Mike Huckabee

My Five Minutes on Fox

Nancy Jackson | Posted 12.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Cap and Trade, The Mike Huckabee Show, Mike Huckabee, Fox News, Climate Change, Fox, Global Warming, Media News
Nancy Jackson

I expected better from my recent Huckabee Show appearance, where I was booed and heckeled. After all, Governor Huckabee himself supported cap-and-trade just two years ago.

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Clemency for Huckabee

David Vines | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Huckabee, Mike Huckabee, Lakewood Shootings, Huckabee Clemmons Pardon, Fox News, Maurice Clemmons, Mike Huckabee Maurice Clemmons, Willie Horton, Politics News
David Vines

Candidates have strong incentives to keep criminals behind bars. But when such standards trickle down to nonviolent criminals, prison populations and government debt soar, and lives are ruined.

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First Lieberman, Now Huckabee?

Norm Stamper | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Parole, Pardons, Bill Clinton, Gop, Slain Officers, Terrorism, Governor George Ryan, Maurice Clemmons, Baptist Preacher, Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct and Incompetence, Wayne Dumond, Post Prison Transfer Board, Larry Jegley, Major Nidal Hasan, Jim Guy Tucker, Wrongful Convictions, Death Row, Frank White, Mike Huckabee, Arkansas, Jailhouse Snitches, Lakewood Washington, Joe Lieberman, Pulaski County, Tulia Texas, Debra Saunders, Illinois, Pptb, Politics News
Norm Stamper

We should candidly look at whether Mike Huckabee is getting a raw deal for granting clemency to the man who murdered four Lakewood, Washington cops this Thanksgiving weekend.

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Huckabee Seduced By Cop Killer's Christianity?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, Faith Based Initiatives, Church-State Separation, Evangelicalism, Maurice Clemmons, Mike Huckabee, Religion, Politics News
Valerie Tarico

Since Clemmons was pardoned by Mike Huckabee, the presidential hopeful who has made fundamentalist religion the center of his politics, I couldn't help wondering if religion played a part.

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Huckabee: Big Tent 'Will Kill Conservative Movement' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Huckabee, Video, Mike Huckabee, Mike Huckabee Conservative Movement, Mike Huckabee Big Tent, Politics News

Some Republicans are concerned about how to expand their party's base -- but former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee isn't one of them. The S.E. Calga...

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Sam Stein

Huckabee: If I Had Same Facts Today, I'd Commute Sentence Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Huckabee Commutation, Huckabee Do It Again, Mike Huckabee Maurice Clemmons, Mike Huckabee, Politics News

Mike Huckabee said that if he was presented with the same evidence today that he was nine years ago, he would "make the exact same decision" -- to com...

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What Jesus And The Dalai Lama Would Say To Tiger Woods And Mike Huckabee

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Dalai Lama, Cop Killings in Greater Seattle, Mike Huckabee, The Three Steps, Author, Featured Contributor, Jesus, President Obama, Be the Change, Maurice Clemmons, Jungian Analyst, Mary Oliver, The 21 Day Challenge, The Inner Life, Thoreau, Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

The question is what result does criticizing leave in its wake? Since criticizing, complaining, and gossiping are anything but solution-oriented, they bring destruction, not solution.

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Is Mike Huckabee Culpable?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cop Killers, Religious Right, Mike Huckabee, George W. Bush, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Four police officers are dead because Huckabee (the not-so-covert Reconstructionist) takes every word of the Bible more seriously than the advice of prosecutors and victim rights groups.

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Jason Tolbert, HuckPAC Coordinator, Resigns Citing Clemency Decision

Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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The Arkansas coordinator for Mike Huckabee's political action committee resigned Tuesday in part because the former governor granted clemency to a man...

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Would Mike Huckabee Find Mike Huckabee Disgusting?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Huckabee, Seattle, Huckabee Clemency, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Huckabee Clemmons Clemency, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

Huckabee is disgusted by some in the pundit business -- many on the right -- who are attacking his clemency decision. One wonders if he should also be disgusted by his own pundit remarks following Ted Kennedy's death.

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Sam Stein

Pataki, Pawlenty Grant Huckabee No Favors On Clemency Controversy (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Huckabee Controversy, Pataki Msnbc, Pataki Huckabee, George Pataki, Huckabee Cop Killer, Huckabee Clemency, Huckabee Clemmons, Mike Huckabee, Maurice Clemmons, Politics News

Two possible GOP presidential candidates are using the controversy over Mike Huckabee's granting of clemency to a man suspected of killing four police...

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Huckabee's Clemmons Decision Questioned After Shootings

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predec...

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O'Reilly To Huckabee For Commuting Suspected Cop Killer's Sentence: "It's Not Your Fault, Governor" (VIDEO)

Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

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On Monday night, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee went on BIll O'Reilly's show to discuss the clemency he granted nearly a decade ago to Maurice...

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Conservatives Hammer Huckabee Over Shooting

Politico | Andy Barr | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Maurice Clemmons, Shooting, Mike Huckabee, Mike Huckabee Pardon, Politics News

The conservative blogosphere unleashed a torrent of criticism against Mike Huckabee Monday after a man whose sentence he commuted as Arkansas governor...

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Mike Huckabee's Wikipedia Page Hijacked

The Hill | Jordan Fabian | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's Wikipedia page has been edited to include hostile remarks about his commutation of an individual suspected in the...

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Maurice Clemmons Alive: Police Say Suspect In Ambush That Killed 4 Cops May Be Staying With Relatives

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 12.01.2009 | Home

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SEATTLE — Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends an...

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Mike Huckabee Leaning Against Presidential Run In 2012

AP | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says he's leaning slightly against running for president in 2012 but says it's far too early to ...

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Huckabee Granted Clemency To Maurice Clemmons, Person Of Interest, In Ambush That Killed 4 Cops

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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A man with an extensive criminal past -- whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago by then-Gov. Mike Huckabee-- was b...

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Sam Stein

Dean: Obama Will Win In 2012, 'Going To Do Fine'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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Former DNC Chair Howard Dean urged progressives on Sunday to have patience with President Barack Obama, predicting that the White House would pass com...

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Huckabee Has A Book Tour, Too

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.25.2009 | Books

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Amidst all of the buzz and controversy over Sarah Palin's ongoing book tour, no one seems to have noticed that Mike Huckabee is also on a tour to prom...

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Christian Leaders Scapegoat Gays on Marriage

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slippery Slope, Religious Right, Christian Hypocrisy, Manhattan Declaration, Mike Huckabee, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

In the new, anti-gay "Manhattan Declaration" scores of Christian signatories reveal the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of their obsessive persecution of gay people.

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Huckabee: Palin Has More Experience Than Obama (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with Katie Couric, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said he would "absolutely" vote for Sarah Palin over Barack Obama. In the ...

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Sam Stein

Huckabee Calls Knee-Jerk GOP Attacks On Obama 'Deplorable' And 'Shameful'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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During a relatively unnoticed speech in early November, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said he found it "deplorable" and "shameful" that ...

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Will the GOP Nominate a Climate Change Denier in 2012?

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Haley Barbour, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, Climate Change, 2012 Republican Primary, Dick Cheney, 2012 Presidential Election, Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Republicans, Energy, Politics News
Josh Nelson

Of the early contenders for the Republican nomination, five outright deny or question climate science, while the remaining three are opposed to all meaningful action.

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The Inevitable Fluke That Is Sarah Palin

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Oprah Winfrey, Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Schmidt, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Neo-Confederate, Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, Hugh Hewitt, Charlie Crist, Mike Huckabee, Sean Hannity, Birther, Tim Pawlenty, Joe Lieberman, Manchurian Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Far Right, Tea Party, Creationism, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Chairman Mao, Katie Couric, Media News
William Bradley

Five minutes into yesterday's Oprah extravaganza with Sarah Palin, I messaged Steve Schmidt, John McCain's presidential campaign manager: "So how did you know Bristol was pregnant before it was announced?"

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