DuMond in the 2008 presidential campaign
Wayne DuMond was the focus of a video which was called "devastating"[24] and
"absolutely brutal" [25] in its impact on Mike Huckabee's Presidential
ambitions. In the video, Lois Davidson, mother of DuMond victim Carol Sue
Shields says, "If not for Mike Huckabee, Wayne DuMond would've been in
prison, and Carol Sue would've been with us this year for Christmas."
The video spread quickly on the internet, after appearing on YouTube and on
HuckabeeFacts.com in the early morning hours of December 13, 2007. It was
almost immediately compared to the famous Willie Horton ad of 1988.[26] As
one political website put it, "You know how most campaign ads have a shelf
life of a day or two? Yeah, um . this one may be around for awhile."[27]
Initially, there was uncertainty about who had created the video. Due to its
professional quality, some speculated that it was one of Huckabee's
opponents, maybe John McCain.[28] Within hours it was revealed that the
video was created by 29-year-old Keith Emis, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, who
said that he sought out Davidson and created the video after seeing her on
television.
