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Did Huckabee Peak Too Soon?

So after skating by for months as his star rose among his fellow G.O.P. presidential candidates, Mike Huckabee’s near front-running status has given rise to some digging into his past as we ramp up toward the beginning of election season in January. Last week, the New York Times Magazine did a splendid hatchet job (registration required) on the man, basically ruining any chance he had with voters who read the magazine. Fortunately for Huckabee, Republicans tend to steer clear from the uppity NYTimes, so many may never realize that 15 years ago he suggested that people with AIDS ought to be quarantined — a belief that actually may merit a few more votes from the Christian Conservatives.

But now comes news that Huckabee may have used his power as Governor of Arkansas to hush up an investigation into the torture of a dog by his son. When David Huckabee was 17, he apparently hung the dog from a tree and killed it. This raised all sorts of animosity from animal-rights organizations, which called for an investigation. The police, however, never looked into the allegations, even though David was dismissed from the Boy Scouts for breaking their rule to “be kind.” And David said that he and a friend were merely putting it out of its misery. By hanging it from a tree.

I’m from Arkansas. And I know a lot of dogs that were put out of their misery. And it always involved a shotgun. Never a tree and a noose. But maybe a pastor’s son figured this was the best way to ensure that the dog got to doggie heaven.

Bastard.

Posted by Dustin on December 17, 2007 | Comments (1)