No Left-Wing Investigations of Bill Sparkman’s Death?
Commenting to post yesterday wondering why the left has lost interest in the death of Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman, Pamela Troy defended the sudden silence of the left (on an issue about which they couldn’t shut up toward the end of September):
What exactly is your point? That Maddow isn’t commenting because no new information has come out?
I have no idea what happened to Bill Sparkman, but suspecting some anti-Government nut is hardly out of line, given that his body was set out nude with the word “fed” written on it.
Well, Ms. Maddow did play it (as did a number of her ideological fellow travelers) as if some anti-Government nut (who regularly tuned in to Glenn Beck when not following Congresswoman Michelle Bachman’s tweets) was all but certainly the culprit. Given their incredible interest when the story broke, their current silence is telling. Remember, they’re the ones whose outrage made Sparkman’s death a national issue.
As I noted in that post, libertarian blogger R.S. McCain (with whom I occasionally correspond) “trekked over to the Bluegrass State to find out while he could,” doing so on his time, on his own dime (and with what he could rustle up from readers). So, I’m wondering if any left-wing bloggers have followed in his footsteps, heading to Kentucky to investigate this story–about which they made much when they seemed so certain that the murderer read right-wing blogs and participated in anti-big government tea parties.
If they were so certain Sparkman was murdered by a right-winger, why didn’t they go down their to test prove their hypothesis? And heck, doesn’t Ms. Maddow’s network have a few more resources than that Kia-driving blogger?
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Madcow reported her ASSumption as fact and probably got some MediaMorons ass hat to dislodge himself from George Soros’s testicles long enough to tell her how right she was. End of story.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — October 6, 2009 @ 7:09 pm - October 6, 2009
Having read most of what McCain has written on the subject (and it is enthralling), one thing that came to mind is a movie about the seven deadly sins. The murderer picked out his victims according to the seven deadly sins, and the last victim was the cop’s own wife, which led of course to the next deadly sin – anger (I think that was the right one). I specifically remember that he picked on a fat man for sloth.
McCain mentioned a few things about Sparkman which might or might not be related. First of all, he was an outsider to the area. He came from Florida, and he had been a journalist in his previous existence. Second, it was unlikely he had committed suicide for a couple of good reasons:
1) he had duct tape on his wrists and ankles and mouth.
2) he had survived cancer treatment.
The manner in which Sparkman was trussed up makes it look like it was a revenge killing. It is made to look like he might have been accused of being a child molester. The word FED could be a furphy in the case.
Another possibility is that Sparkman stumbled upon something at some point before his kidnap and murder. It could be that having been a journalist Sparkman was being nosy. It could be that the people who kidnapped him thought that he was one of the undercover cops in the area….. I do not think it had anything to do with him being a part time census worker. It is more likely something to do with moonshine and drugs.
Comment by thestraightaussie — October 6, 2009 @ 7:14 pm - October 6, 2009
And here goes my credibility, but this is meant tongue-in-cheek: Is it possible he was the bottom in a 3-way, and the inscription should have read “Fed and bred”, but they ran out of ink?!?
Comment by jaxdancer — October 6, 2009 @ 8:43 pm - October 6, 2009