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  Huck Knocks 'Em Dead

  Mike Huckabee’s penchant for dark humor was a minor obsession of ours back when he was still in the race. So it’s good to see he’s still making people uncomfortable. Look what he just told an audience of NRA members after hearing an offstage noise:

  "That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he's getting ready to speak," said the former Arkansas governor, to audience laughter. “Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor."

  Maybe Huckabee didn’t get the memo, but assassination jokes aren’t exactly kosher right now. (Not that they ever are, but Obama supporters voice legitimate concern.) It also highlights another reason why Huckabee isn’t a serious vice-presidential pick. Combine his loose lips with the Obama campaign’s umbrage hair trigger and a gaffe-hungry media, and we’d have quips like this splashed across Drudge every week.

  Published Friday, May 16, 2008 4:00 PM by Christopher Beam
  Email jcbeam@gmail.com

  Filed under: Mike Huckabee

About Christopher Beam

• Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.