[RedRover]

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.

[brityank]

I didn't realize Savage had done that, I only found him about a month ago and he was railing about Haditha and LtCol. Chessani.

Don't know if it will make it to the page, but I just dropped the following at the NC Times web-story:

If you're willing to believe NCIS, then this was a travesty and Cpl. Trent Thomas should have been incarcerated. Apparently the Court's Jury did not believe NCIS, or they would have done more than discharge him out of the Corps. These cases are all under "Undue Command Influence", and while I believe that some charges may be true, the lack of honesty by NCIS, the politicalization by Murtha and his ilk, and the blind acceptance of the lies of the insurgents and their enablers by the Media have precluded any of these trials or hearings to get to the truth.

Have you heard anything more about a Congressional [cover-up] investigation of either NCIS or Secretary Winters failure to monitor?

[Gene Eric]

Red, sorry about the private post. Pushed the wrong button ...

>> I had thought those of us on the Right had a little more staying power and brain power.

The costs are both financial and psychological both of which can often be managed if the public is willing to help out. Unfortunately, we’re starting out with only half the Country supporting the Military. The numbers dwindle from there.

A lot of this stuff gets back to the heavy financial hand of the prosecutors through a process that clearly needs to be overhauled. There should be some form of limits when the justice involves the Military. They should either cap the prosecutors budgets or provide some sort of matching funds for the defendant.

[MrCFdovnh]

"He seemed to accept the fact that one plea deal meant an admission of guilt for all eight."

I don't remember anything like that at all from Savage. After hearing the guilty verdict for this case he still believes that these guys were charged with theses crimes for doing their jobs "too well" and still considers them heroes.

As far as Chessani is concerned, he's given $25,000 of his own money and thanks to him an additional $200,000 + has been donated.