Why are liberals calling conservative Republicans hypocrites over Huckabee?

comparing it to Dukakis? Every post I've seen from a Republican is screaming for Huckabee's blood- but Liberals are still calling Republicans hypocrites... I have yet to see a conservative Republican defend Huckabee over this cop killing incident. Are libs just uming we'll stick up for the guy since he's of the same political affiliation?