One of the lesser known candidates running for the Republican nomination for President is Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas. Whats interesting about Mike Huckabee is not his candidacy in general(both Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton have called him the most likely dark horse Republican candidate). No, whats interesting about Mike Huckabee is the strange admixture of people who have endorsed his presidential bid.

Amongst those who have endorsed Mr. Huckabee are such notables as: Chuck Norris, the man who does not sleep; Ric Flair, the wrestler; and a man by the name of Donald Wildmon. Most people probably won’t be familar with Donald Wildmon, so here’s a little background. It seems Mr. Wildmon is a conservative activist who heads the American Family Association. Sounds fairly innocuous right? Perhaps, but this is what the Associated Press’ Andrew DeMillo had to say about Mr. Wildmon’s activities,

In 1988, Wildmon and his organization accused the Mighty Mouse cartoon of teaching children to use cocaine after a scene that animators said showed the heroic rodent sniffing flowers. CBS and the cartoons producer dismissed the complaint but eventually cut the segment from the show.

In the end, maybe Mike Huckabee is the best hope for the Republican party, but it will probably take more than an actor, a wrestler, and a leader of the Christian Right to pull off his dark horse candidacy. Anything can happen though, afterall, Pat Robertson endorsed Rudy Giuliani.

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