Mike Huckabee’s Long Honeymoon

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Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, whose name is being thrown around as a 2008 Republican contender, seems to have found a nifty way to get around rules preventing public servants from receiving gifts worth $100 or more. State law allows wedding gifts, and it just happens that Huckabee and his wife, who married in 1974, are still accepting unfashionably late contributions:

“Wedding” registries in the names of Gov. Mike Huckabee and his wife, Janet, have been set up at two department store chains in advance of the Huckabees’ move out of the Governor’s Mansion into a private home.

The term-limited governor leaves office in January, and friends of Janet Huckabee created the registries at Dillard’s and Target stores to help facilitate their transition to private life, Huckabee spokeswoman Alice Stewart said Friday.

The Huckabees purchased a 7,000-square-foot home in North Little Rock this year.

“Some ladies who are friends of Janet’s are giving her a housewarming party,” Stewart said.

If you’re looking for gift ideas, the traditional thing to give for a 32nd anniversary is conveyances.

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