Posted on 07/19/2015 1:36:01 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR), a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, was interviewed about campaign issues, including their relationship to his faith, and responded to questions from members of the audience.
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We need a Christian president.
go away huckster, please just go away.
You won’t get elected to ANYTHING,
nor be included in ANY Administration.
Mike has raised very little campaign cash this quarter. Only $8. Million this quarter. Whereas Ted Cruz has raised a cool $54.Million w/o breaking a sweat.
Go Huckabee go! Who's got the Huck PING list?
Murderers in prisons across the nation hope for this. The Huckster is their best chance to get out early!
Is Huckabee the only Christian in the GOP field?
Is the candidate being Christian your top priority? Would you vote for a devout Christian leftist over a nominal Christian conservative? And yes, there are lots of Christians who, for whatever reason, find themselves on the political left. Just like there are a lot of very educated, learned people whom do the same.
Huckabee is just another RINO!
I’ll vote for the Christian that doesn’t think killing babies and fornication are good things.
1. Huckabee offered no “pardon” to Maurice Clemmons.
For the crimes of theft and burglary, Maurice Clemmons at the age of 16 was sentenced to 108 years. In all likelihood, had the same crimes been committed by a white youth from a middle class family, he would’ve received 20 years and been out on probation in under ten. What Governor Huckabee did do was reduce the 108 years to a sentence of 47 years. Shortly thereafter—not simultaneously—Clemmons met the qualifications for parole, and the parole board allowed him to go free, but kept him on probation.
2. Huckabee was not an activist in the Clemmons parole.
Some have claimed that Huckabee sought and pressured the parole board to intercede in the Clemmons case. This is blatantly false. The truth is that the parole board requested the Governor to consider the sentence reduction, as did the presiding judge. Governor Huckabee sought the input from the Attorney General and the prosecutors in the case. Both declined to weigh in. The judge and parole board were both unanimous in the decision to grant parole.
3. Huckabee had nothing to do with Clemmons release.
Following the short period of time that Clemmons had been paroled, he violated his parole by committing another minor offense. As is the case in all probation issues, that violation brought him back to prison to serve time for his crimes. Once back in prison, the Governor ceased to play any role. His sentence was back in effect. Prosecutorial malfeasance and a judge’s lack of action caused Clemmons’ second release from the Arkansas prison system.
If Governor Huckabee’s sentence reduction allowed Clemmons any opportunity to do crime it was to violate his parole. Once violated however, Clemmons was back into the digestive track of the Arkansas justice system.
The major scandal here is why none of the supporters of the candidate who finished third in the 2004 primaries have not focused one ounce of attention on the two judges that allowed Clemmons to go free following the rape of a child, who was a female relative, some nine years after the Arkansas prosecutors dropped the ball.
Huckabee was in essence reducing a sentence for petty theft from 108 to 47 years for a black kid. White kids would’ve gotten far more preferential treatment in the courts.
Source: http://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2009/12/06/why_huckabee_aint_dead_yet/page/full
You've just described the classic populist left Christian. We don't have many left in this country (thought there used to be lots of southern Democrats that fit this bill), but in Central and South America they are the norm (only Catholic). Socialists on economic policy, conservative on social policy. Sorry, but no thanks. I'd take someone of almost any religion or even agnostic if they are right on the issues - economic and social. Just being Christian isn't near enough of a qualification for President.
Are you sure you know what you're talking about, lol?
You are so nuts as they come. This idiot is as big government as any Bush or Romney EVER has been.
If you watch the video you would hear Huckabee talking about smaller government.
So then Ted Cruz is your candidate
Quit being an ignoramus and watch the video.
Ted Cruz who says homo marriage and drugs are a States rights... Not really.
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