Way to go, Huckabee

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

Huckabee is a strange guy to me. He has political/social positions I abhor, but he seems so damn nice!!!!

He *IS* a nice guy.

Don't get me wrong; I've never been a supporter of his. However, I HAVE met the man on several occassions during dinners at the Arkansas Gov. Mansion several years back, and the man is about as geniune as can be. I just think his policies are often rooted in a hopeless naivete.

Frankly, I find him (even to this day) to be an incredibly likeable individual, despite our policy disagreements - not really a "wolf in sheep's clothing", as it were.

Furthermore, I find his unfortunate, misguided actions regarding Clemmons to be a sad reminder to us all that we should not overestimate ANY individual's capacity for rehabilitation, despite our best wishes to the contrary. It's a sad, albeit timely, reminder in the wake of current controversies surrounding the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. While the situations are surely not parallel, the remifications could very well be, and this kind of tragedy serves to put the politicians on notice - if you gamble on the side of the bad guy and you lose, the consequences can be severe.