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Mike Huckabee opposes miniskirts and burkas alike, hewing instead to the wise middle ground.

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The mini-burqa?

Or, more accurately, that might be the al-Azhar vintage rain coat brigade that's still quite popular in Egypt. Or is it that plus a Catholic school girl skirt that goes two and one quarter inches below the knee?

Posted by Luke | June 12, 2007 12:42 AM

Whatever happened to letting women, you know, choose for themselves what they want to wear? Says a Muslim who got into plenty of trouble with her ma for not pinning up her dupatta properly.

Posted by Sajia | June 12, 2007 1:27 AM

So, Mike Huckabee can't keep himself from staring at a woman's ass when she walks by in a mini-skirt, therefore, women shouldn't wear mini-skirts. And if a woman in a burqa walked by, he'd be thinking how much he'd like to see her hair, arms, neck, ankles, and ass. Gotcha.

I wonder if he's in favor of outlawing beach volleyball.

Posted by Stacy | June 12, 2007 1:35 AM

Some of the shine coming off this turd yet?

Posted by Dan | June 12, 2007 3:13 AM

Oh, so, let me understand this.

Women who wear miniskirts in the West, do so because they want to. Women who wear burkas may, but may not want to. Huckabee doesn't see a distinction?

BTW, if Huckabee doesn't want to wear a mini-skirt (a/k/a "kilt") he is not required to.

Posted by raj | June 12, 2007 7:16 AM

Huckabee is an ass. I don't understand the fawning over him. Choose me please – I love Jeebus the most.

Posted by 2cynicalbyhalf | June 12, 2007 9:26 AM

Let me edit a bit

A: ... I doubt I own anything provocative.

Q: How about a minskirt?

A: A thong.

Huckabee just claimed that he doubts he owns a thong. Why doesn't he know ? Sexist enough that his wifey takes care of all of his clothes.

I guess he decided that the implausible claim of ignorance worked for Alberto Gonzales.

And why does he say he "doubts" he owns a thong, but he's clearly sure he owns a miniskirt. Clearly, the only remaining question is whether governor Huckabees thong is a normal cloth thong or a studded leather thong.

Come on Mike, it's no fun in the closet.

Posted by Robert Waldmann | June 12, 2007 9:41 AM

Don't you mean "hemming to the wise middle ground?" AHA HA HA HA. Never mind.

Posted by mike | June 12, 2007 9:50 AM

If Huckabee's against burquas because they "hide everything", I wonder if he's similarly exercised by the Prairie Muffin outfits affected by certain womenfolk amongst his own evangelical Christian constituency?

Posted by Brian | June 12, 2007 6:36 PM