• Mike Huckabee grew up in a rented house in the tiny little town of Hope, Arkansas, where
people always asked, "do you really think that some obscure, unknown governor born in Hope has any
chance to be president of the United States" until Bill Clinton put their question to rest.

• He spent his entire childhood in Hope and his formative years were influenced by his
father, mother, sister and the community in Hope where "people kind of looked after each other". 

• Though there was little money and influence found in Hope, the young Huckabee never had a
defeatist attitude.

• He had a modest childhood and still recalls the old days when his family used scratchy lava
soap, humorously adding, "It wasn't until I got to college that I realized showers were not supposed
to hurt."

• An eight-year old Huckabee, along with his father, went to see Governor Orville Faubus,
"deliver a speech and dedicate a lake". This is perhaps one of the chapters in his life that
heralded the illustrious political future that awaited little Huckabee.

• From a very young age Huckabee had been a smooth talker with the dynamism of a natural
leader and a heightened political sensibility. He once said, "I was a true-blue, conservative,
family-oriented young Republican."  

• He preached his first sermon at the age of fifteen and wanted to grow up to be a rock star.
Even today, he never misses a chance to pick up his guitar and strum to the beats of his music band
'Capitol Offense'.

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