The April 2005 issue of Runner's World magazine has an article on Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (Since March 2003 he has lost over 100 pounds by running and changing his diet). The article has the following:
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"Governor Widebody is history, the loser of a hostile takeover by Skinny, as President George W. Bush called Huckabee during a stump speech. The once corpulent public servent, who's been mentioned as a possible 2008 contender, beamed at his new nickname."
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I may not agree with his positions on several issues, but reading about how he has changed his health and has gone from barely able to walk a block and on diabetic medications to running marathons and diabetes-free has garnered respect for the man.