Got a bad taste in my mouth over what the James family did to Mike Leach.
You betcha! I’m sure many other Texans feel the same way.
That makes two of us!
That bad taste may get worse — was reading about Pete Carroll on Fox Sports and they had a link to this blog which makes this smell even more. They even say the James kid may have recorded the video AFTER the fact:
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/swiftboat-pr-firm-repping-james-against-leach-27573
Swiftboat PR Firm Repping James Against Leach
Posted by Brooks on Jan. 08, 2010, 2:43pm
Yesterday Craig James announced that he is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in Texas if Kay Bailey Hutchinson vacates her Senate seat to take over as Governor of Texas. Assisting James in the release of the news was a Dallas company called Spaeth Communications.
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(Did Leach get ’swiftboated’ by same firm that attacked Kerry?)
I’ve recently learned that Spaeth was also responsible for the release of the cellphone video Adam James took of himself in an attempt to damage the credibility of former Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach.
(Did Spaeth tell Adam James to record video after the fact?)
If you’re a political junkie, Spaeth Communications might ring a bell. More likely, you’ve heard the term “swiftboating,” which is derived from a p.r. campaign led by Spaeth CEO Merrie Spaeth to damage the 2004 presidential candidacy of John Kerry.
Prominent Texas Tech alumni and media sources have told me the past week that Spaeth Communications allegedly played an integral role in the firing of Mike Leach. In addition to the video of Adam James that Spaeth circulated to the media, I’ve heard growing sentiment that Spaeth was behind much of the anonymously-sourced information about Adam James’ alleged plight reported by the media.
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