A Son’s Past Deeds Come Back To Bite Huckabee

« Return to Article

Discuss

Member Comments

  • Posted By: podocarp @ 12/22/2007 1:05:41 PM

    Huckabee never met a Rapist Murderer he didn't want to PARDON!

  • Posted By: markjeeps @ 12/22/2007 12:48:27 PM

    Right now, apart from the presidential race, Huckabee is running a race with Romney on who is the best flip-flopping, evasive twister-of-reality. Both are getting respectable challenges from all the other candidates (except Representatives Paul and Kucinich, whose records actually match their platforms).

  • Posted By: markjeeps @ 12/22/2007 12:46:05 PM

    @2thetruth: Someone so lacking in intelligence that they can't recognize sarcasm should not be espousing their political views online.
    Huckabee is in bed with the special interests. The pharmaceutical industry, along with all the other special interests, would buy him off with a gift from his registry that he would make upon moving into the White House. The reason the media bashes him is because he has provided a lot of ammunition.

  • Posted By: markjeeps @ 12/22/2007 12:44:15 PM

    We were also very hungry that summer in camp. David led the charge to feed the famished children by providing much needed food in the form of a tasty dog.

  • Posted By: bctraveler @ 12/22/2007 12:17:31 PM

    Is Holly Bailey, co author of this article along with Michael Isokoff, related to John Bailey, the heavily quoted John Bailey, former State Police Chief? If so, it should have been disclosed. Otherwise (the fact it was not disclosed)it really destroys the credibility of this otherwise good article, and reflects poorly on both authors and Newsweek.

  • Posted By: bctraveler @ 12/22/2007 12:13:27 PM

    Is Holly Bailey, who contributed to this story witgh Mike isokoff, related to John Bailey, the former State police cheif heavily quoted in the article? If so, it should be disclosed to the readers.

  • Posted By: lbart612 @ 12/22/2007 11:27:14 AM

    IF that was indeed a picture of him at age 17, then I really would not call him a "kid"! Also, I am sick to death of having criminal acts justified because someone is a teenager. Right now there are 18-19 year old "teenagers" fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wake up people, anyone over the age of six should be able to tell right from wrong and torture from mercy!

  • Posted By: Torture_theAnimalAbuser @ 12/18/2007 2:43:31 PM

    Oh my God....I find all you self-righteous, so-called Christians despicable. A dog was tortured by that fat redneck and you people have the nerve to defend him - what a bunch of sickos. It really is the truth - the ones that do the most preaching are usually the worst hypocrites and the majority of them are the Republican neocons. Ron Paul's supporters are growing by the hundreds everyday. I thank God for Ron Paul and pray he wins the Presidency. After reading some of these posts, I have just been motivated to donate more $$ to Ron Paul's campaign. Huckleberry supporters scare the hell out of me.

    • Posted By: 4thebest @ 12/22/2007 3:26:41 AM

      Hear! Hear! Let's get going for Ron Paul! He does not accept money from lobbyists and carries no baggage!

  • Posted By: 2thetruth @ 12/22/2007 3:13:05 AM

    Thank You sovos@, well said. Note how you were attacked just like Mike Huckabee by this bunch? markjeep's satanic dogs? arias1 and SCgirl's intelligent name calling. Impressive - if this were a night at the WWF. 2SHEA contends that character is not important in the Clintons, but lacking in the Huckabee's. People admitting that science is proving the bible true and talking insanity merely proves God has given me direction and ranters - what? Not backing up accusations with fact. Ignorance of both sides of the issue. Name calling. Listen people, if we don't stop swollowing the slop that mass media dishes out and start thinking about WHY Mike Huckabee is being bashed by the media disproportionately and STILL is ahead in the polls, America's will be in trouble. The free market is turning into mush. Just how will we afford to live without a free market. Can you say gasoline prices?. Pharmaceutical companies have been trying to get vitamins considered medicine under the guise that vitamins can hurt us and need to be regulated. Do you see what is happening? We won't even be able to buy vitamins without perscriptions. Pharmeceutical corps. make up a huge industry providing millions of advertizing dollars to who? Mass media - they all advertize medicines from cold remedies to viagra. And that's just vitamins. Do these agencies that want your money to fight cancer etc. really want cancer to be cured? THINK. These are multi million dollar businesses. Non profit businesses can make profits as long as they put it back into the companies, by giving their own CEO's six figure salaries and perks. Demand accountibility. Notice how they find drugs to help fight cancer but never a cure? In general, our liberties are being taken away from us. Get some perspective and start questioning mass media. Or else someday, in the not too distant future, we may not be able to question it at all. Mike Huckabee has some new ideas and some sensible ideas about business and our tax system. Read up on fairtax.org. . Listen to Mike answer this and other allegations and attacks against him . If we don't start opting for a man who wants to change things and isn't in bed with the powers that be, then all we are going to get is the same old thing. We are at war with people who want to convert this nation for Islam. They have attacked our Nation once on our own soil. Terrorist groups, dependence on foriegn oil helping to fund the attack on America. Millions of lives are at stake; our freedom our economy with the kind of leader we will be electing in '08. If you don't checkout the facts, then you are choosing to remain ignorant. Would it hurt to elect a man who knows how to stay faithful to his wife and faithful to his ideals. One who cares about us? I have considered the issues. I have considered the candidates. Mike's the Best of the Bunch. Oh, and Merry Christmas!

  • Posted By: JasonTcpa @ 12/20/2007 3:46:52 PM

    This just in - Huckabee's son was at one time a teenager!!!

    • Posted By: 4thebest @ 12/22/2007 2:31:56 AM

      As most of us were, however, most of us did not harm or kill other living things with full knowledge that that would be the wrong thing to do.
      I do not like the idea that his father used power to "quiet" the misdeed.

  • Posted By: hellbilly @ 12/20/2007 10:13:22 PM

    As an Arkansan and a resident of Little Rock, I have something to say....HA,HA,HA,HA,HA.....we are so happy that the national press has finally started digging around here. This whole family is screwy and they have an incredible sense of entitlement. However, don't underestimate him. He's come a long way on his ability to bullshit/joke/preach his way out of some sticky situations. Huckabee's a snake and I can't stand him, but he's not stupid.
    Now, for all those terribly enlightened individuals who have decided to throw out the "southerners are inbred, ignorant, cruel, mental deficients" line, here are a few choice words. EDUCATE YOURSELVES, YOU BIGOTS!

    • Posted By: 4thebest @ 12/22/2007 2:16:35 AM

      I fail to see / understand why the local humane society has never been mentioned as an alternative to the fate of the animal. Surely, a decent human being, raised within a decent and upstanding home / environment would have enough compassion and common sense to turn the matter over to a responsible party, rather than take matters into his own hands.
      Am I the only one? Or does anyone else see "Anti-Christ" here.

  • Posted By: TNWriter @ 12/22/2007 1:09:03 AM

    Regarding the poor dog condemned because he had mange. IT'S A TREATABLE CONDITION! i once rescued two stray (abandoned?) beagles with mange so bad they hardly had any hair at all. (Yes, dogs have hair; cats have fur.) Weeks of daily baths and treatment and they were healthly and beautiful. Found them a good home (as I already had dogs -- who, by the way, did not contract mange from being around these dogs. The dog was obviously friendly ("climbing into bunks") and deserved better treatment from so-called humans. As one poster said, it's highly unlikely that this was a solitary event in this young man's life. And if his father didn't recognize the horror of it, he doesn't deserve to be dogcatcher (Oops!), much less President.

  • Posted By: jrd6189 @ 12/22/2007 12:32:35 AM

    Sorry, I didn't think the first one posted. I suppose those are both sort of the same thing...my bad.

  • Posted By: jrd6189 @ 12/22/2007 12:31:08 AM

    I think it's important to keep in mind that this guy could be lying through his teeth to get back at the guy who cost him his good job. I don't know that that's the case, but he was appointed by a Democrat, suggesting that he may be a Dem as well. He could just be saying this to smear Huckabee's campaign--you never know what motivations this guy might have besides letting the public know the true evil nature of this seemingly likable man. It's important to keep an open (suspicious, even) mind in regards to everybody involved. Don't just accept one side of the story as fact.

  • Posted By: jrd6189 @ 12/22/2007 12:27:12 AM

    I think it's important to note that this is just the one side of the story--the guy could be lying through his teeth just to smear Huckabee's campaign. He was appointed by a Democrat, perhaps indicating that he's a Dem, too. If that's the case, I doubt he would have any qualms about trashing the guy who fired him and the guy who might be the Republican candidate at the same time. I'm not saying that's necessarily the case, but it's important to have an open (even suspicous) mind of everybody involved, not just Huckabee.

  • Posted By: SCgirl @ 12/21/2007 10:13:58 PM

    Why do we even THINK about electing people like the Huckabee's to public office. He and his son are just 'little man Vicks.' Throw the bums out! These poeple who can commit such cruel crimes against animals and think it's okay because their kids...they need some upbringing and upbraiding...they need to go to jail. But they certainly don't need to be elected to public office.

  • Posted By: shasta1981 @ 12/20/2007 8:19:53 PM

    The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. People who torture animals are despicable. I would never vote for Huckabee based solely on this incident. At least Jeb Bush acknowledges his children's foibles.

    • Posted By: bob j @ 12/21/2007 9:12:34 PM

      absolutely right ,people who do such to poor innocent animals should be charged with murder ,tried and executed in same manner . anyone who kills an animal needlessly or tortures is lowest of low on the face of the earth..and should burn in hell,hung by a rope over a burning limb in hell also.

  • Posted By: arias1 @ 12/21/2007 9:01:54 PM

    TO ALL THE IDIOTS WHO KEEP STUPIDLY ASKING WHO CARES WHAT HIS SON DID, IT'S TIME TO GET A CLUE!!! This is important because it reveals Huckabee used his position as governor in attempt to shield his son from the law and even FIRED someone for choosing not to be complicit in falsely exonerating his son. We don't need another wanton hypocrite who feels entitled to play God! Get with it!!!

  • Posted By: roberhsolomon @ 12/21/2007 8:36:03 PM

    This is about what somebody's son did 9 years ago as a child. Have we no shame? Or do we just enlist everyone we can to destroy the honor and veracity of everyone we can...Bob Solomon

  • Posted By: markjeep @ 12/21/2007 7:03:50 PM

    That dog was filled with the power of Satan. David took a stand, stood up to that omnipotent dog and slew that evil beast. The children all rejoiced as we all were finally freed from the vicious canine's reign of terror. All of us present joyously attempted to hoist the Mighty David upon our shoulders (though we buckled and ultimately failed under his extreme weight). We could only explain our inability to lift him on the fact that he was filled with the Lord (however, ex post, his grossly obese figure would explain a lot).
    This would not be the last time David saved his fellow man from the grip of terror. I'll never forget the time in the airport when Radical Islamists were planning to hijack our airplane. David had received a message from the Lord (or maybe God told his father, who relayed the message, I can't remember the exact details; nevertheless though) that Muslims were going to commandeer our aircraft and crash the plane into the Statue of LIberty (because they hate us for our freedom). David heroically concealed a handgun within his luggage knowing that it would be discovered by security (but nevertheless valiantly put himself in that precarious position anyway). When our diligent TSA workers discovered the firearm, the Muslims were terrified of David's brashness and knew that God was not on their side, calling off their terrorist plan as a result. These are but two examples of when David saved my life...
    I still pray before I go to bed every night, thanking God for giving us the Huckabees...true American heroes. God Bless You...Everyone one of you

Reply

Report Abuse

Enter comments if any for reporting abuse