Basically, MD4Bush baited FReeper NCPAC (a.k.a. Joseph Steffen, an aide to Maryland Governor Ehrlich (R)) into discussing rumors about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's (D) alleged affairs. Some of these conversations were via FReepmail, which was turned over to the Washington Post. The original articles were rather one sided, accusing NCPAC of spreading rumors on Free Republic when he did nothing more than commented on them. Steffen was fired in real life. And we've been trying to figure out who MD4Bush was ever since. Most evidence now points to Ryan O'Doherty, who was spokesman for the Maryland Democrat party at the time the rumors were spread. And MD4Bush himself was spreading rumors about the Baltimore mayor, Senator Mikulski(D) and other Democrats in his baiting attempts.
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