Kris Allen's Beatles Duet With Mike Huckabee

LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" winner Kris Allen is already thinking about getting into politics.

The 23-year-old acoustic crooner from Conway, Arkansas, duets with Mike Huckabee (HUCK'-a-bee') during an appearance on the former Arkansas governor's Fox News Channel show scheduled to air Saturday.

Huckabee, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination last year, backs up Allen on bass for The Beatles' "Yesterday."

During the appearance, Allen asks: "Maybe someday I could be the Governor of Arkansas, right?"

Huckabee replies: "It's a great gig. It really is."

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On the Net:

http://www.foxnews.com/huckabee/

Comments

[JustLeftOfRight]

08:31 PM on 06/01/2009

Oh look, it's the Arkansas Nation!

[Bramble8]

06:01 PM on 05/30/2009

That is a big Yuck!

[Bulbul]

06:58 AM on 05/30/2009

Waiting for Kris, to show up in Africa , or even in his hometown, with Bill Clinton , to raise funds for a good cause.....

[colette]

12:21 AM on 05/30/2009

Um, didn't a guy named Barack Obama and a woman named Hillary Clinton appear on Fox during last year's presidenti­al race? Do you think they share the Fox political positions? Or were they just trying to reach out to another audience?

And clearly you haters don't know much about Kris Allen, or his musical gifts.
Here's a comment he made in a recent Entertainm­ent Weekly interview:

There [were all these rumors] about how all the conservati­ve, Christian people that would vote for me hate Adam and never want him to win because of who he is. Oh, it was so frustratin­g—really bad, because we are really good friends. Why can't everyone get along? It never made any sense for me to judge anyone, who they are. It frustrates me that people can't get along with people because of their difference­s. And I'll tell you what, especially Christians­. Christians have a hard time accepting people like Adam—liber­al, from L.A., looks different, maybe acts a certain way. He's a great, great guy. They don't even give him a chance. And it's frustratin­g because I come from that. A lot of my friends are not that way, which I appreciate­, but a lot of people in Arkansas or in the South or wherever are that way. We really hope that our relationsh­ip can be an inspiratio­n to people. I could go on about that forever.

[dax49]

01:26 PM on 05/31/2009

let me explain this to you- huckabee has evolved into yet another fox guy who makes cruel, unjustifie­d remarks, pushes his less than educated agenda- denies evolution-­, and parrots whatever the fox agenda is for that day- he is a blemish on the south and on honestty, integrity, and class

[skippyB]

10:13 PM on 05/29/2009

Well there it is.

[klandish]

07:25 PM on 05/29/2009

YUCK !

[tuesgone62]

07:08 PM on 05/29/2009

As Chris would say, "Are you freaking serious?"

[tuesgone62]

07:06 PM on 05/29/2009

WOW. As a huge Adam fan, but having never once participat­ed in the Chris bashing, (Gokeys another story), I feel that now I must speak out.
OK. I got that off my chest...

[Force]

05:49 PM on 05/29/2009

OH how sweet - perhaps afterward they can crucify a queer just to make sure there is no 'empathy' going on.

GAWD please let the rapture happen soon.

[hemnebob]

05:33 PM on 05/29/2009

incredibly gross.

[aes5678]

04:50 PM on 05/29/2009

gross.

[eeyore5662]

04:20 PM on 05/29/2009

I guess it all makes sense why he won now. He clearly was not the better singer -- I personally would have had him out in the first of five to leave, but definitely would have put him out before Danny. Wouldn't it be funny if, based on the "Huckabee" friendship and the fact that Fox was running the show, the whole thing was fixed to begin with. Still, I think Adam will go much further in his career than Kris. I can see Kris ending up as one of the singers in the "new wave" Christian music and that's about it. Not saying there's anything wrong with that, but certainly not what people who watch the show are looking for. This is the second "questiona­ble" Idol season that I have seen. It will probably be the last. There's no point in watching if it's clear it's fixed to begin with.

[TishiJo]

04:15 PM on 05/29/2009

I have all of Kris' music from Idol. I love his voice and sweet personalit­y. He is making non-stop appearance­s as the American Idol. The idea that this appearance is reflective of his political or religious preference­s is stupidity.

[supergranny]

08:00 PM on 05/29/2009

oh yes it's just totally impossible isn't it.......
the whole thing is too gosh golly sugary sweet to be anything but pure light from above.....

[aquanaut37]

04:09 PM on 05/29/2009

This guy looks like a cross between John Mayer and Kermit the Frog. He sounds like he's been drinking too much Kava tea with Jack Johnson by the campfire. zzzzzzzzz

[SaltySaltillo]

03:42 PM on 05/29/2009

As we say in "Maria" Sotomayor'­s dialect of Latin: "Que Horror!"