Huckabee on Assange & Wikileaks - Anything less than execution is too kind a penalty

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Run time: 06:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRxBdnnNDwg   Posted on YouTube: November 30, 2010 By YouTube Member: pk2bob Views on YouTube: 3610   Posted on DU: December 01, 2010 By DU Member: Amerigo Vespucci Views on DU: 1273

 
The Wikileaks remarks come in at the 3:44 mark, for those of you who want to fast-forward.

The person that gave WikiLeaks 250,000 secret diplomatic cables deserves to die, says one Fox News host who is widely thought to be planning a 2012 presidential run.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was caught on video at a book signing at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. saying that the leaker should be executed.

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

"They've put American lives at risk," he said. "They’ve put relationships that will take decades to rebuild at risk, and they knew full well that they were handling sensitive documents, they were entrusted and anyone who had access to that level of information was not only a person who understood what their rules were, but they also signed under oath a commitment that they would not violate it. They did."

"And I believe they have committed treason against this country, and any lives they endanger, they’re personally responsible for and the blood is on their hands," he added.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/huckabee-wants-leaker-executed/

[BrklynLiberal]

1. What a total asswipe Huckabee is....

I would take Noam Chomsky's words over that mental void in a heartbeat.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/149032/noam_chomsky%3A_wikileaks_cables_reveal_%22profound_hatred_for_democracy_on_the_part_of_our_political_leadership%22

Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership"
World-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky discusses the release of more than 250,000 secret U.S. State Department cables by WikiLeaks.

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[Art_from_Ark]

2. Huckabee's an idiot

I just can't understand how my state of Arkansas, with its long tradition of Democratic governors, somehow saw fit to keep this moron in the governor's office for more than 10 years, especially when the state evicted his "lost at birth twin", Frank White, from the governor's mansion after only 2 years.

[marmar]

3. Isn't Huckabee supposed to be a "compassionate" conservative?

I know, I know: compassionate conservative = jumbo shrimp.

[AsahinaKimi]

4. Republicans so love Executions...

Its all they seem to want to talk about, is how to go about killing people.

[The Box]

5. I wonder

Will Huckabee now call for the execution of those who outed Valerie Plame? Only seems fair to me! Typical bully. First to yell and first to hide behind a tree.

[Demstud]

6. Did he just come out in support of government job creation?

I know he never would really, but he did make an interesting off comment about unemployment saying ongoing public work as a possible requirement of extensions. Wouldn't it be nice if the government created jobs for the unemployed? Why hasn't anyone thought of that before... ;-)

[blackspade]

7. Asshole. nt