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Slick Rick

Why won't those mean, old, sniping critics just quiet down?

A A A Comments (3) By Bob Norman Thursday, Jan 9 2003

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Again, I choose to accentuate the positive -- didn't Zacharias compare Sanchez to Superman? Not bad, if you think about it.

Yet it still adds up to a lot of negative hype. I mean, it's not like Sanchez ever killed anybody. At least not intentionally. In 1990, he accidentally (and, yes, drunkenly) ran his brand-new Volvo into a fan after a Dolphins' football game in the parking lot of what was then called Joe Robbie Stadium. The victim, Jeffrey Smuzinick, was paralyzed and later died at the age of 35 of complications related to his injuries. Sanchez was never charged with causing the accident (Smuzinick was also drunk) and ultimately pleaded no contest to DUI.

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But haven't a lot of highly ambitious, career-oriented people killed at least one person while driving drunk? South Florida's own David Farrall, the former FBI agent who was involved in the accident that killed those two Jamaican brothers, is a good example. And look at Ted Kennedy. Chappaquiddick might have cost him the White House -- he's still a senator.

So please cut Rick Sanchez some slack. I personally hope he celebrates many more years on morning cable. He's entertaining, especially when he's not really trying to be. And props should also go out to MSNBC for hiring him and, in the process, giving disabled people around the world new hope that they one day might land a daytime show on a national cable news network.

We should also be grateful to MSNBC for giving the man a teleprompter to guide him. All I ask is that they never, ever let it break.

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medical negligence 06/01/2011 7:40:00 AM

If you find yourself in one of these categories it becomes more evident that you may be a true victim of malpractice and you should contact a medical malpractice law firm. This can be a hard decision for many people, but it helps to seek out advice and a non biased point of view. This is where the assistance of a competent lawyer comes in. You will need to be careful, though. If a law practice chases you excessively it may mean that they do not have your best interest in mind.

esteban 10/04/2010 7:25:00 PM

To Joshua - Rick was at a local Fox affiliate, then MSNBC, then to a Florida WB affiliate, and then - after having proven his worth on the national stage (LOL!) - he went to CNN. What's amazing about this article is how terrible he was for so many years, and yet it wasn't Rick's vapid personality or his comments about killing Arabs or police-abuse of Blacks that did him in. Very interesting.