An Untimely Death
Unlike The New York Times, which habitually ignores true stories (John Edwards’ extramarital affair) but has no compunction about printing entirely false ones (Sen. McCain’s falsified liaison), nothing on this site is made up.
Everything that’s on here the politician concerned has either been accused, or convicted, of doing. Or s/he just did it without any accusation/conviction, as what’s been done is not illegal, just criminally stupid.
Either way, there’s no fabrication.
And with that disclaimer out of the way, I now venture forth into the uncharted (for me) land of conjecture and slander.
I can see why it’s done. Making up outrageous lies is an awesome way of boosting your readership.
Which leads me to John Ruff. A key figure in the Blagojevich/Burris/Chicago/Democratic scandal, he tragically died this week when his car smashed into a tree - police have stated that alcohol is not to blame.
This has echoes of the mysterious death of Dr. David Kelly in the UK a few years back. Dr. Kelly was outed by the national media as the man behind claims that the Blair government had “sexed up” a dossier on Iraq’s weapons capability in order to support more strongly the case for war. He was subsequently found dead days after appearing before the Parliamentary committee charged with investigating the scandal.
Gone are the days of witnesses/opponents conveniently dying in plane crashes – they just aren’t that subtle (not that subtlety bothers Russia in the slightest).
Well, we at least know that Patti Blagojevich doesn’t have a hand in it, as she’s currently in a jungle somewhere.
As for the rest of them – anything’s possible.
June 14th, 2009 at 13:11
“Gone are the days of witnesses/opponents conveniently dying in plane crashes..”
..or bodies of former Clinton staffers and White House travel agency employees stacking up in Fort Marcy Park.
Alas, am perhaps too unkind.