This wouldn't be the first time. Huckabee pardoned a serial rapist. A few people on his staff came forward to say it was done simply to rub it in the face of Bill Clinton, as one of the victims was a cousin or niece of his.

The guy later raped and murdered another woman after Huckabee pardoned him.

Ouch!

Oh man that's classic.

Stay classy GOP.

Stick a fork in him, he's done.

This ought to give Huckabee more street cred among the much sought after black thug demographic...

As a conservative I am ok with Huckabee going down in flames.

He was entirely too liberal on big government and things like.....clemency.

Huckabee did a lot of this as Governor.

If this is true, then this is certainly his Willie Horton moment.
I guarantee nobody working in law enforcement would ever vote for Huckabee now.

Man, Mitt Romney's programmers are going to be walking a fine line trying to write a software update that approximates "sad about the officers'death yet angrily opportunistic about Huckabee."


Palin's just gonna make something up about how she used to personally beat felons with moose antlers.

Mike Huckabee is not a bad man. Politically, he's a right-wing nut, but in real life -- meh... not so much. I like the guy as a person, but I wouldn't follow him into battle or vote for him as president.

House of Tards: Palin's just gonna make something up about how she used to personally beat felons with moose antlers.

Well, she would have done this but had to leave for undisclosed reasons.

this won't end his career; won't even be a blip on the radar. Republicans love nothing more than a good fall-and-redemption story, unless it's an up-by-your-bootstraps mavrick story.

Ouch, I know some other Republican is going to use this and other examples to Willie Horton Huckabee. Huckabee seems to believe quite strongly that criminals can be redeemed, despite all evidence. That's the only reason I can think of to pardon or commute the sentences of this waste of space.

ecmoRandomNumbers: I like the guy as a person, but I wouldn't follow him into battle or vote for him as president.

I second this. Religion aside, he does seem like a guy I could get along with.

But the wingnuttiness means I'd never vote for him.

The Wayne DuMond case I referred to earlier.

greentea1985: That's the only reason I can think of to pardon or commute the sentences of this waste of space.

Well the other reason is that the war on drugs has spiked our prison populations, and sometimes states need to release "X" amount of prisoners to prevent over-crowding. Everyone wants to be tough on crime, nobody wants to pay for it.

Without Huckabee to split the fundie vote with Palin, say bye to Romney and HELLO to nominee Sarah.

Huckgoobye

Etchy333: greentea1985: That's the only reason I can think of to pardon or commute the sentences of this waste of space.

Well the other reason is that the war on drugs has spiked our prison populations, and sometimes states need to release "X" amount of prisoners to prevent over-crowding. Everyone wants to be tough on crime, nobody wants to pay for it.

Yeah, but the scumbag in question had a long history of repeated violent crimes, including burglary, assault, and rape. He was apparently also violently mentally ill.

The bigger question here is why he got let out of jail about a week ago though he's facing child rape charges, but he sounds like the kind of guy who really should be in jail, and I can't see anything that would lead anyone to see him as a good candidate for having his sentence commuted.

Sgt Otter: This wouldn't be the first time. Huckabee pardoned a serial rapist. A few people on his staff came forward to say it was done simply to rub it in the face of Bill Clinton, as one of the victims was a cousin or niece of his.

The guy later raped and murdered another woman after Huckabee pardoned him.

for realz?

And nothing of value was lost.

GAT_00: And nothing of value was lost.

you know Hucks a good person. Way to fundie and nice, but a decent human being. Gat your starting to troll incessantly and your not very good. Stop it.

Kirk's_Toupee: Sgt Otter: This wouldn't be the first time. Huckabee pardoned a serial rapist. A few people on his staff came forward to say it was done simply to rub it in the face of Bill Clinton, as one of the victims was a cousin or niece of his.

The guy later raped and murdered another woman after Huckabee pardoned him.

for realz?

Yep, I posted the link to the Wayne DuMond case. The "Arkansas Rape" section is the start of it.

There was the also the time Huckabee fired the Commandant of the Arkanas State Police. The Commandant says it was because he wouldn't cover upharkabee's son's penchant for torturing animals.

David Huckabee animal abuse controversy

While I do not like Huckabee's politics, this does not change my opinion of his ability to govern. Granting pardons is hardly the most important thing the President does. I would rather vote for someone who issues bad pardons but repeals DADT and implements public health care than someone who pardons only deserving individuals but vetoes progressive legislation. Unfortunately, Huckabee would never in a million years implement public health care.

I'm going to miss him. Huck was the sort of guy who did not seem to exist in a specific time period, as he has also been a Roman gladiator, a Medieval knight, and a rocket scientist. He was never in the future though, only the present (as of the show's airing) or the past. One regular villain in the series was "Powerful Pierre," a tall and muscular unshaven character with a French accent. Another regular villain was "Dinky Dalton" a rough and tough western outlaw that Huck usually has to capture. Crazy Coyote, an Indian who Huck often had to defeat who was his match. And the rows, two crows with Mafia accents who often annoyed Farmer Huck. Another trademark of Huck was his tone deaf (as well as inaccurate) rendition of "Oh My Darling, Clementine," often used as a running gag. He also commonly used the phrase "and stuff like that there" in place of "etc." This phrase showed up quite often, but Huck said it more often than anyone else. One of his careers had his job position on the door listed as "TS & SLTT." When asked what it stood for, Huck said "Top secrets and stuff like that there."

elchip 2009-11-29 10:57:34 PM
Without Huckabee to split the fundie vote with Palin, say bye to Romney and HELLO to nominee Sarah.

And hello to four more years of Obama! Yay!

GAT_00: And nothing of value was lost.

A thousands innernets to you good sir

Whoopdeehuckingdoo

Your Faith is Creepy: this won't end his career; won't even be a blip on the radar. Republicans love nothing more than a good fall-and-redemption story, unless it's an up-by-your-bootstraps mavrick story.

Unless of course that story is attached to a Democrat or a Libertarian, or another Republican that they're running against...

And therein lies the rub. If this "person of interest" is arrested and/or convicted, his own Primary opponents are going to hammer him on it.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.

Let's give him a hand off the stage, everyone!

hubiestubert: Your Faith is Creepy: this won't end his career; won't even be a blip on the radar. Republicans love nothing more than a good fall-and-redemption story, unless it's an up-by-your-bootstraps mavrick story.

Unless of course that story is attached to a Democrat or a Libertarian, or another Republican that they're running against...

And therein lies the rub. If this "person of interest" is arrested and/or convicted, his own Primary opponents are going to hammer him on it.

Doesn't matter if he's even arrested, these are Republicans we're talking about. Facts don't matter. What matters is the illusion, and Pawlenty and Romney are going to hammer him over this until he's gone. Nobody wants to lose Iowa.

So it's gonna be Palin/Beck, with Lou Dobbs as an Independent siphoning double digits from the Republicans. Meaning Obama gets 450+ electoral votes.

Fark It: So it's gonna be Palin/Beck, with Lou Dobbs as an Independent siphoning double digits from the Republicans. Meaning Obama gets 450+ electoral votes.

Wait until you've got good state-by-state polls in Oct. 2012 to count your chickens, OK?

Damn, the release of sexually violent criminals is often, if not always, a terrible idea.

bobbette: Fark It: So it's gonna be Palin/Beck, with Lou Dobbs as an Independent siphoning double digits from the Republicans. Meaning Obama gets 450+ electoral votes.

Wait until you've got good state-by-state polls in Oct. 2012 to count your chickens, OK?

True. Obama could declare marital law and start forcibly converting scared white protestants to Islam, homosexuality, and socialism.

globalwarmingpraiser: you know Hucks a good person. Way to fundie and nice, but a decent human being. Gat your starting to troll incessantly and your not very good. Stop it.

I can't speak for him as a person, I don't know him. What he does want to do is turn this country into a religious theocracy and bomb people in the name of Jesus, which is why I say that nothing of value was lost.

brainiac-dumdum: Damn, the release of sexually violent criminals is often, if not always, a terrible idea.

This, obviously, only holds true for those who are actually guilty of the crime they were convicted of.

Fark It: True. Obama could declare marital law and start forcibly converting scared white protestants to Islam, homosexuality, and socialism.




/The camps are not a lie. They exist!

I wonder how FOX will handle this story.

Cancel his show, show old pictures of him when he was really fat, and label him a Democrat?

Or not mention it at all?

I'm sure it'll be Fair & Balanced™

Kirk's_Toupee: Clinton

You can read about it here: Ashley Stevens, the high school cheerleader he had raped, was a distant cousin of Bill Clinton, and the daughter of a major Clinton campaign contributor. It's a long but interesting and disgusting article.

Lionel Mandrake: I wonder how FOX will handle this story.

Cancel his show, show old pictures of him when he was really fat, and label him a Democrat?

Or not mention it at all?

I'm sure it'll be Fair & Balanced™

NRO just reported that Huckabee released him. No editorial as of yet. It should be interesting to see how things are spun...

globalwarmingpraiser: you know Hucks a good person. Way to fundie and nice, but a decent human being.

Belike. And if so, nothing of real value will be lost by the utter destruction of his political career.

"As far as I can tell, until today, Clemmons had never been accused of, let alone indicted for or convicted of a homicide. The record is rather one of an endless string of aggravated robberies, assaults and similar crimes. An account of one of Clemmons court appearances from his original sentencing appeared thus in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in March 1990 ..."

Don't you JUST LOVE IT when someone answers their own argumentative supposition all on their little ol' lonesome?

"Huckabee's to blame because like me, he never saw it coming."
Stay classy blogger-man.

archichris: As a conservative I am ok with Huckabee going down in flames.

He was entirely too liberal on big government and things like.....clemency.


Same here. As a person, he's likable, but he's a bad mix of religious conservatism and political liberalism.

As much as I wish it would hurt him, it won't with his core fans.

We'll see if this guy indeed was responsible for the murder of those police officers. If he's arrested and convicted, there will be hell to pay for Huckabee.

baka-san: As much as I wish it would hurt him, it won't with his core fans.

Up until it comes down to the Primaries. Then it's going to bite him soundly in the touchis. I suspect this go around is going to be particularly vicious--though, it depends on how things go in the next two years. If the economy is back up and chugging, then it's going to be the moment to choose a sacrificial lamb.

I hate the fact that the GOP put Bob Dole up against Clinton when they did--because I liked Bob Dole on a lot of things, but he could not compete with Clinton at the time. If Obama gets the economy up and running, the GOP may have to choose another to run as the placeholder for the party, and save their energy, and money, to oust whoever the Democrats will put up in 2016...

Outshined_One: We'll see if this guy indeed was responsible for the murder of those police officers. If he's arrested and convicted, there will be hell to pay for Huckabee.

No there won't. His supporters will pray for him and somehow find a way to blame Obama and/or Clinton.

House of Tards: Man, Mitt Romney's programmers are going to be walking a fine line trying to write a software update that approximates "sad about the officers'death yet angrily opportunistic about Huckabee."

Mitt Romney's programmers can't say too much. He has one of these cases himself. Daniel Tavares Jr stabbed a couple to death shortly after a judge Romney had appointed let him go (difficultly: he'd stabbed his own mother to death).

Romney, ever the sleazy weasel, blamed the judge and anyone who would stand still rather than take any of the blame for appointing someone who probably should never have been on the bench in the first place.