Froma Harrop: Huckabee's perilous perception of souls

Projo.com ^ | January 3, 2008 | FROMA HARROP

[AmericanMade1776]

IN 1996, then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee reportedly pressured a parole board to release a sexual predator from jail. Wayne DuMond had 25 years left on his sentence for the 1984 rape of a teenager. His claim to have found God apparently helped open the prison doors.

A Baptist minister, Huckabee wrote DuMond a letter: “Dear Wayne, My desire is that you be released from prison. I feel that parole is the best way for your reintroduction to society to take place.”

A free man, DuMond proceeded to murder a woman in Missouri.

Huckabee has put pastoral credentials high on his list of qualifications to be president. They suggest high morals and for many religious conservatives, a Christian perspective. But as the DuMond fiasco shows, faith-based decision-making may not produce the kind of conclusions one wants from a political leader.

[AmericanMade1776]

Huckabee had also slashed the prison sentence of a wealthy Republican contributor who had been convicted four times in five years of drunk driving. Back on the roads, the man was arrested again, inebriated, after crossing the center line of a highway and barely missing an oncoming police car.

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[RockinRight]

Who’s “uckabee?”

[Jet Jaguar]

The Law and Order candidate?

Nope.

[eleni121]

Froma Harrop? — this leftie’s perverted column has just raised Huck’s stature in my eyes.

[davisfh]

"Who’s “uckabee?”"

It's just a little game. You supply the consonant, but be careful - very careful. Admin moderator is watching.

[A message]

"Who’s “uckabee?”"

You supply the consonant

I choose Y for yuck.

[A message]

"Who’s “uckabee?”"

You supply the consonant

I choose Y for yuck.

[popdonnelly]

I hope Wayne Dumond isn’t black, because if he is, Harrop will be accused of using “Willy Horton” tactics. Ah, the hypocrisy of the Left. Not that I’m a Huckabee fan.