Huckabee Answers Q at U of SC
September 20th, 2007 at 11:55 am | posted by Field
This afternoon ONE Vote ‘08 had a unique opportunity to meet with Gov. Huckabee on the campus of the University of South Carolina. On hand for the event were students from the University and several local media outlets including WACH Fox 57 and the student newspaper, ‘The Daily
Gamecock’.
Governor Huckabee gave a speech on his presidential platform and then opened the floor up for Q and A. The moderator for the event was a member of the student senate. He selected only 4 questions from a stack of index cards and our question was selected.
We asked him the following, “With your background as a Baptist Preacher you must highly value moral and personal responsibility. The ONE Campaign is devoted to making America responsible for providing aid to the less fortunate around the world. How will your adminisitration aid in the fight against global poverty?”
His answer was similar to the answer he provided me back in August. He stated that we were “the most unique and well established of all the bi-partisian campaigns and that we are rooted in humanitarianism, not politics.” He stressed that it is our responsibility to act, but “we must be sure that America acts and acts in a manner that we do not forget about our people all the while
ensuring that the less fortunate are truly receiving our aid”.
We thanked him for answering our question and for his support. I also, personally thanked him for his support for USC as we play LSU in Baton Rouge, La. He joked with the crowd saying that one of the scariest places in all the world even after travelling to Iraq is Baton Rouge on a Saturday evening during the fall. But he also said that with Spurrier good things can happen!
-Wes Mishoe, SC ONE Campaign
