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I think he was blinded by his hard-wired misperceptions about class, race and gender into assuming the case was a good one. "Of course, those rowdy, rich, white athletes raped that poor young black mother. Her difficulties in life will just make her a more sympathetic accuser to the jury." Even Nifong could not have been so stupid as to promote this case knowing that he was going to end up with egg on his face before the election (e.g. negative DNA).

As Disney's Davy Crockett used to tell we children of a certain generation "Be sure you're right and then go ahead". Nifong is the right age but apparently was never allowed to watch Disney.