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Huck's Wife Defends Jaunt to Vegas for Fight, Hooters

Posted Feb 21, 08 1:21 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – Janet Huckabee put on her least social conservative-friendly face last weekend, going to Las Vegas for a middleweight prizefight—and staying at the Hooters Casino Hotel. The spouse of GOP candidate Mike has fine excuses—boxer Jermain Taylor is an Arkansas favorite; the risqué lodging was an eleventh-hour booking—but the San Francisco Chronicle wonders if the wild weekend might shock her husband’s evangelical base.

Janet said she needed respite from her “grueling schedule” and called the attention “ridiculous.” One Republican strategist said of the Sin City stay and of Mike’s recent trip to the Cayman Islands, “This is not a couple serious about leading the nation.” But in a primary season that’s seen caucuses at casinos, maybe Janet was digging up support at the slots.

Source San Francisco Chronicle

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Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, accompanied by his wife Janet, speaks to reporters during a fundraising stop at the house of Buck Johns, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008,...   (Associated Press)
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Jermain Taylor is worked on in his corner before the start of the eleventh round during his middleweight boxing match against Kelly Pavlik, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pavlik...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) checks his messages as he and his wife Janet leave the Fairmont Hotel after speaking to the Commonwealth Club during a campaign...   (Getty Images)
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