Comments on: L.A. Times Does Not Tell Whole Story on Supreme Court Case

By: Selected Pete

Selected Pete — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:30:19 +0000

Er - Couldn’t help but hear my name uttered in vain ;0) Yes - I was critical of Hugh’s interview with Henry because it seemed to drift off topic a bit (referring to Henry’s own work as opposed to his personal vote record and his opinion of other shows), and also because I only read the transcript.

Hugh surprised me by posting the critical link and then emailing me himself in detail providing context and background. Context and background….hmmm Those things are so often missing from the work done in LA and NY these days. Anyway - an update to my critique is posted with a very poignant quote from Hewitt’s email at http://www.selectedpete.com

It references the fact that Hugh remains one of the few civil and consistently well-mannered people in politics today. Dennis Prager is another. People like Franken and Rhodes absolutely pale next to these guys.

By: PCD

PCD — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:54:47 +0000

Mikekoshi, just from your comment about Hewitt I deduce you wear a tinfoil hat and can’t understand why Bush beats you at every turn.

I know Hugh for a long time. I’m farther to the right of him. Hugh is always grounded when it comes to discussing the law and Constitution.

Hugh does get flakey when we start discussing the Cleveland Browns.

By: sharon

sharon — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:07:20 +0000

This reporting is a classic example why people think the system is automatically biased against minorities.

By: slickdpdx

slickdpdx — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:37:28 +0000

My experience was that the defense strikes a similar number of non-whites as the prosecution. In a bigger city, its not that BIG a problem. In a smaller city, I can see that Batson is a bigger issue.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:28:12 +0000

Bostonian says: “Hewitt is just a nice man. You might disagree with his politics, but he is never not nice.”

Missed the interview with CNN’s Ed Henry, then?

Suggest you read “Hewitt VS CNN’s Ed Henry - Civility Lost” from a righty blogger on Hugh’s favored links:

“For his part, Ed Henry politely stayed on what appeared to be a lengthened segment with cross-hairs neatly pinned betwixt the eyes, and made it clear that he needed to and wanted to leave for other engagements…the show spiraled very quickly into what looked to me like an ambush and desperation.”

http://selectedpete.blogspot.com/2006/01/hewitt-vs-cnns-ed-henry-civility-lost.html

By: Bostonian

Bostonian — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:49:29 +0000

Mikekoshi says: “The prospect of having Hugh Hewitt running around loose in public without a muzzle should make any intelligent person nervous”

I doubt Miko has ever listened to the guy!

Hewitt is just a nice man. You might disagree with his politics, but he is never not nice.

By: russ

russ — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:17:41 +0000

Mikekoshi says: “The prospect of having Hugh Hewitt running around loose in public without a muzzle should make any intelligent person nervous”

Whoa sluggo! Hugh Hewitt would make you nervous (with the implication that you are intelligent?!?!) but the likes of a Chris Matthews, a Katie Couric, a Kenneth Olberman, etc., etc. doesn’t make you nervous?!?!…:lol:

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:26:50 +0000

Patterico, I read the article this morning. I knew nothing about this case, only what was contained in today’s article.

It made NO sense to me… that the prosecutor would pre-empt because the women were “too tolerant of this type of case”… in fact, I read that part of the article TWICE trying to figure it out, thinking I missed something.

Silly me, I DID miss something. Problem was Savage didn’t INCLUDE it. Thank you for doing so.

By: Black Jack

Black Jack — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:22:58 +0000

Yes, his 2 prior convictions for robbery and rape do explain his 25 to life sentence. Thanks.

By: James B. Shearer

James B. Shearer — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:54:46 +0000

Black Jack, I suspect this is the three strikes law in action.