The Instant Verdict
By Mitch Berg
Remember six weeks ago, when the regional leftyblogosphere tried and convicted Rep. Michele Bachmann for the death of Census worker Bill Sparkman, due to her views on overweening government?
Not so fast, some of us said; law enforcement hadn’t even had a chance to look at the case.
And now that they have…?
(Echo echo echo echo echo)
Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said no final conclusions have been made in the case. In recent weeks, however, investigators have grown more skeptical that 51-year-old Bill Sparkman died at the hands of someone angry at the federal government.
The officials said investigators continue to look closely at suicide as a possible cause of Sparkman’s death for a number of reasons. There were no defensive wounds on Sparkman’s body, and while his hands were bound with duct-tape, they were still somewhat mobile, suggesting he could have manipulated the rope, the officials said.
So, Matt Hoffman? Dusty Trice? Got anything to tell us?
November 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Any news that doesn’t fit into the left-progressive template of preconceived ideas is swept into the dust pan of history. But you knew that already.
November 6th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Slash — if you are reading this — I think you could advance the true-believer right-wing cause if you wrote ‘wingnut’ on your chest and hung yourself from the flagpole at Coffman Union.
Be sure you spell wingnut correctly or they’ll know you did it yourself.