Posted on 02/08/2005 8:34:15 PM PST by crushkerry
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley yesterday accused agents of Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s administration of spreading false rumors that he had an extramarital affair, and Ehrlich responded hours later by dismissing a longtime employee.
The mayor, a Democrat considering a bid for governor in 2006, said he believes that the widespread and persistent rumors were part of a "concerted and orchestrated and sustained" effort and called on the Republican governor to apologize to his wife and children. "I don't think any of us run for office expecting that this sort of hurt will be heaped on our kids or our spouses," O'Malley said.
Ehrlich said an apology was premature and denied any personal involvement in spreading the rumor. He then asked for and received the resignation of Joseph Steffen, a longtime aide working in state government. Steffen confirmed yesterday that he had discussed the rumor on a popular conservative Web site and in private e-mails, which were given to The Washington Post.
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Thanks, but there are pretty women on both sides....I used to be on the left so I have to say that...
Foxnews just played a clip of O'Malley's statement from yesterday...saying that Bush's budget cuts are just like another 9/11 attack. I didn't know this guy was so extreme.
Well, the left may have some that are pretty on the outside, but if they are on the inside too, they do what you did and wise up! Ha ha.
What bee got under their bonnet??
Actually - if someone with the technical skill and necessary access to the network (an "at work" IT staff member) had decided in advance to trace activity for the "at work" network to FR it would be VERY EASY to determine exactly what had been posted and who had posted it. I believe that activity would be quite illegal unless it was done at the direction of a manager with sufficient authority (an illegal wire tap) but it would be rather easy from a technical perspective.
Agreed!
Where did you come up with that screen name?
It was her nickname among gun folks in SF...I added the suksass part....I was having trouble with a screen name log in...feineswine was not accepted, but the current one was...go figure.
it was meant to be ;-)
I don't get what the problem is here. I read his posts and all I can come up with is, "so what?".
"Instead of trying to uncover the source of the Rather forgeries, i.e., the wrongdoers and accomplices to a serious fraud, the LA Slimes went after a whistle-blower who helped expose the fraud of Rather's reporting."
Ditto. But what bothers me even more is their success with this tactic.
tomemerson's account was banned by the AM.
I smelt a troll as soon as I saw your reply to it.
My thoughts are that this isn't good for FR, so I'm thinking the same.
Am I missing something here?
Secondarily, dems continue to want to tax the internet. Line usage fees, etc. This then forces a line of morality, to my way of thinking.
How can lefty bloggers, etc., be so furiously against the Patriot Act as an "encroachment" upon free speach when it appears they are happily and fully capable of digging up and doing such research themselves on anyone they consider an "enemy" (political opponent). That;s what strikes me about Jeff Gannon (Gannon-gate) current situation. And "Buckhead".
The left claims such "search engines" will unfairly target "people" -- when in fact, they themselves are altogether too happy to dig up stuff on political opponents, themselves.
Moral of the story is.. as long as THEY do it: it's okay. But only for them is it okay... And a bill designed to actually catch terrorists, murderers, is NOT OKAY.
Hmm. I need to think about this somemore.
A handholding press conference this morning on the steps of City Hall.
You are right on.
It took me about 15 minutes of search time to identify myself from my posts and about 45 minutes to identify another poster.
I am glad that I don't care if anyone wants to take the trouble to identify me.
If I were in business or politics, I would say nothing personal that could be used against me.
You pissed everyone off? You're not a gun grabber now, are you? Say it ain't so! :)
I didn't know this guy was so extreme.
^^^^^
He is rattled, because he wants to be doing anything but the Mayor of Baltimore. Possible no one but Giuliani could improve Baltimore, but O'Malley has done a terrible job.
He will say ANYTHING if it will keep him in the good graces of the Dem machine. They told him not to run against KKT in the last primary for Governor. It was 'her turn' to be Governor.
When Ehrlich defeated her, O'Malley just seemed to have a personality meltdown. I think it is because he really believes that Ehrlich is sitting in O'Malley's rightful seat, since Maryland had not elected a Republican governor since Spiro Agnew in the '60s.
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