On One of the Sabbath-Gasbag Discussions, Robert Novak Says That Mike Huckabee May Have Remained in the Race to Bolster His Lecture Fee

On One of the Sabbath-Gasbag Discussions, Robert Novak Says That Mike Huckabee May Have Remained in the Race to Bolster His Lecture Fee

On One of the Sabbath-Gasbag Discussions, Robert Novak Says That Mike Huckabee May Have Remained in the Race to Bolster His Lecture Fee

The lure of filthy lucre on the campaign trail.

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So, possibly, is Huckabee
Just burnishing his lecture fee?
The speeches he once gave for free
On Jesus in Gethsemane
And why a human couldn’t be
Descended from a chimpanzee
Can cost a bundle now that he
Spends so much time on NBC.
Another thought occurs to me:
Is that why Novak’s on TV?

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