Well, I was trying to give Mrs. Lacy the benefit of the doubt
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Yeah, I tried that for a while. Didn't last!
Honestly, I do not know very much about her since I do not live in Colorado, and don't pay attention to Boulder politics.
Well, most of us here know PLENTY about her. And it's appropriate that you mention Boulder politics, because I've often said that Boulder is the ONLY place where a CloudCuckoolander like Mary Lacy could be elected DA! And even then, it helps to remember that she wasn't really elected as we would think, since there was hardly any opposition to her campaigns. It would be more like a royal succession, when the outgoing monarch passes the sceptre. Kim Jong-Un's succession of his father comes to mind.
So I could not say whether or not she was a good or bad D.A. overall. It might be that she has done some good in her time in office.
If she did, I'm not aware of any. As for bad, well, this case is the biggest, but not the ONLY one. Back in 2004, she pursued a rape case against some football players from CU Boulder, when it was clear that there was no case to pursue. One can liken it to the later Duke University hoax, with the notable exception that, unlike Mike Nifong, who was hounded out of office, nobody seemed to CARE what an idiot ML was!
I mention this, because it highlights a reason why many people think ML did the stupid things she did: she was a radical feminist who always took the side of women, no matter what. Obviously, you're aware of her comments to the police in THIS case that "men are in no position to judge Patsy Ramsey," but that's tame compared to what a former campaign worker of hers once said about it.
Then, there was 2006, where she wouldn't take any action in the case of Jason Midyette, a baby beaten to death in his home. At least, she wouldn't take any action until one of Bill O'Reilly's operatives ambushed her in her own driveway!
But on this particular case, I think you are right that she has no credibility. She had three strikes against her before releasing the "exoneration" letter- breaking into Boulder police computer (although this was never proven, ST believes it was covered up), making the comment referred to in the radio show that "men are in no position to judge Patsy Ramsey",
That one's particularly egregious.
and most importantly of all, putting an arrest warrant for a man (if you can call him that) against which she had no real evidence.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, she transported him back the way you would transport a plague virus. And you're right: no evidence at all. A FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENT would know better than that!
You want to talk about giving someone the benefit of the doubt? Despite my skepticism, it kept running through my mind, "nah, she couldn't be THAT stupid." I guess I was wrong!
So my impression is that she is a real flake.
That's how Chris Wolf summed her up!
It's funny: after the JMK debacle, ST stated publically that ML should have stepped down. It would have been the right thing to do, and if she refused, the state should have forced her out. And I'm convinced that anywhere else, that would have happened, but not in Boulder! Nobody gave a damn. That's the saddest part.