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Thursday, April 03, 2003
Spinning like a top
Yesterday on my way home, I heard local hate-radio racist Roger Hedgecock spreading the latest spin on the story about the van that was fired upon by American soldiers. Busy Busy Busy points out that the "Fedayeen made us do it" story is bullshit.
This is another example of irresponsible hate radio "personalities" (an oxymoron, if there ever was one) lying with every word that comes out of their mouths. In Hedgecock's case, it's not too suprising. He has a long history as a professional liar:
Soon after winning the mayoral race over Maureen O'Conner in 1983, Hedgecock and his allies were enmeshed in a series of grand jury investigations and later, trials over alleged illegal campaign fund raising.
After a first trial ended in a hung jury, Hedgecock was convicted in 1985 in a second trial of 12 counts of perjury and one count of conspiracy of illegal campaign financing, forcing his resignation.
Hedgecock appealed and the State Supreme Court reversed the perjury counts. In 1991, the single felony was reversed to misdemeanor and then dismissed, with Hedgecock paying a $5,000 fine. McDade, who was the only targeted defendant to voluntarily talk to the grand jury about the campaign, was never charged with any wrongdoing, but his association with Hedgecock led to health problems.
More on Hedgecock here
To anyone who would listen, Hedgecock claimed he was the victim of a vendetta by Miller and the press. He sued The San Diego Union. He hired a San Diego lawyer specializing in drug cases for his first trial and then a Las Vegas lawyer who represented organized-crime figures for his second. When the second jury convicted him of conspiracy and perjury, he claimed a bailiff’s comments to jurors constituted tampering, although the trial judge disagreed.
As he imposed sentence, Judge William L. Todd Jr. said he had no doubt of Hedgecock’s guilt and that he had “violated the public trust in an onerous, onerous way... Your conduct ... is reprehensible in every sense of the word because you violated the public trust, completely, over and over again.” Facing automatic ouster under state law, Hedgecock had resigned at 3 p.m., December 5, 1985, just minutes before being sentenced.
By the way. Roger occasionally fills in for Rush. If you ever hear him...give him a call and ask him his opinion on perjury.
Good fun for the whole family.
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