Well, if you know that it was a smear, why don't you tell us who started it and why, and what the real story was? What did the Austin American-Statesman think they had, and what did they really have instead? Why didn't they publish their story? What did Rick Perry tell them? Inquiring minds want to know -- especially since we're paying Rick's salary and expense account.
Remember, the antidote to bad information is more and better information. So go ahead and fill us in.
IMHO....ANYTHING the Statesman is involved in of this nature should be held to the same suspcion level as a Jayson Blair story in the NYT.
I've dealt with them from a Public Affairs level and not only do they STRONGLY dislike the military, they tried to smear the state Adjutant General with a false story he used military aircraft for personal golf outings in other states, the story was debunked and MG James went on to become the Director of the Air National Guard.
Any "scoop" or "inside information" the Statesman ever claims to have is just so much BS! So if the said they had something on the Gov. 99% chance it WAS a smear.
http://www.drizzten.com/blargchives/000729.html
It could never get legs because no one could confirm it..
It was a rumor.