Mr. Huckabee, please step into the woodshed
by Glib Fortuna @ 8:41 pm on January 2, 2008.

If anyone has systematically dismantled Huckster's record like this anywhere else, I haven't seen it.

If you are inexplicably supporting Huckabee, please read the entire letter posted over at Hugh Hewitt's site: http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/3 ... ca6181d5d4

Highlights: 7 reasons why NO ONE should support Huckabee:

1) Governor Huckabee did lasting damage to the Republican Party and conservative movement in Arkansas.

[Huckabee's] mismanagement and ineptness…was so great that the Republican Party plunged into debt and the Federal Election Commission levied the largest fine ever against a state political party following an investigation of the 2000 and 2002 election cycles.

2) Governor Huckabee's non-stop clemencies continually hindered the work of criminal prosecutors and miffed Republicans.

Huckabee released more criminals than the combined total of every border state to Arkansas (made up of Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana) - even though the combined population of these states is 16 times higher than Arkansas'. He also issued more than double the clemencies of his three predecessors combined.

In many cases, Huckabee's actions set loose savage criminals convicted of grisly murders over the passionate objections of prosecutors and victims' families.

A 2004 investigative article by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette found that prisoners had a better chance of being granted clemency by Huckabee if they had a mutual acquaintance, labored at the governor's mansion under a prisoner work program, or a minister intervened on their behalf. Prosecutors say Huckabee was more inclined to release or reduce the sentences of prisoners if he had direct contact with them or was lobbied by those close to him.

3) Governor Huckabee's pattern was to ignore immigration laws, often in the name of Christianity.

In 2001, Huckabee’s human services liaison Robert Trevino pushed for legislation to provide driver’s licenses for illegals. It was understood by legislators that he acted with Huckabee's blessing.

In 2001, Huckabee opposed a measure to require proof of citizenship to vote.

In 2005, Huckabee supported a bill that offered illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates and made them eligible for the same merit-based scholarships to Arkansas state colleges and universities as legal citizens. The bill would have violated federal law and was not enacted by the legislature.

In 2005, he opposed a bill that denied some state benefits to illegals and required proof of citizenship to vote (patterned after Arizona’s Prop 200 that has been successful in curtailing illegal immigration in that state). In this story, Huckabee called the measure "un-American….inflammatory….race-baiting and demagoguery." He added that the bill "inflames those who are racist and bigots and makes them think there’s a real problem. But there’s not." He then singled out State Senator Jim Holt, also an openly professing Christian, saying, "I drink a different kind of Jesus juice."

In 2005, Huckabee criticized federal agents for a recent crackdown on illegals, saying that it wasn’t fair to the innocent family members of those targeted in the operation. (No word on whether he also opposes raids on other law-breakers who might also have innocent family members affected by the fruits of their illegal activity.)

In 2005, Huckabee promoted an "open door" policy on immigration as he addressed the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) national convention in Little Rock. LULAC is a left-leaning group that opposes virtually all measures of immigration enforcement.

4) Governor Huckabee was no friend to fiscal conservatives in Arkansas.

"The main reason for the drop was his insistence on raising taxes at almost every turn throughout his final term." – Cato Institute explaining why Huckabee had dropped from a "D" to an "F" on their Fiscal Policy Report Card.

5) Huckabee left a long trail of ethics questions while Governor of Arkansas

The Huckabees set up wedding registries at local department stores as Mike was leaving office – even though they had been married for 30 years. State ethics laws prohibited Huckabee from receiving gifts of more than $100……but there was an exception for wedding gifts.

6) Huckabee's education record shows him to be an advocate of the "status quo"

The New Hampshire chapter of the National Education Association (NEA) has endorsed Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee for the upcoming Primary elections.

7) Huckabee has very little support for his Presidential bid here in Arkansas
Again, read the whole thing.

I'm sure that the Thin-Skinners over at the Huck campaign will call this an "attack." However, these are stone-cold facts. If you can't defend your own record, or if your record is indefensible, you shouldn't be running for president. Hopefully, this boom is short-lived and Huckabee can go back to collecting speaking fees…oh wait, he never stopped.

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