US embassy cables culprit should be executed, says Mike Huckabee

[Turborama]

Source: The Guardian

The Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has called for whoever leaked the 250,000 US diplomatic cables to be executed.

Huckabee, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination at the last election but is one of the favourites for 2012, joined a growing number of people demanding the severest punishment possible for those behind the leak, which has prompted a global diplomatic crisis.

His fellow potential Republican nominee Sarah Palin had already called for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be "http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/news/national/national/general/sarah-palin-tells-us-government-to-hunt-down-antiamerican-operative-julian-assange/2013875.aspx">hunted down", and an adviser to the Canadian prime minister http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqtIafdoH_g">has echoed her comments.

Huckabee said: "Whoever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason, and I think anything less than execution is too kind a penalty."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/us-embassy-cables-executed-mike-huckabee

[FSogol]

1. Did they follow up by asking Huckabee if Scooter Libby and Oliver North should be executed also?

[eleny]

3. +1

[CLANG]

12. And GW and Darth too??

[defendandprotect]

19. +1 --

exactly -- !!

[Enrique]

2. the other candidates will have to top this

Palin called for Assange's death, so Huckabee had to up the ante with the leaker's death. Who will Romney promise to kill? Imagine how long the death list will be by the GOP convention. :scared:

[DBoon]

5. by then the list would be so long it would be called a "purge"

I've always said the Republican party mimics the worst governments of the 20th century

[bongbong]

17. Outdoing each other

As you pointed out, the repigs have to top each other. It's just a matter of time before one of those maniacs calls for waterboarding everybody who flies in or out of the USA.

[KeepItReal]

4. Because that is the Christian thing to do, right Gov. Mike?

:eyes:

[lumpy]

9. Huckabee believes in the devil, doesn't he?

Christ or Satan, Huckabee?

[bongbong]

18. Huckabee?

Huckabee is as much a Christian as I am a hyper-being from Phobos4.

[Botany]

6. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9664846

[Turborama]

7. Different forum & that one's from Politico

Thanks for the heads up, though. :hi:

[ronnie624]

8. Yes, exposing corruption and embarrassing elites should punishable by torture and death.

Isn't that the way it was done for thousands of years? How is a government to operate in secret, if the people can examine and criticize its conduct?

[No Elephants]

10. Pro life Mike Huckabee? Pro life Palin?

Well, at least Huckabee's not expressly advocating murder. Is he?

[sakabatou]

11. They're only pro-life if the "person" is only a few cells

Then, as the late comedian George Carlin said, "They're fucked!"

[defendandprotect]

20. As usual, pro-life, except for the already born, doctors, women -- and whistleblowers ..!!

Sickening values --

[Democrats_win]

13. Does Huckster watch too much TV? It's the economy stupid!

Who cares about this nonsense especially when the goons who put us in these wars are the real villain.

[bluestateguy]

14. With his very lenient liberal stance on crime, this lacks credibility

Wayne Dumond and Maurice Clemmons.

That's all I need to say.

[obxhead]

21. The video is here with the words coming straight out of his

own mouth.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/30/mike-huckabee-wikileaks-execution_n_789964.html

[obxhead]

15. Another good Christian stepping in to do Gods work.

His followers must be quite pleased.

[Submariner]

16. What a God-loving statement that is

peace on earth and good will to men...and all that other "christian" happy horseshit.

[NeoConsSuck]

22. Listen to the video

I guess the NY Times is guilty of treason also.

[hayu_lol]

23. Huckleberry finally recognized for who he really is...

as the character steps through the mirror, the countenance apparent, we recognize that the face of The Red Queen is Huckleberry's...Off with their heads he/she said as he/she swung a flamingo with sharpened beak toward innocent and guilty alike.

There is absolutely nobody harsher than the constant practitioners of 'That Old Time Religion.'

[daleo]

24. Jesus was executed for treason

As a supposed Christian, Huckabee ought to be careful about advocating executing people for the good of an empire.