Huckabee: ‘Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!’

See the tweet below? This is a photograph of a chapter title in God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy, the latest book from former governor/presidential candidate/Fox News host Mike Huckabee.

Chapter 10 of Mike Huckabee's book is called… pic.twitter.com/NkgDySkgUJ

— David Catanese (@davecatanese) January 7, 2015

But why? one might ask. What is the purpose of naming a chapter referencing prison rape, a problem endemic to our nation’s prison systems? Let The Daily Beast’s Olivia Nuzzi explain the purpose of this chapter:

The chapter, ostensibly about the TSA and IRS, is a soaring crescendo of latent homosexuality homoeroticism cloaked in almost libertarian –- but not libertine! –- conservatism.

It opens with Huckabee’s dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport. “Where else would I be ordered to stand still, put up my hands, and have my personal belongings taken and searched without a warrant or probable cause?” He asks. “After years of this indignity, much of the flying public thinks little of it, and they usually don’t complain. They just dutifully stand there, bend over, and take it like a prisoner.”

Okay!

Huckabee recently quit his Fox show to possibly run for president in 2016, and the book is, as usual, step two in exploring a presidential run. If this chapter title was an attempt to boost attention, it seems to have worked.

[h/t The Daily Beast]
[Image via screenshot/Fox]

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