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Mike Huckabee: Execute WikiLeaks Cable Source

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said in an interview while on his book tour in California that the person responsible for the leaked diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks should be executed.
"Whoever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason, and I think anything less than execution is too kind a penalty," he told reporters while signing books at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. He went on:
"They've put American lives at risks. They have 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."
Pfc. Bradley Manning, confined in Kuwait, stands accused of unauthorized use and disclosure of U.S. classified information. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, meanwhile, is nowhere to be found.

Huckabee is on the road promoting his holiday books "A Simple Christmas" and "Can't Wait Till Christmas." He also hosts a Fox News show "Huckabee" every weekend.

The potential 2012 presidential candidate talked to reporters on a host of topics, including North Korea.

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"This is a really tenuous situation and it's made worse that we don't have the stick as a country anymore than to beg the Chinese to intervene and it shows what happens when we don't understand that the real strength of America comes from being strong, not weak," he said.
He also paraphrased Margaret Thatcher when discussing unemployment. "The problem with socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money and that's what we have to start worrying about."

Huckabee, who served for 10 1/2 years as Arkansas' governor, suggested that if Congress passes unemployment extensions this week the rules should include measures similar to what is occurring in the United Kingdom under its coalition government.
"You show up every Monday morning at 8 o'clock," he said. "You will either pick up trash or you will tutor in a school ... you will do something from 8 in the morning until four or five that afternoon like everyone else who is getting a check."
Huckabee also had some advice for California Republicans. "Keep talking common sense. The best way to make a Republican is let Democrats rule without any counterbalance. The one thing that Republicans don't ever want to do is to act in such a way that there is no distinction between them and the Democrats."
On 2012 White House aspirations, he said, "To be honest with you, I haven't ruled out another run for the presidency and I will give it serious consideration and am...the door is very much open."
Filed Under: Republicans, 2012 President, National Security, Unemployment, White House, WikiLeaks
Tagged: 2012PresidentialElection, arkansas, dailyguidance, margaret thatcher, Mike Huckabee, north korea, north korea attacks south korea, unemployment, unemployment benefits, Wikileaks, wikileaks secret cables
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Linda Spychalski

Hard to believe this religious man is calling for execution when it comes to being honest and holding our government accountable,,,I certainly wouldn't vote for him. Not after this comment.

December 13 2010 at 4:29 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
thirdpartyvote

Just wish the elected officials would tell us the truth.

December 06 2010 at 8:14 PM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
l37z16

I think the idea of special ops and a headshot has Assange a bit bothered. This coward has ruined his life and affected the lives of many more. He can't hide forever.

December 02 2010 at 1:20 PM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply
sappy

Sadly, Huckabee continues to show why he would make a horrendous US President.

December 02 2010 at 12:31 PM Report abuse -2 rate up rate down Reply
sappy

Actually the leaks showed how politicians are lying to the American public. Wikileaks is just the messenger. Stop Politicians from Lying to us!

December 02 2010 at 12:28 PM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply
agribiz

This viwepoint (and others he holds) is precisely why I would support Mike Huckabee for President!

December 02 2010 at 10:43 AM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
jmoo55

wow, he talks of being at risk, look what obooba is doing to us. he is stealing money we don't have. look what they have done to the economy, everything they touch goes bankrupt. as far as have people work from 8 to 5, **** the people that are paid now don't work from 8 to 5. hell congress should put in that much time. we have alot more to worry about that the leaks. reminds me of katrina, levies leak floods new orleans, blame bush. when nagin gets away scott free. where did the money that was to fix the levies go, and why where they not repaired when they were suspposed to. mmmm

December 02 2010 at 8:49 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Tea partiers can't talk without using terms such as 'execute'. Huckabee is riding the tea party ignorance wave only until he has a nother shot at the white house, then he'll dump them.

December 02 2010 at 8:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott

Huckabee is the same glib goof who pardoned newly born again Arkansas felon Maurice Clemmons to travel to WA State, where he murdered four police officers in a coffee shop one year ago. His moral judgement is bankrupt. He couldn't get elected dogcatcher in this state, even if running unopposed.

December 02 2010 at 12:42 AM Report abuse +4 rate up rate down Reply
Soup

Coming from a former preacher, this doesn't sound too "Christian" to me.

December 01 2010 at 11:08 AM Report abuse +11 rate up rate down Reply
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John

hey Soup - I suppose the next posts you will make will ask for separation of church and state and abolistion of the death penalty ? The comment Huckabee made is well explained; treason is typically punished by the death penalty. Criminal law does not recognize Christian forgivenss, and Christian writings recognize the rule of law, so Ceasar gets what is due. That IS Christian.

December 02 2010 at 10:52 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
sappy

Huckabee wants to execute the messenger. Why not execute the politicians who have been lying to Americans, per the Wikileaks documents??

December 02 2010 at 12:29 PM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply

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