A Word to the Huck Haters

Parcbench ^ | December 1, 2009 | Kevin McCullough

[Silly]

Cop-Killer???

A little bit of light needs to be shed on a funny little thing called FACTS as it pertains to the issues surrounding the suspected cop-killer Maurice Clemmons. Shamefully prominent voices in the Conservative punditocracy (mostly ones who supported Romney in the last go-round) have come out attempting to link Gov. Mike Huckabee to the killings in Seattle that took the lives of four police officers.

Most of these spared little thought for the families, and jumped right into the band-wagon in denouncing Huck as soft on crime, and a friend to criminals, or a bleeding heart Christian. (Funny how the mainstream always accuses Christians of not having a heart.)

All that being said, these Conservative pundits are wrong on the material substance in linking the two and if they continue to do so it says more about their own character than that of the former Governor.

Yes Gov. Huckabee commuted a 100+ year sentence for a person who was a minor when he committed a series of burglaries. He commuted it all the way down to 40 years.

But let’s get some facts straight:

1. That commutation did not pardon, declare innocent or acquit Clemmons of his wrong doing.

2. Clemmons remained on parole following his commutation and when he violated that parole he was brought in for those crimes. (At this point in time, Huckabee’s involvement with Clemmons was over.)

3. It was prosecutorial malfeasance that THEN allowed Clemmons to walk free, NOT a Huckabee commutation.

4. Sometime after that incident Clemmons moves to Washington State, and by all signs possible, lives the life of a model citizen.

5. After that 5-6 year stretch of time Clemmons begins to have skirmishes with Washington State authorities.

6. In Washington State there is a 3 strike law. Which means that when accumulating serious offenses in that state, the third time will incur automatic sentencing that can not be altered.

7. The child-rape Clemmons was most recently charged with was considered his 3rd strike IN WASHINGTON.

[LibertarianInExile]

“Huckabee got the ball rolling. The commutation made Clemmons immediately eligible for parole. Huckabee is as culpable as everyone else who enabled this to happen.”

BTTT!

[Choose Ye This Day]

Please take me off whatever ping list you have put me on, since I never signed up for it...

[dragnet2]

You silly freak... Ya think Americans are in any mood for cold blooded cop killers, or corrupt political or government hacks that release criminals onto society? Think again slick.

If it wasn't for this Huck guy down in Arkansas, these cops would still be breathing and their families would be getting ready for Christmas instead of their funerals.

Guzzuz...What the hell is wrong with you people?

[spectre]

Mike will write a book about this and his adoring fans can always get a signed copy to weep over.

Books By Mike Huckabee:

Living Beyond Your Lifetime: How to be Intentional About the Legacy You Leave [2000];

Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle [2005];

From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STOPS to Restoring America's Greatness [2007];

Kids Who Kill: Confronting Our Culture of Violence (with George Grant) [1998];

Character is the Issue: How People With Integrity Can Revolutionize America (with John Perry) [1997]

And his latest:

A Simple Christmas.

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[BigSkyFreeper]

Or,...

HO! HO! HO! Santa needs a box of Ho-Ho's!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

So the REAL question is, who the heck paroled this idiot in Arkansas, not whether Huckabee was negligent in commuting the sentence, since the idiot was already on parole. I still wouldn’t vote for Huckabee (or Romney) however, for other reasons.

Good post.

[CyberAnt]

“Just because one thinks Huckabee is not qualified for a given office does not make one a Huckabee hater.”

That’s exactly how I feel too. I have not been a fan of Huckabee since the first time I saw him on TV. Can’t even tell you why I just don’t trust him .. but I just have a gut feeling about it and it won’t seem to go away. Can’t even watch his TV show .. still don’t hate the guy.

[1010RD]

Dissembling.

[Randy Larsen]

The crap that Huckababy and McCain pulled during the 2008 GOP primaries is enough for me to disregard this fool altogether.

[Zman516]

The Huskster commuted the sentences over over 1,000 convicts in 10 years - mostly because they claimed to have had a Jesus moment in prison.

That's exactly what I suspected when I first heard of this.

You just know that word swept through the prisons that all you had to do to get pardoned was to clasp your hands and tell Huck (tearfully for extra effect) you'd "found Jesus".

[mad_as_he$$]

Yup and as the story develops it seems that that was exactly what was happening.