Rising Hegemon
So New Mexico is contemplating pardoning Billy the Kid (aka William Bonnie aka Henry McCarty) -- which will really come in handy for him.
But I come not to go into detail over that, but over one of the comments...
Ah, quit your whining! New Mexico elected Richardson for better or for worse. Besides, if they can make a hero out of Abe Lincoln then why not Henry McCarty too?
Um, what now?
Well, the deal is he was promised a pardon when he was alive and the government reneged.
ReplyDeleteSo.
Besides, the Kristofferson-Dylan-Coburn movie really is cool.
ReplyDeleteAnd Billy had a cousin from north korea
ReplyDeleteNeed we add that Lew Wallace (the Territorial Governor who lied to Billy the Kid to get him to testify against someone else) was a Republican?
ReplyDeleteEasy answer: Yes.
Battle speed!... Attack speed!... Ramming speed!
Um, what now?
ReplyDeleteHey, how about a pardon for John Hinckley, Jr.?
Don't forget to consider John Wilkes Booth, a much maligned man of the glorious auld south...
ReplyDeletevox
The glorious Techincolor and CinemaScope 1959 masterpiece based on Lew Wallace's novel was on TCM today, chariot race and all.
ReplyDelete"Goats and Jehovah!"
hey did the guv'nr of jerusalem ever get around to pardoning jesus?
ReplyDeleteeven jimmy stewart needed a little press help.
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