A Son’s Past Deeds Come Back To Bite Huckabee

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  • Posted By: JEEPMAN @ 12/17/2007 10:18:52 PM

    WELL ANY MAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE A PASTOR OR WHATEVER HE IS AND TEACHES ABOUT LOVING ONE ANOTHER AND BEING CHRIST-LIKE...AND STUFF LIKE THAT WE ARE ALL GODS CHILDREN...AND THEN ATTACKS MITT ROMNEY'S MORMON FAITH IN FRONT OF THE WORLD !!! THAT IS THE KIND OF A MAN THAT WOULD RAISE A SON LIKE THAT !!! WHAT A HUCKACRIP (HYPOCRYP)

  • Posted By: Kathi9 @ 12/17/2007 9:56:53 PM

    And when Larry King asked Mike Huckabee about this incident tonight? A glib and exceedingly cold, quick talking explaination that the dog had "mange" or something and was "put down." (Couldn't a kind and intelligent scout counselor call a vet or animal control for the dog?) Mr. Huckabee didn't discuss any details and certainly exhibited no compassion. Just fast talking nothingness of a human being who thinks the voters in this country are as stupid and non-caring as he is. As for his son, a young man (back then) who is seventeen years old is not a child and he was fully aware that he was causing that poor dog unbearable pain and suffering. His behavior should have raised a serious warning flag into the governor's mind since torture and killing of animals is frequently noted as behavior of violent criminals and/or serial killers. Just that this young man would do this to that dog is extremely disturbing and the fact that Mr. Huckabee, as governor of Arkansas, handled the incident by pressuring others to cover everything up, is proof that he is not fit to be the president of the United States. He is an uncaring human being who is hoping that the voters of this country are completely unable to see that a man who abused his political office that way will do so again and again and again. Is this the man this country deserves as president? I do NOT believe so.

  • Posted By: bmcnurlan @ 12/17/2007 9:53:54 PM

    Let's see... Kmmm claims to have three kids. Implicit in Kmmm's post is that his or her kids were angels. I'm so happy for you. For the rest of us mere mortals, kids will be kids. Some kids are better behaved than others. This was a thoughtless act done by a minor at a summer camp. And Kmmm's solution... dump my kids off at the police station. What ever happened to parents disciplining their child. You don't know the whole story because this is election year mud. If you really would take your own children and drop them off at a police station, I question if you really are a good parent. You sound like some childless liberal DINK that is trying to pass yourself off as a parent so that you can slam a political candidate. I for one, can see the situation. Understand the disgust. And yet have sympathy for Mike Huckabee because at the end of the day, regardless of everything else. That's his son.

  • Posted By: keinl1 @ 12/17/2007 9:53:44 PM

    evil comes in shiny packages. this is a warped and manipulative father. no surprise that his son has turned out this way. taking a loaded gun to an airport? why would he have a loaded gun ANYWHERE?

  • Posted By: zino33 @ 12/17/2007 9:49:29 PM

    Clinton had an affair in the White House.......enough said
    RM Smith

  • Posted By: bennett6252 @ 12/17/2007 9:45:35 PM

    Found this online. Note that Arkansas is a BIG puppy mill and dog fighting state

    "This flippant attitude toward a heinous act has apparently presented itself in Huckabee's views toward state policies on cruelty to animals. During Huckabee???s administration, Arkansas state lawmakers tried several times to pass legislation upgrading the state???s anti-cruelty law from a misdemeanor to a felony offense. Armed with studies about the link between cruelty to animals and violence toward people???and recent incidents that had horrified people across the state, such as kittens thrown from a vehicle and the torture and decapitation of dogs???animal advocates hoped that Arkansas would join the growing number of states that provided a strong deterrent to animal abuse. They received no help from the governor, and were unsuccessful every time. Stymied by the legislative process, animal advocates collected signatures to place an anti-cruelty and anti-cockfighting measure on the statewide ballot in 2002, asking the state???s voters to do what lawmakers would not.

    All that came from Huckabee during the ballot campaign was a deafening silence. The measure went down in flames, largely because of a scorched earth campaign run by groups such as the Arkansas Farm Bureau, Arkansas Cattlemen???s Association, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and Ducks Unlimited???groups with which Huckabee associates himself???falsely claiming that this modest proposal to upgrade the penalties for animal cruelty would have adversely impacted hunting, fishing, farming, and other Arkansas traditions. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, a staunchly conservative newspaper, opined again and again in favor of the measure, but it was not enough to counter the misinformation. And Governor Huckabee stood on the sidelines the entire time???a glaring failure of leadership to be sure and perhaps a marker of his own hostile views about animals.

    Arkansas is now one of only seven states that consider deliberate, malicious acts of cruelty to animals a misdemeanor offense. Setting fire to a painting of a dog is a more serious crime in Arkansas than burning the dog himself. In 43 states???including all the early primary states like Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina???animal cruelty is a felony, because voters and lawmakers have decided that it???s a serious crime that deserves serious consequences. In fact, 29 of those 43 felony cruelty laws have been passed during the last decade, while Huckabee and Arkansas did nothing. "

  • Posted By: anticrusader @ 12/17/2007 9:39:36 PM

    This man is running for office - a "good" Christian? Thou shalt not lie!!!! Clinton got almost impeached because of having sex with a Whitehouse Intern. Seems to me that that (though not very morally correct) was NOTHING compared to what comes out of the Republican camps. Huckabee's son is seriously SICK and the whole affair is sickeing - including the abuse of power of then Governor Huckabee.

  • Posted By: weapons of ass destruction @ 12/17/2007 9:31:10 PM

    Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick, that Huckabee boy is one FATT, fugly SOB. Maybe he was driven to kill the supposed emaciated dog cause it was such an affront to his porcine corpulence. When the Huckabees finally die and go to hell for their dog-torturing, rapist-loving ways, I hope Satan stuffs their pieholes with Twinkies for all eternity.

  • Posted By: kmmm @ 12/17/2007 9:26:58 PM

    If I ever decided to run for a political office, I would expect to be dissected and torn apart for all voters to see. I would have to ask myself how completely stupid someone needs to be to have any of these things in their past, and still run for this office. The only thing I can come up with, is they see nothing wrong with any of these things. As a parent of three, if my child acted as his, I would drive them to the police station.

  • Posted By: ShinyDiskoBall @ 12/17/2007 9:10:39 PM

    The issue is not what his son did, so much as what Huckabee did to try to cover for his son. He misused and abused his power. And let's get some perspective here - Huckabee's son is a sociopath of the highest order. He tortured a dog to death. He slit its throat and threw stones at it until it died. This is not a youthful prank, or a teenage hijink gone wrong. His son is a violent lunatic, and he covered up for him.

  • Posted By: kslovak @ 12/17/2007 8:53:25 PM

    Judging someone by something that their child did in the past is ridiculous. Give the guy a break. I mean like someone else said, we have all done stupid things in our past, it's not our parents fault. I think that hanging an innocent dog is more than just stupid, in fact it makes me sick, but it was his son, not him, I'm sure he was not applauding his son for doing something like that. I did a lot of things when I was young that were out of line....I don't blame my parents, or anyone else, Don't we have better things to worry about, like how is this man going to run our country? His son isn't running for president , he is. so how are we going to use something like that to decide who we are voting for? Come on people.

  • Posted By: workdamojo @ 12/17/2007 8:35:00 PM

    Wow!!!!! I am Shocked and troubled by this latest incriminating act. How is it that we are unable to teach our children right from wrong, Good from Bad, honesty VS Dishonesty. How can one ever be credible with anyone ,ever ,again? How can we trust a single statement from this person??? No No Not Huckabee, you Idiot!!!! I find him to be honest and creible. I am referring to those who would believe they have a story here that would incriminate this man!! You have got to be kidding. This is a storry that wouldn't show up on a bad news day--Hell not even on a" NO News Day". No story here exept the questionable wrilting and agenda behind such an inane stretch of text. As they say Get a Life. I am not a Huckabee supporter ---yet. But I will take another look if this is the best that is out there in an attempt to bring him down. Must be a good Man?!

  • Posted By: jklinksi @ 12/17/2007 8:25:36 PM

    There's not a snowball's chance in Hell that I would vote for Huckabee, but I have to wonder... What does this have to do with being a President, or even America for that matter. So his son is a loser. That's not really his fault. How many of us turned out EXACTLY like our parents dreamed. This is really more about how the media sucks and how it tirelessly works to get ratings by selling sensationalism and access to the criminal mind. Rather than attribute this article to your agenda, or allow it to further the racial divide in our country, simply dismiss it as the garbage that it is!

  • Posted By: iluvUSA @ 12/17/2007 6:48:17 PM

    it's sad that we react with such outrage when dogs are being abused. this is how outraged we should be when innocent unborn babies are being slaughtered on a daily basis. this happened when he was only 17. he was a kid. would you rather have a president who cheats on his wife . we had one remember? yet people call him one of the greatst president ever! if we can forgive an adulterer and elect him as president why can't we give mike huckabee the same kind of mercy?do not blame him for what his teenage son a looong time ago.

    • Posted By: apb1006 @ 12/17/2007 8:24:00 PM

      So he was "only" 17?? That's just a year away from legal adulthood!! It pays to remember that the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy started by killing animals, as do most serial killers. Would I rather have a president who cheats on his wife? I sure would! (By the way, we've had more than one - including John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.)

  • Posted By: ARKWHO @ 12/17/2007 8:12:14 PM

    WHO THE HELL CARES THE DUDE WAS SEVENTEEN AND HIS SON IS NOT HIM. WHEN THE HELL IS AMERICA GOING TO LEARN THAT NOBODY IS PERFECT, NOR RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER HUMAN BEINGS ACTIONS. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN CONTROL IN LIFE IS YOUR OWN ACTIONS OR REACTIONS, NOT YOUR SONS WIFES DAUGHTER GRANDMOTHERS ETC. HIS SON IS NOT A CLONE OF HIS FATHER, HIS SON IS A HUMAN BEING WITH A FREE THINKING MIND. FREE WILL THATS THE PROBLEM NOT MR.HUCKABEE. COMMON SENSE YALL LETS ALL COME DOWN FROM OUR HIGH JUDGEMENT AND REALIZE THAT LIFE IS IMPERFECT, IF IT WAS HUCKABEE I WOULDNT BE WRITING THIS, THE CHEESE WOULD STAND ALONE. BUT SINCE IT WASNT HUCKABEE......THEN WHAT.....
    I AM A PATRIOT THAT LOOKS FOR THE TRUTH.NIETHER DEM,REPUB,INDI, ETC.THEY ALL HAVE FAULTS LETS JUST PICK THE ONE WITH THE LEAST. AMOUNT. ON TOP OF HIDING INFO. HILLARY HAS HAD A SPECIAL COMMITEE THAT HID EVERYTHING ABOUT HER FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE SHE WAS IN ARKANSAS. AND ON TOP OF THAT HAD SOMETHING CALLED A BLIND INVESTOR THAT TOOK HER MONEY AND INVESTED IT TO MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY, ONLY THING IS SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HER MONEY IS INVESTED IN. HMMM PORN, OIL, OVERSEAS COMPANIES. WELL I CAN BET THAT SOME INVESTMENTS GO AGAINST HER CAMPAIGN BUT THEN AGAIN IT MUST BE OK IF SOME ELSE DOES THE DIRTY WORK. dONT ASK DONT TELL HAHAHAHA. wHAT ABOUT BUSH WITH COCAINE AND YES A DUI, CHANEY WITH 2, COMMON........ NARCOTICS AND DUI THAT THEY RECIEVED AND DID ARE FAR WORSE THAN SOMEONES SON MAKING A BAD DECISION. LOOK AT JEB BUSHES DAUGHTER IN AND OUT OF REHAB AND ARRESTED FOR COCAINE, OK JEB GIVE UP NOW CAUSE AMERICA WILL FIND YOU AT FAULT, THROUGH PAST BLOGS SOME MIGHT SUSPECT THAT JEB SNORTED WITH HIS DAUGHTER, I MEAN HOW ELSE WOULD SHE HAVE GOTTEN INTO THAT???? FREE WILL,THEY ALL HAVE PROBLEMS OR FAMILY PROBLEMS AND THE SOONER WE AS A REALISTIC COUNTRY ACCEPT IT WELL FINALLY BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. TO ALL THE JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONERS PUT IT TO REST LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND HOPE YOU ARE AS PERFECT AS YOU EXPECT OTHERS TO BE.

  • Posted By: ARKWHO @ 12/17/2007 8:11:19 PM

    WHO THE HELL CARES THE DUDE WAS SEVENTEEN AND HIS SON IS NOT HIM. WHEN THE HELL IS AMERICA GOING TO LEARN THAT NOBODY IS PERFECT, NOR RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER HUMAN BEINGS ACTIONS. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN CONTROL IN LIFE IS YOUR OWN ACTIONS OR REACTIONS, NOT YOUR SONS WIFES DAUGHTER GRANDMOTHERS ETC. HIS SON IS NOT A CLONE OF HIS FATHER, HIS SON IS A HUMAN BEING WITH A FREE THINKING MIND. FREE WILL THATS THE PROBLEM NOT MR.HUCKABEE. COMMON SENSE YALL LETS ALL COME DOWN FROM OUR HIGH JUDGEMENT AND REALIZE THAT LIFE IS IMPERFECT, IF IT WAS HUCKABEE I WOULDNT BE WRITING THIS, THE CHEESE WOULD STAND ALONE. BUT SINCE IT WASNT HUCKABEE......THEN WHAT.....
    I AM A PATRIOT THAT LOOKS FOR THE TRUTH.NIETHER DEM,REPUB,INDI, ETC.THEY ALL HAVE FAULTS LETS JUST PICK THE ONE WITH THE LEAST. AMOUNT. ON TOP OF HIDING INFO. HILLARY HAS HAD A SPECIAL COMMITEE THAT HID EVERYTHING ABOUT HER FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE SHE WAS IN ARKANSAS. AND ON TOP OF THAT HAD SOMETHING CALLED A BLIND INVESTOR THAT TOOK HER MONEY AND INVESTED IT TO MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY, ONLY THING IS SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HER MONEY IS INVESTED IN. HMMM PORN, OIL, OVERSEAS COMPANIES. WELL I CAN BET THAT SOME INVESTMENTS GO AGAINST HER CAMPAIGN BUT THEN AGAIN IT MUST BE OK IF SOME ELSE DOES THE DIRTY WORK. dONT ASK DONT TELL HAHAHAHA. wHAT ABOUT BUSH WITH COCAINE AND YES A DUI, CHANEY WITH 2, COMMON........ NARCOTICS AND DUI THAT THEY RECIEVED AND DID ARE FAR WORSE THAN SOMEONES SON MAKING A BAD DECISION. LOOK AT JEB BUSHES DAUGHTER IN AND OUT OF REHAB AND ARRESTED FOR COCAINE, OK JEB GIVE UP NOW CAUSE AMERICA WILL FIND YOU AT FAULT, THROUGH PAST BLOGS SOME MIGHT SUSPECT THAT JEB SNORTED WITH HIS DAUGHTER, I MEAN HOW ELSE WOULD SHE HAVE GOTTEN INTO THAT???? FREE WILL,THEY ALL HAVE PROBLEMS OR FAMILY PROBLEMS AND THE SOONER WE AS A REALISTIC COUNTRY ACCEPT IT WELL FINALLY BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. TO ALL THE JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONERS PUT IT TO REST LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND HOPE YOU ARE AS PERFECT AS YOU EXPECT OTHERS TO BE.

  • Posted By: ARKWHO @ 12/17/2007 8:11:03 PM

    WHO THE HELL CARES THE DUDE WAS SEVENTEEN AND HIS SON IS NOT HIM. WHEN THE HELL IS AMERICA GOING TO LEARN THAT NOBODY IS PERFECT, NOR RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER HUMAN BEINGS ACTIONS. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN CONTROL IN LIFE IS YOUR OWN ACTIONS OR REACTIONS, NOT YOUR SONS WIFES DAUGHTER GRANDMOTHERS ETC. HIS SON IS NOT A CLONE OF HIS FATHER, HIS SON IS A HUMAN BEING WITH A FREE THINKING MIND. FREE WILL THATS THE PROBLEM NOT MR.HUCKABEE. COMMON SENSE YALL LETS ALL COME DOWN FROM OUR HIGH JUDGEMENT AND REALIZE THAT LIFE IS IMPERFECT, IF IT WAS HUCKABEE I WOULDNT BE WRITING THIS, THE CHEESE WOULD STAND ALONE. BUT SINCE IT WASNT HUCKABEE......THEN WHAT.....
    I AM A PATRIOT THAT LOOKS FOR THE TRUTH.NIETHER DEM,REPUB,INDI, ETC.THEY ALL HAVE FAULTS LETS JUST PICK THE ONE WITH THE LEAST. AMOUNT. ON TOP OF HIDING INFO. HILLARY HAS HAD A SPECIAL COMMITEE THAT HID EVERYTHING ABOUT HER FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE SHE WAS IN ARKANSAS. AND ON TOP OF THAT HAD SOMETHING CALLED A BLIND INVESTOR THAT TOOK HER MONEY AND INVESTED IT TO MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY, ONLY THING IS SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HER MONEY IS INVESTED IN. HMMM PORN, OIL, OVERSEAS COMPANIES. WELL I CAN BET THAT SOME INVESTMENTS GO AGAINST HER CAMPAIGN BUT THEN AGAIN IT MUST BE OK IF SOME ELSE DOES THE DIRTY WORK. dONT ASK DONT TELL HAHAHAHA. wHAT ABOUT BUSH WITH COCAINE AND YES A DUI, CHANEY WITH 2, COMMON........ NARCOTICS AND DUI THAT THEY RECIEVED AND DID ARE FAR WORSE THAN SOMEONES SON MAKING A BAD DECISION. LOOK AT JEB BUSHES DAUGHTER IN AND OUT OF REHAB AND ARRESTED FOR COCAINE, OK JEB GIVE UP NOW CAUSE AMERICA WILL FIND YOU AT FAULT, THROUGH PAST BLOGS SOME MIGHT SUSPECT THAT JEB SNORTED WITH HIS DAUGHTER, I MEAN HOW ELSE WOULD SHE HAVE GOTTEN INTO THAT???? FREE WILL,THEY ALL HAVE PROBLEMS OR FAMILY PROBLEMS AND THE SOONER WE AS A REALISTIC COUNTRY ACCEPT IT WELL FINALLY BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. TO ALL THE JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONERS PUT IT TO REST LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND HOPE YOU ARE AS PERFECT AS YOU EXPECT OTHERS TO BE.

  • Posted By: YouDeserveWhatYouGet @ 12/17/2007 7:59:24 PM

    You're kidding, right? You actually think that Huckabee's covering up his son's murdering a dog is OK? Take a long look at your serial killers you idolize and imortalize on MSNBC and you will find that they all exhibited some of the same traits. You people are so racist that you are willing to sacrifice anything and everything to feel comfortable in your nasty thoughts. Quite frankly, you all deserve what you get, whether it's a *** Bush, a dick head Cheney, a terrorist (the assohle from OK that killed so many in that building), or a spineless Rice

  • Posted By: YouDeserveWhatYouGet @ 12/17/2007 7:53:19 PM

    WOW! You guys are amazing! You nail Vick to the cross for dog fighting and this *** hung and gutted a dog and it's OK...ONLY because he is white. All you Mother Flowers deserve what you get! I swear!

  • Posted By: lovemyladybug @ 12/17/2007 7:34:33 PM

    This kid obviously was not raised to have any love or respect for animals. If he could commit such a cruel act and his father could go to such extremes to cover it up, we can not have this man in any position of power and authority. Please get the word out.

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