Mike Huckabee is trying to muscle up on the rest of the crowd running for the Republican presidential nomination.
The former Arkansas governor, who is running a strong second to Mitt Romney in Iowa, has already scored the endorsement of martial arts expert Chuck Norris this week.
Now he has turned to World Wrestling Entertainment and won the backing of Ric Flair — otherwise known as “Nature Boy,” a former 16-time World Heavyweight Champion of the pro wrestling circuit.
Flair, one of the most colorful figures in the already wild world of professional wrestling, has long been involved in Republican politics. At age 58, he is winding down his career as an active wrestler. He’s known for his colorful robes, bleached blond hair and his enthusiastic, “Whoooooooooo.”
Huckabee was referring to the name of one of those painful-looking grips that wrestlers put on each other when he said: “Ric’s endorsement will help us put a figure four leg lock on our opponents.”
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The working class is sick of the current pollititions in Washington. As well as the judges running the country from the bench. We need to get rid of most of the currant Democrates and Republicans. So if there is a chance for America to look even close to what America was we need to have Mike Huckebee come in and save the working class and tax the heck of all these made billionaires of the sweet and blood of the working class.
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