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(Some Guy)   Arkansas law prohibits gifts to the governor and his wife unless it's wedding gifts. So the governor sets up a wedding registry. Despite the fact that he's been married since 1974   (swtimes.com) divider line
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10235 clicks; posted to Main » and Politics » on 14 Nov 2006 at 4:39 PM (16 years ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Gulper Eel
2006-11-14 3:56:05 PM  
The term-limited governor leaves office in January, and friends of Janet Huckabee created the registries at Dillard's and Target stores

And not at Festus Calhoun's House of Bait?
 
NikolaiFarkoff [TotalFark]
2006-11-14 4:00:04 PM  
I bet he also is getting sick of everyone writing "I ♥ Huckabees" on their theknot.com message board.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-11-14 4:00:19 PM  
I am shocked--SHOCKED--that a governor of Arkansas and his wife would be so uncouth.

Why can't they just loot the governor's mansion when they move out, like Bill and Hillary did with the White House?
 
Programmer Cat
2006-11-14 4:39:18 PM  
Did he and his bother to renew their vows, at least?
 
mialynneb
2006-11-14 4:40:05 PM  
I got that $300 Kitchen Aid mixer for my wedding - I can't wait to bake some shiat up!
 
heap
2006-11-14 4:41:54 PM  
The CraneMeister: like Bill and Hillary did with the White House?

you've gotta be kidding me.

you're supposed to drink the kool-aid, not snort it.
 
Petekill
2006-11-14 4:42:18 PM  
Oh Arkansas...how i Love you

/only come here for school
//Hendrix College
///Kansas City boy by heart.
 
Rustywinger
2006-11-14 4:44:44 PM  
Well... that's clever!
 
Clark Kent
2006-11-14 4:45:36 PM  
Huckabee is my first cousin, but since I haven't been invited to their new house yet, I ain't getting them nothing....

(I wish to God I were kidding by the way)
 
Winktologist
2006-11-14 4:45:50 PM  
Someone link that board on theknot.com, I can't seem to find it...
 
10.0.0.1 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2006-11-14 4:46:51 PM  
mialynneb

You're gonna need an OVEN for that.
 
FriarReb98 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2006-11-14 4:47:08 PM  
Petekill: Kansas City boy by heart.

You know, they called 'em somethin' else in Blazing Saddles...

\just kidding, for all we know they could've been talking about the other KC....
 
fifthhorseman
2006-11-14 4:47:42 PM  
I am shocked that this kind of behavior occured in Arkansas. I'm certain that any gifts would not have swayed the governor.

/I just can't go on. Sarcasm sac is empty.
 
unicornrider
2006-11-14 4:49:27 PM  
I don't think God would appreciate a covenant marriage being used as a way to skirt/break the law.

/Just saying.
 
fifthhorseman
2006-11-14 4:49:38 PM  
Sorry, my k is out with his two buddies.

Wait, what?
 
LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD...SHHH
2006-11-14 4:51:12 PM  
"He's using the trappings of the governor's office to get everything he can, and the sad part of it is, I honestly believe he does not see anything wrong with this," said Kerns, a retired lawyer for the Department of Veterans Affairs. "It's like 'ethics' is a foreign word to him."

Ha...I think it is foreign to most politicians.
 
MooseBayou
2006-11-14 4:51:15 PM  
Know why girls in Arkansas are slow?

'Cause they had a governor on 'em.

Veal, etc.
 
Pixelvision
2006-11-14 4:51:53 PM  
impeach Churchill!
 
I_Hate_Stupid_People
2006-11-14 4:53:10 PM  
...friends of Janet Huckabee created the registries at Dillard's and Target stores to help facilitate their transition to private life.

If you can purchase a 7,000 sq ft house then you do not need any help with the transition.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2006-11-14 4:53:26 PM  
heap: you've gotta be kidding me.

you're supposed to drink the kool-aid, not snort it.

Oh, I'm sorry. I meant to say that I think Billary is the classiest couple EVAR.
 
Adman12
2006-11-14 4:54:03 PM  
unicornrider: I don't think God would appreciate a covenant marriage being used as a way to skirt/break the law.


I was confused by the term. Here in Canada "covenanting" was the term used for unofficial gay marriages, before they went legit.
 
heap
2006-11-14 4:55:07 PM  
The CraneMeister: Oh, I'm sorry. I meant to say that I think Billary is the classiest couple EVAR.

i tell him to drink it instead of snorting it...so of course he starts injecting it.

meh.
 
glowbug
2006-11-14 4:55:48 PM  
I hate stupid people
That is exactly what I thought!

/ashamed Arkansan
//slashy
 
Jihadistani
2006-11-14 4:57:02 PM  
As a Republican, it amazes me that Republican officials are asking themselves why voters didn't vote Republican this year.
 
vandelay
2006-11-14 4:57:18 PM  
Glowbug, dont be ashamed.

This wont stand, everyone's already pitchin a fit over it.

Suckabee...
 
Pappas
2006-11-14 4:58:09 PM  
When he moves out... he won't be governor anymore. And he didn't make it a public affair... the paper did.

So, nothing illegal there. And people use the online registry for "other" occasions all the time, including house warming.

Now... the real story here is the fact that someone at the paper searched god knows how many stores online gift registries for the outgoing-governor and his wife's listing, which wasn't made public by anyone close to the governor.
 
I_C_Weener [TotalFark]
2006-11-14 4:58:38 PM  
I wonder where the Arkansas governor learned that trick.
 
lhclubs
2006-11-14 5:00:23 PM  
That's actually very clever when you think about it. Hurrah for Governor Huckabee!
 
hillbillypharmacist
2006-11-14 5:00:29 PM  
I actually respected Huckabee despite my libtard ways, what with his public health bent and all, but this is pretty damn bad.
 
CowboyNinjaD
2006-11-14 5:01:04 PM  
People have no farking perspective.

I can't even imagine how much money the average governor takes from countless crooked-ass contributors during his career, and people are biatching about a $200 blender from Target.

Wake the fark up.
 
hillbillypharmacist
2006-11-14 5:01:41 PM  
Oh, and I see there are several more Arkansas farkers than I knew.
 
inkling79
2006-11-14 5:08:53 PM  
Uh, what's so bad about this? Some rich friends of theirs are buying them gifts. Big deal.
 
lenfromak
2006-11-14 5:09:06 PM  
Just another example to illustrate what I've been saying for years; that such contribution limits are basically useless because anyone who wants to can find a way around them if he or she can afford marginal legal help, and the best way to get the money out of politics is to make sure they don't have any favors to give out.
 
Doc Daneeka
2006-11-14 5:09:45 PM  
TFA: The Huckabees married in 1974. They entered into a covenant marriage in February 2005.

Umm, what the heck does this mean?
 
HillbillyCletus
2006-11-14 5:10:25 PM  
I bet petekill is an indie/emo kid. I went to a Hendrix party once, the amount of scarves, suit jackets and tight pants was unreal.

I'm glad one of the few people I've seen from arkansas *also* has Hillbilly as part of their name.
 
Reyito
2006-11-14 5:12:00 PM  
Temporarily mis-placed in Belgium.


Good kayaking 'round here though.

Not enough hillbillys :(
 
Clark Kent
2006-11-14 5:12:06 PM  
On second thought, if my mother gets him something, I'll sign my name to the card too....

Just in case he actually gets elected to President someday. Cause then I could ask to be ambassador to Amsterdam.

And I promise during my tenure there, I will keep them from invading...
 
raysun2be
2006-11-14 5:12:25 PM  
I_Hate_Stupid_People: ...friends of Janet Huckabee created the registries at Dillard's and Target stores to help facilitate their transition to private life.

If you can purchase a 7,000 sq ft house then you do not need any help with the transition.

exactly what I was thinking.
 
hillbillypharmacist
2006-11-14 5:13:23 PM  
Doc Daneeka: Umm, what the heck does this mean?

Triply hard to get a divorce.

You see, the best way to show that God wants two people to be together is to make marriage essentially impossible to legally dissolve.
 
t.goose
2006-11-14 5:13:47 PM  
"to help facilitate their transition to private life"
+
"The Huckabees purchased a 7,000-square-foot home in North Little Rock this year."
=
t.goose says, Eat a Dick.
 
Harry Freakstorm [BareFark]
2006-11-14 5:14:35 PM  
TFA: The Huckabees married in 1974. They entered into a covenant marriage in February 2005.
Umm, what the heck does this mean?

It means they can now have sex religiously.
Nun.

Best I could do.
 
organizized
2006-11-14 5:15:04 PM  
But but but Clinton...

/got nuthin
//just like Ken Starrrr
 
vliam
2006-11-14 5:15:35 PM  
Just to clear up a few things...

The registry also notes that Target gift cards can be purchased for amounts up to $1,000.

I think that is a function of the site and not an option that they chose.
I could be wrong but I don't think you have the option to limit the amount.
Why would Target want to do that?

On the Dillard's registry, the most expensive thing is $100.
The Target list, has four items over $100.

Personally, I couldn't care less.
If he isn't spending state funds on his personal crap, I don't care who is buying his pots.
 
Myrkabah02
2006-11-14 5:16:21 PM  
Doc Daneeka

Covenant Marriage

Learn to Google, you lazy bastard.
 
Doc Daneeka
2006-11-14 5:18:50 PM  
hillbillypharmacist: Doc Daneeka: Umm, what the heck does this mean?

Triply hard to get a divorce.

You see, the best way to show that God wants two people to be together is to make marriage essentially impossible to legally dissolve.

Ahh, I see. So legally "redefining marriage" is bad when the gays do it, but A-OK when conservative Christians do it. Gotcha.
 
Leishu
2006-11-14 5:20:01 PM  
heap

You have to admit that when the Clintons left the White House, they took everything of value with them (like a decent staff, a good president, decency, and apparently the costitution)
 
vliam
2006-11-14 5:20:31 PM  
Oh, and incidently,
Calphalon contains PTFEs. You shouldn't use that shiat for cooking.

But, since he IS a politician, fark him. He deserves it.
 
Smeggy Smurf
2006-11-14 5:20:46 PM  
This is the same gooberner that came up with the "Tax Me More" Fund. It was set up for those that didn't think they paid enough in taxes. Last I heard it had a little over $100 after a year. Mostly from Republican jokesters that sent in a nickel or two at a time.

Gov. Huckabee is yet again using the system to it's fullest to illustrate the absurdity of it all. And why not? It's there to be abused.
 
cot
2006-11-14 5:33:26 PM  
Smeggy Smurf: Gov. Huckabee is yet again using the system to it's fullest to illustrate the absurdity of it all. And why not? It's there to be abused.


Speaking of abusing the system, is there anything target sells that's cheap and annoying that we could start a drive to send thousands of to them? Manure maybe? That's almost too useful.

How about extra large condoms or lube maybe. something sexual would be sure to annoy them.
 
Ex Parrot
2006-11-14 5:35:28 PM  
Arkasas farker here. Little Rock to be precise.

heh heh
/Suckabee!!!
 
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