Yes, it matters.
There were several years, several arrests, and several incarcerations between those events.
True, Huckabee let him out of a long sentence, but he didn’t parole (or release) him at the time, nor has he been involved in the subsequent years’ worth of arrests of this criminal.
I’m not saying Huckabee had NO contribution, but he is a link in a long chain of events. He just happens to be the biggest fish in the barrel.
Those who would blame him solely, are looking for any reason to blame him.
There are a lot of discussions here about Huckabee and his responsibility. Some of them are technical and some emotional. I believe that whatever tact, explanation, or position that is taken or provided Huckabee’s piolitical career is over. Liberal, Conservative, Rino or whatever. Voters do not always pay attention to the detail and he is toast.
FACT: had Huckabee let justice be properly served (no commutation of sentence) this POS would not have been out of prison for many many more years, if ever.
Yes, it is also a fact that the system is “broken” in virtually every state, local, and federal type of jurisdiction due to decades of soft-headed liberal b.s. So, yes, there are many more problems to be addressed at all levels, and most obviously in WA state where this POS was handled with kid gloves and worse. The judge who let someone with the Clemmons record out on bail when facing about a 50th “strike
Responsibility in a long chain of events need not be all one or all another person or institution. The fact that others should also have acted later to make sure this POS did not get back on the streets does not in any way diminish Huckabee’s responsibility. This case proved that he is part of the squishy squalid liberalism that has coddled monster criminals for far too long.
Yes, my “ulterior” motive is trying to see all of our fellow citizens, not to mention my own circle of family and friends, much better protected from rabid criminals who are already known to be such. It’s one thing to debate whether someone who made one mistake has the potential to reform and go straight .... someone with Clemmons’ record should never have been let out before the end of a sentence, period. I for one will never support or vote for Huckabee for anything. [well maybe if the only alternative is worse, the “hold my nose” kind of vote.... but certainly not to see him get any kind of R. nomination or conservative support in advance of that kind of election dilemma]