1.0 link 75519 <![CDATA[Former Aide Contradicts Huckabee Defense Of Rapist's Release]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/05/former-aide-contradicts-h_n_75519.html Directly contradicting Mike Huckabee's claims, his former senior aide tells the Huffington Post that, as governor of Arkansas, Huckabee indeed told the state's parole board that he supported the release of a convicted rapist.

The senior aide, Olan W. "Butch" Reeves, personally attended a controversial parole board meeting with Huckabee in Oct. 1996.

"The clear impression that I came away with from the meeting was that he favored Dumond's release," Reeves said, referring to convicted rapist Wayne Dumond. "And I can understand...

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