Comments on: As Governor, Huckabee Found Some Prisoners More Pardonable Than Others

By: Religion Gone Crazy » Blog Archive » Huckabee’s Clemmons Pardon Questioned After Shootings

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:07:04 +0000

[...] took it upon himself to grant clemency to Maurice Clemmons, look for a religious angle,” wrote Barbara at Mahablog. “I don’t know that there is one, but I’ll be surprised if there [...]

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:40:48 +0000

Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three has also converted to Buddhism in prison. Guess that means he’s a dead duck too.

By: Ragnarok 2012

Ragnarok 2012 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:25:28 +0000

Hi. I’ve been following your links around (and googling a bit), yet I can’t find confirmation that Huckabee pushed the execution date forward for Parker. Would you be able to provide a reference, please?

By: gary n

gary n — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:08:22 +0000

I just listened to the Huckster on Hannity and it was quite amusing to to listen to them both try and tap-dance away the facts. Huckleberry – like most other evangelical’s – is about as tolerant of other points of view as the Taliban – they have this “join us or be purged” mentality (just ask Mitt Romney, although he is a devout christian, I guess he was not “right” kind of christian). I hope this sinks his feeble political career once and for all.

By: Huckabee’s Hypocritical Pardon Patterns « Mercury Rising 鳯女

Huckabee’s Hypocritical Pardon Patterns « Mercury Rising 鳯女 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:33:23 +0000

[...] to God while incarcerated, the Huckster had a very different standard for other religious converts. Barbara O’Brien of the Mahablog explains: I wrote about Dumond and another Arkansas convict, Frankie Parker, almost two years ago in “A [...]

By: idlemind

idlemind — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:55:59 +0000

Yup, no surprise here. Redemption tales are bread and butter on the evangelical circuit, so it’s no surprise Huck fell for what was probably a con’s con.

As for Palin, what’ s with the fear? I think its pretty clear that whatever the attraction she holds for the righties, she’s way too unstable a personality to make it through a presidential campaign. Yeah, her followers will swallow a mile of BS from her, but she’s got a long history of turning against her political allies on a whim whenever she’s under the least amount of pressure. When she no longer has the McCain campaign staff to blame for her problems — but rather her own — she’s going to drive her campaign completely off the rails and ultimately self-immolate. The media absolutely loves her now, but they’ll love covering said meltdown even more.

By: The Mahablog » Onward Christian Convicts

The Mahablog » Onward Christian Convicts — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:26:47 +0000

[...] Comments Dave S on As Governor, Huckabee Found Some Prisoners More Pardonable Than OthersDoug Hughes on As Governor, Huckabee Found Some Prisoners More Pardonable Than OthersPalin/Beck 2012 [...]

By: Dave S

Dave S — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:55:43 +0000

Palin/Beck, it really does look like a right-wing Life of Brian, doesn’t it?

By: Doug Hughes

Doug Hughes — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:18:41 +0000

From CNN:

“I come from a very good Christian family and I was raised much better than my actions speak,” Clemmons said in a clemency application brief to then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in 2000. “I’m still ashamed to this day for the shame my stupid involvement in these crimes brought upon my family’s name.”

So there it is – Barbara called it. The guy played the ‘repentant christian’ card and Huckabee came up for it like a fish swallowing a worm on a hook. The painful hook is four dead cops. The fact is that the prosecutor who put this guy away vigorously opposed clemancy. I also hear on CNN that the Huck granted more pardons than the governor(s) in the 6 surrounding states – combined. I guess the numbers will come out, but obviously ‘conversion’ to Christianity was a get-out-of-jail card. (As a matter of opinion, I have no problem with factoring in a prison conversion to any sect, but I expect a governor to also factor in reports from prison psychologists, as well as the prosecutor(s) and victims before clemancy. Huckabee seems to have prayed on it and ignored evryone else. He’s screwed.)

Applying this politically – he won’t run in 2012. A huge chunk of the GOP is the Christian funamentalists, and Huck and Sarah were going to split that in the primaries. Now Sarah will lhave a lock on that crowd, and Mitt the Mutt will try to take any GOP votes that fall out of love with Sarah.

Of course the news just gets more bizarre as Lou Dobbs dabbles with the idea of running as an Independent, but is trying to mend fences with Latinos and reportedly talking amnesty. Some weeks I read the straight news and wonder if I am having acid flashbacks.

By: Palin/Beck 2012

Palin/Beck 2012 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:10:19 +0000

We’re gonna need a bigger popcorn bucket..

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/30/tea-party-splinter/