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http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1347631&format=textNews and Opinion
Whitey Bulger a wolf in sheep’s clothing
By Howie Carr | Friday, June 24, 2011 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Columnists

Mother of Gawd, have you seen the photo? It looks like the feds pinched Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus.

And no, there is no truth to the rumor that when the G-men asked him his name, Whitey told them he was Rep. Nick Collins of South Boston.

What a great day — it’s truly a “Whitey” Christmas in June. And look on the bright side — at least he didn’t leave behind a herd of cattle for his neighbors to care for. Plus, maybe they can also get him for breaking his lease.

So what if he supposedly patted the agents on the back and said, “Good job”? And “giggled” in court and said he hadn’t counted the charges because there were too many of them?

Could he be laying the foundation for an insanity defense? Will Tom Kiley take on yet another allegedly indigent client from the political class?

Already yesterday you could feel the first faint stirrings of a sympathy backlash. Dopey listeners asking, “Is he really that bad?” Yes ma’am, as a matter of fact, he is. And it’s not just the murders and the rapes, either. He was an extortionist par excellence.

Here’s a story that you hardly ever hear. It’s in Stevie Flemmi’s DEA 6, his official confession. It begins with the cold-blooded murder of five men in the Blackfriars bar in the summer of 1978. Whitey had nothing to do with it, but he figured he should somehow be able to make a score off it.

He knew a Boston businessman owed $60,000 to the dead owner of the restaurant. He would need a prop to shake down the debtor. So he called his own personal FBI agent, Zip Connolly, and asked if he could obtain the grisly crime-scene photos from the Boston police.

Whitey got the photos and then went to the debtor’s office. Bulger — or should I now call him Chromedome or Cueball? — told him that not only could he get away with murdering five people, but he could also stick around and take photos, knowing he owned the cops.

“(The victim) was shown the pictures and promptly paid the money to Bulger.”

So what if that American Gothic photo of him and the moll yesterday is missing only the pitchfork, this guy was a monster.

Good old Whitey. Here he is trying to collect on a “loan” in Dedham in 1976 from a guy named Francis X. Green.

“If I don’t get my money, I will kill you. I will cut your ears off. I will stuff them in your mouth, and then I will gouge your eyes out.”

What did Billy Bulger say at the congressional hearing in 2003? About how certain parties, including himself, defended Whitey to the hilt and claimed he was being unfairly accused.

“At the time,” Billy said, “there was no talk of the more terrible crimes.”

That was then, this is now. And anyone who feels sorry for Whitey Bulger is out of his mind. He’s caught, and we’re all happy, but let’s be honest. Whitey won. He’s going to jail for 20 minutes before he kicks the bucket. Do you think he believes in the afterlife?