Posted by
Kilroy on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:56:23 AM
BLACKSBURG, Va. (KR) – Papers mistakenly believed to be a suicide note left behind by Cho Seung-Hui, the Virginia Tech student responsible for the fourth largest incidence of mass murder in American history, have instead turned out to be a collection of political stump speeches, policy papers and other personal candidate correspondence the Democratic National Committee has confirmed.
The writings, which have been characterized as “
disturbing”, rail against “
rich kids” and denounce “
debauchery” and "
deceitful charlatan(s)" have been confirmed to be excerpts from John Edwards’ “
Two Americas” speech, Nancy Pelosi’s “
Culture of Corruption” Speech, and a letter to Al Sharpton from his mother, respectively.
The Edwards campaign was quick to distance itself from the Virginia Tech shooter declaring that “
we prefer to tax people to death”. Speaker Pelosi was said to be "
in the shower" and unavailable for comment by a man who only wished to be identified as Bashar. Al Sharpton has called for the immediate firing of his mother.
UPDATE: In a related story, NBC claimed to have exclusive video and notes made by Cho during the killing rampage and sent to NBC by Cho. NBC News President Steve Capus described the nature of the notes as "
incredibly difficult to follow" and "
mostly threats and gibberish" and anchor Brian Williams called them "
sick business". Those notes were later discovered to be scripts from an upcoming episode of
COUNTDOWN - w/ Keith Olbermann concerning Fox News' dominance of cable news ratings. NBC has issued an explanation for the error stating "
one cannot ignore the similarities between Cho's delusional rantings and the typical Olbermann commentary".
Cho, a 23 year old English major at the university, is believed to have first shot two people in a student housing area on campus before moving to a classroom in Norris Hall and opening fire on students and teachers there. The attack left 32 victims dead. Cho was also found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The shootings make the Blacksburg tragedy the fourth largest case of mass murder in the nation’s history. In the largest, the
September 11, 2001 attacks left 2,973 dead and 24 missing. The 19 hijackers responsible died in the attacks. The second largest attack was the Oklahoma City bombing of the
Murrah Federal Building by Timothy McVeigh on April 19, 1995 claiming 168 victims. McVeigh was convicted in federal court and subsequently executed for the attack. In the third largest attack 79 people, including 21 children, died in
Waco, Texas at the hands of then Attorney General, Janet Reno. Reno’s current whereabouts are unknown.
