Guarding against the lies of the right is a tough job to do and Media Matters has been getting it done for quite some time now. Lately the liars David Brock and Co. have been documenting started biting back, most notably Bill O'Lielly. As nuts as he is, not even he would carry out a frivolous lawsuit against Media Matters. Though there is a wingnut that will. His name is Andy Martin.
This is Andy's deal, from Betanews:
"David Brock has invented a new form of political organization: a tax exempt group that is subsidized by taxpayers while Brock gets to spew his hate/smears," Martin charges. "The sympathetic left-wing national media love it.
"Brock attacked Don Imus. He has attacked Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. And he as also smeared me. I am in good company with national media personalities.
"I have sued Brock and MMFA. He can defend his defamatory accusations in DuPage County, Illinois Circuit Court.
"I can't prove it yet, but I believe there are links between Brock's tax exempt hate/smear group and Barack Obama's campaign," Martin will state.
Sounds like your typical right winger seething with hate and looking for revenge. He can't handle his own truth, so he is attacking the messenger. Andy is outraged he has been labeled an anti-semite. It probably wouldn't look good if you were running for the Senate versus Dick Durbin next year, would it? But what if it were true?
From The Chicago Tribune:
In a 1983 personal bankruptcy case, he referred to a federal bankruptcy judge as a "crooked, slimy Jew, who has a history of lying and thieving common to members of his race."
In 1973, the Illinois Supreme Court refused to allow Martin admission to the bar. The court's decision noted that Martin, a University of Illinois law school graduate who was previously known by the name Anthony R. Martin-Trigona, had a Selective Service record that showed he had a "moderately-severe character defect manifested by well documented ideation with a paranoid flavor and a grandiose character."
There are so many funny stories about Andy, I hope the judge laughs him right out of court. AHiddenSaint has the rest of the story over at DailyKos. Kudos to him for putting it all together. I look forward to this day in court real soon. Then hopefully Andy can be committed to an institution that cares for his kind.
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