Rick Keewaydin
On Jul 24, 2004, at 5:06 PM, Michael Atherton wrote:
Jeremy Wieland wrote:
Second, though Phyllis could have chosen a better method to do opposition research than lifting a flyer (and at this point there are no facts to suggest she was doing more) that's really all it was, opposition research. If the GOP candidate is so concerned about losing a flyer, then perhaps there are bigger problems for the GOP than you let on.
"Oppositional research" is the kind of sick unethical spin that
I've come to expect in Minneapolis. Possibly, we MIGHT be able to
buy this slimy rendition of the truth were it not for Representative
Kahn's own words, "apologies for picking up a few of your lit pieces."
A "few" meaning that multiple pieces of literature that were left on
the same doorstep? This question appears to be answered by the
Tribune's reporting of the word, "doorsteps." I think it is unrealistic
to believe that a police officer would cite a well known state
representative for a single instance of removing literature from
one doorstep. Regardless, Ms. Kahn is regular participant in this forum,
if she has any sense of integrity she should tell us herself, not leave it
for other members of her party to clean up after her.
What's most amazing to me about this fiasco is that her constituents are, in all likelihood, going to brush this ethical lapse aside and reelect her for another term, which says almost as much about their ethics as hers.
Michael Atherton Prospect Park
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