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Mike Huckabee's Obama joke at NRA meeting - Video
By M&C People
May 16, 2008, 23:01 GMT

"That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he's getting ready to speak. Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor."

Cue the laughter: Not.

Preacher Mike Huckabee was known as a presidential candidate with a sense of humor. But the man who believes the earth is only 6000 years old and evolution is a myth bombed at the National Rifle Association convention Friday.

Appearing in front of about 6,000 gun rights activists, Huckabee's speech was interrupted by a loud noise. The former Arkansas governor said, "That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He's getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him and he -- he dove for the floor."

Obama's campaign had no comment.

Huckabee provided most of the humor in the 2008 Republican primaries, cracking jokes during several of the debates. He won the Iowa caucuses but failed to reach far beyond the evangelical community.