Exposed: Prof who nominated George Ryan for a Nobel Prize

Francis A. Boyle, a professor of International Law and Human rights at my alma mater, the University of Illinois, has once again nominated former Illinois Governor George Ryan for the Nobel Peace Prize. A few days before leaving office in the capable hands of Rod Blagojevich (That was a joke), the Kankakee Republican emptied Illinois' death row. A few inmates were pardoned, the rest had their sentences commuted to life in prison.

And prison is where George Ryan is right now. He's serving a six year sentence for fraud and extortion.

Boyle overlooks that stubborn fact. But let's take a look at Boyle, who possesses some pretty out-of-the mainstream views. Writing in Counterpunch, he proposes impeaching then-President George W. Bush. He supports Hawaiian independence. (What does Barack Obama have to say about that?) Boyle appeared on the O'Reilly Factor four days after 9/11, arguing against a military strike.

Okay, for some people, the "Impeach Bush" movement was middle of the road, but Hawaiian independence? Puh-leaze!

Oh, Boyle also favored impeaching Bill Clinton, but not for Whitewater, Monica Lewinsky, or perjury.

Mainstream media reporters left out these details in their reporting of this story.

Why I am doing the mainstream media's job? Because as former Senator Fred Thompson said in front myself and a few other bloggers in St. Paul last year, "We need new media."

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