[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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[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.”

[SoConPubbie]

"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."

None of this satisfies any rules of evidence or proof.

It is composed of smear by association on the part of those making the accusations being Democrats and we all know there are no honest democrats don't we?<\SARCASM>

Everything else is simply the Huckster's word against the Parole Board members word and that does not cut it for me since we already have Huckabee not being honest about his fiscal record.

[steve-b]

Michael Dukakis called. He wants his excuses back.