4 Cops gunned down in Washington coffee shop

[Neil]

Huckabee might just be the best person in American politics right now.

[Caliga]

Well, that's why I'd never vote for Huckabee no matter what nor who he is running against.  Ministers/former ministers should not be allowed anywhere near public office.

[DontSayBanana]

Huckabee might just be the best person in American politics right now.

In the future, Seedy will get offended.  You will each choose 18-year-old female champions, and the matter will be settled through Jello wrestling by proxy.

[DGuller]

An interesting article on Huckabee's pardons gone wild:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/12/02/huckabee_and_god_and_clemmons/index.html

Sounds like Huckabee got unlucky with making the right decision for the wrong reasons.

[Eddie Teach]

Herzfeld sounds an awful lot like some of our moaning Languishites, and Huckabee a lot like some of the quicker-witted ones.. and it is the quicker-witted ones that make this place worth coming back to.

Unfortunately, neither set could survive high level political scrutiny.

[grumbler]

An interesting article on Huckabee's pardons gone wild:

This article told me a lot more about Gene Lyons quotemining gone wild than it did about Huckabee's pardons gone wild.  Lyons is shown to be a confirmed hack, while Huckabee is just a suspected one.

[grumbler]

Unfortunately, neither set could survive high level political scrutiny.

No one can.  If you are going to fail, though, fail for being witty rather than for being pompous.

[alfred russel]

An interesting article on Huckabee's pardons gone wild:

This article told me a lot more about Gene Lyons quotemining gone wild than it did about Huckabee's pardons gone wild.  Lyons is shown to be a confirmed hack, while Huckabee is just a suspected one.

Did you miss the recent presidential campaign where Huckabee ran on intelligent design and eliminating the income tax and the estate tax? It's confirmed.

[Eddie Teach]

Unfortunately, neither set could survive high level political scrutiny.

No one can.  If you are going to fail, though, fail for being witty rather than for being pompous.

Obama seems to have managed. So maybe I was wrong. As much as we flatter ourselves otherwise, association with Languish isn't as damaging as videotape of your pastor saying "God damn America!"

[The Minsky Moment]

I personally love it.  The Country Attorney is obviously a twit (talking about his "standing objection to clemency requests" and suggesting that the governor clear all such requests through him, the local prosecutor) who deserved the scorn he got.

QFT - I can't believe a prosecutor would write a letter like that to his state's governor. The guy has no business in being in such a position of responsibility and discretion.  If that is the kind of person explaining to the state board why clemency should be denied, it is no wonder it was granted.

[Scipio]

I personally love it.  The Country Attorney is obviously a twit (talking about his "standing objection to clemency requests" and suggesting that the governor clear all such requests through him, the local prosecutor) who deserved the scorn he got.

QFT - I can't believe a prosecutor would write a letter like that to his state's governor. The guy has no business in being in such a position of responsibility and discretion.  If that is the kind of person explaining to the state board why clemency should be denied, it is no wonder it was granted.

Huckabee's legal advisor's response was incomprehensible, inasmuch as it suffered in the English language department.

[Barrister]

I personally love it.  The Country Attorney is obviously a twit (talking about his "standing objection to clemency requests" and suggesting that the governor clear all such requests through him, the local prosecutor) who deserved the scorn he got.

QFT - I can't believe a prosecutor would write a letter like that to his state's governor. The guy has no business in being in such a position of responsibility and discretion.  If that is the kind of person explaining to the state board why clemency should be denied, it is no wonder it was granted.

Absolutely.  Maybe this is explained by the prosecutor being elected himself, but I would never, ever right such a letter to a politician.  I work for them, not the other way around.

[Fate]

An interesting article on Huckabee's pardons gone wild:

This article told me a lot more about Gene Lyons quotemining gone wild than it did about Huckabee's pardons gone wild.  Lyons is shown to be a confirmed hack, while Huckabee is just a suspected one.

Did you miss the recent presidential campaign where Huckabee ran on intelligent design and eliminating the income tax and the estate tax? It's confirmed.

Grumbler misses a lot.

[Razgovory]

Well, that's why I'd never vote for Huckabee no matter what nor who he is running against.  Ministers/former ministers should not be allowed anywhere near public office.

Good thing you don't live in Britain.  Their all ministers or something.

[CountDeMoney]

Convicted in 1985 of raping a Forrest City cheerleader at knifepoint,

Hawt.

forcing 11- and 12-year-old relatives to strip naked and fondle him while he pronounced that he was Jesus.

Nawt as hawt.  Unless you're a certain Euroweenie.  But I doubt he'd pronounce himself Jesus.