WA State Justice admits to taunting Mukasey prior to collapse

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Justice admits to taunting Mukasey

By Adam Wilson | The Olympian • Published November 26, 2008



Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders acknowledged Tuesday that he shouted "Tyrant! You are a tyrant!" during a speech by the nation's attorney general last week.

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed about 15 minutes later as he addressed the Federalist Society in Washington, D.C. The incident made headlines that initially overshadowed a controversy about who had heckled him as he defended the Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies.

Sanders said Tuesday: "It kind of irked me that this is making fun of the Geneva Conventions. … To make a joke about it, when we're a signator to this convention which prohibits torture."

He denies that he "heckled" Mukasey, who appeared unfazed by the outburst and was released from a hospital Friday in good health.

When questions arose about the shouting, Sanders initially avoided answering directly. He said Monday that he wasn't around when Mukasey collapsed, but he wouldn't comment on Internet articles naming him as the heckler.

By late Tuesday afternoon, Sanders had drafted a statement. Asked why he took so long to clarify what had happened, he told The Olympian, "I thought it through. I think that it's best that all the facts be there, and there's no reason not to lay it all out."

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[Poll_Blind]

1. Ha! Good for Mr. Sanders! I don't care if Mukasey collapsed on Christmas morning...

...right as Tiny Tim was God-blessing ev-er-y one! Mukasey is a bastard. Where in the Bleeding-Heart Liberal Handbook does it say that when you back off of Ancient Evil just because Evil's in poor health?

  For those- cause there were alot of them, all koom-ba-yah-ing over Mukasey after his collapse, did you feel the same way about the aged Pinochet? The elderly Pol Pot? How about Adolf Eichmann- who, I think, was more comparable to Mukasey in their motives and the role they played in the cornucopia of Evil deeds which have unfolded under Bush.

  Bush and his cronies have killed us- have killed America's future. Make no doubt about it- it's not like we're grievously wounded. We're fucking dead. Hopefully Obama's financial CPR won't be too late to bring us back.

PB

[Metta]

2. Kudos for speaking his mind and calling traitors out.

Mukasey gets a seat at the grown ups table for the war crimes trial.