Posted on 12/18/2007 4:09:49 AM PST by NavVet
“……..But John Bailey, then the director of Arkansas’s state police, tells NEWSWEEK that Governor Huckabee’s chief of staff and personal lawyer both leaned on him to write a letter officially denying the local prosecutor’s request. Bailey, a career officer who had been appointed chief by Huckabee’s Democratic predecessor, said he viewed the lawyer’s intervention as improper and terminated the conversation. Seven months later, he was called into Huckabee’s office and fired. “I’ve lost confidence in your ability to do your job,” Bailey says Huckabee told him. One reason Huckabee cited was “I couldn’t get you to help me with my son when I had that problem,” according to Bailey. “Without question, [Huckabee] was making a conscious attempt to keep the state police from investigating his son,” says I. C. Smith, the former FBI chief in Little Rock, who worked closely with Bailey and called him a “courageous” and “very solid” professional…..
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Beside the point, I know, but....
I would not call mange “minor”.
Although it pales in comparison to their (skin) allergies.
Mr G had a partner who is a prime example. But then, you would have to take my word for it, and who knows.... I could be a psychopath and be lying!
No, not all of us were getting in trouble at 17, or earlier. Much less killing animals. I hate people shrugging off bad behavior of children because “it’s a stage we all go through”. BS.
Just FYI.
It ain’t the crime, it is the cover up.
Good bye Huck.
Romney had his own dog problem , if I recall .
Not a whole lot of details :-)
Would you like to elaborate?
Doncha just love how the Oh So Pious always seem to end up looking like something completely different?
This is sociopathic behavior. Its the common denominator for every serial killer you can name, the abuse, torture and killing of helpless animals for ‘entertainment’.
Not saying Huckabee’s kid is a ‘serial killer’, just noting he has that unusual history in common with them.
You have to ask yourself what happened to this punk growing up in the Huckabee household, if you are honest with yourself.
I think it's a case more of what didn't happen. Daddy's too busy being the big man to provide decent guidance and a positive role model, so Baby Huey ends up being the pampered loser a-hole that never has to face up to consequences.
Heavenly words in your screen name, but no remorse, no conscience for your actions. Rather, you pat yourself on the back for your accomplishments. You don't fool anyone but yourself.
This is a huge shocker. What a messed up story. Nothing could be invented that would crush Huck more than a story about Dog Abuse. That is Ruff
‘so Baby Huey ends up being the pampered loser a-hole that never has to face up to consequences’
Yep.
(Sorry, no links)
Huckabee son packs pistol — Ex-governor’s son pleads guilty to ‘silly mistake’ after handgun is detected in baggage at airport
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
April 28, 2007
Author: Andrew DeMillo Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK - David Huckabee said he made “a silly mistake” when he forgot to remove a loaded Glock pistol from his carry-on bag when he arrived at the Little Rock airport early Thursday morning.
Huckabee, the 26-year-old son of former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor count of possessing a weapon in a prohibited place.
“It was a silly mistake,” Huckabee told reporters as he left the Pulaski County Jail.
When asked whether it would affect his father’s presidential campaign, Huckabee responded, “It shouldn’t.”
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CHASTISED ASU STUDENT EDITOR VOWS TO PURSUE STORY
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
December 14, 2001
Author: Melissa Nelson The Associated Press
Despite drawing the ire of the school president, the editor of the Arkansas State University student newspaper says she will continue investigating payments made by the university to the son of Gov. Mike Huckabee.
While reviewing financial records of the Jonesboro university’s Student Activities Board and Union Advisory Board, Shannon Knebel, 22, unearthed more than $5,000 in payments made to ASU student David Huckabee. David Huckabee is president of the Union Advisory Board.
“When we started looking at the budgets, David Huckabee’s name was everywhere,” Knebel said.
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State politics a Huckabee family matter
Son’s college job could mean battles with dad
The Dallas Morning News
November 24, 2000
Author: Suzi Parker; Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
Conversation at Gov. Mike Huckabee’s Thanksgiving table more than likely skirted one issue - Arkansas State University.
That’s because his son David recently became the university’s student government association president and vowed to fight his father for more funds for higher education. The governor has issued a mandate to state agencies that they hold the line on budget requests for the 2002-03 biennium.
“I’m here to represent Arkansas State University and the students of ASU,” David Huckabee said upon taking office. “My dad has 2.6 million constituents of his own. If 2.59 million of his constituents disagree with what Arkansas State University wants, we will go head to head.”
The governor said he admires his son but also joked about the situation.
“He’s free to go ‘head to head’ on the ASU budget, and I respect his boldness,” Gov. Huckabee said. “I certainly hope he respects my boldness when it comes time for me to pay his tuition. The boy has shown real guts, but I look forward to getting his grades to confirm that he has some brains as well.”
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HUCKABEES HALT SUIT AFTER APOLOGY FOR POT REPORT
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
August 13, 1999
Author: Joan I. Duffy The Commercial Appeal
Little Rock Bureau
The publisher of a free-distribution newspaper apologized Thursday to the sons of Gov. Mike Huckabee for printing a column that alleged one of them had been found with marijuana in his school locker.
The apology from Little Rock Free Press publisher Dorothy Oliver - along with an undisclosed amount of money paid to the Huckabees - will put an end to a libel lawsuit the Huckabee sons filed after publication of a May 12 media column.
Both sides were prohibited from revealing how much money was paid.
Oliver also agreed to a settlement term that forbids the Free Press from ever writing about the allegations or the issue.
The ``Herbal Tea Party’’ column written by Jack Page, president of the local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, was an attack on what the writer called hypocritical marijuana laws that selectively target offenders.
In it, he wrote that one of Huckabee’s two sons - he didn’t say which son - had been caught with marijuana in his high school locker two years previously.
John Mark Huckabee, 22, was a student at Ouachita Baptist University at the time. David Huckabee, 19, was a student at Parkview High School two years ago. He currently attends Arkansas State University.
Huckabee likened the published report to a physical attack on his children.
In a settlement announcement issued by the Huckabees’s lawyer, the governor said he was relieved and grateful at the outcome.
``No parent will sit idly by and allow injury to his or her child, whether the injury is physical or verbal,’’ he said. ``(The settlement) should serve notice that it’s one thing to speak out against someone in public office, but that no one has a constitutional right to tell lies about children - even the children of public officials.’’
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IRATE HUCKABEE SUPPORTS HIS SONS’ LIBEL LAWSUIT
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
June 24, 1999
Author: Joan I. Duffy The Commercial Appeal
Little Rock Bureau
An angry Gov. Mike Huckabee Tuesday defended a libel lawsuit filed by his sons against a tabloid newspaper, and threatened more court action against others who print untrue stories about his children.
``For the same reason I would not sit back and allow someone to shoot, stab, hit with a blunt object or molest one of my children, I’m not going to sit back and allow someone to falsely and recklessly and maliciously accuse my children of behavior in which they have not engaged,’’ Huckabee said at a Capitol press conference.
Huckabee’s sons - John Mark, 22, and David, 18 - filed suit Tuesday against the publishers of the Free Press, a free Little Rock tabloid.
A May 12 media column in the newspaper criticized the mainstream press for ignoring the alleged suspension of Huckabee’s son - no first name was used - for being caught with marijuana in his school locker.
A staff member answering the telephone at the Free Press said publisher Dorothy `Dottie’ Oliver had no comment on the advice of her lawyer.
Jack Page, the author of the column ``The Herbal Tea Party,’’ attended Huckabee’s press conference. He said the newspaper had talked with witnesses to the alleged incident at Parkview High School two years ago.
``We never attacked his son; the attack was on him for covering up for it - him and the Arkansas media,’’ said Page, who also is president of Arkansas’s National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
The lawsuit follows criticism from the governor’s office issued last week about a column in Little Rock’s daily newspaper. The column referred to participation in a high school skip day by Huckabee’s daughter, Sarah, 16. That story said it was unclear whether Sarah was among a number of students suspended for the prank.
Last summer, several Arkansas newspapers published stories about David Huckabee and another teen being fired from jobs at a Boy Scout camp near Mena following the killing of a stray dog.
Huckabee wouldn’t say Tuesday whether other suits were expected.
``I don’t have anything to announce today, but I will say . . . that if someone makes false allegations accusing my children of criminal activity they better be prepared to back it up,’’ Huckabee said.
He denied the allegations that either of his sons had been caught with illegal drugs. He declined to address the dog-killing and school-skipping allegations.
``I want to focus on the top of the lawsuit and it’s very clear those allegations made in that news story are false,’’ he said.
Huckabee’s lawyer, Kevin Crass of Little Rock, said an offer had been made to settle the suit with a retraction, an apology and a cash settlement.
REPORT SAYS HUCKABEE’S SON FIRED FOR KILLING DOG
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
August 8, 1998
Author: The Associated Press
A son of Gov. Mike Huckabee was one of two boys fired from a Boy Scout camp after a stray dog was killed after wandering onto the property, according to a published report.
David Huckabee was released from Camp Pioneer near Hatfield after the dog died July 11, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Friday. The younger Huckabee was 17 at the time and no charges were filed.
The younger Huckabee was certified this week to receive his Eagle Scout badge, indicating the organization’s highest level of achievement. The certification is primarily a clerical review, Scout Executive Marcal Young said.
The Caddo Area Council, which runs Camp Pioneer, declined to say who was fired. The newspaper said a source who asked to remain anonymous told it that Huckabee was one of two youths fired.
The two boys fired said the dog appeared ill, Young said.
Huckabee said Friday that politics was behind the accusation against his son.
``I hope that no parent has to face having political enemies who try to destroy the reputation and the future of a decent child in a desperate attempt to gain a political advantage on that child’s parents,’’ the governor said.
The campaign for Democrat Bill Bristow said it knew nothing of the allegation.
I can’t think of any cases that would be known publicly. I only know of one example, from personal experience.
When I was a kid, my family was very close to the family across the road. We lived on a farm, with no other families nearby, and we kids were all pretty close in age. I knew them almost as well as I knew my own family. I never saw any indication of abuse in their home. Both parents and all but one kid were compassionate toward people and animals. But one of the boys enjoyed torturing animals, usually in creative ways.
I would have to say that example is not representative of a majority. Studies I’ve read suggest psychopathic tendencies are usually common within families (genetic link). While child abuse may be a contributing cause, it seems unlikely to be the sole cause. (My grandmother was horribly abused by her adopted parents, yet she didn’t develop any of those traits.)
I suspect just the opposite. Whuppin’s just for pissing off Daddy. More in tune with good ol’ dad’s general style.
If he was willing to abuse his power as Governor, what happens when he becomes President, and the kid graduates from killing dogs to raping/killing people?
At that level, the executive level, the standards have to be higher. Rather than cover it up, do you not have to go a long way to making sure that the prosecution goes by the book?
This photo looks like “The Stupids” (the Phil Hartman movie).
The Apple don’t fall from the tree.
I will never vote for Huckabee that lying POS.
Sorry, the family is a reflection of the candidate.
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