Janet Huckabee Argues With Arkansas State Trooper After Traffic Accident (VIDEO)

Janet Huckabee, the wife of former Arkansas governor and potential 2012 GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee, was recently involved in a multi-car traffic accident that later sparked an argument with the officer who appeared on the scene.

The Tolbert Report provides a transcript for part of the conversation, in which Huckabee appears to suggest that the passengers of another automobile in the accident were lying about her being on a cell phone, and therefore lying when they alleged that the former Arkansas first lady had improperly merged into their lane, causing the incident.

Janet Huckabee - "Did she say I was on the phone?"

Trooper Blackmon - "Ma'am, that has nothing to do with it."
Huckabee - "It has everything to do with it.
Trooper - "No it doesn't."
Huckabee - "It has to do with whether I am telling the truth or not."
Trooper - "Okay, they gave me an exact description of your vehicle. I mean..."
Huckabee - "That's why I stopped up here. Yeah, that's right. I realize there was a vehicle and we were both merging."
Trooper - "They gave me an exact description of your vehicle. They told me exactly what you were doing. You told me that you were going into their lane as well."
Huckabee - "Did she tell you I was talking on the phone?"
Trooper - "Ma'am, that has nothing to do with..."
Huckabee - "I just want an answer from you. Did she tell you I was talking on the phone?"
Trooper - "She didn't tell me. The passenger told me."
Huckabee - "That is a lie. That is an out lie."
Trooper - "Ma'am, I don't have anything to..."
Huckabee - "So if that is a lie how can I know that the other part is not a lie."
Trooper - "Ma'am, you verified it by your own statement."
Huckabee - "I said I was merging but I said she was merging."
Trooper - "Okay, well she said she wasn't merging."
Huckabee - "She also said I was on the phone. So if one is a lie, why shouldn't the other be a lie."

The Arkansas Times reports on the recently resolved outcome of the Sept. 20 episode:

Former Arkansas first lady Janet Huckabee paid a $100 fee in Pulaski County District Court yesterday and received a "reserve judgment" ruling from Judge Wayne Gruber, with an agreement that charges of careless and prohibited driving against her would be dismissed if Huckabee doesn't get into any more vehicular trouble for six months.

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Comments

[BoctorBill]

12:14 PM on 03/04/2011

Wow, that is the worst photo of Eric Idle that I have ever seen.

[dubbleplusgood]

03:46 PM on 03/05/2011

omg that's hilarious

[dmherb]

08:15 PM on 02/04/2011

Hate makes people ugly.

[democratsaint]

10:09 AM on 01/27/2011

did you see her sentence,i never got an offer like that,driving on cell phone in most state is about like dui, improper lane change, failure to yield.....and she got a 100 fine

[lib2dbone]

11:27 PM on 01/26/2011

She looks pretty much like a "republic" on this one.

[pam45]

10:39 PM on 01/26/2011

Sugar Button needs to understand that she is not a privledged person any longer. Her husband is not the governor of the state in 2011! She can pay her tickets like the rest of us citizens although the judge did give her a break.

[Ranaldo]

08:44 AM on 01/26/2011

Subtext: "I have money, so I do not have to be accountable for my actions."

[wafuu]

06:32 AM on 01/26/2011

And to think, she could have been our First Lady.

[Diggsdad]

06:08 AM on 01/26/2011

Is that her circus attire?

[sixtoes]

03:19 AM on 01/26/2011

Trying to be sneaky and failing miserably. Sneaky, obfuscatory and prevaricating. Do you think she learned that from her husband?

[Douglas Campbell]

07:56 PM on 02/04/2011

Most likely he learned it from her. She seems to be better at it.

[smackaroo]

12:53 AM on 01/26/2011

Sounds like a bunch of rationalizing.

Easy solution. Get her cell phone log and look at the usage times.

[Ranaldo]

08:45 AM on 01/26/2011

And use that in the civil suit.

[Douglas Campbell]

07:57 PM on 02/04/2011

ha ha! oh common sense....why did you go away?

[Xenobion]

12:06 AM on 01/26/2011

Ronald McDonald without makeup. Am I the first to say it?

[sixtoes]

03:20 AM on 01/26/2011

I guess you haven't seen Sam Brownback's wife.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

08:06 PM on 02/04/2011

Or, Ronald's mother.

[pantherburns]

11:52 PM on 01/25/2011

Another republican taking personal responsibility for their actions.

[madrediterra]

11:51 PM on 01/25/2011

What a motor mouth.

[minusjason]

11:02 PM on 01/25/2011

Does she ever say "Do you know who I am?"

I keep seeing people post that, some with quotes, but I don't hear it in the video.

[Douglas Campbell]

07:57 PM on 02/04/2011

I dont think she said that...

[Layman23]

10:58 PM on 01/25/2011

Mrs.HeckleBee sure is a contrast to the Teddy bear Mr.Huckabee.