The Real Mike Huckabee

The Nation ^ | 1/11/08 | Max Blumenthal

[yellowhammer]

Mike Huckabee is a great guy. Except that he likes to raise taxes, release murderers and rapists, and supports Jimmy Carter-style foreign policy.

[unspun]

Did he parole a person who should not have been paroled? Someone that went on to commit an even more heinous crime?

Did I not make myself clear?

There is no evidence that Huckabee communicated to that parole board seeking Dumond's parole. There are only the allegations of parole board members who were appointed by the impeached Bill Clinton and the prosecuted Jim Guy Tucker.

Other members of that parole board have refuted their claims.

Meanwhile, Gov. Huckabee withstood the pressure to commute the sentence of Dumond, three or four times. One, in that so often partially quoted letter where Huckabee explains that he would like to commute the sentence (for his sake) but believed that would be the wrong thing to do.

Now that is the testimony of Governor Huckabee. Call him a liar if you want, but if you are an honorable man (or woman) you should have the evidence to cite.

Or, if you are not honorable, just keep spreading the hit peace and ponder those gates the governor referred to, last night.

[Gabz]

The “saintliness” aspect is such a major turnoff to me. That he is a God believing man is terrific, but I don’t live in and do not wish to live in a theocracy.

[unspun]

PS: Those same parole board members who are bringing up these false allegations had been released by Gov. Huckabee, according to his testimony to Wolf Blitzer.

[unspun]

The “saintliness” aspect is such a major turnoff to me. That he is a God believing man is terrific, but I don’t live in and do not wish to live in a theocracy.

Gov. Huckabee does not want you there, either. Don't be shallow. Listen to the man

[Gabz]

It matters not to me if unspun answers the questions -— the answers are already known.

[unspun]

It should matter to you, that you could read.

[NoobRep]

“Dear Wayne,” Huckabee wrote in a letter to Dumond. “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.”

[WillRain]

As a lifelong Southern Baptist, I have to frankly say that I shudder to think what the Dems will do with the vast array of weapons they can use against a person with Huckabee’s background to deamonize him in the eyes of those who don’t know anything about the SBC but what the mainstream media tells them.

Quiet apart from the Dumond matter, the damage that can be done both to our political system, and to the public perception of evangelical Christianity that will be done when the Carvilles of the world open up their guns on Huckabee is staggering.

I won’t vote for a Dem under any circumstances but I see a LOT of danger in nominating Huckabee, quiet apart from his political views.

[rintense]

Oh yeah, he raised hope, not taxes. Uh huh.

[Gabz]

Excuse me?

I asked you a question, a specific question.

I called NO ONE a liar and I find your accusation I did to be offensive. That I find you calling on Mr. Robinson and the moderator to be so childish is an entirely different story.

I consider myself to be an honorable woman and find your accusations here to contrary to be extremely offensive and against the rules around here.

[AmericanMade1776]

Oh Huck a boo hoo

[unspun]

"Governor Huckabee feels deep sympathy for Mrs. Davidson's loss. He is also appalled by this ad, which cynically exploits the profound and private grief of a mother in a truly despicable way, and recklessly abandons the truth of the case. "It's extremely unfortunate when 527 groups, exploit the victim of a crime and put their families through this public exposure again for political gain. How far do we have to go to say enough is enough? "Democrat Governor Jim Guy Tucker, not Mike Huckabee, gave executive clemency to Wayne Dumond, and commuted his sentence to 39.5 years. Tucker’s action made Wayne Dumond immediately eligible for parole. "The parole board that released Dumond was made up entirely of Democrats appointed by Democrat Governors Bill Clinton and Jim Guy Tucker. Not one member of the board was appointed by Huckabee. "The ad quotes parole board member Ermer Pondexter as saying she was pressured by Governor Huckabee to free Dumond. She and other Democrats on the board have made the same allegations in every election year. The people of Arkansas weren’t fooled by it in 2002 and the people of Iowa weren’t fooled by it earlier this year."

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[rintense]

If you watched Hannity and Colmes tonight, you would have heard that there is a letter, being called a smoking gun, making the rounds out there that proves Huckabee pushed for the parole of this particular criminal. If that’s the case, your guy will be a liar- twice.

[Gabz]

Gov. Huckabee does not want you there, either. Don't be shallow. Listen to the man

I do not abide nanny-state lovers.

[unspun]

I answered your question. Can you not read items in bold print?

And, I have not charged you with anything. Can you read at all?

[SoConPubbie]

There is no evidence that Huckabee communicated to that parole board seeking Dumond's parole. There are only the allegations of parole board members who were appointed by the impeached Bill Clinton and the prosecuted Jim Guy Tucker.

So, because they were appointed by Bill Clinton or Jim Guy tucker they are automatically lying, is that it?

Let me share with you a story from the bible:

A very evil man, we will call him Pharoh, appointed a righteous man, for our purposes we will call him moses.

Now if I am to follow your rule, Moses must have been evil since Pharoh was evil.

[unspun]

If you watched Hannity and Colmes tonight, you would have heard that there is a letter, being called a smoking gun, making the rounds out there that proves Huckabee pushed for the parole of this particular criminal. If that’s the case, your guy will be a liar- twice.

That letter is either the one already discussed, or it is a charge without substance, since that would require a releasing of the alleged letter.

[unspun]

And your rule is what? Looks like:

"Believe inflammatory charges defaming somoene's character, without evidence, in an election season, as long as you are opposing him."

[NoobRep]

“I thought he would, you know, be clean,” Huckabee told me (Byron York). “And he had a job, he had sponsors lined up, so at the time, I did not have this apprehension that something horrible like that would happen. I did want him to report in [to parole authorities], because I just didn’t know — you never know about a guy like that.”