There are over 400 letters. Most are positive– there are a few negative, although in very measured terms. One of the most eloquent negative letters is a handwritten one from a retired Oxford police officer (now a blacksmith) who explains that this is not a case where the defendants were economically or otherwise disadvantaged and states how serious the crime is.... There is a lot of history of the tobacco cases and a little of the asbestos cases in letters from people like Jeffrey Wigand (the “insider”), Lowell Bergman (the 60 Minutes producer who is also a figure in that story), Mike Myers of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Mitchell Zeller (who was at the FDA during the tobacco settlement), Richard Ieyoub (3 time Attorney General of Louisiana during time of the tobacco cases), and a number of the lawyers–Don Barrett, Joseph Rice of Motley Rice in South Carolina, and Walter Umphrey of Provost Umphrey. The oddest celebrity to turn up is Dennis Conner of America’s Cup racing fame.The letter that goes to the greatest extreme is the one from Chancellor Khayat, which is on Ole Miss letterhead. Khayat wrote: “No doubt you are receiving many letters of support for Dick Scruggs, and I enthusiastically join that group....”
Bunny expects something hot on these letters on the radio tomorrow, but she may just be in uber-marketeer mode. (Hey BB!)
Uh....are you new? Bunny is always in uber-marketeer mode. And hey BB!