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Speaking of McVeigh, Fox News' John Gibson goes batshit crazy (yet again) on the Oklahoma City bombings
You remember Fox News' John Gibson, right? Well, the same wingnut behind an insanely ignorant, homophobic screed against same-sex marriage is now blaming Iraq for the Oklahoma City bombing. Yes, you read that correctly. From Fox News:
The whole thing stinks of Iraq. Ramzi Yousef (search), an Iraqi agent that was involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and his associates were allegedly talking to Terry Nichols (search) in 1994 about how to build a fertilizer bomb.
So now the question: So if there is all this evidence, why has the U.S. government ignored it?
He concludes by knocking it out of the ballpark:
If McVeigh were just the grunt ? mixing the chemicals, driving the truck, setting the timer, and running off ? guilty though he might be, if the bombing was a plot by a foreign government, his lawyer would have had a chance at the sentencing hearing to argue that others were more responsible and McVeigh should not be executed.
Wait a second, rewind that for me. Did he really say what I thought he said?
If McVeigh were just the grunt ? mixing the chemicals, driving the truck, setting the timer, and running off ? guilty though he might be ...
Why, yes he did. That's got to score a perfect 100 on the OffensiveMeter. Someone call the families of the 168 people killed in Oklahoma City and ask them what they think of Fox News calling the man who killed their loved one a "grunt." Just the guy who mixed the chemicals, drove the truck, set the timer and ran off. Yeah, he didn't do anything wrong at all. He was just a patsy.
The fear that the McVeigh execution might have been an error ? and a mistaken execution ? could put the federal death penalty itself in jeopardy. The fear of losing the federal death penalty could explain why the U.S. government does not appear to be anxious to act on evidence it has that Iraq may have been involved in the Oklahoma City bombing.
That's My Word.
And my word, John: Batshit.
You remember Fox News' John Gibson, right? Well, the same wingnut behind an insanely ignorant, homophobic screed against same-sex marriage is now blaming Iraq for the Oklahoma City bombing. Yes, you read that correctly. From Fox News:
The whole thing stinks of Iraq. Ramzi Yousef (search), an Iraqi agent that was involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and his associates were allegedly talking to Terry Nichols (search) in 1994 about how to build a fertilizer bomb.
So now the question: So if there is all this evidence, why has the U.S. government ignored it?
He concludes by knocking it out of the ballpark:
If McVeigh were just the grunt ? mixing the chemicals, driving the truck, setting the timer, and running off ? guilty though he might be, if the bombing was a plot by a foreign government, his lawyer would have had a chance at the sentencing hearing to argue that others were more responsible and McVeigh should not be executed.
Wait a second, rewind that for me. Did he really say what I thought he said?
If McVeigh were just the grunt ? mixing the chemicals, driving the truck, setting the timer, and running off ? guilty though he might be ...
Why, yes he did. That's got to score a perfect 100 on the OffensiveMeter. Someone call the families of the 168 people killed in Oklahoma City and ask them what they think of Fox News calling the man who killed their loved one a "grunt." Just the guy who mixed the chemicals, drove the truck, set the timer and ran off. Yeah, he didn't do anything wrong at all. He was just a patsy.
The fear that the McVeigh execution might have been an error ? and a mistaken execution ? could put the federal death penalty itself in jeopardy. The fear of losing the federal death penalty could explain why the U.S. government does not appear to be anxious to act on evidence it has that Iraq may have been involved in the Oklahoma City bombing.
That's My Word.
And my word, John: Batshit.
Even if it was a Porchse!
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