Man, this guy was one of my heroes when I was a kid. When I played with F-4 toys as a little Ralph, it him and Driscoll's plane over NVA. When I got into flight simulators, same thing.
*sigh* It's just hard to wrap your head around such things. He was supposed to be
better than this.
"There are men in this courtroom who are walking around and breathing because Duke Cunningham put his life at risk," Blalack said "There is no doubt that all of the good that he did in those many years will be washed away."
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I wish his lawyer hadn't brought that up. That doesn't make him look better, it makes him look
worse. All that good meant he was supposed to be above such dishonorable behavior.
GunLvrPHD, we
expect that kind of behavior from Teddy. We expected a better standard from Duke. Kennedy's always been a backstabbing piece of shit. Duke was once something better.
This is one thing I like about the old Japanese system (despite them killing an uncle of mine). At least then he'd a)have a chance to redeem himself and b)we'd know he was really sorry.