jesus in the Public Square,” he produces and curates news stories and analysis for the Washington Times.
INDEX
ACTS network, 152–53, 159, 160
Aldrin, Buzz, 54
Alinsky, Saul David, 79
Amendment 75, 214
American Farm Bureau, founding of, 32
“American Pie,” 36
Anthony, Beryl, Jr., 150, 151
Apollo program, the, 68
Arkadelphia (Arkansa
s), 106–7
Arkansas
capital punishment in, 210
cultural regions in, 4
dry counties in, 15
geology of, 4
“hillbilly” culture in, 4
ordinance plants in, 11
railroads in, 4, 5
school integration in, 22, 219
Arkansas Baptist State Convention, 107, 162, 163, 166–68, 170–71
Arkansas Publicity and Parks
Commission, the, 60
ARKids First, 214
Armstrong, Neil, 54, 70
automobile registration process, reform
of, 213
“Baba O’Riley,” 71
Bakker, Jim, 160
Bakker, Tammy Faye, 160
Baptist Missionary Association, 122, 172
Baptists
autonomous nature of congregations
of, 107, 157
denominations of, 107–8
hiring of pastors by, 157
Barth, Jay, 193
Bartlett, Dan, 105
Bass, Hal, 169
Beatles, the, 35, 89
Betts, Ernie Jerome.
See: Huckabee, Ernie Jerome
“Big Bopper,” the, death of, 36
Blackaby, Henry, 176
Blackmun, Harry A., 61, 62
Blythe, Billy, 18, 19, 29
Blythe, Virginia, 18
See also: Cassidy, Virginia
Blythe, William, 18
Bob Jones University, 130
Bogard, Ben M., 107
Bois d’Arc Boogie Band, 72, 89
Boy Scouts, in Hope (Arkansas), 49–50
Boys State, 75–76
Bradley, Mamie Till, 27
Bradshaw, Terry, 64
Branch, Marynell, 43, 66
Brantley, Max, 192, 216, 227
Bright, Bill, 83, 84–85, 144
Brock, Lou, 35
Brownback, Sam, 260
Brummett, John, 189
Bryant, Anita, 130
Bryant, Kelly, 13
Bumpers, Dale, 79, 188, 192, 193
Burger, Warren, 61–62, 147
Busby, David, 193
Bush, Barbara, 13
Bush, George H. W., 161, 230
Bush, George W., 151, 272
Cairo and Fulton Railroad, the, 4
Caldwell, Harley, 100
Caldwell, Rick
and Boys State, 76, 78, 109
and Mike Huckabee, 78, 108, 109, 113, 118, 159, 187, 212
seminary studies of, 122
visit to Israel, 100
Campus Crusade for Christ, 83
capital punishment, in Arkansas, 210
Capitol Offense, 36, 231
Carter, Jimmy, 126, 127, 140, 141, 150
Cash, Johnny, 25, 86
Cassidy, Edith, 46
Cassidy, Virginia, 17, 18, 46
See also: Blythe, Virginia
Cathy, Dan, 290
Cato Institute, the, 239, 262
Chafets, Zev, 264, 274, 275
Chaffin, Charlie Cole, 201
Chapman, Mark, 144–45
Chapman, Morris, 172
Character Makes a Difference, 56
Chertoff, Michael, 245
Christian Student Union, the, 66, 91
Christian leadership, propriety of
involvement of in politics, xvii, 56, 129,
149, 152, 173, 179, 180
Christian Voice, 134
Citizens for Good Government, 60
city of God vs. city of man, xvii
Clark, Bill, 188
Clinton, Bill
biological father of, 21
birth of, 18, 21
and Boys State, 75
campaign for president, 162
campaign for Third District seat, 111
capital punishment under, 210
childhood home life of, 31
church membership of, 170, 218
election of as president (1992), 56–57
and Jim Harris, 151
and John F. Kennedy, 75
and J. William Fulbright, 45–46
and Little Rock Nine
commemoration, 219
love of campaigning, 230
marriage of, 119
and Michael Ross gubernatorial
campaign, 13
protests against Vietnam War, 46
Rhodes Scholarship of, 46
roots in Hope, Arkansas, 12, 13
and school uniforms, 200
and tornado disaster relief, 217
and Wayne DuMond, 258, 259–60
See also: Blythe, Billy
Clinton, Hillary
assistance with Bill Clinton’s
campaign, 111
and Little Rock Nine
commemoration, 219, 220
marriage of, 119
professional ambitions of, 24, 119
senior thesis of, 79
and “Travelgate,” 35
Club for Growth, the, 239, 261, 262
Cobb, James, 42
Cole, Maggie, 34
Colson, Chuck, 127
Commission on Rural Life, the, 32
“Contract with America,” 202
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the, 166, 172
Coulter, Nick, 198, 203
“covenant marriage,” 241–42
Criswell, W. A., 137
Dean, Dizzy, 35
Deane, Buddy, 145
debates, GOP, 252, 257–58, 260–61, 264–65
DeMoss, Mark, 252–53
desegregation of schools, in Arkansas, 22
Dilday, Russell, 123
Dillon, Melinda, 13
Do the Right Thing, 250, 285
Dobson, James, 140
Dole, Bob, 161, 272
Douthat, Ross, 274, 282
draft, end of, 96
draft resistance, 32
DuMond, Wayne, 257–60
Eagle, James Philip, 166
educational reform, in Arkansas, 234–37
Eisenhower, Dwight D., xv, 22–23
Elder, Garvin, 7, 48–49
Elder, May. See: Huckabee, May
Elder, William Thomas, 6–7, 9, 19
Elders, Jocelyn, 181
“electronic church,” the, 133
Erickson, Erick, 179
eschatology, 99, 102
Eshleman, Paul, 86
Estep, Robert, 123
ethics complaints, against Mike
Huckabee, 226–28
Ethridge, F. R., 49
evangelicalism, 65
Evans, Mark, 212
Explo ’72
See: International Student Congress
on Evangelism (Explo ’72)
Falwell, Jerry
death of, 252
and the Moral Majority, 56, 134, 137, 161
and the Reli
gious Roundtable, 137, 138, 144
and Richard Nixon, 56
and Ronald Reagan, 161
and right to preach, 135, 136
and “Save Our Children,” 130
and scandal, 160, 161
Falwell, Jerry, Jr., 252
Family Research Council, the, 140
Farris, Michael, 282, 283
Faubus, Orval, 21, 22
Federal Council of Churches, the, 134
First Baptist Church of Hope, 116
First Beech Street Church, 157–58, 159–60
First Gulf War, Mike Huckabee beliefs on, 172–73
Fisher, Jimmie Lou, 232
Floyd, Ronnie, 167, 168
Fogerty, John, 45
Ford, Gerald, 126, 272
“Fortunate Son,” 45
Foster, Vince, 13, 150, 202
Freedom Rally, the, 136, 137, 141
Friedan, Betty, 24
From Hope to Higher Ground, 12, 259
Fulbright, J. William, 45, 46, 188
fundamentalism, 65
Future Farmers of America, founding
of, 32
Gallagher, Chad, 237
Garner, L. R., 19
Garrett, Burgess, 65
Garrett, Loretta, 65
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church, 23, 29–30, 107
Gates, Bill, 236
Gingrich, Newt, 202
Girls State, 75, 76
Giuliani Rudi, 253, 261
God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy, 288
Goldwater, Barry, 32
Graham, Billy, 55, 56, 83, 86
Graves, James R., 107
Griffin, Ruth, 272
Gunter, Jim, 58
Hale, H. D., 131
Haley, Bill, 25
Hammerschmidt, John Paul, 111–12
Hamvey, Garry, 118
Hargis, Billy James, 134
Harris, Jim, 150–51, 187–88, 190–91, 215
Harris, Pat, 29, 30, 39, 47, 48, 49, 90
Haynes, Richard “Racehorse,” 135
“Healthy Arkansas” program, 243
Hewitt, Hugh, 179–80