I never got too exercised over the charges in the first place, Coulter’s misregistration might well have been an honest mistake; at worst, it showed her for a hypocrite. But this abuse of authority is just plain wrong. (Almost as wrong as the idea of Coulter having a boyfriend.)
Aw, c’mon, even transgendered Satanists need a bit of nookie.
What did the poor transgendered Satanists ever do to you?
Yes! Do tell! Do tell! Better yet, start a MPSIMS thread on the subject. You’ll get a million hits!
Yes it is. A proper abuse of authority by this administration would involve Monica Goodling appointing Coulter US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
Having an FBI agent intercede for Ann, even a ‘Supervisory Special Agent’ seems weak and half-hearted, when they could have used the situation to accomplish a much greater abuse.
In the words of Mrs. Rodney Dangerfield, “Be honest, would you let him touch you?!”
The newspaper story reports that the Palm Beach Sheriff’s office says:
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[li]The investigator assigned to the case based her decision to clear Coulter on poll worker Whited’s testimony[/li][li]Whited was the source of the original charges; he told the newspaper last year that Coulter dashed out of his polling place when he asked her to write a change of address and later said on a radio radio show that he witnessed her committing a felony[/li][li]To Villa three months ago, however, Whited said Coulter may have misunderstood him and that he may have had a hand in her voting in the wrong precinct[/li][/ul]
That kills the investigation. When your only witness says completely contradictory things and admits that he may have been responsible for the violation, there’s no realistic way to establish a crime.
So why does anyone assume the FBI agent’s call has anything to do with it?
Again, we have BrainGlutton credulously repeating allegations he likes, never mind how flimsy the evidence is.
Cut it out.
It also says:
Not what I’d call due diligence, regardless of the credibility of the original complaining witness. This is not how an innocent person cooperates with the authorities, nor is it how responsible authorities handle an investigation. Something stinks on ice.
Your “LA! LA! LA!” comments in this thread leave you with zero credibility in this regard, Bricker.
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A Freudian would call that “projection”.
Perhaps because there’s no record of FBI agents routinely calling the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to express their ‘support’ of Coulter. The FBI certainly thought the incident was a little odd:
At first, it was all very innocent, he took me out to Ba’al games…
Well, they might, but it’s silly in this day and age. Investigatging whether an agent had a relationship with a notorious female impersonator like Coulter is just wrong. 
A reaction at odds with advice given on these boards and elsewhere all the time. “The cops want to look in my car,” or “…want to read my e-mail.” If I were to say, “Don’t refuse – that’s not how an innocent person cooperates with the authorities,” I’d be vilified. And rightly so.
You are a dishonest creep. A liar who lies to support your cause. You fuckng sicken me, you cheap piece of shit. Go away.
You have no business practicing law. You are a disgrace to the legal profession and to the human race. If general intellectual dishonesty were against the code of professional conduct (there’s no way it could be, of course), I would report you to your state’s Bar and have your ticket pulled.
Wow. I’m torn between amazement and amusement.
I have to say that in my admittedly mistaken opinion, on this board I have a general reputation for fairmindedness and evenhandedness on issues.
I think that the opinion you hold of me is more in the minority.
Luckily, in case I’m wrong, I no longer practice law, so I’m safe either way.
Whew.
Please pick one or the other.
Sure, you’re pretty fairminded and evenhanded, but it sure seems like you’re trying to practice law, every time you freakin post.
Did it occur to you that sometimes legal interpretations are not what’s being talked about in a thread, and sometimes are irrelevant to a discussion about morality and ethics? (Which isn’t to say that’s the case here.)
Well, ok, if the Coulter bashing festival is derailed, at least we can rag on the lawyers. Rather a step down from good clean fun, but, oh, well…
IOW don’t let legalities get in the way when the lefties that dominate these boards want do their Bush hating and conservative bashing !
I hasten to point out that if the public at large adopts a position you would describe as “lefty”, it is no longer “lefty” but “centrist”. My ilk and I regard that as progress, you ar free to view it with alarm and dismay, so long as you don’t get in the way.