by Scott Lamb
Ouachita Baptist University, 107
outlier, concept of, 77
Palin, Sarah, 284
Parker, William Frank, 209
Patterson, Paige, 131
Paul, Ron, 275
“Pave the Way” campaign, the, 224–25
Pendleton, James M., 107
Perkins, Carl, 25
Phillips, Howard, 134, 137, 138
Plaats, Bob Vander, 268
Pledge of Allegiance, the, “under God”
in, xv–xvi
politics, propriety of involvement of
Christian leadership in, xvii, 56, 129,
149, 152, 173, 179, 180
Positive Alternatives, 153
Presley, Elvis, 25
Pressler, Paul, 131, 142
Primaries, GOP, 267, 272, 275–76, 278
Pryor, David, 150
Pryor, Mark, 202
Public Works Administration (PWA),
the, 16
Purkins, Mary, 29
Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and
Fork, xv, 46
Railroads, in Arkansas, 4, 5
Ranchino, Jim, 3
Rapture, the, 94, 99
“RAPture Express,” the, 94–95, 117
Reagan, Ronald, 22–23, 70, 140, 141–43, 144, 152, 252
Reed, Dexter, 76
Religious Right, the, 140, 161
Religious Roundtable, 134, 137–38, 140
Republican National Convention, the, 284
“retail politics,” 230, 250
Richardson, J. P., death of, 36
road repair, under Mike Huckabee, 223–25
Robertson, Pat, 134, 137, 140–41, 161
Robertson, Phil, 64, 290
Robison, James
and Adrian Rogers as Southern Baptist
Convention president, 131
benefactors of, 148–49
childhood of, 131
courage of, 254
and the Freedom Rally, 136, 137, 149
as mentor to Mike Huckabee, 132–33, 143, 254
ministry of, 131–32
and the National Affairs Briefing, 138, 141, 142, 143
and religious activism, 149
and the Religious Roundtable, 137, 138
and Ronald Reagan, 142, 143
removal from airwaves of, 135–37
views on homosexuality, 135
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 46, 50–51, 60
Rodham, Hillary
See: Clinton, Hillary
Rodntick, Bruce, 153
Roe v. Wade, 62, 97
Rogers, Adrian, 131, 136
Rogers, C. E. “Pod,” 57
Romney, George, 49
Romney, Mitt
campaign spending of, 260, 269, 271
endorsements of, 253, 275
and GOP debates, 261
and GOP primaries, 272, 275–76
and Iowa Caucuses (2008), 36, 267
and Iowa Straw Poll, 260
Roosevelt, Theodore, xviii, 32
Ross, Michael, 13, 14
Routon, Ralph, 60, 75
Rubio, Marco, 264
Russert, Tim, 249
Ryan, Nolan, 54
Sadat, Anwar, 101
Sandford, Mark, 243
“Save Our Children,” 130
Schaeffer, Francis, 84
Schlafly, Phyllis, 59, 138, 263
Schmidt, Steve, 283
Schuller, Robert, 70
Scott, Garey, 153
Schweitzer, Albert, 67
Seaver, Tom, 54
“Seven Warning Signals for Arkansas
Baptists,” 173
sexual education, protests over, 130
silent majority, the, 129
Simple Christmas, A, 48
Sims, Randy, 3, 108, 112, 113, 154, 187, 189, 191
Sitzes, Lester
and Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission, 214–15
church attendance of, 116
and International Student Congress
on Evangelism, 83
and Mike Huckabee campaign for
Senate, 189, 190, 195
and Mike Huckabee wedding, 118
as scout master, xv, 50
Smart Start program, 235–36
Smart Step program, 235–36
Smiley, Tavis, 260
Southern Association of Student
Councils, 91
Southern Baptist Convention
and the ACTS network, 152–153, 160
battle for control of, 107, 108, 131,
165–66, 172
cooperative program of, 107
resolution of reconciliation of, 218
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, 122, 123–24
Southwestern Proving Grounds (SPG), 11, 12
Stanley, Charles, 137
Starr, John, 190
Stewart, Alice, 225, 244
St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad,
the, 5
Strawn, Alex, 92, 93
Student Entertainment and Lecture
Fund, the, 110
Suarez, Ray, 260
Swanberg, Dennis, 167
Taibbi, Matt, 263
televangelism, 133–37
“Ten Commendations,” the, 171
Texarkana, 4, 5, 158
Thief in the Night, A, 99–100
Thompson, Fred, 253, 261, 267, 276
Thompson, Hunter S., 71–72
Thompson, Oscar, 126
Thornton, Ray, 150
Till, Emmett, 26
“Travelgate,” 34–35
Tucker, Cynthia, 260
Tucker, James Guy
and campaign for senator (1978), 150
capital punishment under, 210
and Mike Huckabee, 201
promotion to governor, 188, 197, 198
resignation of, 202, 206–8, 221
rivalry with Bill Clinton, 201
and Wayne DuMond, 258, 259–60
and the White House Conference on
Families, 140, 150
Turner, Brenda, 217
United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum, the, 102
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, the, 218
Valens, Richie, death of, 36
Value Voters Summit, the, 254
Vestal, Daniel, 172
Viguerie, Paul, 134, 137
Volstead Act, the, 15
Wallace, George, 50
Warren, Rick, 85, 122
Washburn, Alex, 75
“Washington for Jesus” rallies, 140
Watergate, 87
Waters, Ethel, 55
Watkins, David, 34–35, 202
wedge issues, 199–200
Weisenberg, Royce, 18
Weyrich, Paul
endorsement of Mitt Romney, 253
and the Freedom Rally, 135, 136
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br /> and Mike Huckabee, 253, 256
and the Moral Majority, 137
and the Religious Roundtable, 138
and political activism by Christian
leadership, 134, 137, 138
and Ronald Reagan, 142
White, Frank, 242
White House Conference on Families,
the, 140
Whitmarsh, Bobby, 63
Whitney, Eva Lorene. See: Huckabee,
Eva
Who, the, 71
Wickers, Bob, 269
Wilkins, Hank, Jr., 219
will of God, the, 176–78
Williams, Anna E., 73–74
Williams, Juan, 260
Woodstock, 54, 71
World Vision, 145
Wright, George, 21
Yoest, Charmaine, 180, 269, 278
Yom Kippur War, 100–101
Young, Neil, 54
York, Alvin C., 32
PHOTOS
Mae and Dorsey Huckabee.
“Hucka-baby.”
Pat and Mike Huckabee (c. 1961–1962).
All suited up for a family portrait: Dorsey, Mike, Mae, Pat (c. 1963).
The Huckabees pose with their baby cousin (1964).
Pat and Mike Huckabee stand at attention in their home on 2nd Street, with fresh uniforms signaling the start of another year of Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts.
Mike is standing just to the left of the coach on the right, Bobby Joe Lee, whose son Robin played on the team (c. 1962).
Mike Huckabee, early elementary school picture.
Mike Huckabee, late elementary school picture (c. 1967).
Huckabee the wishful Beatle, age twelve, continuing to learn guitar, after receiving his first one (leaning against the couch) as a Christmas present two years earlier. The photo was taken in the Huckabees’ home on 2nd Street.
With television star Hugh O’Brian, when Huckabee was chosen, along with a small number of other high school sophomores, to attend O’Brian’s leadership camp in Florida at the Space Center.
Huckabee and his Bois d’Arc Boogie Band (Huckabee is second from the left in the back row).
During Boys State in the summer of 1972, Huckabee practices the art of political handshaking with a young man who became a lifelong friend, Jonathan Barnett.
Huckabee sits in the seat of power after winning the governor’s spot at Boys State in the summer of 1972. Standing directly behind him is Rick Caldwell, Huckabee’s good friend.
Huckabee in the fall of 1973, his senior year. Lester Sitzes says, “It took Mike an hour to get his hair perfect like that.”
Huckabee as a smooth senior at Hope High School.
Mike and Janet (McCain) Huckabee on their wedding day—May 25, 1974.
The wedding of Mike and Janet Huckabee. Left to right: Johnny and Pat McCain House, Janet (McCain) Huckabee, Mike Huckabee, Mae Huckabee, Dorsey Huckabee.
Mike and Janet Huckabee, with lifelong friend Alan Foster.
The young evangelist in the mid-1970s.
Graduation day for Mike Huckabee, Ouachita Baptist University, spring 1976. Though Huckabee finished his coursework in December 1975, Ouachita did not have a winter graduation. The man shaking his hand is OBU president Daniel R. Grant.
Backyard picture on Mother’s Day (c. 1979). Left to right: John Mark Huckabee, Mike Huckabee, Janet Huckabee, Pat Harris, Jim Harris, Mae Huckabee, Dorsey Huckabee.
Christmas (c. 1984). Front row, left to right: a Harris cousin, John Mark Huckabee, David Huckabee. Back row, left to right: Jim Harris, a Harris cousin, Pat Harris, Janet Huckabee, Sarah Huckabee, Mike Huckabee.
Interview with Dave Woodman (KARK-TV, Little Rock) during the 1992 Senate race.
Huckabee at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, with former president Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, during Huckabee’s 1992 Senate campaign.
Huckabee speaking at a 1992 campaign rally in Little Rock.
During Huckabee’s term as lieutenant governor, his sister, Pat Harris, was recognized as the teacher of the year in Arkansas. Left to right: Jim Harris, Pat (Huckabee) Harris, Gov. Jim Tucker, Janet Huckabee, Lt. Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee family dressed to the nines for Mike Huckabee’s momentous day of inauguration as governor of Arkansas—July 15, 1996.
Huckabee and first lady Janet, in the late 1990s.
First lady of Arkansas Janet Huckabee addressing citizens while her husband hams it up with a thumb of approval to the photographer.
Mike Huckabee Papers, Ouachita Baptist University Archives
Huckabee being sworn into his second term of office as governor in 2003, by Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice Dub Arnold.
Official portrait of Governor Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee with a winning team of Little Leaguers in 2004.
Front row, left to right: Sarah, Mike, and Janet Huckabee. Back row, left to right: David and John Mark Huckabee.
Janet and Mike.
Left to right: Governor Mike Huckabee, First Lady Laura Bush, President George W. Bush, and First Lady Janet Huckabee, for a formal dinner together (c. 2005–2006).
Huckabee at book signing for Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork (2005).
Governor Mike Huckbee demonstrates to students how much extra weight he used to carry around, by carrying a student who weighed the same amount as he had lost (c. 2005).
Huckabee with an Asian delegation (c. 2006).
At Magic Springs Theme Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas (c. 1996–2000). Mike Huckabee is in the front row, hands definitely gripping the safety bar. Janet Huckabee is in the seat behind him, definitely not gripping the safety bar.
Mike Huckabee Papers, Ouachita Baptist University Archives
Huckabee, with one of his trophy fish caught in the rivers of Arkansas.
Mike Huckabee Papers, Ouachita Baptist University Archives
Governor Huckabee fishing on the Arkansas River in Little Rock, Arkansas, with the dome of the Arkansas capitol in the background (c. 2005–2006).
Mike Huckabee Papers, Ouachita Baptist University Archives
Left to right: Jet, the wonder Labrador, and Mike Huckabee, duck hunting at Hampton’s Reservoir near Stuttgart, Arkansas.
Bob Robbins, the number one radio DJ in Arkansas for the past thirty years or more, giving Huckabee a gift of a pair of boots. Note the painting of former Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton behind them.
Mike Huckabee Papers, Ouachita Baptist University Archives
Huckabee gives a commemorative knife to the president, who comically looks at it with a note of concern. Left to right: President George W. Bush, Governor Mike Huckabee.
Mike Huckabee Papers, Ouachita Baptist University Archives
At a music festival (c. 2004). Left to right: Janet Huckabee, Willie Nelson, Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee playing with members of his band, Capitol Offense. Next to Huckabee is Rick Calhoun and then Gordon Caffey.
Huckabee playing the bass guitar at a blues festival (c. 2005).
Mike Huckabee enjoying a visit with Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora and Henry Juszkiewicz, CEO of Gibson Guitar Corporation.