Newsweek magazine reports that presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s son allegedly tortured and killed a stray dog at a Boy Scout camp in 1998. Although Newsweek doesn’t go into details about how the dog was killed, there are reports that the dog was hung by its neck, stoned, and had its throat slit.
The local prosecuting attorney who urged the state police to investigate the claim (no charges were ever filed) was subsequently fired by Huckabee. According to the prosecutor, John Bailey, Huckabee called him to his office and told him, “I couldn’t get you to help me with my son when I had that problem.”
Huckabee claims that Bailey is lying and a disgruntled ex-employee, but I. C. Smith, the former FBI chief in Little Rock, says, “Without question, [Huckabee] was making a conscious attempt to keep the state police from investigating his son.”
David Huckabee had another run in with the law in April of 2007, when he was arrested at an airport after security found a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage.
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Okay, I’ll probably get “dogged” for saying this, but having lived in Arkansas for seventeen years, I’ve come to believe that Arkie politicians are the scariest people on earth. Even scarier than Texas politicians.
A political science professor explained it to me one time when we were talking about the intolerance, bigotry and rule-bending that goes unchecked there. He said that people in power in Arkansas are given the laws of the land, but behind closed doors the consensus is that they’re going to go ahead and follow a rigid religious right agenda, and screw anybody who believes otherwise.
It was a beautiful, but sometimes scary place to live.
Cover-ups are just a part of political life. At this point, why would any of us expect that our leaders would behave ethically?
puts a whole new spin on “i heart huckabees”.
I’m with MBMQ — having also lived in Arkansas for awhile, I’ll agree “it is a beautiful, but sometimes scary place to live.”
The rule-bending and behind-closed-doors shenanigans is legendary, but it’s not just those who follow a religious right agenda–The Clinton Years as Governor were scandalous as well. There’s just something about those guys from Hope
But for over-the-top political misbehavior, Louisiana is in a class by itself — no other place comes close — they redefine “crazy” when it comes to politics (and a few other things, too).
JimT
Brian, lol, I have resolved to be more compassionate and less judgmental this year and then you have to remind me of Huckabee and his son (blech!) and I just can’t keep my resolution.
@ MBMQ: Good point. I don’t really expect any of them to, but I still hope.
@ ohchicken: Yeppers.
@ jimthomp87: Very true about Clinton, and enough reason to not support Hillary.
@ fightingwindmills: Resolutions are like rules - they’re made to be broken.