I read in my online local paper this morning that Mike Huckabee was born August 24, 1955. So is he 57, fairly young for a politician. My first (and last) thought was crap - we're going to be hearing his righteous intolerance for years to come. And every 4 years his name will cycle thru the lame list of contenders while he scores big bucks off his name and folks like my dad think he ain't so bad, kinda funny in some ways and charming.
But maybe his star fades. I note in a web search that his birthday this year is hardly mentioned compared to years past - 2011 being a biggie, and 2007 being another. Wait - there is something significant about those years and being every 4 years.... But what about this year? He is in the news for reasons we all know about. Does his wife love him less on the in-between years? Does his staff not care enough to create an online greeting page this year?
On a personal note, he is the same age as my whacked-out first wife. She is getting much better lately but alas her politics have shifted toward the self-proclaimed godly. No doubt she'd sign his 2015 birthday card.