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YOhio · 12-05-2007, 03:15 AM

Watch this play out for the next couple of weeks. Now that Huckabee has caught up with the big boys, he's starting to get treated like one by the press.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3569614.shtml

Cali Coug · 12-05-2007, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by YOhio

Watch this play out for the next couple of weeks. Now that Huckabee has caught up with the big boys, he's starting to get treated like one by the press.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3569614.shtml

I think he will disappear as a presidential contender about as fast as he appeared. He ISN'T the conservative evangelicals hope he is. He is aligned on religious issues, but I have to believe conservatives will vote on something more than religious belief. Otherwise, there are millions of people out there just as qualified as Huck is to be president.

NorCal Cat · 12-05-2007, 04:55 PM

Agree 100%. Huckabee is SOFT on crime, an violent felons. This story will kill him once it becomes common knowledge to the nation.

Here's a good quote form another story on this case:

"The Dumond case followed Huckabee around for the rest of his time in the governor’s office. In his 2002 reelection bid, his Democratic opponent based virtually her entire campaign on the issue. And beyond the narrow issue of Dumond, Huckabee’s actions raise larger questions about his views on crime and punishment. Critics, and some friends, too, have said Huckabee’s position was deeply influenced by his Christian faith. “When I first met him, I was going through his positions on issues and I said, ‘You’re a conservative, so I’m sure you oppose granting parole for violent felons,’“ Dick Morris, the campaign consultant who ran Huckabee’s first run for lieutenant governor, told me. “And he said, ‘Oh no, I would never take that position, because the concept of Christian duty requires that there is a possibility of forgiveness. The concept of Christian forgiveness requires that we keep open the process of parole — use it sparingly, but keep it open.’“"

12-05-2007, 03:15 AM	#1
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	Huckabee's Willie Horton Watch this play out for the next couple of weeks. Now that Huckabee has caught up with the big boys, he's starting to get treated like one by the press. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3569614.shtml

12-05-2007, 04:55 PM	#3
NorCal Cat Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Where do you think? Posts: 1,201	Agree 100%. Huckabee is SOFT on crime, an violent felons. This story will kill him once it becomes common knowledge to the nation. Here's a good quote form another story on this case: "The Dumond case followed Huckabee around for the rest of his time in the governor’s office. In his 2002 reelection bid, his Democratic opponent based virtually her entire campaign on the issue. And beyond the narrow issue of Dumond, Huckabee’s actions raise larger questions about his views on crime and punishment. Critics, and some friends, too, have said Huckabee’s position was deeply influenced by his Christian faith. “When I first met him, I was going through his positions on issues and I said, ‘You’re a conservative, so I’m sure you oppose granting parole for violent felons,’“ Dick Morris, the campaign consultant who ran Huckabee’s first run for lieutenant governor, told me. “And he said, ‘Oh no, I would never take that position, because the concept of Christian duty requires that there is a possibility of forgiveness. The concept of Christian forgiveness requires that we keep open the process of parole — use it sparingly, but keep it open.’“"