[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

Bump that, jv! You know, the people I’m really mad at are the ones who hopped up and down when it was revealed that the Pendleton 8 were shackled and treated worse than inmates at Gitmo. Then it was announced that one of the eight had taken a plea deal. 99% of that support disappeared over night. The likes of Hannity and Michelle Malkin never mentioned the case again. Well, what did those people expect? What did they think the purpose of shackles and conex boxes were if not to get the weakest link to crack and take a plea so that prosecutors could roll it up from there? The fickle nature of Pendleton 8 “supporters” was disgusting to witness.

Good points, but Hannity shouldn't surprise. He's got a very short and superficial attention span. How about Savage? Did he stick with them or bail?

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I don’t listen to his program, so all I know is what I heard from a director of a defense fund.

At the height of the “Marines in shackles” hysteria, Savage helped raise $50,000. Then, when the plea was announced, that fund faucet was just turned completely off. The fund never got another nickel.

I believe Savage still followed the case (sort of). But he didn’t explain to his listeners what was going on. He seemed to accept the fact that one plea deal meant an admission of guilt for all eight.

I’m not beating up on Savage. He did raise fifty grand. But I thought that it was people on the Left who were victims of short attention spans and superficiality. I had thought those of us on the Right had a little more staying power and brain power.

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PS to above: Okay, when I say brain and staying power, maybe not Hannity.