Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Politics Basil Marceaux Pleaded Guilty to Vandalism, Theft and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; Usually Innocent by Reason of Insanity
Posted by Brantley Hargrove on Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:45 AM
At least a few of these, however, are probably just items on his own personal wish list. It seems Marceaux, a resident of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., is no stranger to Hamilton County Criminal Court. A call placed to the court clerk's office didn't yield much in the way of details, but Pith found out that Marceaux has pleaded guilty to vandalism, possession of drug paraphernalia and reckless driving. Those are just the charges for which he was penalized. For a handful of other alleged crimes, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity: Violating the financial responsibility law on four separate occasions (insurance), driving an unregistered vehicle (twice), speeding and theft of property. Letters of need for involuntary committal were issued, but it isn't clear that he was ever actually placed in a psychiatric hospital. In some ways, his scofflaw's disregard for vehicle registration and insurance laws makes him more Tea Party than any of the other candidates. He's thumbing his nose at Big Government.
So, yeah, it could be argued that Basil Marceaux is nuttier than squirrel turds. But this year it seems like you could do a lot worse with your vote (HaslamWampRamsey).
Also, "will the world tell President Bush to stop this slavery operation?" Basil will. Will you!?!
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well basil is an honest man and that puts him ahead of ramsey and wimp,vote basil,.
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I think he had a real winner with the whole banning goldfinch flags thing, though. That's an issue Tennesseans are really riled up about.
A true patriot- and southernbeale: I think he meant "gold-fringed flags", his speech is not exactly perfect. Marines adamantly against using American flags with gold fringes, as gold is not one of the thee national colors.
The GOP establishment is afraid. This is clearly a hit piece on Basil.
Go, Basil! Go! The man is trembling in his boot.
hell yes!! stop the gold-fringed flags! i mean, you might as well dress your flag in a corsette and make it sing show tunes.
Now all we need is for Alan Hope, head of the British Monster Raving Loony Party, to move to Tennessee and agree to serve as Marceaux's Deputy Governor.
"So, yeah, it could be argued that Basil Marceaux is nuttier than squirrel turds. But this year it seems like you could do a lot worse with your vote (HaslamWampRamsey...or McWherter)."
Fixed that for you!
Good lookin' out, Lew!
Milkman, what I'd really like is an arrest affidavit or an indictment. Think you could pick those up in Hamilton County for me?
Aww, BenK, you strutted in here thinking you were really going to school Pith on usage, but all you did was blunder into an English-language gray area. Not that the Associated Press Stylebook, the New York Times stylebook and Sir William Blackstone are the final authorities on everything, but they prescribe "pleaded," not "pled." Pled is thought of as too colloquial. Toe-may-toe, toe-mah-toe, I guess.
Yeah, I laugh at Basil and appreciate his apparent sincerity at the same time. My concern is the cover he provides for the loonies that are almost, but not quite, as far out there. He makes the arguments of Wamp and Ramsey almost rational by comparison. They are NOT.
Politicians are like a box of (stale) chocolates. You never know what you're going to get but they are all going to be bad. What's really sad is someone is out there exploiting this man's obvious disabilities. Either someone drove him to Channel 4 or gave him keys to drive himself to make his gubernatorial video. Either way, I'm avoiding Soddy Daisy at all costs!
