Most of these spared little thought for the families, and jumped right into the band-wagon in denouncing Huck as soft on crime, and a friend to criminals, or a bleeding heart Christian. (Funny how the mainstream always accuses Christians of not having a heart.)

All that being said, these Conservative pundits are wrong on the material substance in linking the two and if they continue to do so it says more about their own character than that of the former Governor.

Yes Gov. Huckabee commuted a 100+ year sentence for a person who was a minor when he committed a series of burglaries. He commuted it all the way down to 40 years.

But let’s get some facts straight:
1. That commutation did not pardon, declare innocent or acquit Clemmons of his wrong doing.
2. Clemmons remained on parole following his commutation and when he violated that parole he was brought in for those crimes. (At this point in time, Huckabee’s involvement with Clemmons was over.)
3. It was prosecutorial malfeasance that THEN allowed Clemmons to walk free, NOT a Huckabee commutation.
4. Sometime after that incident Clemmons moves to Washington State, and by all signs possible, lives the life of a model citizen.
5. After that 5-6 year stretch of time Clemmons begins to have skirmishes with Washington State authorities.
6. In Washington State there is a 3 strike law. Which means that when accumulating serious offenses in that state, the third time will incur automatic sentencing that can not be altered.
7. The child-rape Clemmons was most recently charged with was considered his 3rd strike IN WASHINGTON.

While putting together a brief history of Clemmons rap sheet here’s how one journalist described it:

Maurice Clemmons, 37, drifted in and out of the Pierce County Jail four times this year, most recently Tuesday, when he bailed out pending a trial on charges of third-degree assault, malicious mischief and second-degree child rape.

The victim in the rape case was a female relative.

Clemmons has a long history of violent offenses, including crimes against police officers in Arkansas and Pierce County, according to public records and news accounts.

Clemmons has not been arrested or charged in the Lakewood police officers’ deaths. Sheriff’s deputies say he was seen in the area of the shootings Sunday morning. His last known address is about two miles from the scene – a five-minute drive.

Those factors, coupled with his record of scuffles with police, led investigators to hunt for him.

Court records show Clemmons began acting strangely in May, when the incidents related to local charges against him took place. Family members told police about his strange behavior.

“He reportedly thinks he can fly away and at one point was found in the backyard jumping,” a sheriff’s report states. “He says that he is the Messiah and he is going to save the world. He talks about President Obama coming to confirm that he is the Messiah in the flesh.”

The assault charge stemmed from a May 9 incident in the 13100 block of 12th Avenue South.

The report said Clemmons and two associates were breaking car windows along a street. Court records say a Pierce County deputy arrived and tried to arrest the two accomplices, who fought back.

During the struggle, Clemmons emerged from a house and joined in the fight, punching the deputy in the face. A second deputy arrived, and the three men were arrested.

Jail records indicate Clemmons bailed out of jail May 11. He was charged with multiple counts of third-degree assault and malicious mischief. A subsequent investigation revealed the child-rape allegations; in July they became criminal charges.

Clemmons was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation in November. He was ruled competent to stand trial on the charges.

At the same time, a court ruling noted that the child-rape charge would be treated as a possible third strike under Washington sentencing laws. That meant Clemmons, if convicted, might spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. His trial is set to start in January.

For Conservatives to implicate Huckabee in the deaths of these officers is shameful. But its worse than that… it’s dishonest.

Dishonesty has no place in conservative politics. It’s what we expect of liberals. Gov. Huckabee is a nice target for many in the conservative world because their guy didn’t win in 2008. But the guy that came the closest to grabbing it behind the nominee that ultimately DID win… is leading all polls at the moment for the Republican nomination, and the elitists-smarter-than-everyone-else-in-the-room crowd in the Conservative world is all too eager to malign a good man.

It is wrong and it should stop.

It’s what we expect of Keith Olberman… SO STOP IT!

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