Huckabee Will Cross Picket Line to Appear on Leno

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By David D. Kirkpatrick

Former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas today professed his support for the striking television writers union just a few hours before he was expected to board a plane for a taping of the Jay Leno show where he will face a vocal picket line of striking writers.

Mr. Leno’s program is returning to the air for the first time since a long hiatus for the strike. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Huckabee said he was unaware that he would be crossing picket lines and believed that the program had reached a special agreement with the union.

Although crossing picket lines might not be unusual for most Republican candidates, Mr. Huckabee has waged an unusual populist campaign on economic issues, stressing his empathy with the anxieties of working people. On Wednesday, he said he identified with the striking television workers as an author himself and believed they deserved a share of the proceeds from the sale of their work.
Huckabee on LenoStriking writers outside the Burbank, Calif. studios of NBC. (Photo: Ric Francis/Associated Press)

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[demosincebirth]

1. So much for his empathy.

[cboy4]

2. Huckabee will argue it's not really a picket line, just like

he argued the floating cross in his Christmas ad was just a bookshelf. :eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xn7uSHtkuA&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/18/huckabees-christmas-ad-_n_77315.html