Saturday, December 25, 2010

The company you creep

I imagine there are more trite and stupid things than pardoning a murderer...for tourism, but not many.

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?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, the deal is he was promised a pardon when he was alive and the government reneged.

So.

Anonymous said...

Besides, the Kristofferson-Dylan-Coburn movie really is cool.

Anonymous said...

And Billy had a cousin from north korea

StonyPillow said...

Need 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?

Easy answer: Yes.

Battle speed!... Attack speed!... Ramming speed!

Anonymous said...

Um, what now?

Hey, how about a pardon for John Hinckley, Jr.?

Anonymous said...

Don't forget to consider John Wilkes Booth, a much maligned man of the glorious auld south...
vox

charles pierce said...

The glorious Techincolor and CinemaScope 1959 masterpiece based on Lew Wallace's novel was on TCM today, chariot race and all.
"Goats and Jehovah!"

Anonymous said...

hey did the guv'nr of jerusalem ever get around to pardoning jesus?

pansypoo said...

even jimmy stewart needed a little press help.