To be Bebee or not to be Huckabee

Being Reader Representative for The Enterprise sometimes gives me the chance to go back to my reporting days chasing down information in an effort to correct inaccuracies.

Sometimes I verify what callers tell me and, sometimes, I find out they are wrong and we were right. This story illustrates that, as well as how distracted I have become from the current political process.

A caller on Tuesday pointed out a national brief on page 2A, referring to an Arkansas law that contained an error that would allow Arkansans of any age – even toddlers – to marry without parental consent. The article quoted Ar-kansas Gov. Mike Beebe.

The caller, with great conviction, told me that was an error, that the governor of Arkansas was Mike Huckabee. He sounded so sure of himself I thought I was wasting my time checking the information, but I did.

Turns out we (actually the Associated Press) were right, the current governor is Mike Bebee.

But the former governor is Mike Huckabee – the one who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination (did I say I’d become distracted from the current political process?)

So, bottom line is, the caller was wrong, but he’s paying attention – more attention than I’ve apparently been paying.