Mike Huckabee Celebrates Firing Of Former FBI Deputy Director By Making Dead Dog Joke

[Zorro]

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) loves a good joke. Too bad he has never told one.

On Saturday, Huckabee tweeted his delight at the news that Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the FBI and 21-year veteran of the agency, had been fired the night before. McCabe would have been able to retire Sunday.

“Breaking Wind from CNN!” he wrote. “Andy McCabe offered deal for lying to FBI and won’t get pension but will get passage in overhead bin on United flight to Oakland to work for scofflaw mayor.”

Huckabee was referring to a dog that died this week after it was put in the overhead bin of a United Airlines flight. David Huckabee, the former governor’s son, killed a dog while working as a counselor at a Boy Scouts camp in 1998. Funny stuff, right?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-huckabee-andrew-mccabe-dead-dog-joke_us_5aad6c68e4b0c33361b0e9e9

What a good Christian role model.

[dameatball]

1. I put my dog down yesterday after almost 18 years.

If I had to spend 18 hours with dipshit Huckabee I would put myself down. Rat bastard!

[phylny]

11. I'm so sorry about the loss of your dog. n/t

[dameatball]

27. Thanks. I'm doing okay. This shit just frosted my balls. Assholes!!

[CTyankee]

25. Oh, no! I am so sorry. I went thru hell when my beloved Marvy Dog died!

Such sadness. My condolences. I have been there. I know the awful feeling...

[dameatball]

29. Yes. It's weird when you wake up at 3 am and they aren't there. But such is life.

[secondwind]

30. I am so sorry to hear this. I hope you shared

many good times together.

[dameatball]

32. We sure did....and much of it is family lore that will live past me....:)

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Oh my God!!!!! His own son tortured and

Murdered a dog and he jokes about dead dogs??

The sick comes from the top down in that family

[dalton99a]

21. +1

[Va Lefty]

3. Yeah, I saw that

Further proof that conservatives can't "do" humor

[John Fante]

31. They can't do "human" either.

[Demovictory9]

4. ugh

[rickford66]

5. I hope he goes to Hell with his buddy Billy Graham.

[GeorgeHayduke]

26. Savage!

I love it. +1

[spiderpig]

6. How very Christian of him.

Disgusting hypocrite.

[Initech]

7. Way to class up the joint, Mikey.

[imanamerican63]

8. Remember, this is the family that gave birth to Sarah H. Shitbag!

[nolabear]

9. What a despicable excuse for a human being he is.

I happen to have a Frenchie, the same breed as the little one that was killed, so I can project into the grief and horror that family felt at what happened. As I know anyone who loves dogs and even anyone who has an ounce of humanity can.

The sociopaths have indeed been let out to play.

We have to put them back in the irrelevance from which they came.

[StevieM]

10. Huckabee and his family are lot more guilty of mistreating animals than Mitt Romney was.

But Romney's dog got all the coverage.

[dameatball]

13. I had forgotten about the Mittster. Obama would have been drawn and quartered.

[JDC]

12. He needs a proverbial punch in the nose.

He is a complete shit.

[IluvPitties]

14. What a disgusting piece of shit. Like her lying scumbag daughter.

[malaise]

15. Doesn't he have a son who loved killing animals?

Look the Fuckabees are close friends of the Duggars - need to know anything else?

These are sick inbreds.

[Proud liberal 80]

16. He has strong Christian values

[DesertRat]

17. Dog-hating monsters

Mike Huckabee’s son killed a dog. Sarah Palin’s son stood on one. Mitt Romney drove with his on the roof of his car. Trump doesn’t have any pets. I’m not saying all Republicans are dog-hating monsters or anything but...

Link to tweet

[struggle4progress]

18. It has been said that a good sense of humor is a sign of intelligence

and Mike has just earned the coveted One Dead Dog rating

[Ohiogal]

19. What disgusting shits.

Pretending to be such pious Christians. They make me want to vomit.

[Julian Englis]

20. From 2007: "Presidential Candiate Mike Huckabees Son David Tortured and Killed Stray Dog in 1998, "

From dogster.com in 2007

Presidential Candiate Mike Huckabee's Son David Tortured and Killed Stray Dog in 1998, Charges Never Filed and Huckabee Not Punished

There has been some chatter on various blogs that one of the Republican Presidential frontrunners Mike Huckabee’s son was involved with the torture and murder of a stray dog. After some digging, we came up with the original newspaper article from 1998.

It turns out that David Huckabee, the then Governor of Arkansas’s son, hung and murdered a stray dog while Huckabee was at a Boy Scout Camp. Guess what? No charges were filed even though there were witnesses and Huckabee was dismissed from the camp because he failed to live up to the Boy Scout creed of “Scouts are kind.”

Governor Huckabee has been on PETA supporter Bill Maher’s show numerous times. I wonder what Maher (who wrote a foreword for PETA founder’s Ingrid Newkirk’s new book) would have to say about this event and its subsequent sweeping under the rug? Maher has been relatively friendly to the ex-Governor of Arkansas even though Maher obviously doesn’t agree with Huckabee’s stands. Okay Bill, how about holding Huckabee’s feet to the fire on how he justifies allowing his son to torture and murder animals.

Thanks to Beth C. for barking in this story.

Here is the article from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. It was published on August 7th, 1998.

Marcal Young of Texarkana, scout executive of the Caddo Area Council that operates the camp where the dog was killed, said this week that two boys violated a Scout law, “A Scout is kind.”

Young would not release the names of the boys nor explain how the dog, “probably a mixed breed,” was killed.

The two teens reported the event immediately and said they had made a mistake.
“They felt it [the dog] was ill and what have you, still our policy is it was inappropriate behavior,” Young said.

He would not say what the boys thought was wrong with the dog, but he said they did not suspect rabies.

Members of the camp staff receive training before camp starts and are told what it means to be “a good role model,” Young said.

An anonymous, unconfirmed report describing a particular process of killing the dog and naming young Huckabee as a participant was sent by fax machine this week by an organization against cruelty to animals to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. That report was described by Young and the governor as inaccurate.

Both men declined to say how the dog had been killed or who did it.

The dog was killed July 11 at Camp Pioneer near Hatfield. Only employees witnessed the incident. Not many of them were on hand, one source said.

Young said he chose not to reveal the names of the employees because “I just think that they’re due privacy. These are young people. They make mistakes occasionally, but I’m not covering for them.”

Young said the council’s board gives him the authority to take care of personnel decisions. He said the council believes it took appropriate action and the matter is closed. He said he did not report it to law enforcement authorities.

A source who asked to remain unnamed said David Huckabee, who turned 18 on July 22 and was 17 at the time of the incident, was one of those fired over it.

A reporter’s message left at the Governor’s Mansion for David Huckabee was not returned.

Danny Frady of Texarkana said his son, Clayton, 19, was the other staff member who was fired.

The elder Frady said his son told him he came upon one or more Scouts who had the dog “hung over a limb and choking” so the younger Frady helped “put it out of its misery.”

“I think the boy has paid his dues because he lost his job. He was one of the better counselors. He’s made a mistake, and he’s paid for it,” Danny Frady said. “I don’t think he did anything wrong to put an animal out of its misery.”

Danny Frady said killing a stray dog that has become a nuisance is common in rural areas. The mistake was doing it in front of other youth staff members, Frady said.

Young said the fired employees might be required to undergo counseling if they applied to be employees again. Danny Frady said he doesn’t think his son needs counseling because “he’s not cruel to animals.”

Polk County Sheriff Mike Oglesby said neither he nor his deputies had heard of the incident. A complaint should have been made, he said.

Prosecuting Attorney Tim Williamson of Mena said cruelty to animals is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $ 1,000 fine and up to a year in jail. “We regularly charge cruelty to animals. That’s kind of my pet peeve,” he said.

Oglesby and Williamson said they didn’t intend to investigate because no one had lodged a complaint.

Camp Pioneer in Polk County served 2,026 campers for week-long stints from May 31 through July 25.

The camp employed 65 staff members. Caddo Area Council includes eight Arkansas counties and two Texas counties.

[dalton99a]

33. But they can read the Bible and sing hymns

[dlk]

22. Huckabee Has Shown The World Who he Is -- Believe Him

[oasis]

23. Trump commits a cruel, un-Christian act, and Huckabee jokes about it.

Good way to fill the church pews.

[Vinca]

24. It makes Sarah's character easier to understand.

[Still In Wisconsin]

28. Fish rots from the head... explains Huckabee family

What a wonderful Christian role model.

[Mike Nelson]

34. I thought...

...he might be a Satanist due to his lack of Christian character... they also have a dead animal quirk.

[Blue Owl]

35. Sick Fuckabee

n/t