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Mike Huckabee defends diabetes cure infomercial and social security views
Source: The Guardian
Mike Huckabee defends diabetes cure infomercial and social security views
Martin Pengelly in New York
Sunday 10 May 2015 18.26 BST
The Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Sunday attempted to answer criticism of his bona fides as a conservative, saying his support for social security and Medicare did not make him like a Democrat, but more “like an American”.
He also defended himself against criticism over his appearance in an infomercial for a diabetes cure of dubious scientific value.
On Tuesday Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas who came second in the Republican primaries in 2008, declared his second candidacy for the White House. Prominent in evangelical circles – Mother Jones magazine this week unearthed a 1979 recording of him preaching against the Monty Python movie Life of Brian – he is notably outspoken on issues such as same-sex marriage and gave up a job as a Fox News host to run.
Based on some of his economic and social policies and his record in state government, however, he has faced strong criticism from, among others, the Club for Growth, a powerful group on the right, for being a “big government conservative”.
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Martin Pengelly in New York
Sunday 10 May 2015 18.26 BST
The Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Sunday attempted to answer criticism of his bona fides as a conservative, saying his support for social security and Medicare did not make him like a Democrat, but more “like an American”.
He also defended himself against criticism over his appearance in an infomercial for a diabetes cure of dubious scientific value.
On Tuesday Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas who came second in the Republican primaries in 2008, declared his second candidacy for the White House. Prominent in evangelical circles – Mother Jones magazine this week unearthed a 1979 recording of him preaching against the Monty Python movie Life of Brian – he is notably outspoken on issues such as same-sex marriage and gave up a job as a Fox News host to run.
Based on some of his economic and social policies and his record in state government, however, he has faced strong criticism from, among others, the Club for Growth, a powerful group on the right, for being a “big government conservative”.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/10/mike-huckabee-defends-social-security-medicare-policies-2016-elections
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