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To: NCPAC
First, I'm sorry for your situation..I know you think you did the honorable thing..though in the ultimate I think you did nothing wrong, and are taking the bullet for your boss.. I've always enjoyed your comments here..Does smack to me of an attemtp byt he left to exact a penalty for anyone excersizing free speech, thought the vile stuff they put out daily is of course off limits...Much has been made here , in a positive sense, over the two blogs written by conservatives inside the State Department...could they suffer the same fate?.

FWIW, now that you're out..beat them at their own game...I asssume you're good at what you do..so you should have no problem landing a new gig...so after you get it..With the proviso that you can blog..do for politics in MD what Lauck did to the Daschle /Thune race..put it on the map, and took Daschle down..You can own the MD politcal blog format..and bevcause of your unfortunate situation, I'm sure there will be many who will be happy to feed you stuff to get you started..it can be a tremendous oportunity...go for it... so tonight..hang around here..if you do imbibe I'd opt for the good single malt...and tomorrow...have at the bastards... regards...from a Chappaqua full of Clintons Ken

84 posted on 02/08/2005 10:03:16 PM PST by ken5050
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To: ken5050

Thanks, Ken5050.

I'll be fine - probably going to take some time to just RELAX, as this has been building for a few weeks though, until Tuesday, I didn't know where it was headed.

I did imbibe earlier tonight: A few Guiness draughts with some non-political friends.

I'll consider the MD weblog idea. The thing is, I expect to be pretty busy rather quickly.


96 posted on 02/08/2005 10:16:00 PM PST by NCPAC ("I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: ken5050

"In an interview, Steffen, 45, said the postings were his. When asked if he was part of an organized effort to disseminate the rumors, he said, "No comment." "

The correct answer to this question was "No" but Joe apparently could not lie.

I see nothing honorable about this conduct other than handing the democrats an argument that the Maryland Republican Party plays dirty. The Governor dd the right thing but let's not comfort ourselves with the canard that this guy did.

The objective is to re-elect Ehrlich. I know him and his family very well and he is absolutely above this. But his reputation and credibility is harmed when he is found to associate with rumor mongers.

When you work for the Governor, you should know that you are his representative in all that you do.

P.S. Was Mr. Steffens the "source" for the original post on FR?


214 posted on 02/09/2005 6:06:04 AM PST by tomemerson
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To: ken5050; NCPAC

"You can own the MD politcal blog format"



Actually, there already is an excellent MD political blog, called The Hedgehog Report, run by Dave Wissing. Go to http://davidwissing.com/index.php

Joseph, I just read Wissing's post on your resignation, and he seems to believe that the FR post that got you in trouble was this one:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1174344/posts

However, you weren't even involved in that thread. What's up with that?


321 posted on 02/09/2005 2:36:14 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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