Dem governor pardoning his own son for felony drug conviction; must be nice

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Perhaps feeling immune from the wrath of voters, outgoing Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe plans to pardon his own son for a felony pot conviction.

And the Democrat is not apologetic about the brazen decision.

“I would have done it a long time ago if he’d have asked, but he took his sweet time about asking,” Beebe told ABC affiliate KATV. “He was embarrassed. He’s still embarrassed, and frankly, I was embarrassed and his mother was embarrassed.”

Kyle Beebe, 34, was convicted in 2003 of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, a class C felony, according to KATV. He was sentenced to three years supervised probation and fines — his father was the state’s attorney general at the time.

“Kids when they’re young do stupid stuff. He was no different,” Beebe said. “Liked to have broken his mother’s heart. His mother and I were stereotypical parents from the different end of the spectrum. She was the enabler that tried to fix everything. I was the nuclear bomb thrower that thought you ought to shoot him. Somewhere between those two extremes was probably the right thing to do.”

The Arkansas Parole Board recommended Beebe for pardon in October, and he had to write a letter to his father requesting the pardon, KATV reported.

“Mr. Governor, I am asking for a second chance at life,” he wrote in his pardon application. “I am asking for a second chance to be the man that I know that I can be.”

Given the circumstances, we can assume that “Dear Dad” would have been a little awkward.

As for a “second chance,” there was no mention of whether the younger Beebe has political aspirations.

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