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There is no need to tiptoe gingerly around this topic: Maurice Clemmons, who was shot and killed as authorities tried to apprehend him for the shooting deaths of four Washington police officers -- is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's Willie Horton.
Horton, you might recall, is the convicted killer who raped a woman while wrongly released as part of a prison furlough program supported by former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis -- thus helping to torpedo the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee's bid for the White House. The Clemmons story likewise should kill any chance of Huckabee winning, should he run in...
Huckabee Handed Out Pardons Like Candy
I don't believe Huckabee is soft-headed (based on what I know, he was a good governor overall and I really liked the positions he laid out in his campaign speeches) but he apparently has a soft spot in his head for violent criminals (including guys who have raped women) who claim to have repented.