Romney ad hits Huckabee on crime
Mitt Romney is out with another "contrast" TV ad against Mike Huckabee in Iowa, this one on crime.
Like one last week on illegal immigration, the ad first says that both former governors are "pro-life" and support traditional marriage, then raises questions about Huckabee's judgment.
Romney hits Huckabee for overseeing more than 1,000 pardons and commutations in 10-plus years as Arkansas governor, including 12 murderers. In contrast, the announcer says, Romney didn't issue one in his four years as Massachusetts governor.
Asked about Romney's criticism, Huckabee said Sunday on CNN that many of the pardons were to help people who had served their sentences, often for relatively minor crimes, get jobs. "This wasn't like I stood there with a key at the prison door and let people out," Huckabee said. "Background checks kept them from even so much as getting a job emptying the bedpans in a nursing home."
"The real issue is, was I tough on crime? And the statistics prove, yes, I was. And I did my duty, I would do it again."
Huckabee also pointed out that he signed execution warrants, while Romney never did because Massachusetts does not authorize it.
"What he won't tell you is I did something he never did. I actually carried out the death penalty 16 times more than any governor in my state's history."
Romney has faced criticism of his own because a judge he appointed released a Massachusetts man, who had served a sentence for killing his mother, and who after his release allegedly killed a young couple in Washington state.



I think there is something to be said about not being pardon happy like president Clinton was.
Vote Huckabee and you get another liberal Clinton.
christmas is the celebration of the bith of jesus christ and if anyone do not want to celebrate it then don't but remember, each time you give a gift to someone else, you are mimicking the 3 wise men that gave gifts to jesus at his birth and most importantly, you are mimicking the giving factor that God gave his only begotten son to the world. So whether you formally cceleb rate or deny it, each gift given is a reflection of God Giving Christ to the earth as a gift.
I am so proud of Huckabee i do not know what to do. He is a man of principle and he surely just sealed the deal with my vote. He will win and big he will, and while the pundits try to demise him, or his other political rivals try to make him look bad. They may want to look at the mirror at themselves. You got flip flopping mitt, dead fred, pimped out guiliani and no brain mccain. Huckabee is the dure winner and will win big. I can not wait for romney to get out of the race. i bet he will go back to hiring illegals to work in his yard. check more out about him at www.massresistance.org he is the biggest flake since kellogs!
Holy Huck, Holy War, Holy Crap!
During a speech at CBN Huckbee lists his theology degree as a qualification for The Presidency. There are two problems with this. First, he does not have a theology degree and thus lied. His justification of this lie is as follows: “I have a bachelor of arts in religion... And then I have 46 hours on a master's degree at Southwestern Theology Seminary… three years of study of New Testament Greek, and then the rest of it, all in Seminary was theological studies, but my degree was actually in religion." This leads to the second problem, Huckbee thinks he is running for pasture and chief with a better understanding of the holy war in the Middle East. In the same speech he said “I'm stronger than most people because I truly understand the nature of the war that we are in with Islamofascism. These are people that want to kill us. It's a theocratic war. And I don't know if anybody fully understands that.” So if any of my readers ever thought that the Middle East was a complex conflict of social, economic, and ideological issues, you were wrong. It’s purely a holy war, Huck says so and he knows better then most (sarcasm).
I must admit that I too believe that Islamofascism is at the heart of the conflict, but I would never misjudge the situation as that simple. But I guess with an illustrious degree from Southwestern Theology Seminary under your belt, you can forego critical thought and analysis.
If you feared that we had a holy war on our hands, wait until this guy gets into office. Not to mention that many Evangelicals what to galvanize the Middle East in order to expedite the second coming of Christ.
I have never voted for a democrat in my life, but if this guy gets the nomination over Mitt I will be ethically bound to vote for Obama/Hilary. Join team TrustMitt today by sending me your email address, and together we will let the Republican Party know that we are not going to stand for this.
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Huckabee's got about another 7-10 days until he wipes off that 15-minute-of-fame Howard Dean/Fred Thompson FAD wave.
I don't necessarily like 'contrast' ads, but in this case it is justified. Iowans think Huckabee is more conservative than he is -- and that needs to come out over the next couple of weeks. The other issue I have with Huckabee is that he cannot win in a general election. He doesn't have the intellect, staff, money or resources to be successful against Clinton's big political machine. Romney and Giuliani are the only two viable candidates from the Republican side. I align myself with the more conservative, Romney.
Anyone interested in what Huckabee is really like face to face should try this funny (but it actually happened) column:
http://goupstate.us/index.php/lanefiller/2007/11/02/title_14
Quote: "He doesn't have the intellect, staff, money or resources to be successful against Clinton's big political machine. Romney and Giuliani are the only two viable candidates from the Republican side. I align myself with the more conservative, Romney."
Romney is not going to be trusted by most Christians because of his past rather than his religion. Gov. Huckabee is the real deal to the moral majority. Who needs resources when you got the vote!
What does Huckabee and Jesse Jackson both have in common? A lot more then being ordained Batpists!
Lane, how many times are you going to post that stupid link. Anyone who wants to know what the huckster is REALLY like simply needs to look at his record in Arkansas. Tax Hikes, taxpayer funded perks for illegals (surprise surprise they have one of the fastest growing illegal populations.) 6 ethics violations, and over 1 thousand paroles and commutations. The man is a pro-gun, pro-life liberal that will get killed in the general election.
TrustMitt has a point about the middle east conflict being much more than a "Holy War" but to suggest that Huckabee's sole position on the conflict is theological is simply untrue nor is his position that "simple". It seems to me that TrustMitt's post is aimed at diminishing Mike's intellect by questioning his education and part of his perspective on the middle east conflict. Mitt is a strong family values canidate like Mike but lets not forget that the overwhelming majority of Americans are Christians who believe in Jesus Christ of the bible and not the jesus christ that Mitt proclaims as his savior. Mike is pandering to the Christian majority.
Furthermore Christians do not believe they can "expedite" the second coming of Christ as TrustMitt suggests. I think you have Christians confused with Muslims like the Iranian president who personally believes he can speed up the coming of a particular Muslim prophet written about in the Koran. As it relates to the Iranian leader this is a Holy War becasue he believes it is one. Look it up!
I have finally climbed aboard the Mitt Romney train. It took me a while to fully commit, but the tipping point came as Mike Huckabee's flash in the pan shed light on his lack of character and character judgement. I really don't care what he obtained his degree in or his religious/spiritual background. I care that he seems to be a Clinton in Republican clothing. Pardons galore. Lack of foreign policy understanding. Personal attacks. Insincerity. Good old boy attitude. These are all Clinton traits. What more will we learn as Mike falls out of the frying pan and into the fire.
I am getting tired of Mtt Romney's negative ads. He spent more than 10x $$$ in campaign yet is loosing the race. How can I see him in the White House with all the tax payers $$? By the way, social conservatives, can you trust Romey's "change of hearts"?
The only thing Huckabee wants you to think is that he is some how qualified to be president because he used to be a baptist minister and a so called true "Christian Leader". Answer me this;
*Would a true christian leader grant 1,033 pardons and commutations, including 12 convicted murderers?
*Would a true christian steal over $70,000 worth of furniture from the Arkansas governers mansion?
NO! Huckabee is a fraud that advertises his religion because where it matters, his record, he's got nothing! Huckabee is a wolf in sheep's clothing!
Zero pardons or commutations. I think Mitt Romney must misunderstand the purpose of a criminal justice system. Gov. Romney said it best that in his view the purpose of the system is judgement instead of justice. The purpose of a criminal justice system is not revenge but decreasing crime and rehabilitating law breakers. From this ad and Gov. Huckabee's statements, he has accomplished both purposes.
All the bashing by the media and all the negative ads in the world will not change the fact that Mike Huckabee remains easily the most intelligent, resourceful, and principled man in either party to be running for President. That is why the people of thiscountry will elect him their next President.
Let's see, the USA is telling Iraq that they can't have an imam (Islamic priest) as their political leader but it is OK for the USA to have a Baptist minister as their president.
I'm sure that will go over big.
These attack ads are starting to become humorous. Mitt Romney's best days are behind him.
First, his argument that he and Gov. Huckabee are equally prolife and for traditional marriage is the political stretch of the year.
Second, Romney's boast that he never pardoned a criminal is not a positive because it shows that as the leading state executive he did not seriously review the cases before him. Yes, Gov. Huckabee did pardon some petitioners, but overall, Governor Huckabee denied 88 percent of the applications.
Last, Romney's get tough on meth was a five year prison sentence. Gov. Huckabee's reduced penalty was that meth manufacturers could become parole eligible after serving 50% of their sentance versus 70%. Even then, meth manufactuers were serving 10 year sentences in Arkansas.
So, if you are meth manufacturer in Arkansas you get 10 years. With Romney, they get five years. I think he might want to rethink his ad.
These attack ads are starting to become humorous. Mitt Romney's best days are behind him.
First, his argument that he and Gov. Huckabee are equally prolife and for traditional marriage is the political stretch of the year.
Second, Romney's boast that he never pardoned a criminal is not a positive because it shows that as the leading state executive he did not seriously review the cases before him. Yes, Gov. Huckabee did pardon some petitioners, but overall, Governor Huckabee denied 88 percent of the applications.
Last, Romney's get tough on meth was a five year prison sentence. Gov. Huckabee's reduced penalty was that meth manufacturers could become parole eligible after serving 50% of their sentance versus 70%. Even then, meth manufactuers were serving 10 year sentences in Arkansas.
So, if you are meth manufacturer in Arkansas you get 10 years. With Romney, they get five years. I think he might want to rethink his ad.
So Joe, Huckabee denied 88% of the criminals asking for pardons?
He only let 12% go free? including 12 murderers.
Now that's a guy you can trust?
If a released murderer or rapist commits murder after being pardoned...whoever released him has blood stains on his hands.
I would say that this contrast ad is fair, but let’s be fair about Romney too…
Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans, has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced, instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who have supported expanded same-sex rights
-- Boston Globe 7/25/2005
During most of Romney's term in office, there existed an agency called the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. It was established before Romney came to power but it existed throughout his tenure. Even though he had legal control over this entity and the Commissioners served at his pleasure, he never dissolved the Commission, nor attempted to dictate who its members were, nor even restricted how it used its funding.
The Governor's Commission was perhaps the largest government-sanctioned promoter of the homosexual agenda to children in the United States. This entity spent millions of state tax dollars promoting the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender (GLBT) radicalism in Massachusetts schools by inundating them with GLBT speakers, presentations, films, books, parades, dances, posters, handouts, and help establishing GLBT clubs on campus.
Romney proposed allocating $250,000 for the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth for fiscal year 2006, twice what he proposed for FY05.
- Bay Windows 3/3/2005
In 2004, Romney issued an official state proclamation celebrating "Gay Youth Pride Day" even though there was no legal reason requiring him to do this. The proclamation proudly touted "landmark" gay rights legislation in Massachusetts and boasted of supporting "the Commonwealth's gay and lesbian youth through school-based and educational programs."
It is fair to contrast Huckabee’s recent statements with his record, but we must be prudent to do the same with Mitt Romney.
Here's another contest Huckabee wins.
Number of times fined for ethical violations,
Mitt Romney: Zero.
Mike Huckabee: Six.
Huckabee is all lip service and no action. He “sounds good” in the debate, but the more that I learn of this guy the less I like him. I mean here is a guy who gave out over 1000 commutations and pardons—that is more than double the three previous Arkansas Governor’s gave out combined. He rose over $500 million in taxes. He also supported college tuition breaks for illegal immigrants. All of this while Governor of Arkansas. Trust me, though he “sounds good” with his witty one-liners and smooth talk to stir the emotions…Huckabee is not the guy for the GOP.
http://www.arkansasleader.com/frontstories/st_07_21_04/huckabee5.html
Why parole a monster like Green
____Gov. Huckabee probably never read the confession of a demented killer named Glen Green before he made the monster eligible for parole.
___ Green's confession is so depraved, its sadistic details so scary that no sane, responsible adult would consider him for parole.
___ If the governor didn't read the confession, he is guilty of dereliction of duty.
Huckabee's dubious achievement
Governor sets record for clemencies
____Gov. Huckabee is on a roll: He has freed more convicts than all of his recent predecessors combined – more than 10 times as many as Gov. Clinton during a 10-year period from 1983 to 1992.
http://www.arkansasleader.com/fronts...huckabee4.html
Governor goes own way on pardons
___Prosecutors across Arkansas have had their differences with Gov. Huckabee's generous pardons policy, but what bothers them the most is Huckabee's superior attitude when they dare to object.
http://www.arkansasleader.com/fronts...huckabee3.html
Romney is a seasoned and accomplished flip-flopper.
During his campaign for Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney promised judicial reform for Massachusetts. The reality is he left the system more broken than it was before his term in office. Judge Tuttman is not an isolated incident. Governor Romney also nominated and pushed for the confirmation of Judge Mitchel J. Sikora to the Massachusetts Court of Appeals. When Romney did this, he was made personally aware by me that Judge Sikora had a track record of "outrageous" leniency toward violent criminals. By way of example only, prior to the judicial confirmation hearing, members of the public made Governor Romney personally aware that Judge Sikora had:
„h Acquitted the man who killed Jacqueline O' Donald finding that, giving her the date-rape drug GBL was not "reckless or wanton" enough to sustain the charge of manslaughter because Dolan "did not know the drug was dangerous to the point of grave bodily harm." (See Boston Globe article dated December 31, 2003, "Plymouth Man, 34 Cleared in Death")
„h Released a rapist from the Treatment Center for the Sexually Dangerous in Bridgewater, over the strenuous objections of the Department of Corrections. Governor Cellucci called Sikora's decision "outrageous." Shortly after Judge Sikora released him, the rapist/pedophile was arrested for stalking girls with a rope, rock, and knife in his car, - his weapons of choice. (See Boston Herald article dated March 12, 1999, "Freed Mass. Rapist Arrested in UConn Stalking Incidents")
„h Conducted Monty-Python type trials complete with jurors dressed in Halloween costumes. (See Boston Herald article dated October 31, 2004, "Judges Trick No Treat for Litigants")
The above are merely a few examples of the abhorrent behavior of Judge Mitchel Sikora. The public documents that Judge Sikora was untruthful during his confirmation hearing. In spite of his personal knowledge all that kind of record, Governor Romney elevated Judge Sikora to a higher court. If Romney becomes president of America, we will see a callous disregard for the quality of the federal judicial appointments and the protection of the public.
Stefano Picciotto
(978) 741-0218
I can't believe what I am hearing from Huckabee supporters. Cute Christmas cards are supposed to prevent the coming recession?
SCARY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY #26:
Huckabee and Guiliani have nothing for the economy compared with Romney's business and economic acumen. Will you still be complaining about Romney's faith when they lay you off and foreclose your home? Get real, and don't get me started about Huckabee as a foreign policy disaster. Huckabee and Ahmadinejad sitting across at a table???? That's classic, what a nightmare.
Take all of the t-shirts mocking Bush you see at the mall and insert Huckabee's face. That's what college kids may be wearing until 2012. Bush haters are going to FEAST on Huckabee, what a goober...there's a good image for the Republican stigma. Are you kidding me??
Why don't we all vote for an inferior candidate merely because he's not LDS. Evangelicals are going to ruin this nation!!
I can't believe what I am hearing from Huckabee supporters. Cute Christmas cards are supposed to prevent the coming recession?
SCARY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY #26:
Huckabee and Guiliani have nothing for the economy compared with Romney's business and economic acumen. Will you still be complaining about Romney's faith when they lay you off and foreclose your home? Get real, and don't get me started about Huckabee as a foreign policy disaster. Huckabee and Ahmadinejad sitting across at a table???? That's classic, what a nightmare.
Take all of the t-shirts mocking Bush you see at the mall and insert Huckabee's face. That's what college kids may be wearing until 2012. Bush haters are going to FEAST on Huckabee, what a goober...there's a good image for the Republican stigma. Are you kidding me??
Why don't we all vote for an inferior candidate merely because he's not LDS. Evangelicals are going to ruin this nation!!
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