Huckabee goes on rampage at LR restaurant

Some satire for a Friday.
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who has championed weight loss over the past two years after losing more than 100 pounds, confused and angered many patrons at a Little Rock McDonald's Friday morning as he "snatched and grabbed Big Mac after Big Mac from customers' hands," according to store manager Jim Latrell.

Latrell said Arkansas State Troopers quickly whisked Huckabee out of the store, located on Broadway in downtown Little Rock, and into a limousine after the incident. Calls to the governor's office were unreturned Friday.

"I've never seen anything like it," said Latrell, who has been manager at the Broadway McDonald's since January. "He had this wild look in his eyes, and he just kept saying, 'I want meat, I want meat.'"

According to witnesses, Huckabee had been jogging down Broadway when he was spotted running toward the McDonald's restaurant, which he entered with the state trooper and his wife, Janet Huckabee.

Harold Watkins was one of the governor's victims and said Huckabee ran toward him, reaching for his recently purchased Big Mac. "He said to me, 'It's mine now bitch, I'm the governor of this state!'" Watkins said. "Of course I let him have it. He is the governor, and he looked mighty hungry."

Before Huckabee departed the scene, his wife wrapped him up in some type of "space blanket," according to witnesses, and consoled him.