The Rev. Mike Huckabee: Cop Killer Enabler

You remember the Death March presidential campaign of 2008? Don't you? Seems like an eternity ago. But it was during the Republican party Death March that Mitt Romney made a point about the former Arkansas governor, the Rev. Mike Huckabee, commuting many, many prison sentences.
Sadly, the events yesterday in Parkland, Washington, may rightfully come back to haunt the Rev. Mike and his propensity to look into criminal souls and grant leniency rather than exact justice.
The man at the center of the execution of four Lakewood, Washington, policemen is one Maurice Clemmons.
Mr. Clemmons has a criminal rap sheet as long as one's arm. Even two court appointed psychologists wrote in report last month that Mr. Clemmons was dangerous and posed a risk to the community.
What, you may ask, were there any court appointed psychologists involved in Mr. Clemmons life?
That is because last month, Mr. Clemmons was in custody accused of child rape and assault charges. However, the bail for Mr. Clemmons was a paltry $150,000. Mr. Clemmons put up $15,000 to get out of jail.
Now Mr. Clemmons is no stranger to law enforcement. Especially in his home state of Arkansas.
Mr. Clemmons started his downhill spiral as a junior in high school when he was arrested for carrying a .25-caliber pistol. Allegedly he was trying to protect himself from "dopers". Sure he was. By the time he was convicted of burglary and theft in 1990, Mr. Clemmons was serving 48 years on five felony convictions. Oh yes, he was convicted of theft and using a gun when he was 17 years old. Must have been protecting himself from the "dopers".
By 2000, the Rev. Mike was finishing up his second and last full term as governor of Arkansas.
The Rev. Mike had a real soft spot for criminals. One of the more infamous cases of the Rev. Mike seeing into the souls of criminals was the case of one Wayne Dumond. Mr. Dumond was something of a crusade for the Rev. Mike. He did everything that he could to influence the Arkansas parole board to free Mr. Dumond. Too bad. Mr. Dumond took his criminal enterprise over to neighboring Missouri. It was there that Mr. Dumond raped and killed a woman, one Carol Sue Shields. Mr Dumond was charged with first degree murder. And Mr. Dumond was implicated in the rape of another Missouri woman, Sara Andrasek.
And this, along with the Clemmons clemency, is not any isolated approach by the Rev. Mike.
in this story from The Arkansas Leader, the Rev. Mike had a real soft spot for the criminal. The Rev. Mike, as governor at that point had granted a staggering 703 clemencies. The six surrounding states had a combined total of 624 clemencies. The state with the next most after Arkansas under the reign of the Rev. Mike was Louisiana with a pikers' 213. And worse. Out of the magic 703 clemencies, a dozen were convicted killers.
So in 2000, the Rev. Mike turned his clemency eyes on Maurice Clemmons. He reduced the Clemmons 108 year sentences to 47 years. And eventually, Mr. Clemmons was granted parole.
Amazingly, Mr. Clemmons moved to Washington state in 2004. And Mr. Clemmons is apparently married. And yet, no one seemed to be all that concerned that Mr. Clemmons was telling people that he was Jesus Christ. That the world was going to end. That the Dear Leader, President Obama, was going to visit him and tell the world he, Mr. Clemmons was the Messiah.
No, nothing to see here. Move along, folks.
Now, four policemen are dead.
The four policemen are, Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; Officers Ronald Owens, 37; Tina Griswold, 40; Gregory Richards, 42.
And Maurice Clemmons is on the run, being aided more than likely from family members.
And there is the Rev. Mike, trying to pass blame on his mishandling of these clemencies on someone else. Trouble is that the prosecution in the Clemmons case did not want there to be any clemency. Your ball, Rev. Mike.
It is amazing that this guy, the Rev. Mike, got as far as he did during the 2008 Republican presidential campaign. Yet he did. Along the way, he ganged-up on Mitt Romney with the eventual Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John "F--- You" McCain. No matter the denials, it was a tag-team effort to deny Mr. Romney the GOP nod. And these questions came up. It seemed that the Dinosaur, Drive-by, Mainstream Media did not concern itself with these very troubling accusations about the Rev. Mike.
Now, it appears that the Rev. Mike and his leniency on criminals may have resulted in the deaths of four police officers.
Please, explain that to the families of the four dead officers.
I would offer the Rev. Mike that he fell for cheap forgiveness and thus offered cheap grace.
Here is some links to coverage of the cop killing in Washington state.
Michelle Malkin writes about the Rev. Mike and his clemency bug.
Ed Morrisey over at Hotair asks the tacky political question about the Rev. Mike's future.
The Other McCain offers minute-by-minute coverage here and a retort the Rev. Mike trying to backpedal on his radio show today.
A little behind, but read the whole thing over at the Ace of Spades on the political future of the Rev. Mike. OUCH!
Gateway Pundit has the letter that Mr. Clemmons wrote then-Gov. Rev. Mike that he "turned his life around". Hmm
There is a lot more coverage around the web. This is a travesty that did not not have to happen.