The Rude Pundit: An Email About George Tiller's Killer (Non-Obscene for the Kids)

[meegbear]

In today's post, attracting much warranted attention was the letter from rude reader JC, who is from Wichita. Here it is in a profanity free entry so blogs with delicate sensibilities can link to the fascinating information contained therein:

"For some few years I volunteered as an escort at Dr. Tiller’s and several other clinics. I didn’t know the good doctor well, but met with him on several occasions and was impressed with his kindness and the care he obviously felt for the women who needed his services.

"Of course I have been heartbroken by his assassination, but I’m not so full of hate towards his killer. I’ve seen too many of his kind on the lines; in fact I remember seeing him. We knew Mr. Roeder as 'Prom Queen' from the flowers he usually carried there, and the screaming fits he would throw when approached by escorts. He was one of many not-too-bright mentally ill recruited by various self-appointed fundie leaders who groomed them to scream the threats they themselves were so careful not to utter aloud.

"I’m pretty sure that he has been exploited again to shoot Dr. Tiller. I don’t know who is using him this time- when I saw him, he was in Troy Newman’s stable of nuts, but the fundie leaders are an incestuous bunch who tend to swap followers as needed.

"According to papers Roeder filed today, his possessions amount to a 16yr.-old Taurus and $10, and he only works occasionally at minimum-wage jobs. Yet he managed to finance several 400-mile round trips to Wichita from the KC area in the last month to case the church and know Dr. Tiller by sight, bought a handgun, gas and meals etc. Also, he asked- begged- for bail to be set today, despite his total lack of assets. Obviously, the poor bastard expects someone to post it, all of which leads me to believe that he is not the solitary nutcase the fundies claim he is.

"Somebody had to put him up to it, help him plan it and pay his expenses, and will now feed him to the sharks. Hopefully, and maybe with a bit of psych help, he will realize how he was used and name names."

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

[redqueen]

1. Wow.

I had seen mention of these groups using people... I had no idea about the details. Thanks.

[myrna minx]

2. Wow. There is definitely much more here than meets the eye. K&R

[colinmom71]

3. Two words to the prosecution - forensic accountant...

Follow the money in this case, and start initiating RICO statute charges against those who funded Roeder...

Thank you for posting this article. I wish I could say I was surprised by it's contents, but I cannot do so and claim to honest....

[tblue37]

5. It's obvious that there is a well-structured network. Think of how long

Eric Rudolph was able to evade authorities with help from their sick, twisted version of the Underground Railroad.

[SidDithers]

4. Be interesting if he talks...

and opens up a bunch of others to conspiracy charges.

Sid

[tblue37]

6. His astonished complaint that he was being treated "like a criminal"

strongly suggests that he was groomed for this and led to believe that he would be hailed as a hero--and that he would be protected and taken care of.

[guitar man]

7. two words

terrorist organization....

[Blue_Tires]

8. i'm hoping Roeder names names as well

but that will never happen....

[Jester Messiah]

9. I would say "ship him off to Gitmo with the other terrorists"

But my principles forbid it. Inconvenient things, principles...

[Cheap_Trick]

10. Hopefully they'll all hang together as well. nt

[northzax]

11. Yes, Scott. While you are rotting in a 12x12 solitary cell

Eating bologna sandwiches, The folks who put you up to this are having steak in their nice comfortable dining rooms, watching the NBA finals. Grant bail, I say. Put an anklet on him, tap his phone and see where he goes. Oh, and knowing who fronts the bail would be fun, too.

[starroute]

12. Just another patsy, huh?

He sounds amazingly like James Earl Ray, who also seemed to have mysterious backers and funding sources and who insisted he was just a patsy. Or even like Lee Harvey Oswald, for that matter.

As always, the old Watergate dictum of "follow the money" would seem to be the best line to the truth.

[redqueen]

13. Kick

:kick:

[redqueen]

14. And another. (nt)

:kick:

[musette_sf]

15. i hope Phill Kline is one of the stops on the money trail

especially now since he's rationalizing his "ill-timed" begging letter, by saying that he of course had NO IDEA this unfortunate incident would occur....

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. Me too

Phill is long overdue to go down. And we all know it's going to be messy when he goes down. And that's a GOOD thing. :)

[Raksha]

16. Amazing...

The DOJ is going to investigate this case. I wonder what kind of an interesting labyrinth will be revealed as they explore the web of connections.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. K & R.

Interesting.

[Matariki]

18. I've prayed for years that that fucking bastard Randall Terry gets his

Perhaps now he will? A nice, long jail term would give him time to reflect on what an asshole he is.

He's certainly come out of the woodwork to cover his ass. Might be a reason for that.

[Wednesdays]

20. K&R

:kick:

[me b zola]

21. kick