Former Aide’s ‘Dirty Tricks’ Could Blemish Ehrlich Image
Much has been made of the role Steffen has acknowledged playing in circulating rumors about Ehrlich’s latest political rival, Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley (D), and his possible involvement in identifying workers to be fired from state jobs.
But some say that, more than anything, Steffen’s decision to speak out helps ground in reality some of the murky allegations that Ehrlich’s past political opponents have made about his campaign tactics.
When Steffen was asked directly by the Baltimore Sun who was to blame for dirty tricks against Brewster, DeJulius and other Ehrlich opponents, he said plainly: “They were talking about me.”
Brewster said he was stunned.
“All those years of political dirty tricks never caught up with him,” Brewster said of Ehrlich. “Now, finally, he’s been caught. His chief dirty trickster has turned against him.”
>> Ehrlich and his acolytes said that oreos were “thick in the air like locusts” — but it wasn’t true. People like this cannot continue to represent Maryland.
Oliver – isn’t there some report coming out that shows a Democratic operative (most likely from O’Malley) led him to say what he said. If I were you, I wouldn’t have put this post up, you may lose even more cred. But then again if I were you ……
Two words: Dick Tuck (look it up if you don’t get it).
Also, please note that Oliver has made at least three posts wailing about how awful it is about the Oreos, but only thinks that illegally obtaining private records of a campaign opponent is “stupid.”
Speaking of “stupid,” I guess you believe that illegally obtaining someone’s private credit records is the ethical equivalent of what you’re alleging here, eh?
…but only thinks that illegally obtaining private records of a campaign opponent is stupid.
There might be some point to this complaint if the people responsible for the oreo lie had already been suspended and resigned (as had the junior aides responsble for the Michael Steele incident).
SaveFarris, don’t you understand that the fact that if you’re a Democrat, all taint of ethical violations is removed from supervisors if the people who work for them violate the law?
P.S.: I didn’t realize until I read the story in Newsday a few minutes ago that one of the suspended staffers was a former Media Matters employee.
How rich is that?
Wilbur, Oliver is holding Erlich himself responsible for his aides and their “alleged” dirty tricks. Using the SAME Methodology, we have to conclude that Schumer should also be held responsible for his staff’s actions.
I had known that, prompting an earlier riff: “What did Oliver know and when did he know it?”
Of course, all this points to the fact that whenever Dems and their “unassociated 527s” claim there is NO coordination between the candidate and these “independent” groups, we know just how much bunk it really is.
SaveFarris – asking Oliver to present both sides of the argument is a bit too much.
The fact is we know that Schumer and the DSCC played a major part in illegally obtaining the tax records of Steele. We do not know who led Steffan to make the comments he did.
ian: so I expect you’ve been all over the Steele fabrications, or Ehrlich’s dirty tricks? I’ve never pretended to be unbiased, I ain’t starting now.
No and I explained why
(1) The Oreo story is true. Several students did the horribly racist thing. But the fact of the matter is you have not condemned these actions.
(2) I’m not asking you to be unbiased — please, you’re a liberal you only see one side to everything — but don’t report things as true if they are just rumours.
Give the man a break, he just wanted to appear as a persecuted negro for some sympathy votes. Who cares if no oreo actually ‘was rolled onto the stage’ or if the ‘air was thick like locusts’ those things are all hearsay and you cant prove it anyway.
ian: this coming from the guy who looks to fox for “the truth”?
ian: point (2) directly conflicts with point (1)
O’Dub as you can see I look at all channels. MSNBC and the Commie News Network. Watching 10 minutes of Olbermann is equal to 24 hours of Fox. I’m staunchly conservative, but I am open to hearing what the other side has to say.
“Commie News Network” = “I am open to hearing what the other side has to say”
LOL.
I was proving my point that I will listen to the other side. Is there something wrong by calling them by their real name.