The Gospel According to Mike Huckabee

Governor, we only have two more minutes and I wanted to ask you quickly, could you tell us a little more just about who you are, what books you like to read, if you're going to go on vacation …
My hobbies are running, hunting, fishing and music.

What do you hunt and fish?
Duck, deer, turkey and I did do an antelope hunt last year in Wyoming, it was pretty cool … I'm hopefully going to do a duck hunt in South Carolina and a pheasant hunt in Iowa and so …

You're not going to shoot anyone, are you?
Dick Cheney is not invited to the hunt. I don't know who he's for, he may take me out. The Romney camp may pay him or something. [They might say] "OK, Huckabee is your target today."

What do you like to read?
I read a lot of publications, periodicals. I'm more of a periodical reader just by the nature of my life, it's so fragmented that I don't … and NEWSWEEK is one of them. I read all the newsmagazines. Then I read some stuff for fun. I'm a subscriber to Bass Magazine, Bassmaster, Ducks Unlimited … I get some of those that are pure fun, Arkansas Sportsman. So those are my indulgences. I read a lot of stuff online. I like to read some books, but I don't like to read [just] anything. I want it to be something that going to tell me something I don't know. I typically am not going to read a book if I think I'll already agree with it because it's a waste of my time.

Any fiction?
Naw, I never read fiction. I just read a book by Francis Collins called "The Language of God." Francis Collins, the Genome Project guy. He's a very strong Christian believer, he's also a very strong evolutionist and it was a very fascinating book, and I really enjoyed it.…

Does that mean that you don't agree with evolution?
Well, I believe there's a difference between macro0 and micro-evolution. Some people, for example, believe that God had no role at all in the creation of the universe. I believe he did. And to me that's the real issue. [During one of the debates], I thought "Oh, dear Lord, why is this the discussion for a presidential candidate?" My point was, I don't know how long it took, I don't know when it happened, where it happened, I wasn't there. But if you want to pin me down, I believe that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. I don't know how he did it. How long did it take him? Don't know, [this question] is not to me fundamental to being the next president of the United States.