Posted on 12/17/2005 11:50:41 AM PST by conservative in nyc
The Internet posting saga that led to the firing of an aide to Gov. Robert Ehrlich has turned 180 degrees with the revelation of a possible Democratic tie, the Republican governor said Saturday.
Ehrlich, appearing Saturday morning on Baltimore radio station WBAL, said "there appears now to be a sophisticated, or was a sophisticated operation, put together by a number of folks connected with the Maryland Democratic Party, and maybe a candidate or campaigns, and their purpose was to go on the Internet and trash major Democrats, which is fascinating.
"I don't know who thought this grand scheme up, but the facts keep coming out and we don't know where this is going to end,"said Ehrlich.
The possible Democratic ties were revealed by the Web site, free republic.com, where Ehrlich aide Joseph Steffen posted rumors about the personal life of Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, a Democrat challenging Ehrlich next year. Steffen was fired after the postings were reported by the Washington Post.
However, after the firing, Republicans including Ehrlich's lawyer said they suspected Steffen was tricked. They said they thought a Democrat may have lured Steffen into posting unprofessional comments, then leaked the exchange to the press in an effort to embarrass the governor.
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O'Malley said Friday that he does not know the identity of MD4Bush but that he and his wife would thank whoever is behind the online identity for exposing what he called "the dirty tricks henchmen employed by Governor Ehrlich on the state payroll."
Ehrlich said he couldn't understand O'Malley's response.
"That's weird. It's strange, it's inexplicable," Ehrlich said. "I don't get it. I just don't get that. He's praising the person who went on the Internet to repeat rumors that have been around for years and years and years."
wbal radio happens to host conservative talk programs like many AM stations around the nation. The same way that Pacifica is hosted on certain FM stations. WBAl tv is NOT repub in any way...nor is the Baltimore Sun...this just happens to be a Baltimore news story because O'Malley is the mayor.
He's a rather self-congratulatory fellow, isn't he? ;-)
Oh, REALLY? So, does WBAL have more WP reporters secretly colluding with it than, say, the Democrat Party of Maryland? ;-)
How did they manage to get this wrong after all this time? MD4BUSH "posted" the "rumors about the personal life of Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley."
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