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Monday, November 19, 2007 12:00 AM

Huckabee's new humor offensive

Why Republican candidate Mike Huckabee releases the funniest ad of the 2008 campaign.

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  • Monday, November 19, 2007 02:15 PM

    Come on!

    While the Chuck Norris facts gag was indeed quite funny for about 5 minutes, comparing this ad in any way to Colbert or Stewart is wwwwaaaayyyy off base. While they use the truth as a tool for humor, all Huckabee is doing is following one ridiculous Chuck Norris fact with an almost as ridiculous fact of his own.

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