(It’s a bizarre story. Isn’t it about time that the 46th is represented by a leader focused on what’s important, like say Debbie Cook? – promoted by Brian Leubitz)
I’m… speechless. This latest piece from the OC Weekly reveals that Rohrabacher actually thinks the “Arabs” were responsible for assassinating Robert F. Kennedy, and decades later visited Sirhan Sirhan in prison… in drag???
According to a September 25, 2008, Pasadena Weekly article by Carl Kozlowski, Rohrabacher believes that the Los Angeles Police Department has for 40 years hidden the fact that Sirhan Sirhan, the lone man convicted of shooting Kennedy, worked as part of a “real conspiracy” of Arabs.
Why? Well, Rohrabacher–a rabid right-wing Republican who has bragged to me and other reporters about his, uh, longtime personal ties to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)–claims he was in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles for a party at the same time Kennedy was murdered in the kitchen.
Ponder that admission for a moment and then consider the congressman’s incredible tale.
More of the disturbing tale below the fold.
In early 2007–39 years after the killing and right around the time that he blamed global warming on dinosaur flatulence, Rohrabacher decided to solve his murder mystery for “the Kennedy family.”
Anyone familiar with Rohrabacher knows this story is now headed for unadulterated, wacky bliss.
At some point, Sirhan sent Summer Reese, one of his lawyers, a letter telling her that “a Diana was coming to see him.”
Reese told Kozlowski, “Sirhan didn’t know it was the congressman because his visitor was presented as a woman.”
Rohrabacher. Undercover. In drag. Using the name Diana?
Perhaps this sheds light on why ex-Congressman Bob Dornan (R-Garden Grove) liked to call Rohrabacher “a fruitcake.”
What were you doing at Corcoran State Prison in California, Diana/Dana?
“I went to see [Sirhan] specifically because I believe he didn’t act alone and that the full story of Bobby Kennedy’s assassination has not been known,” he said. “I would like Sirhan Sirhan to finally, at long last, level with the Kennedy family and the American people, whether to clear his soul as part of his Christian beliefs or try to set the record straight.”
I need to go pick my jaw up off the floor now.
Oh, and here is the Pasadena Weekly article that was referenced.
Reese also criticized Rohrabacher’s visit to Corcoran to see Sirhan in early 2007, saying “We got a letter from Sirhan, who was told a ‘Diana’ was coming to see him,” she recalled. “Sirhan didn’t know it was the congressman because the visitor was presented as a woman.”
Reese said Sirhan was told the person was coming to talk about the atrocious conditions he faces in solitary confinement. “So, of course, he said sure, send this person in.”
Reese said no one on Sirhan’s legal team was informed of the meeting, and when Rohrabacher arrived with two aides, she claimed he “repeatedly badgered him to admit he did the killing to clear his conscience. The two aides tape recorded the whole thing and Sirhan felt very used and abused by the process.”
The timing of the visit was highly suspicious, Reese said. “Why visit after all these years, unless they’re worried about whatever new legal proceedings will produce and trying to torpedo that by getting him to admit something he didn’t do?” she asked. “We never received an answer from Rohrabacher’s office about why he was there, or tapes of the conversation that were made while he was in there. They admitted they were there, but there’s no explanation from Rohrabacher or his aides. He was not there for justice.”
Now, that piece doesn’t say if Rohrabacher was actually in drag; it seems he was just pretending to be a woman to… well… I don’t know why. Does Sirhan refuse to accept male visitors or something??
I’m officially creeped out now.
I’m heading down to Carson this morning to see the mavericky magic happen. Sarah Palin will be holding a “Road to Victory Rally” at The Home Depot Center with “Your California Ticket.” Yeah, good luck with that.
