This week, the Republican Party leveled charges that the nonprofit grass-roots organization I lead has "coordinated" with Sandy Pasch's campaign. The accusation has been backed up with not one shred of evidence of the charge as it is defined in campaign law. Nonetheless, many media outlets ran with the story, and it even rated an editorial in the Journal Sentinel. The charges are nonsense and will be dismissed after the election.This is true. The WISGOP's complaints are laughable for their lack of substance. What is less laughable is the Journal-Sentinel helpfully regurgitating every baseless claim served up by paid conservative Republican operative/hacks masquerading as objective news sources like the MacGyver Institute, Media Trackers, and Wisconsin Reporter.
Theirs is a sleazy game, and the Journal-Sentinel a willing accomplice.
"The accusation has been backed up with not one shred of evidence of the charge as it is defined in campaign law."
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Is that a denial on the merits or on the legal question?
Not the best phrasing perhaps. "Not one shred of evidence was presented demonstrating cooperation, consultation, or acting in concert with, as those terms are understood in the law." Maybe better.
ReplyDeleteTheirs is a sleazy game
ReplyDeleteIt's going to get worse as Pandering to dementia becomes the one remaining business model. Watch out for those Patch sites, too.
Jennifer Rubin's "faith" was at work. Good to know.
ReplyDeleteAnd @JRubinBlogger doesn't tweet.
ReplyDelete"one man’s 'contacting people and voicing your concerns about possible bias' is another man’s 'kick him in the nuts'"
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