Apparently, Mike Huckabee doesn’t like it when women use bad words. He finds it “trashy” (h/t Alice):

Appearing last Friday on Mickelson in the Morning, an Iowa-based radio show, Huckabee recounted the culture shock he experienced when hearing profanity in the workplace while working for Fox News in New York City.

“In Iowa, you would not have people who would just throw the f-bomb and use gratuitous profanity in a professional setting,” Huckabee said. “In New York, not only do the men do it, but the women do it!”

He continued: “This would be considered totally inappropriate to say these things in front of a woman.” But “for a woman to say them in a professional setting,” Huckabee went on, “that’s just trashy!”

Since I hate to see a grown adult get the vapors like this, I’d like to offer some help, if I can. No, I’m not going to help Gov. Huckabee by getting women to stop swearing. I’m going to offer him some advice on how to fucking deal with it. Here goes.

Gov. Huckabee, fucking deal with it.

For starters, swearing is not inherently “unladylike.” Sometimes women swear like a goddamn boss.

Via Facebook (h/t Alice, again)

Second, by defaulting to outrage, Gov. Huckabee, you may be missing out on a wealth of experiences that life has to offer. As the denizens of Bloom County once reminded us, swearing can be kinda hawt:

© Berkeley Breathed / Cartoonist Group, via TheComicStrips.com (Fair use intended)

Finally, Gov. Huckabee, and this may be a bit awkward, but I can’t help but notice that you seem a bit preoccupied with “trashy” or “vulgar” women. I mean, I know you have other concerns, too, but this topic does seem to keep coming up, doesn’t it? Is it possible, maybe, that you doth protest too much? I think maybe the late Taylor Negron‘s mailman character from Better Off Dead (h/t Meghan) might be able to offer a bit of help.

I wish you the best of luck in your quest, Gov. Huckabee.