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'Survivor' Hatch: I was imprisoned because I'm gay
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| 081809
| AP
Posted on 08/18/2009 1:50:52 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
NEWPORT, R.I. – "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he believes he was sent to prison because he's gay, a claim the prosecutors in the case call baseless and delusional.
Hatch, speaking publicly for the first time since being released from prison to home confinement, told NBC's "Today" show that he believes the judge in his tax evasion case discriminated against him. He also accused a prosecutor of misconduct.
"I know without question that there are personal issues involved for the prosecutor. I don't know why. The prosecutorial misconduct has been egregious," he said.
When asked whether he believes that if he was heterosexual, he would not have gone to prison, Hatch replied, "I do believe that."
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: taxevasion
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To: Artemis Webb
Naw Hatch, count it a blessing. Surely you got a lot of what you like in prison. The prosecutors did you a favor.
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:53:00 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Please God Save The United States From Barack Hussein Al-Obama. Amen.)
To: Artemis Webb
You went to prison for tax evasion because you weren’t a member of the Obama Administration and didn’t get a get out of jail free card courtesy of the most ethical congress ever ever in history.
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:53:03 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: Artemis Webb
Is he still gay? If so, shouldn’t he be in jail by his logic?
To: Artemis Webb
Victim victim victim victim victim.
Liberalism is rooted in self-absorbtion. Victim-identity is one of its manifestations.
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:53:25 PM PDT
by
mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: Artemis Webb
He got a million dollar check and a 1099. He decided to not pay the taxes he owed. There were only two possible results... jail or Treasury Secretary.
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:53:33 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
To: Artemis Webb
Gay Card
The new Race Card
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:54:07 PM PDT
by
envisio
(Foxtrot Yankee Bravo Oscar)
To: Artemis Webb
No you wanker! You were jailed because you were/are a complete moron who thought he could get away with not paying any taxes!
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:54:25 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
To: Artemis Webb
He says that the blue states are homophobic.
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:54:56 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(North Korea? The only buildings in Hawaii at risk of destruction are those housing Obama's records!)
To: Artemis Webb
Then prison wasn’t so bad, was it? So what’s he complaining about?
To: Artemis Webb
I didn’t realize that tax evasion was effeminate.
To: Artemis Webb
another VICTIM..... VICTIM.....
“man-up” guy.. you de the crime... you do the time...
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:55:28 PM PDT
by
bareford101
(Be loud! We have nothing – NOTHING - to apologize for in fighting for our Country!!)
To: bareford101
"“man-up” guy" Very unlikely.
To: Artemis Webb
When asked whether he believes that if he was heterosexual, he would not have gone to prison, Hatch replied, "I do believe that." You believe a lot of weird things, Richard.
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:57:44 PM PDT
by
TankerKC
(USAF...retired. Well, on Terminal Leave.)
To: Artemis Webb
"I know without question that there are personal issues involved for the prosecutor. I don't know why. The prosecutorial misconduct has been egregious," he said. When asked whether he believes that if he was heterosexual, he would not have gone to prison, Hatch replied, "I do believe that."
If the prosecutor had any personal animus against Hatch, it was probably just because he's a jerk.
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posted on
08/18/2009 1:58:00 PM PDT
by
Huntress
(Who the hell are you to tell me what's in my best interests?)
To: Artemis Webb
If it wasn't already obvious from the "Survivor" show and its fallout, Hatch's latest tantrum should make it plain that he is a completely narcissistic, self-absorbed asshole of the first order who has a real problem with authority.
He thought he could flip the bird at the IRS, unlike us mere mortals who have to pay taxes. Then when he's busted he screams "persecution". It's all about you, isn't it thweetie?
STFU and go away. Your 15 minutes expired long ago.
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posted on
08/18/2009 2:02:59 PM PDT
by
marshmallow
("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
To: vpintheak
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posted on
08/18/2009 2:19:55 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: KarlInOhio
To: bareford101
Hum...
With Richard “man up” has a whole different meaning...
I am sure some of his fellow inmates also brought a whole new connotation to “Down the Hatch”...
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posted on
08/18/2009 2:28:01 PM PDT
by
ejonesie22
(There's something socialist in the neighborhood, who ya gonna call? MITTBUSTERS!)
To: Artemis Webb
I must not be up on the lingo. I thought being "gay" used to mean you were a homosexual. Turns out it must mean "tax cheat". I guess that means that Wesley Snipes and Al Capone were gay.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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posted on
08/18/2009 3:06:43 PM PDT
by
philled
(A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.-- GB Shaw)
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