So why,oh why did Bundy ring that bell???
As the talking heads say on television "that's a good question". I certainly don't know, but I would take a guess. Media make a person feel that they are that person's friends. They know how to penetrate a person's defences. That being said there is the possibility that no one took the rancher aside and warned him.
I am always reminded of the parable of the Scorpion and the Frog. I will permit myself a description of much of the media in this.
Two faced swine.
One of the most thoughtful and intelligent comments made in this entire thread. Thank you. I suspect you’re right...but I am left puzzled how a man so cognizant of the political issues involved in his case could be so ignorant of the political landscape that he would allow himself to get so far off topic. How often do we keep seeing champions of great causes get derailed by their own faux pas?
I did see hints of that earlier, I guess, when his main argument seemed to be the fed’s right to own land within the state. Now I think he has a sound argument there, but the easier argument to win (which the Hages DID win) is the case of his grazing easement that predates the federal “possession” of the land. In trying to make the larger, more difficult argument, he lost a winnable case...which actually hurt the larger cause as everyone continues to point at his losses in court to diminish his credibility.