"Compulsive" Republican's Head Examined (Chad Castagana, the FR "anthrax" mailer)

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

The California man (and self-described "compulsive" Republican voter) who sent threatening letters containing a white powder to a variety of public figures he thought were too liberal is being examined by a court-appointed psychiatrist in advance of his sentencing on 14 felony counts. Chad Castagana, 40, was convicted last year of mailing the letters during a two-month period in late-2006. The missives, sent from Woodland Hills, contained either baking soda, laundry detergent, or Ajax, substances that apparently were meant to be mistaken for anthrax or another deadly agent. As seen in the government trial exhibits on the following pages, Castagana sent threats to, among others, Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart, media mogul Sumner Redstone, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

...While being transported to the Metrolitan Detention Center, defendant made the unsolicited comment that he hoped for a "liberal judge." Defendant then added that he thought it was very "ironic" that he hoped for a liberal judge.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0115082chad1.html
Before you follow the link, be aware that one of the letters is NSFW because Castagana included a lewd image of a dead tsunami victim.

[blogslut]

1. Thanks

So now we finally find out what happened to Chad.

A very messed up individual.

[Gman]

2. This is the guy that posted over at FreeRepublic.com

he's a freeper.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

4. Yes, that's why I mentioned it in the subject line

[zbdent]

3. As I suspected ... all these "conservatives" who demand and support "hanging judges"

(re: conservatives, law-and-order, throw-the-book-at-'em types)

whine and cry for "liberal" judges when their asses are in the sling ...

Not exactly ironic ... more like expected ...