Mike Huckabee's Presidential ambitions come to an unexpected halt

**Beefy** · 12-01-2009, 01:43 AM

Dukakis style:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/01/...ngs/index.html

***leaningright*** · 12-01-2009, 08:07 AM

No doubt. If he still had presidential ambitions they flew out the window with this tragedy. Reminds me of Dukakis.

***Damocles*** · 12-01-2009, 08:09 AM

He'll still have his show on TV where he can play the guitar and sing for us, but yeah as a candidate he is done.

**DamnYankee** · 12-01-2009, 08:25 AM

He can't claim to be a conservative if he's soft on crime. Maybe he'll switch parties.

**meme** · 12-01-2009, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by Southern Man

He can't claim to be a conservative if he's soft on crime. Maybe he'll switch parties.

the Democrat party will accept him with open arms and it will be used about how he had to leave that evil conservative Republican party..

**DamnYankee** · 12-01-2009, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by meme

the Democrat party will accept him with open arms and it will be used about how he had to leave that evil conservative Republican party..

Don't be too sure. Most of them hate country music.

**Socrtease** · 12-01-2009, 09:51 AM

Yeah he is a born again, anti choice, liberal. What a fucking joke.

**Cancel 2018. 3** · 12-01-2009, 09:54 AM

i fail to see how huckabee has any responsibility for this and i fail to see any correlation to dukakis....

huckabee merely commuted (shortened) the guy's sentence, he didn't release him....the BOP released him....he had a 90+ year sentence for a crime he committed at 17....huckabee reduced it to something like 40 or so years, which made him eligible for parole earlier....

further, he was sent back to prison for continued criminal behavior, that supercedes huckabee's earlier commutation of his sentence....and once again, it was the BOP that released him, not huckabee

***leaningright*** · 12-01-2009, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Yurt

i fail to see how huckabee has any responsibility for this and i fail to see any correlation to dukakis....

huckabee merely commuted (shortened) the guy's sentence, he didn't release him....the BOP released him....he had a 90+ year sentence for a crime he committed at 17....huckabee reduced it to something like 40 or so years, which made him eligible for parole earlier....

further, he was sent back to prison for continued criminal behavior, that supercedes huckabee's earlier commutation of his sentence....and once again, it was the BOP that released him, not huckabee

Yurt, I look at it the same way, but you know how any viable, right-wing political figure is going to be castigated for even the appearance of doing something leading up to a tragedy like this. I would go one further and say that he didn't have a crystal ball to know what this "kid" would do. I can remember it being brought up several times during the presidential campaign. Of course I like Mike Huckabee.

I also point out that anyone on the left in a similar situation would be "linked" to the tragedy by those on the right.

**meme** · 12-01-2009, 10:02 AM

anti-choice.

my gwad is there anything more important you all get your panties in a bunch over than the legal right to kill off your children..

**evince** · 12-01-2009, 10:05 AM

Hes toast.

***leaningright*** · 12-01-2009, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by evince

Hes toast.

.....(((((and I'm happy))))).......

Tell me desh, does the above correctly complete your thoughts?

And I don't mean happy about the tragedy that led to it but happy about the unfortunate political situation that Mike Huckabee finds himself in.

**Socrtease** · 12-01-2009, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by leaningright

.....(((((and I'm happy))))).......

Tell me desh, does the above correctly complete your thoughts?

And I don't mean happy about the tragedy that led to it but happy about the unfortunate political situation that Mike Huckabee finds himself in.

Mike Huckabee was NEVER going to be POTUS. This did not end his political life, it only marked it for people who thought he was a viable candidate outside of Arkansas.

**Cancel 2018. 3** · 12-01-2009, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by leaningright

Yurt, I look at it the same way, but you know how any viable, right-wing political figure is going to be castigated for even the appearance of doing something leading up to a tragedy like this. I would go one further and say that he didn't have a crystal ball to know what this "kid" would do. I can remember it being brought up several times during the presidential campaign. Of course I like Mike Huckabee.

I also point out that anyone on the left in a similar situation would be "linked" to the tragedy by those on the right.

i would not link anyone on the left to the tragedy, others might, but i would not. there is simply no causal link between huckabee's commutation of sentence and the murders in seattle. even if this was a simple tort action based on civil burden of proof's, i don't think any jury or court would find huckabee's actions caused these murders....

commuting his sentence only allowed him to be eligible for parole earlier...it did not guarantee his release...further, he committed another act and was again released, this time huckabee had zero to do with that release, so even if we want to blame huckabee for the first release, the fact he committed another crime and was sent back only to be released again absolutely takes huckabee's clemency out of the picture....

**evince** · 12-01-2009, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by leaningright

.....(((((and I'm happy))))).......

Tell me desh, does the above correctly complete your thoughts?

And I don't mean happy about the tragedy that led to it but happy about the unfortunate political situation that Mike Huckabee finds himself in.

His political career will never include any major office. The people who would have voted for him will now vote for the likes of Palin.

It helps a dumber candidate so I cant say I,m real happy about that.