Taking Names

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Huckabee gets his laugh on

Former Arkansas governor and one-time presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee will join fellow politicians, pundits and policy-makers in the 15th annual Funniest Celebrity in Washington Contest Sept. 10 at the DC Improv in Northwest.

Other participants include Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr; Rep. Congressman Brad Sherman, California Democrat; talk show host Jim Bohannon; Michelle Bernard, president of the Independent Women's Forum; Dan Glickman, president of the Motion Picture Association of America; David Schuster of "Hardball"; Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform; CNN Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre; and Al Jazeera radio host Riz Khan.

Proceeds from the event will benefit VSA arts, an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts.