Posted by
Alice L. on Friday, December 04, 2009 4:48:45 PM
regarding the Clemmons murders in the State of Washington (the late Clemmons being the convict whom then Governor Huckabee had pardoned after he had served nine years of a sentence of over one hundred years for burglary) - get ahead of this story. The late unlamented Clemmons had been given an excessively lengthy sentence which Governor Huckabee reduced to 49 years thus making him eligible for parole after nine years. Clemmons was in custody in the State of Washington and was released when bail was paid for him. Washington tragically dropped the ball and now four police officers are dead and their families will suffer for many years. There is no way that Huckabee could have seen years into the future. William Bennett, National Review, Michelle Malkin and the usual suspects who usually shill for Governor Romney are trying to pin the blame for these murders on him. Sensible people won't fall for it. Some of these so-called pundits - particularly on the Urban Elephants and LGF website as well as NRO - have engaged in Christian bashing against Governor Huckabee. And that is truly disgusting and disgraceful. Charles Johnson jumped the shark years ago. Sick! Governor Huckabee, incidentally, signed many death warrants while he was governor of Arkansas. I would not call that "soft on crime".