Md. GOP Seeks Wider Firing Probe

Washington Post ^ | 11/02/05 | Washington Post Staff Writers

[Anti-Bubba182]

"..Brenner said The Post does not know the identity of MD4BUSH, which the newspaper also has reported..

Post reporter Matthew Mosk received printed copies of the message exchanges last fall, Brenner said. To verify they were authentic, he said, Mosk was given sign-on information needed to view the private chat room by an intermediary acting on behalf of MD4BUSH in late January. Mosk used that information to verify that "the chat room messages were genuine," Brenner said. Mosk presented the printouts to Steffen in February to confirm that they represented his words..."

So the WP is saying despite the fact that MD4Bush made the most provactive comments against O'Malley, they were not interested in who he was. What a story! In the unlikely event this is true, the post looks even worse. They had to know this was a setup.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"The operative, who no longer was working for the party at the time the e-mail was dated, said last night that the document was a fake."

If that is true he should be filing lawsuits all over for being defamed as a dirty trickster. I bet he doesn't because those pesky FR log likely lead right to him.

[GOP_1900AD]

If they are still lying, I so hope they get exposed. The strong denial indicates either they were not involved in the conspiracy in any provable way, or, they were, and are somehow confident the fact won't be exposed (or if exposed, not prosecuted).

[GOP_1900AD]

RE: Either way, the excuse above doesn't pass the smell test.

I agree.

[GOP_1900AD]

Follow the money ....

[VeniVidiVici]

Bump
Journalism majors are a step above education majors.

((Oh, I found the FR password on the sidewalk. Really, I did!))

[GOP_1900AD]

RE: Oh, I found the FR password on the sidewalk. Really, I did!

ROTFL!

[conservative in nyc]

All FEC reports filed by the Democratic State Central Committee Of Maryland can be found here.

I have found no record of payments made by that committee to Ryan O'Doherty in 2005. Even in January, when we know press releases including his name and contact information were issued until the 9th, and he was quoted in the Washington Post as Ryan O'Doherty "of the Maryland Democratic Party" on January 23.