September 17, 2006
Defending cardin
I do not intend to vote for Ben Cardin to be my Senator. I do not agree with much of anything he believes in politically. But it's unfair to tar him with the comments made by a staffer on her (now defunct) blog.
This has been blogged about at Wizbang! (h/t PostWatch ) HotAir Hedgehog Report CrabLaw The Sun Lies and Town Hall.
I wish Steele's response had been more along the lines of "I'm pleased to see that my opponent wouldn't tolerate this kind of behavior."
FWIW, neither the Baltimore Sun nor Washington Post seem to have done any original reporting on the topic. The Sun relied on an AP item.
To my mind the only comment made by Ms. Gruber that should be heeded is
I love my job. I love the people I work with. I like my candidate and I adore his wife.
I wish to see Michael Steele win this eleciton on the merits; not due to the antics of some low level staffer.
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Posted by SoccerDad at September 17, 2006 2:48 AM | TrackBack
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I agree (not that I can vote for anybody over there, being a Virginian).
However. With my media-bias obsession, I will only note for the record that had this folly been committed by a staffer on a Republican campaign, we would have been treated to Macacca Phase 2.
Posted by: Christopher Fotos at September 17, 2006 8:18 AMHi Soccer Dad - you are right. Cardin did not do this, nor was it done within the scope of the volunteer's duties. She owned the blog and she used it (in effect if not intent) to cause political damage to her candidate. Her conduct was incompetent, disloyal, offensive and immature, and she got fired promptly upon discovery. When I first read the story in a lazy way, it sounded to me like it was a campaign blog, not the hobby blog afterhours of a junior staffer. Not so at all (read it late in the evening, after a rare Saturday night margarita of questionable wisdom.)
My only surprise is that the posts hung for close to three weeks with probably 1000 people Google-ing "Oreo" because of the dustup 4 years ago.
Posted by: Bruce at September 17, 2006 1:51 PM