Announcing "Labor for Huckabee"

I’m announcing the formation of a new campaign committee: Labor for Huckabee.

Sure, he’s a right-wing pig. He supports “free enterprise” and claims to be guided by spirits. But, then, so do all the rest of the candidates from the two major parties. They differ only in degree.

Fact is, if working people make any serious gains in the next four years, it will be because we managed to build a militant mass labor movement. And, if we do that, it won’t much matter who is president.

So, all things being equal, why not go for the one with the funniest name?

Huckabee. Huck-a-bee. It sounds like a name made up by Monty Python. “Today President Huck-a-bee announced his nominee for Secretary of the Department of Silly Walks.”

Just think of the fun we’ll have protesting President Huckabee for the next four years. We’ll need chants and songs for rallies and picket lines. And, what rhymes with Hillary? Pretty much nothing.

But, Huck- Huck- HUCK-a-bee. Imagine the possibilities. This could trigger a Radical Renaissance. Usher in a Golden Age of Protest.

Labor for Huckabee meets regularly on the third Monday of the month in the Labor Temple Bar. Meetings are called to order immediately after the third pitcher.