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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuckabee: Peddling snake oil proves I'd be a great President.
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said on Sundays Face the Nation that be a heck of a good President because of his decision to promote dietary supplements on informercials.
Well, theres gonna be a lot of criticism thrown my way, Huckabee said. I dont have to defend everything that Ive ever done. Im not doing those infomercials obviously now as a candidate for President. But if thats the worst thing somebody can say to me, is that I advocated for people who have diabetes to do something to reverse it and stop the incredible pain of that, then Im gonna be a heck of a good President.
CBS host Bob Schieffer mentioned that he had diabetes and understood the importance of diet and exercise in treating the disease before questioning Huckabee about whether hed sold pills in his informercials.
No, no, there was not, thats a misnomer, Huckabee said. One of the elements of the plan was dietary supplements. But its not the fundamental thing.
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Well, theres gonna be a lot of criticism thrown my way, Huckabee said. I dont have to defend everything that Ive ever done. Im not doing those infomercials obviously now as a candidate for President. But if thats the worst thing somebody can say to me, is that I advocated for people who have diabetes to do something to reverse it and stop the incredible pain of that, then Im gonna be a heck of a good President.
CBS host Bob Schieffer mentioned that he had diabetes and understood the importance of diet and exercise in treating the disease before questioning Huckabee about whether hed sold pills in his informercials.
No, no, there was not, thats a misnomer, Huckabee said. One of the elements of the plan was dietary supplements. But its not the fundamental thing.
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Huckabee: Peddling snake oil proves I'd be a great President. (Original Post)
Capt. Obvious
May 2015
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Yea, selling bee urine qualifies the huskster to keep his hand on the nuclear button
leftofcool
May 2015
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leftofcool
(19,460 posts)1. Yea, selling bee urine qualifies the huskster to keep his hand on the nuclear button
dembotoz
(16,799 posts)2. replace insurance with snake oil
Initech
(100,065 posts)3. Selling bullshit on Fox News, selling bullshit to Congress, what's the difference?
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)4. He is as bad as Fred Thompson
Selling reverse mortgages. I wouldn't buy a thing from either of them and wouldn't trust either of them to run the country.
brooklynite
(94,508 posts)5. Your title is misleading....
He didn't say he'd be a good President BECAUSE of his homeopathic sales, he said he'd be a good President because that was the worst thing people could say about him.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)7. I also used a blind link
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)6. It'll certainly get a specific demographic to vote for you...