Former (and potential upcoming) presidential candidate Mike Huckabee to promote book in Asheville on March 8

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will hold a book signing at Barnes & Noble at the Asheville Mall on March 8. Huckabee is promoting his book, A Simple Government. More about his book:

Armed with little money but a lot of common sense, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee surprised the nation by coming in second during the 2008 Republican presidential primaries. He connected with millions of voters by calling for a smaller, simpler government that would get out of the way when appropriate. (Unfortunately, there weren’t quite enough of those voters to prevent the election of Barack Obama.)

Since then, President Obama’s message has morphed from “hope and change” to “tax and spend” and “borrow and spend” and “over-regulate and spend.” The stimulus failed to stop the recession, the deficit exploded to unimaginable heights, and the Democrats jammed through Congress a financial “reform” bill that didn’t really reform anything and a healthcare monstrosity that gave the government more power over our personal lives than ever.

Meanwhile, Huckabee has continued to be the voice of common sense conservatism, through his television talk show, his radio commentaries, and his lectures around the country. Now he’s written a book that sums up the twelve things we really need from Washington to get the country back on the right track.

These twelve essential truths will have you nodding in agreement, whether you’re a Republican, an Independent, or even an open-minded Democrat.