I am doing this because I have to
By Minda Martine, Arizona Coordinator, HuckPAC.

For me, the path that I am now on all started during the 2008 Republican National Convention when I heard Gov. Mike Huckabee’s speech. Of course I had heard him at the debates and he had piqued my interest when he gave his straight forward and passionate answer to the question of evolution vs. God.

When Gov. Huckabee gave his speech at the convention I found him to be a gracious, witty, intelligent and articulate human being. He spoke of civil rights and growing up in the south when segregation was still going on and witnessing firsthand the ignorance of it all. I know from reading about him later on that he integrated the church he was Pastor of. Some of his congregation was not happy about it, but, he stood his ground and stood on his principals. I admire that in him. When he said “I’m not a Republican because I grew up rich, I’m a Republican because I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life being poor, waiting for the government to rescue me”, he spoke with such truthfulness and sincerity that I knew right then and there that I had to learn more about this man and I did.

What I have found is an honest, caring, hard working southern gentleman who happens to be a politician.

After the election in November I knew it was time to get off the couch, get myself in gear and get involved or I was going to lose the Country that I had grown up in (I am 46). I know the way to make sure we don’t lose our Country is to help Huck PAC get conservatives elected and re-elected and also get Mike Huckabee in the White House where he belongs as President of the United States!

Something seemed to be pushing me into action and into an unlikely direction from where I had been. I have come to realize it is not something, but, someone, and that someone is God. I feel like he has had his eye on me for a while and now he has his hand on me and leading me down a pathway that I am only to happy to follow. You see it’s not only that I want to do this; it’s that I have to do this.

In early January I read Gov. Huckabee’s book “Do the Right Thing”. On January 31, I volunteered to be a State Coordinator for Huck PAC. I am also becoming a Precinct Committeemen for the Republican Party in my Legislative District. Who knows where this will all lead? On a personal note, In February I read Gov. Huckabee’s “Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork” and on March 14, 2009 I started a weight loss program/cure (with the help of the best weight loss Dr. in the world!) and as of today (May 4, 2009) I have lost an amazing 54lbs in 52 days. Still about 100 to go!

I have never had (except for parents) a single person be more of an inspiration and influence on my life than Gov. Mike Huckabee has. That is why I am a volunteer for Huck PAC.