This long, detailed, heavily linked article suggests that the Huckster owes his remarkable weight loss to gastric bypass surgery, which would mean that his current fame is built on a total fraud.
Even if Governor Huckabee had lost weight by having bariatric surgery, there would be no shame in that,” says Alice Stewart, press secretary for the Mike Huckabee exploratory Committee. “[But the] fact is that the governor’s weight loss program was very well documented by the media. Steve Barnes of Time magazine interviewed the governor as well as his doctors.”
This curious response reads more like an admission of bariatric surgery than a denial.
If he lost 75 lbs. in six months through diet and exercise, that's inspiring and he is a true success story. If he is lying about that, he should be publicly disgraced and quickly forgotten.
UPDATE: To be fair, there are plenty of rebuttals, like this one. Just as Kerry could have put the issue of his war wounds to rest by disclosing his medical history and his release papers, Huckabee could make his case by being more direct and forthcoming about the details of his dramatic weight loss.
In any event, Huckabee could be gone from the race by the time you finish reading this post, so just go back to whatever you were doing.
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