Comments on: Update II: Repeat Offender Mike Huckabee

By: Haym

Haym — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:27:55 +0000

There is a difference between commute and clemency.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:40:20 +0000

An upcoming DISASTER is that a certain Middle Eastern entity is contemplating releasing hundreds of Maurice Clemonses to the morally inverted land of Hamas-Fatah-istan. I am referring to Israel’s effort to trade to get Sgt. Gilad Shalit back from Hamas. The issue is whether hundreds of Jews should be murdered (in the future) by the released thugs as a price for the freedom of Sgt. Shalit. If that is a reasonable trade, then why was there a Sgt. Shalit in the first place? After all, he was captured while trying to stop Palestinian mortar attacks on his fellow Israelis. To then release a thousand potential butchers (and let us say that 900 go to drive taxis or sell falafel while the other 100 go back to mortars, booby traps, and suicide bombs) makes a mockery of the whole concept of having an Israeli Defense Force. It would be a Kilo-Huck of a misguided “compassion” disaster.

Would I say what I just said to Sgt. Shalit’s parents? YES. Rather one unpleasant conversation than 100 unpleasant conversations with the parents of future victims.

By: Van Wijk

Van Wijk — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:24:36 +0000

While I recognize that some criminals can be reformed, many (dare I say most) of them cannot. Is it the purpose of the criminal justice system to reform criminals, or to protect society? In my view, a criminal can receive forgiveness from two entities: the victim and his deity, and neither should influence the sentence. Society has absolutely no business forgiving murder, rape, assault, etc.

By: Bob Harrison

Bob Harrison — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:26:43 +0000

It seems to me that Huckabee wants to hype his status as a "compassionate christian" by showing mercy to villains. While I recognize that some criminals can be reformed, many (dare I say most) of them cannot. It is naive to think that the purpose of the penal system is to improve the character of its inmates; its purpose is to separate them from society and to punish them. Today we treat criminality as a disease to be cured rather than an evil to be punished. Furthermore, I'm no theologian, but when criminals find God, repent, and truly reform themselves, it is an act of their own will. God cannot help a wicked man unwilling to receive his help. Letting them out and hoping for divine intervention is seriously misguided.

By: Roger Chaillet

Roger Chaillet — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:56:07 +0000

You’re known by the company you keep. And Huckabee, an alleged Christian, consorts with bigots. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11335

And Huckabee consorts with the meddling Mexicans, too. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58455

He’s a self-aggrandizing buffoon.

And now an accessory to mass murder.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:49:07 +0000

I fail to understand M.P. O'Neal's comment "I’m confident without research that the accused Mr Dumond was no doubt a marijuana and crack addled miscreant.” First because there is no excuse for the statement “without research” I simply cut and pasted DuMond’s name into the little window on top of the page. Came up with- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_DuMond- I found that DuMond had numerous arrests for violent offenses but not one drug charge. The man was a menace to society almost all his life, rape and murder were his drugs of choice and was released because ‘Huck’ wanted to help his friend a radio preacher according to wiki. The “marijuana and crack addled miscreant" comment that Ms. Mercer and her ilk would unleash on society” is too “Age of the Idiots” for a reader on this post to reply to.

By: M.P.O'Neal

M.P.O'Neal — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:55:06 +0000

Penal abolition? Well maybe, but whatever govenor Huckabee's actual motives for clemancy some ten years ago were; one thing is certain. I'm confident without research that the accused Mr Dumond was no doubt a marijuana and crack addled miscreant. That Ms. Mercer and her ilk would unleash on society through their convenient and misguided politics and philosophy more of the same is beyond ironic. Democracy, let alone Libertarianism, requires a majority, moral people; we lost that a long time ago - if we ever had it. It's so hip to be naieve these days. [Here is an easy introduction to my book. I offer it up, b/c I am sure you know very little about my "philosophy." It's hard to see what a reasonable person of the Right would dispute here---unless he or she "disputes" reality itself.--IM]

By: Roy B.

Roy B. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:59:42 +0000

Huck the Cluck (like most politicians) talks a good game, but when you examine there record or deeds,they fall woefully short.

By: Barbara Grant

Barbara Grant — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:36:54 +0000

Myron, somehow I doubt that Huckabee’s motive for releasing this dirtbag was “compassion.” From what I read, it was a closed door meeting, in which the release was agreed to. Ambitious people like Huckabee (you’re correct) want their “compassion” publicized.

Van Wijk–great idea.

By: Scherie G.

Scherie G. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:20:51 +0000

This man better not look to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. When he came on the scene, he creeped me out. His hokey demeanor is all smoke and mirrors. Huckabee has blood on his hands. If this is the best the Republican party has to offer, they are in serious trouble.