Why Did Mike Huckabee Destroy All His Governorship Records?

Hard drives physically destroyed
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GOP presidential hopeful (and religious fanatic) Mike Huckabee, the current frontrunner by many estimates, has a little problem with being transparent about his political activities.

The problem is that he ordered all records from his 12-year governorship of Arkansas physically destroyed.

Send a public records request seeking documents from his 12-year stint as Arkansas governor, as Mother Jones did recently, and an eyebrow-raising reply will come back: The records are unavailable, and the computer hard drives that once contained them were erased and physically destroyed by the Huckabee administration as the governor prepared to leave office and launch a presidential bid.

In 2007, during Huckabee’s campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, the issue of the eradicated hard drives surfaced briefly, but it was never fully examined, and key questions remain. Why had Huckabee gone to such great lengths to wipe out his own records? What ever happened to a backup collection that was provided to a Huckabee aide?

And that isn’t all. Huckabee has also destroyed the records from his 12 years as a Southern Baptist minister, and blocked access to videotapes of his sermons.

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156 comments
1 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:47:23pm

“We know little about Obama Huckabee.”

2 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:48:15pm

If he can’t provide the records to my satisfaction, I will be forced to believe he was a socialist Muslim from Kenya for that whole time span.

3 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:48:40pm

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

If he can’t provide the records to my satisfaction, I will be forced to believe he was a socialist Muslim from Kenya for that whole time span.

Not just that but anti-imperialist too :).

4 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:49:57pm

re: #3 HappyWarrior

Not just that but anti-imperialist too :).

He has no proof that he and Bill Ayers didn’t meet to set up this whole Obama business.

5 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:50:54pm

re: #4 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He has no proof that he and Bill Ayers didn’t meet to set up this whole Obama business.

Bill Ayers co-wrote Huckabee’s autobiography and cooked the possums in the popcorn popper.

6 sirschnapps  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:52:07pm

Probably just exorcising some gay witches. nothing to see here……

7 sod  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:53:01pm

I think he should have all recordings of his TV show and radio reports destroyed also. I can’t stand listening to the guy.

8 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:54:04pm

Physically destroyed? Physically destroyed?

That’s the kind of thing you do when there is a there there.

Odd.

9 The Mountain That Blogs  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:54:55pm

He’s hiding the fact that he wasn’t born in the US

10 tigger2005  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:57:04pm

Is he ashamed of his record? Ashamed of his ministry? Ashamed of his sermons? Does he think if this information became more widely known, it would kill his chances at the Presidency? Doesn’t he realize that by wiping the slate clean, he’s given people carte blanche to fill in the blanks with anything their imaginations can dream up?

11 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:57:20pm
In January 2007, Parsons requested “a copy of all information” on the Huckabee administration’s computers the day he left office. Beebe’s office provided Parsons with a January 9 memo addressed to Huckabee from the Arkansas Department of Information Systems, reporting that all of the gubernatorial hard drives had been “crushed under the supervision of a designee of [Huckabee’s] office.” That is, a Huckabee aide had made sure all this information was destroyed.

The memo included another tantalizing piece of information: The information stored on the drives had been saved on a backup, which was handed over to Huckabee’s then-chief of staff, Brenda Turner. The history of the Huckabee administration, then, was locked away, under the watchful eye of a former aide. What did she do with this information? Where is it now? Turner, who now runs the PR shop for a Arkansas-based purveyor of Christian-themed greeting cards, did not respond to repeated requests for comment. (Contacted via his political action committee, Huckabee didn’t respond to questions about his records.)

/raises one eyebrow

12 _remembertonyc  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:57:27pm

too bad he wasn’t able to destroy this …

[Link: www.flickr.com…]

13 brownbagj  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:57:27pm

He was the fifth Beatle - making him a commie by association.

14 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 2:58:15pm

re: #10 tigger2005

Is he ashamed of his record? Ashamed of his ministry? Ashamed of his sermons? Does he think if this information became more widely known, it would kill his chances at the Presidency? Doesn’t he realize that by wiping the slate clean, he’s given people carte blanche to fill in the blanks with anything their imaginations can dream up?

Like the time he and Charlie Sheen took that 3 week tour of Thai ladyboy brothels?

15 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:01:09pm

re: #12 _remembertonyc

too bad he wasn’t able to destroy this …

[Link: www.flickr.com…]

Now, how did I know you were going to post that?

16 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:02:00pm

Reasons he destroyed the records:

His executive order that Squirrel be on the state house cafeteria.

His habit of emailing dirty limericks to staffers.

Yeah, actually he was trying to figure out how to ban books.

His spelling and grammar suck.

He was using public funds for private things.

He was using public resources to cover up the time his sons TP’d the state house.

He learned from Nixon.

17 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:03:20pm

Wonder why he did this now rather in 2008.

18 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:03:33pm

re: #16 EmmmieG

Reasons he destroyed the records:

His executive order that Squirrel be on the state house cafeteria.

His habit of emailing dirty limericks to staffers.

Yeah, actually he was trying to figure out how to ban books.

His spelling and grammar suck.

He was using public funds for private things.

He was using public resources to cover up the time his sons TP’d the state house.

He learned from Nixon.

The emails detailing how as long as a convicted felon said he was born again, he would grant them a parole at the drop of a hat.

19 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:03:47pm

Where’s his long form birth certificate (whatever the hell that is)?

20 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:04:02pm

re: #17 HappyWarrior

Wonder why he did this now rather in 2008.

This was first reported in 2007, but has become an issue again.

21 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:05:00pm

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

This was first reported in 2007, but has become an issue again.

Oh my bad. Hmmmm then.

22 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:06:08pm

re: #19 Shiplord Kirel

Where’s his long form birth certificate (whatever the hell that is)?

Kenya.

23 jaunte  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:06:47pm

Wouldn’t those records be public property, belonging to the citizens of Arkansas?

24 Renaissance_Man  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:08:05pm

That sound you hear is the endless harping of the liberal, state-run, Democrat media on this story, just another in their long list of falsified attacks on Conservatives.

25 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:09:35pm

He’s such a politician’s politician. Even if he isn’t trying to erase any specific event, he knows what past statements can do to a political prostitute like himself. Stuff that may have sounded great to his constituents in Arkansas might not fly for someone hoping to be president.

26 _RememberTonyC  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:10:06pm

re: #15 HappyWarrior

Now, how did I know you were going to post that?

am i that predictable?

27 jaunte  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:11:40pm
Huckabee has also destroyed the records from his 12 years as a Southern Baptist minister, and blocked access to videotapes of his sermons.


Put those on the list of things we won’t be forced to listen to at gunpoint.

28 brownbagj  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:12:42pm

re: #26 _RememberTonyC

I knew you’d ask that.

/

29 lostlakehiker  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:13:50pm

The reason is obvious. The man has boatloads of bad decisions to hide. And maybe some crimes, but we don’t need to know about those to know enough.

Happily for us, some of his really bad decisions are out there, beyond reach of hiding.

He pardoned murderers who went on to kill again, and he pardoned them because, (in the most generous possible interpretation) he fell for their phony remorse and embrace of Christianity.

This, alone, if we grant the charitable interpretation, disqualifies him for the presidency. If he can’t read character any better than that, every scoundrel in his way will have him jumping through hoops in the vain hope that after that jumping, said scoundrel will have experienced a change of heart.

30 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:14:01pm

re: #26 _RememberTonyC

am i that predictable?

Nah, it’s not you, it’s that image. It reminds me of old time salesmen urging you “to step right up and see the amazing ….”

31 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:14:29pm

re: #22 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Kenya.

Maybe the Mau-Mau ate it?

32 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:15:32pm

Poor Huckabee…he just hasn’t been the same since Jesus drove him from the temple.

33 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:16:28pm

It might have included his plans to pardon even more rapists and murderers once they learned to recite the right Bible verses.

34 elisabeth  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:16:30pm

re: #24 Renaissance_Man

That sound you hear should be Republican voters asking themselves what he’s hiding. Or, Democrats telling themselves that any transparency questions re: Obama’s background just became moot.

35 _RememberTonyC  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:17:18pm

re: #30 HappyWarrior

Nah, it’s not you, it’s that image. It reminds me of old time salesmen urging you “to step right up and see the amazing …”

it made me think of “lipstick on a pig” or something along those lines … but think of all the poor, innocent polyesters that had to die to make those shirts

36 [deleted]  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:17:43pm
37 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:18:15pm

If it included his secret squirrel chili recipe, we are all better off.

38 Varek Raith  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:18:17pm

re: #36 MikeySDCA

He’s hiding the fact that he wasn’t born in the Solar System.

Is that a crime now?
;)

39 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:18:24pm

And Huckabee goes for the deflection;


At issue are gubernatorial hard drives that were wiped clean. The magazine suggests a sinister motive. But Huckabee says everything was done on the up-and-up. “Those hard drives were removed and replaced at a cost of just over $13,000 which our office paid for out of our transition budget so there would be no cost incurred by the incoming administration. Reports that the state spent over $350,000 on new computers were solely because the new governor wanted all new equipment, even though the existing hardware was operable and modern. That decision had nothing to do with my administration and amazingly was never questioned or investigated by the ‘in the tank’ Capitol press corps,” he says.

“Sure, I erased every possible piece of evidence and record that they contained, but hey, I bought new clean ones, so we’re good, right?”

40 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:21:52pm

re: #31 Shiplord Kirel

Maybe the Mau-Mau ate it?

We could ask him about the Tonton Macoute, but he would just say it was that thing Luke rode on at the beginning of Empire Strikes Back.

41 Four More Tears  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:23:26pm

The following is not an Onion story:

Apple releases iAd Gallery app: all ads, all the time

42 Varek Raith  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:24:31pm

re: #41 JasonA

The following is not an Onion story:

Apple releases iAd Gallery app: all ads, all the time

Eeevil bastards.
/

43 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:24:40pm

re: #39 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And Huckabee goes for the deflection;


“Sure, I erased every possible piece of evidence and record that they contained, but hey, I bought new clean ones, so we’re good, right?”

When you throw away a computer, do you wipe it clean?

Actually, we do. We are destroying our personal financial records, which are on the drive. It’s the equivalent of shredding paper. I vaguely remember my husband doing something to physically destroy the memory. Can’t remember exactly what.

However, I would think that these records on state-owned computers would a. not contain any information would be personal and private like that and b. protected by law?

Why was this legal?

44 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:24:58pm

re: #39 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And Huckabee goes for the deflection;

“Sure, I erased every possible piece of evidence and record that they contained, but hey, I bought new clean ones, so we’re good, right?”

So not only did he destroy records, he wasted taxpayer money doing it.

45 Amory Blaine  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:25:03pm

You don’t need to see his identification.

These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

46 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:26:32pm

Arkansas state laws apparently allow Governors to take and dispose of any records about their Governorship when they leave office.

47 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:26:54pm

re: #43 EmmmieG

However, I would think that these records on state-owned computers would a. not contain any information would be personal and private like that and b. protected by law?

Why was this legal?

The $64,000, it is. Get away with, a Democrat could not.

48 wrenchwench  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:27:30pm

From the link at the top:

Despite the opacity surrounding Huckabee’s political and pastoral record, he has at times fashioned himself as a staunch advocate of government transparency. Running for president in 2007, Huckabee put forth a bold open-government proposal. “There’s an old rule that says that when the sun shines, the germs disappear,” he said in one video clip (watch it below [at the link]). “Well you know, frankly, there are a lot of germs in government.”

Quarantine this man immediately!

49 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:28:22pm

What happened to Mike Huckabee’s gubernatorial records?

At the time, Huckabee, who was then plotting his first bid for the White House, defended the move as “standard operating procedure.” In an op-ed published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Huckabee wrote that he had been advised by state officials to crush the drives to prevent personal information—like employees’ Social Security numbers—from being accessed when the computers were put to new uses.

The state ethics committee later cleared Huckabee of any wrongdoing, while two subsequent lawsuits over the matter were dismissed.

I can’t find the ethics committee ruling online but my guess is there might be a reasonable explanation. Possibly just a general ass covering to prevent people from scouring records looking for dirt but I doubt it’s much more than that.

50 zora  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:29:18pm

re: #41 JasonA

The following is not an Onion story:

Apple releases iAd Gallery app: all ads, all the time

i think it’s for the same demographic that likes to be walked on with high heels.

51 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:29:18pm

re: #47 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

The $64,000, it is. Get away with, a Democrat could not.

Did Clinton do it?

52 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:30:46pm

re: #39 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And Huckabee goes for the deflection;

“Sure, I erased every possible piece of evidence and record that they contained, but hey, I bought new clean ones, so we’re good, right?”

Your link is busted but it does make sense to erase hardrives that might just end up in a dumpster. Everybody should do it.

53 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:31:38pm

re: #52 Killgore Trout

Your link is busted but it does make sense to erase hardrives that might just end up in a dumpster. Everybody should do it.

After data is archived and backed up.

54 Four More Tears  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:32:35pm

re: #50 zora

i think it’s for the same demographic that likes to be walked on with high heels.

Please. Even we don’t want to watch ads all day…

55 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:32:41pm

re: #51 prononymous

Did Clinton do it?

Cloudy, the reasons behind this are. The Dark Side, I sense.

56 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:34:50pm

re: #52 Killgore Trout

Your link is busted but it does make sense to erase hardrives that might just end up in a dumpster. Everybody should do it.

Lets try this

[Link: www.usnews.com…]

57 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:36:02pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

What happened to Mike Huckabee’s gubernatorial records?

I can’t find the ethics committee ruling online but my guess is there might be a reasonable explanation. Possibly just a general ass covering to prevent people from scouring records looking for dirt but I doubt it’s much more than that.

re: #52 Killgore Trout

Your link is busted but it does make sense to erase hardrives that might just end up in a dumpster. Everybody should do it.

I agree. It is probably just covering his ass rather than trying to coverup some specific incident. And destroying hard drives when you are done with them is a good idea ( or at least use military grade wiping software ).

Doesn’t change that he hasn’t made the backups available, though. Transparency is just a code word for him to try and peer into everyone else’s life.

58 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:38:42pm

There is a distinct difference between proper and improper disposal of official records. Are there legitimate reasons for destroying a hard drive? Yes. Should that occur only after it has been verified that the data is no longer needed and if it is needed, that it has been saved and archived to another format? Yes.

The FOIA response says the data was archived and is in the hands of a Huckabee staffer somewhere. Seems simple enough to provide that archived copy.

59 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:39:08pm

re: #55 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Cloudy, the reasons behind this are. The Dark Side, I sense.

Don’t give in to suspicion and fear.

60 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:39:32pm

re: #25 prononymous

He’s such a politician’s politician. Even if he isn’t trying to erase any specific event, he knows what past statements can do to a political prostitute like himself. Stuff that may have sounded great to his constituents in Arkansas might not fly for someone hoping to be president.

That’s my thought. I doubt there’s one great big Watergate-type scandal he’s covering up, he’s just realized that the less paper trail the better.

61 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:40:09pm

re: #56 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Lets try this

[Link: www.usnews.com…]

Ah, thanks.

What’s more, he adds, “Even a frivolous lawsuit filed over this was dismissed with a thud because we carefully and meticulously followed state law and practices with the official records (which were properly filed with the Secretary of State or left for the incoming governor) and my personal papers and articles donated to the archives of my alma mater, Ouachita Baptist University.”

This isn’t a new issue in Arkansas. Former President Bill Clinton’s gubernatorial papers have been unavailable for years. An Arkansas law allows governors to take their papers with them when they leave. Huckabee donated his to Ouachita, but the college has yet to process them.


Mystery solved.

62 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:40:10pm

Actually, I hate to give Huckabee the answer, but it works like this:

[shrug]

“I dunno. It’s what the IT guy said to do. I just do whatever he tells me to, where the computers are concerned.”

My father’s IT guy keeps the copies of all the programs my father uses, mostly I suspect because if he has to do a clean install, he doesn’t want to have to re-buy them all again.

63 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:41:13pm

re: #33 Shiplord Kirel

It might have included his plans to pardon even more rapists and murderers once they learned to recite the right Bible verses.

Long-standing tradition in English law, that.

64 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:41:21pm

re: #59 prononymous

Don’t give in to suspicion and fear.

Pfff, giving in works just fine for the Jedi. Whole room of Jedi Masters whose gut response is don’t train the boy, but they say fuck it, whats the worst that could happen?

65 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:42:54pm

re: #51 prononymous

Did Clinton do it?

Clinton wasn’t a compulsive liar. Yes, he liked fucking, and not just his wife, but he didn’t have anything to hide. I think Whitewater proved that.

66 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:43:18pm

re: #46 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Arkansas state laws apparently allow Governors to take and dispose of any records about their Governorship when they leave office.

That does not strike me as the world’s best arrangement, somehow.

67 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:43:18pm

re: #61 Killgore Trout

Ah, thanks.


Mystery solved.

Sounds like it was entirely legal. I don’t like it, but if that’s their law so be it.

However, I never want to hear Huck complain about transparency ever again unless he produces the backups.

68 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:44:29pm

re: #66 SanFranciscoZionist

That does not strike me as the world’s best arrangement, somehow.

I’d like to know the reasons behind the law itself. At what time in Arkansas’ past was it considered beneficial to allow governors to take the paper trail home with them on the last day on the job?

69 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:45:15pm

re: #65 darthstar

Clinton wasn’t a compulsive liar. Yes, he liked fucking, and not just his wife, but he didn’t have anything to hide. I think Whitewater proved that.

Whitewater was the early run of all the Obama conspiracy theories. If that much time and energy goes into uncovering the awful truth, and nothing surfaces, you’ve got to conclude that there just isn’t anything there.

70 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:45:33pm

re: #65 darthstar

Clinton wasn’t a compulsive liar. Yes, he liked fucking, and not just his wife, but he didn’t have anything to hide. I think Whitewater proved that.

lol!….Clinton not a compulsive liar?….good one

71 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:46:10pm

re: #70 albusteve

lol!…Clinton not a compulsive liar?…good one

Compared to Huckabee, Clinton’s a fuckin’ boy scout.

72 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:46:13pm

re: #68 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I’d like to know the reasons behind the law itself. At what time in Arkansas’ past was it considered beneficial to allow governors to take the paper trail home with them on the last day on the job?

I don’t know as it was ever considered beneficial to the state, just to the governors and their friends.

73 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:46:48pm

re: #71 darthstar

Compared to Huckabee, Clinton’s a fuckin’ boy scout.

okay…hahaha!

74 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:47:09pm

re: #71 darthstar

Compared to Huckabee, Clinton’s a fuckin’ boy scout.

They give badges for that? Clinton would have them all.

75 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:47:23pm

re: #71 darthstar

Interesting adjective.

76 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:48:55pm

re: #74 prononymous

They give badges for that? Clinton would have them all.

There used to be a “stalking” merit badge, back when that meant “tracking down animals.”

It’s been gone for a while. They brought it back last year for the Centennial, but renamed it the “Tracking” merit badge.

Hehehehe.

“Using your home computer and a yearbook, find the current home phone number and address of your scout master’s first girlfriend. Get a photo of the front of her house.”

77 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:49:18pm

re: #72 SanFranciscoZionist

I don’t know as it was ever considered beneficial to the state, just to the governors and their friends.

Ayep, seems like something concocted in the past for one governor or another, left on the books because nobody whose known the reasons behind it has had the power to see it do away with.

78 Kragar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:49:42pm

Why does Walker hate his State employees?

“Brian was moved to (the Department of) Commerce at the request of (Regulation and Licensing) Deputy Secretary John Scocos to head up a division that was eventually going to be moved to DRL,” the statement said. “Deputy Secretary Scocos worked with Brian at DRL earlier this year and thought he could help with the transition of the Commerce division to DRL.

“When Governor Walker learned of the details of this agency staffing decision, he directed his administration to move in another direction.”

Walker chief of staff Keith Gilkes recommended Brian Deschane for a job with the Regulation and Licensing Department. In January, he became bureau director of board services, a position that paid $62,728 a year.

His pay will return to the lower amount when he resumes duties Wednesday at the Department of Regulation and Licensing, Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie said.

79 lawhawk  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:51:28pm

His destruction of all those public records relating to his governorship, and all his sermons should serve to increase interest by journalists looking to dig up what Huckabee is trying to hide. Heck, it’s the kind of red meat that journalists would love to bite into - since it could make a journalist’s career - and break Huckabee’s chances to be nominated.

80 TedStriker  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:53:19pm

re: #10 tigger2005

Is he ashamed of his record? Ashamed of his ministry? Ashamed of his sermons? Does he think if this information became more widely known, it would kill his chances at the Presidency? Doesn’t he realize that by wiping the slate clean, he’s given people carte blanche to fill in the blanks with anything their imaginations can dream up?

Because the truth would likely be more damning than any fiction…

81 abolitionist  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 3:58:26pm

The Company Huckabee Keeps: American Taliban Edition
Reported by Alex - September 23, 2009

With respect to destruction of records, some clues might be found here:
Fri Feb 01, 2008
Huckabee endorsements may get AFA, Wallbuilders in trouble with the IRS

In short—at least two of the major dominionist groups in the US could end up having their tax exempt status revoked because of stumping for Huckabee. [snip]

And why do both of these groups—and a lot of other dominionist political groups—like Huckabee (besides the obvious dominionist pandering)?

Well, one reason may be that Huck has called for abolishing the federal income tax and replacing it with a 23% VAT—which would also, conveniently enough, remove the one effective tool we have to deal with illegal electioneering by dominionists:

The former Arkansas governor said his anti-abortion beliefs and his “fair tax” proposal are resonating with voters in states in the South and Midwest.

He has proposed shutting down the Internal Revenue Service and funding the national government with a 23 percent national sales tax.

The IRS, in this case, may be a Good Thing

The call for a national VAT as a replacement for the federal income tax—and the abolishment of the IRS—becomes important when you understand how nonprofit organisations are legally organised in the US.

It also becomes important in showing how AFA and Wallbuilders may shortly be in some rather serious trouble.

HT to DailyKOS

82 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:01:18pm

re: #75 EmmmieG

Interesting adjective.

I liked having a president who fucked. The eight years of a whiskey-dick compensating for his lack of libido by invading other countries was enough. Of course, now we have a president who gets satisfied at home, as evidenced by his calm and rational demeanor.

Yes, I just made assumptions about presidential sex lives based on behavior.

83 Achilles Tang  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:03:11pm

This OP is interesting. Sometimes I am actually thankful for political issues that surprise one completely unexpectedly (redundant expression?).

Now it is guaranteed that anything and everything that slipped through to the outside world from the official records of the Huckster will be researched as if it was a CSI show.

84 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:03:42pm

re: #82 darthstar

I liked having a president who fucked. The eight years of a whiskey-dick compensating for his lack of libido by invading other countries was enough. Of course, now we have a president who gets satisfied at home, as evidenced by his calm and rational demeanor.

Yes, I just made assumptions about presidential sex lives based on behavior.

next thing you know, everybody here will be belching your pulp

85 Achilles Tang  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:05:39pm

re: #79 lawhawk

I should have read yours first.

86 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:06:06pm

LGF has more psychoanalysts per blogger than any other site on the web…dig that

87 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:07:27pm

re: #86 albusteve

LGF has more psychoanalysts per blogger than any other site on the web…dig that


Stop projecting. It’s not my fault your mother wouldn’t let you have a cat.
/

88 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:08:00pm

re: #82 darthstar

Sexuality is part of humanity. That some people would try to hide it and shame others for expressing it is the real shame, imo.

89 Achilles Tang  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:09:37pm

re: #86 albusteve

LGF has more psychoanalysts per blogger than any other site on the web…dig that

I suspect the stalker sites have more, but at least those here apply these skills to more than one person.

90 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:09:43pm

re: #88 prononymous

Sexuality is part of humanity. That some people would try to hide it and shame others for expressing it is the real shame, imo.

That sexuality is part of human nature I agree.

This does not justify screwing around on your wife.

Is this a crime? No. It is sleazy? I find it to be.

91 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:09:46pm

re: #87 darthstar

Stop projecting. It’s not my fault your mother wouldn’t let you have a cat.
/

the cats had me

92 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:10:39pm

re: #88 prononymous

Sexuality is part of humanity. That some people would try to hide it and shame others for expressing it is the real shame, imo.

Agreed. I’m fairly open minded when it comes to talking about sexuality…especially online. But there’s nothing I say online that I wouldn’t repeat in front of my friends or family (though I might hold back on the f-bombs around my mom…she doesn’t like that).

93 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:12:04pm

re: #90 EmmmieG

Sure it is sleazy. I also think it isn’t anyone else’s business, besides his, Hillary’s, and whomever else was involved.

94 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:12:45pm

re: #91 albusteve

the cats had me

We don’t own cats, cats own us. They just let us think we’re the ones in control.

95 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:14:46pm

re: #56 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Lets try this

[Link: www.usnews.com…]

“As far as I know, it doesn’t pretend to be a real news outlet, but a highly polarized opinion-driven vehicle for all things to the far left,” Huckabee adds. “I can’t fault them for doing what they do. You expect that wolves will eat meat.”

Says the guy who works for Fox News Channel.

96 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:15:57pm

re: #94 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

We don’t own cats, cats own us. They just let us think we’re the ones in control.

same old myth…I had a barn cat for 23 years that demanded zilch…she came and went as she pleased…all around, the best pet ever

97 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:17:00pm

re: #95 negativ

Says the guy who works for Fox News Channel.

Huck is a believer…his ultimate downfall

98 allegro  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:18:43pm

A bit OT but this is WONDERFUL!

Last week, state Rep. Scott Randolph, D-Orlando, suggested that his wife “incorporate her uterus” in the hopes that it may receive the same kind of privacy and protection businesses in Florida receive. Well, some of Randolph’s colleagues were not so thrilled with Randolph’s suggestion. To be clear, it was not the sentiment behind the suggestion that riled them — it was merely the use of the word “uterus.”

After conservative members of the house reprimanded Randolph, women and pro-uterus advocates are having a lot of fun with their Internet response.

Among this band of uterus-loving folks: the ACLU of Florida. The ACLU has just launched a website at which women can incorporate their uteri online, thus sending a message to Florida legislators that “less regulation and government intrusion begins with a woman’s uterus.” The website calls on women to literally make their uterus their own business.

Randolph’s wife, Susannah, has added her voice to a Facebook page discussing all things pro-uterus. The page was created in direct response to the Florida legislature’s peculiar reaction to Randolph. Posts have included everything from solicitation of huge buttons prominently featuring the word “uterus” in bold letters, to Randolph’s announcement that her uterus was starting a political action committee and leadership fund called “U-Pac.”

As of now, more than 1,650 people have joined the Facebook group and Susannah has asked that women form a “powerful, secret society known from this day forth as: The Uterati.

Uterati Unite! I think I’ll get a t-shirt made. This just tickles me no end.

99 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:20:16pm

re: #96 albusteve

same old myth…I had a barn cat for 23 years that demanded zilch…she came and went as she pleased…all around, the best pet ever

That may be, but I know my three own me. They’ve had years to train me well.

100 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:21:13pm

Humble Pie
Shine On…for Huck

101 Linden Arden  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:21:32pm

re: #82 darthstar

I liked having a president who fucked. The eight years of a whiskey-dick compensating for his lack of libido by invading other countries was enough. Of course, now we have a president who gets satisfied at home, as evidenced by his calm and rational demeanor.

Yes, I just made assumptions about presidential sex lives based on behavior.

Maybe not fair to call Bushy McFlightsuit a whiskey dick - he prematurely ejaculated at least once on an aircraft carrier with a banner declaring mission satisfied.

102 allegro  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:22:14pm

re: #98 allegro

Oops, forgot the link.

103 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:23:55pm

On my way to work this morning, I saw a couple of sheriff’s deputies arresting a man on the side of Highway 1 and thought, my day isn’t starting out as shitty as his. Sometimes, life’s just a matter of perspective.

104 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:24:23pm

re: #99 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

That may be, but I know my three own me. They’ve had years to train me well.

I won’t play that game…my cats have claws, kill stuff, climb on the roof for two days, kill more shit, disappear for extended periods, kill, eat what I give them, kill more stuff…then climb aboard my lap for a little comfort after such a strenuous life…this stuff about fat, stupid cats pestering you all day long for attention is not on my radar

105 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:25:47pm

re: #101 Linden Arden

Maybe not fair to call Bushy McFlightsuit a whiskey dick - he prematurely ejaculated at least once on an aircraft carrier with a banner declaring mission satisfied.

fail

106 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:26:51pm

re: #82 darthstar

I liked having a president who fucked. The eight years of a whiskey-dick compensating for his lack of libido by invading other countries was enough. Of course, now we have a president who gets satisfied at home, as evidenced by his calm and rational demeanor.

Yes, I just made assumptions about presidential sex lives based on behavior.

You seem to have an intimate knowledge of Bush’s libido. Did he scorn your advances or something, or is this just valueless hyperbole?

107 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:27:03pm

re: #98 allegro

A bit OT but this is WONDERFUL!

Uterati Unite! I think I’ll get a t-shirt made. This just tickles me no end.

Love it. The Uterati…weren’t they in that Dan Brown book about the Vatican and some kind of secret society of albino monks?

108 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:27:28pm

re: #106 Walter L. Newton

You seem to have an intimate knowledge of Bush’s libido. Did he scorn your advances or something, or is this just valueless hyperbole?

Oh, Walter made a gay joke. Hey everyone, Walter made a gay joke!

109 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:27:53pm

re: #104 albusteve

I won’t play that game…my cats have claws, kill stuff, climb on the roof for two days, kill more shit, disappear for extended periods, kill, eat what I give them, kill more stuff…then climb aboard my lap for a little comfort after such a strenuous life…this stuff about fat, stupid cats pestering you all day long for attention is not on my radar

We live in a city, which means letting our three out for any extended period of time would not be a good idea. Plus the youngest is so damned neurotic, she might never come home, just find a hiding spot and stay there til she starved.

110 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:28:49pm

re: #98 allegro

A bit OT but this is WONDERFUL!

Uterati Unite! I think I’ll get a t-shirt made. This just tickles me no end.

Ha, reminds me of a particularly amusing incident from my childhood. A friend of mine had a family friend who was a seminarian. And I said the word “harass” in front of this man one day and my friend scolded me and said not to say “harass in front of Mr. so and so.”

111 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:28:55pm

re: #97 albusteve

Huck is a believer…his ultimate downfall

I don’t mind that he’s a believer - I don’t think having a particular bias is inherently wrong. I do dislike when people try to pretend they’re not chock-full of their own biases, or when they act as though simply having a point of view is in and of itself enough to discredit The Other Guy.

112 Linden Arden  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:29:18pm

re: #105 albusteve

Yeah, still perturbed at Bush for taking a Clinton surplus and turning into a $1.3 trillion yearly deficit.

Now its all anyone is talking about while Iraq is a feint memory.

113 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:29:24pm

re: #109 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

We live in a city, which means letting our three out for any extended period of time would not be a good idea. Plus the youngest is so damned neurotic, she might never come home, just find a hiding spot and stay there til she starved.

then relieve yourself and get some goldfish…ever been owned by a guppie?

114 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:31:27pm

re: #113 albusteve

then relieve yourself and get some goldfish…ever been owned by a guppie?

What a question. Ever had to maintain a fish tank?

115 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:31:30pm

re: #98 allegro

A bit OT but this is WONDERFUL!

Uterati Unite! I think I’ll get a t-shirt made. This just tickles me no end.

Can’t wait to see what the Uteriati iconography looks like, given that this is what’s associated with Illuminati…
Image: Piu1W.jpg

116 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:32:47pm

re: #114 prononymous

The alternate response was: Every time he plays the Xbox.

117 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:34:39pm

re: #113 albusteve

then relieve yourself and get some goldfish…ever been owned by a guppie?

Betas. Their natural habitat is a mud puddle. Seriously.

This is the only fish I will consider getting. I have no intention of having to babysit a fish bowl.

118 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:35:14pm

re: #114 prononymous

What a question. Ever had to maintain a fish tank?

some people should not own pets, for the pets sake that is

119 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:35:32pm

Delusional wingnuts….
Congress makes first major dent in health care law

The bill passed the Senate on Tuesday with strong bipartisan support, 87-12, and goes to Mr. Obama, who will face a big test over whether to sign it. He has said he wants to repeal the paperwork requirement, but the administration has objected to rewriting the way subsidies in the exchange are funded, arguing it may make people less enthusiastic about joining.

After the bill passed, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Mr. Obama is “open to working with Republicans and Democrats to improve the health reform law, and we are pleased Congress has acted to correct a flaw that placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on small businesses.”


Winnars!

120 Romantic Heretic  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:35:41pm

re: #23 jaunte

Wouldn’t those records be public property, belonging to the citizens of Arkansas?

In the minds of people like him there is no such a thing as the public. Those are his records, goddamnit, and he can do what he wants with them. /

121 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:35:52pm

re: #115 negativ

Can’t wait to see what the Uteriati iconography looks like, given that this is what’s associated with Illuminati…
Image: Piu1W.jpg

Like this (with warnings!)

totally safe for work, by the way…unless you’re a Republican.

122 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:35:56pm

re: #101 Linden Arden

Maybe not fair to call Bushy McFlightsuit a whiskey dick - he prematurely ejaculated at least once on an aircraft carrier with a banner declaring mission satisfied.

Oy gevalt. Guys, please remember we’re in mixed company. And I don’t mean that there are ladies present.

123 Targetpractice  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:37:12pm

re: #122 SanFranciscoZionist

Oy gevalt. Guys, please remember we’re in mixed company. And I don’t mean that there are ladies present.

What? But…but…there are no women on the Internet!

///

124 Jeff In Ohio  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:37:14pm

re: #82 darthstar

drive by lol.

125 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:38:00pm

re: #118 albusteve

some people should not own pets, for the pets sake that is

Some people shouldn’t be in charge of any living organism.

As if the bacteria aren’t in charge anyway…

126 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:38:40pm

re: #125 prononymous

Some people shouldn’t be in charge of any living organism.

As if the bacteria aren’t in charge anyway…

I had a pet bacterium. It died.

128 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:39:24pm

re: #123 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

What? But…but…there are no women on the Internet!

///

We’re all women on the internet.

129 Kid Skeeter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:39:31pm

OT, looks like teen pregnancy payz some serious cash money!

Your text to link…

130 darthstar  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:39:53pm

re: #127 Killgore Trout

Beck Suggests New Conspiracy Theory: Maybe Obama Decided To Try Suspects At Guantanamo To Inflame The Islamic World

Like I said, it doesn’t matter what he does. The idiots are going to find a way to hate it.

131 Kid Skeeter  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:41:02pm
132 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:41:14pm

re: #127 Killgore Trout

Beck Suggests New Conspiracy Theory: Maybe Obama Decided To Try Suspects At Guantanamo To Inflame The Islamic World

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t? I’d love to see hear crybaby’s solution.

133 SpaceJesus  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:42:56pm

oh no not all the squirrel recipes

134 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:43:01pm

re: #130 darthstar

Like I said, it doesn’t matter what he does. The idiots are going to find a way to hate it.

Even if it means opposing what they once supported. The wingnut universe revolves around Obama, nothing else matters.

135 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:45:19pm

Big George…

136 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:46:36pm

Are they trying to fail?

CBO: GOP Budget Would Increase Debt, Then Stick It To Medicare Patients

In addition to acknowledging that seniors, disabled and elderly people would be hit with much higher out-of-pocket health care costs, the CBO finds that by the end of the 10-year budget window, public debt will actually be higher than it would be if the GOP just did nothing.

Under the so-called “extended baseline scenario” — a.k.a. projections based on current law — debt held by the public will grow to 67 percent of GDP by 2022. Under the GOP plan, public debt would reach 70 percent of GDP in the same window.

If the current Medicare system were allowed to continue, CBO found that an average 65-year-old beneficiary’s costs would be only 25 percent of what it’d be in the individual private insurance market. Under the GOP plan, those costs would jump to 68 percent.

137 Linden Arden  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:48:22pm

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Even if it means opposing what they once supported. The wingnut universe revolves around Obama, nothing else matters.

The problems are his now.

Even though the debt, budget problems, wars, unemployment, financial crisis etc., all fully gestated under their guy.

But their strategy is just to slam Obama over and over again then, when pointed to reality ask “You’re just blaming Bush again”.

138 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:51:56pm

re: #136 Killgore Trout

Are they trying to fail?

CBO: GOP Budget Would Increase Debt, Then Stick It To Medicare Patients

…and this is why I consider fiscal conservatism a joke. They couldn’t even be bothered to come up with something to reduce the deficit they’re always bitching about? It could not possibly be more clear that it has nothing to do with fiscal responsibility or economic reality. It’s a fucking hoax and not a very good one.

139 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:53:21pm

re: #136 Killgore Trout

Are they trying to fail?

CBO: GOP Budget Would Increase Debt, Then Stick It To Medicare Patients

those “fiscally responsible” conservatives.

140 calochortus  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:53:30pm

Why do I have to go make dinner just when things were getting interesting? I’ll leave you with a lovely knitted uterus

141 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:54:01pm
If the current Medicare system were allowed to continue, CBO found that an average 65-year-old beneficiary’s costs would be only 25 percent of what it’d be in the individual private insurance market. Under the GOP plan, those costs would jump to 68 percent.


That’s insane. This will have to cost the Republicans elderly voters. Why would anyone vote for these people?

142 calochortus  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:55:12pm

re: #141 Killgore Trout

Why are they voting for them now?

143 HappyWarrior  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:55:23pm

re: #141 Killgore Trout

That’s insane. This will have to cost the Republicans elderly voters. Why would anyone vote for these people?

Well if you think that the country is about to be taken over by a cabal of homosexual Muslim Communists then yeah. Otherwise, I am totally confused by the modern GOP.

144 Renaissance_Man  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:55:24pm

re: #141 Killgore Trout

That’s insane. This will have to cost the Republicans elderly voters. Why would anyone vote for these people?

Hate and fear of liberals.

145 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:59:26pm

re: #144 Renaissance_Man

Hate and fear of liberals.

there must be some nuance not covered here

146 kirkspencer  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:59:52pm

re: #137 Linden Arden

The problems are his now.

Even though the debt, budget problems, wars, unemployment, financial crisis etc., all fully gestated under their guy.

But their strategy is just to slam Obama over and over again then, when pointed to reality ask “You’re just blaming Bush again”.

The “plan” posted by the house Budget committee has four text insert pages, highlighted as special information. All four are “repeal the health care bill.” (pages 30, 40, 46, and 52 — of a 73 page document.)

The plan itself… I posted a summary on another site, I’ll copy it here.

It recommends HR1 - you remember, defund planned parenthood and all Title X, cut 100 Billion, and all that – be adopted as a baseline. ON TOP OF THAT:

Deregulate energy – oil, nukes, coal, etc.
Weaken or remove the newly created financial regulations.
Adopt the Bush Social Security plan.
Everyone knows about medicaid and medicare, but again: reduce funding, set them as block grants, and run them by voucher.
Cut budgets of all discretionary non-defense to less than 1998 levels.
Cut 10% of the federal workforce by 2014.
Open restricted drilling areas – offshore and national reserve.
Cap the total budget to not more than 18% of the GDP of the year for which complete numbers are known – ie, for this one we’d use 2009’s GDP.
Add most of the catfood commission leader’s recommendations.
Add the Balanced Budget amendment (basically a TABOR plus California’s 2/3 requirement for a tax increase).

Between it all, either in the bill or in the ancillary bills it recommends it’s every Republican agenda point except “make this a Christian nation.”

147 engineer cat  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 5:02:26pm

re: #127 Killgore Trout

Beck Suggests New Conspiracy Theory: Maybe Obama Decided To Try Suspects At Guantanamo To Inflame The Islamic World

beck’s next move will be to burn a copy of the encyclopedia brittanica

148 b_sharp  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 5:06:35pm

Why did Huckabee destroy his records?
He didn’t want people to know they were ghost written.
By Milly-Vanilly and Sarah Palin.

149 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 5:06:36pm

for all the loonies determined to let snark carry the day, and all the unPie fans…

trying to do you obsessed folks a favor here

150 albusteve  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 5:07:30pm

new thread!…we can trash Trump again!

151 austin_blue  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 5:10:51pm

re: #98 allegro

A bit OT but this is WONDERFUL!

Uterati Unite! I think I’ll get a t-shirt made. This just tickles me no end.

you wimmin and your Secret Gardens. Fie, unto you!

Fie I say!

Oh, and hi all!

Perfect day in Austin. Forty two this am with a very dry 77 this afternoon with a calm, cloudless sky. Kinda like San Diego, but without all the damn sailors.

[Hey! Don’t hammer me! I’m a Marine brat born in Oceanside!]

152 Achilles Tang  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 5:33:49pm

re: #129 Kid A

OT, looks like teen pregnancy payz some serious cash money!

Your text to link…

That is some serious crap that should really make for TV fun in the future.

153 Petero1818  Tue, Apr 5, 2011 7:16:16pm

The nice thing is that if he runs for the nomination, his GOP opponents will most certainly hammer him with this. Going to be hard for him to challenge Obama’s lack of transparency.

154 Ghost of Archangelus  Wed, Apr 6, 2011 12:19:07am

re: #11 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

/raises one eyebrow

* Raises both *

As far as I’m concerned, any aspirations he may have had, have just been as destroyed as the records he clearly wanted hidden. Never mind transparency, the act of deliberate physical destruction of hard drives is generally quite an act of urgency or desperation and the only times I have ever seen it carried out is by military, when having to get rid of old equipment and making sure that classified materials can’t be recovered by unauthorized folks (normal delete isn’t enough, you can always restore some stuff with the appropriate tools), or more commonly by people charged with crimes, who thought they could get away by destroying potential evidence against them.
This begs the question - what is it that this man is clearly trying to hide, and how bad is it? Because judging by the actions, its pretty damn bad.

155 S'latch  Wed, Apr 6, 2011 8:02:09am

Huckabee is trying to be a blank slate candidate by erasing his own slate. Fortunately, it doesn’t work that way.

156 Thorzdad  Wed, Apr 6, 2011 8:03:29am

Isn’t destroying public records illegal?
Isn’t ordering the destruction of public records really illegal?


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