This weekend, Mike Huckabee gave North Carolina lieutenant governor candidate Robert Pittenger a fried squirrel liver, knowing that it was tough, so when Pittenger choked, Huckabee came and hugged him from behind (as per the Heimlich Manuever), saving his life, making himself Vice President. Or, he was merely humping a man who was choking to death. [ABC News]

A Wonkette operative living in Don “Chokehold” Sherwood’s district kindly forwarded us a “personal letter” from the Chokin’ Congressman’s poor wife.

The terrible thing has been direct-mailed all over the 10th district, turning Carol Sherwood’s private agony into common junk mail. We’ve got the whole sadly hilarious thing, after the jump.

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