|
|
|
|
filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 12/22/2008 : 13:06:55
|
If Paul Wellstone, whom the GOP loathed, hadn't been offed in the same way, I wouldn't wonder much about this: The Republican consultant accused of involvement in alleged vote-rigging in Ohio in 2004 was warned that his plane might be sabotaged before his death in a crash Friday night, according to a Cleveland CBS affiliate.
45-year-old Republican operative Michael Connell was killed when his single-passenger plane crashed Friday into a home in a suburb of Akron, Ohio (PREVIOUS REPORT). The consultant was called to testify in federal court regarding a lawsuit alleging that he took part in tampering with Ohio's voting results in the 2004 election.
Without getting into specific details, 19 Action News reporter Blake Renault reported Sunday evening that 45-year-old Republican operative and experienced pilot had been warned not to fly his plane in the days before the crash.
"Connell...was apparently told by a close friend not to fly his plane because his plane might be sabotaged," Renault said. "And twice in the last two months Connell, who is an experienced pilot, cancelled two flights because of suspicious problems with his plane."
Renault called Connell's death "untimely."
The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are now investigating the crash. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, no new information has been made available since the incident occurred.
|
Hmm. We laugh at conspiricy theories, but sometimes they are not as ridiculous as they appear and this one might have a solid basis -- it is, after all, a Bush/Cheney/Rove administration. In any event, I dunno, but it might be wise for well-known Dems, especially Al Franken, to avoid traveling by small aircraft.
|
"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
|
|
|
HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2008 : 13:12:42 [Permalink]
|
I'd have warned him of sabotage on general principles, too, if I'd been his friend. But flying small aircraft, especially in the terrible recent winter weather of that area, has got to be dangerous as hell, anyway. Hope we find out more soon. These crash investigations are pretty thorough.
[Edited to remove a Blago reference. Sorry, it was a senior moment.]
|
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 12/22/2008 14:21:57 |
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Uh-oh.....
