Will the Ghost of the Dog Huckabee's Son Tortured Come Back to Bite Him in the Ass?

The title alone 'barked' at me.

http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/72503/

Will the Ghost of the Dog Huckabee's Son Tortured Come Back to Bite Him in the Ass?

Posted by Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! at 1:07 PM on January 3, 2008.

I have two words for the Huckabee defenders: Michael Vick.

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"Research shows that if animal abusers are not appropriately penalized for their actions," wrote lawyer Pamela D. Frasch, director of the ALDF's anti-cruelty division, to the Boy Scouts of America national office, "they most likely will continue to commit abusive crimes in the future." The Boy Scouts national office apparently did squat about this. David Huckabee later made Eagle Scout.

The director of the Arkansas State Police at the time, John Bailey, told Newsweek he started to look into it, but that Huckabee's chief of staff and personal attorney "leaned on" him to drop the matter. He refused. A few months later, Huckabee fired him. The former FBI chief in Little Rock, one I.C. Smith, corroborates the state police executive's version. He told Newsweek Huckabee "without question, was making a conscious attempt to keep the state police from investigating his son."

Huckabee's response to all this is less than convincing. Again using CNN's "Larry King Show" as a forum, he said "categorically, that is absolutely not true. I never used my influence."

He told Newsweek the dog was "absolutely, I guess, emaciated" and tried to portray his son's actions as one big misunderstanding and either a mercy killing or almost a matter of self-defense. On CNN he said, "There was a dog that came in. It was mangy. It looked like it was going to attack. He was a staffer at the camp. They put the dog down. They didn't do a good job of talking to the leaders... there was no criminal activity."

The immensely influential Humane Society Legislative Fund-- now investigating the matter-- says that's because Arkansas is one of the most backward states when it comes to animal cruelty law and that progressive state legislators there were thwarted by Huckabee himself in several attempts to upgrade the state's vague anti-cruelty laws from a misdemeanor to a felony offense. Arkansas is now only one of seven states that consider deliberate, malicious acts to animals a misdemeanor offense. While 29 of those 43 felony cruelty laws (including Iowa's and New Hampshire's) have been passed in the last enlightened decade, says HSLF, "Huckabee and Arkansas did nothing. ... All that came from Huckabee during the ballot campaign was a deafening silence."

I agree with the Humane Society when it opines that "any indication of a family tolerance for malicious animal cruelty sets off alarm bells-- cruelty is a sign of an empathic disconnect and is often an indicator of broader violent tendencies." Eight months ago, David Huckabee was arrested for carrying a loaded .40-caliber Glock pistol through boarding security at the Little Rock airport. He paid a fine and said he forgot to remove it from his carry-on luggage. If you check the blogs on this sordid little subject of a dog-hanging, you'll find many scoffers who contend this won't hurt

Huckabee's chances at all, despite the newly powerful prominence of animal rights groups and their lobbyists and their take-to-the-streets demonstrating members. Oh really? I have two words for the Huckabee defenders: Michael Vick.

is confused and bites Mitwit first, then comes back to bite Huckabilly. They both deserve to get bite by dogs.

Mz Pip
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so we've already had a psychopath for president.

Guess that worked out pretty well for us, huh?

The one he boxed-in on top of his family car's roof for a 6-hour trip, stopping only to hose the dog down, and then continuing the long trip with the dog soaking wet.

The Dems have locked up the dog vote.

but i doubt it will

It reminds that Vick got sent to jail for torturing dogs but no one in our Government has yet been sent to jail for torturing humans. Does that mean it is worse to torture a dog than a human?

because, so far, he is likeable enough to most rethugs that he'll probably get it. I'd rather Romney get it, because there is no way most thinking voters will pull the lever for that robot over EDWARDS or others!

Well, that settles that.

I guess.

Just askin.

Huckelberry is a dumb ass piece a shit hillbilly and I can't imagine Chelsea hanging a dog and slitting its throat but still, the laws were just as bad when he was the guv.

into serious therapy. Also compassion training begins at home. So this is a reflection on Huck. Bush is the product of Barb and absent hubby....look how that monster turned out.