Comments on: UPDATE: Barkus Evidence Suppression Hearing Canceled
By Tom Joad on 09-30-09
The demand for secrecy regarding this case by Barkus and his attorney is evidence enough of his behavior that night. If Greg Barkus had nothing to hide, than transparency and information regarding this case would not be an issue. I am willing to bet a large sum of money that Greg Barkus was intoxicated on the night of the incident. As a matter of fact, I am 100% certain that Greg Barkus was DRUNK while driving that boat. This is obvious. If any other individual were to be in his shoes, the blood alcohol would already be released, and the charges filed. This county law enforcement should be ashamed, to be bullied by his tactics and shananegans.
HEY GREG BARKUS BE HONEST, OPEN AND UPFRONT, JUST LIKE YOU DEMAND DEMOCRATS TO BE!
What a stupid drunk. He put the lives of all those on his boat in jeopardy. His disgraceful behavior, mimics that of the late senator Ted Kennedy that took the life of a young girl at Chappaquidick. Was it not the republicans that cried for years about the cover ups and secrecy regarding Ted Kennedy’s incident? Hmmmmmm…interesting how the republicans are now demanding privacy with a very similar issue, where a staffer was seriously disabled.
Hey Flathead County, press the charges.
By dsrobins on 09-30-09
Bravo to The Beacon for uncovering more truth about the ongoing coverup of the Barkus/Rehberg boat accident. Having been out there on the lake often in the evening, I find it incomprehensible how a boat driver could miss the entrance to Bigfork Bay, the bridge and the lights by more than a mile and then roar in at 40 mph plus in the dark. At least they are lucky he didn’t turn north at the very last moment and hit the steel and concrete pier sticking out a long way from the beach at Wayfarer’s Park. Nevertheless, we now see Greg Barkus’s attorney going into court of Friday to preempt and stop a possbily pending indictement. This is, indeed, a maneuver almost unprecedented in American and Montanan legal practice. What do we learn? Well, not as much as we would like to at this point, but still a good deal more about the character of Greg Barkus and Denny Rehberg. Won’t it be interesting eventually to learn who is actually paying the lawer’s bills?
By Whitefish on 10-01-09
Looking at the boat and where it impacted the shoreline, the subsequent news, and now a failing, desperate attempt to suppress evidence, I would say from a vantage point far away, that a prominent member of the Party of No, who espouses family values and a conservative lifestyle, had a case of being impaired from WAY TOO MUCH BOOZE and wrecked his toy on a trip where he could not walk on the water so attempted to fly over it. . .
I’d also fairly wager that his political career is washed up and his personal life is also on the rocks.
And Rehberg’s not too far behind by covering up for Barkus.
By kalispelling bee on 10-02-09
I believe Mr. Barkus could have salvaged his reputation if he had been forthright from the beginning, publicly apologized for the injuries to people in his boat, let the investigation take its normal course, and face whatever consequences may come. Even though he may have been quite sober, the legal shenanigans and his resolute silence make him look like a politician trying to cover up a crime. At some point, people won’t remember what his BAC was, but they won’t forget more than a month’s worth of protracted news stories about the legal machinations Mr. Barkus employed. That’s what’s killed his reputation and there is no coming back from that. I suggest he take a page from Dick Dasen’s book and start over in a new community.
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