Appreciation luncheon held for beleaguered district attorney

The Durham Herald-Sun ^ | Feb 19, 2007 : 10:26 pm ET | John Stevenson

[JLS]

You just can not make this stuff up.

[JLS]

ping

[LiteKeeper]

Can you spell "denial?"

[neverhillorat]

Global warming strikes again

[JennysCool]

Here's Victoria, co-founder of "Citizens for Mike Nifong."

[ApplegateRanch]

Is it to late to take up a collection, and send him a Ho-Gram, courtesy of "FReepers Concerned About Official Injustices"?

[ApplegateRanch]

But as they munched barbecued chicken, mashed potatoes and corn at an "Appreciation Week" luncheon Monday

They forgot the collards & watermellon.

Especially that red to the heart watermellon.

[JLS]

No I believe it is Corrupt DA week all week long. A Ho-gram for Nifong would be quite funny.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

 

Hmmph. The company he keeps speaks volumes. And it's supposed to take an entire week for laying down a fog of desperate PR - gotta wonder how many more Durham County tax dollars are going to be blown because of that bum.

 

 

 

[JoanOfArk]

I don't know how anyone could eat a meal at a table with Peterson or Nifong. What a bunch of losers. No one showed up for the appreciation celebration except for the people who worked for him.

[Colorado Doug]

While it was nice of Nifong's mother to throw this luncheon for him, you would have thought that she would have at least shown up for it along with his several friends. Oh well, can't blame her for being embarrassed.

[Ken H]

Here's Victoria, co-founder of "Citizens for Mike Nifong."

KC Johnson on Victoria Peterson:

-snip-

In addition to her homophobic rants and her claims that Duke Hospital tampered with the DNA evidence, Peterson had shared the platform with the head of a hate group, the New Black Panthers, during the Panthers' visit to Durham. Most district attorneys would not consider this a welcoming resume. A recently released Duke Police report shows that Peterson did more than simply stand silently on the platform. According to the report of Officer S.M. Tiffin,

Capt. Evans informed me that during the rally, Ms. Peterson was advocating burning down the house at 610 N. Buchanan. Capt. Evans told me that he quietly asked her not to continue telling people to burn the house.

-snip-

http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/01/sunday-roundup_28.html

[GSlob]

"If you rely on certain media, you might think there is universal disapproval of me," Nifong said, referring largely to national television outlets that have relentlessly hammered him over the lacrosse incident. "But if you're closer to home, you realize that's not true," he added."
So the disapproval was not quite universal - he scrambled up a few acquaintances and maybe relatives.

[Neverforget01]

Peterson, Wagstaff, Durham resident Minnie Brown and another woman were the only nonstaff Nifong supporters on hand when a Herald-Sun writer dropped by late into Monday's luncheon -- about 1:15 p.m. Peterson said other members of the public had been there and left. Roughly a dozen others still around the table at 1:15 work for Nifong.

I wonder if they had a choice?

DA Appreciation week--there's a first.

[Fido969]

With that "burn the house down" comment, it is amazing that the Herald-Sun continues to support Peterson.

[Fido969]

"DA Appreciation week--there's a first."

It's a plot by the greeting-card companies.

[CFC__VRWC]

Pathetic.

What's just as pathetic is the Durham Herald-Sun, even now, continues to carry Nifong's water.

[Larry Lucido]

I'm glad the suppport is local, because they are the ones who will pay the taxes to cover the civil damage awards to those wrongfully accused.

[Dukie07]

As a shout out to our friend Locomotive Breath, it's also "Engineer's Week" at Duke (maybe elsewhere?).

Note to LB: You might wanna ask Duke to make sure EW doesn't coincide with AADA week next year..... :) .... although, the guy is a pretty good railroader...