my facts were wrong, I guess. I just heard it blew up into a big thing in Maryland. Why did Ehlrich fire the aide? I remember Steffen apologizing or being asked to apologize by Ehrlich. I'm just wondering.
Perhaps if you read the information available on the thread you're posting on, your question(s) would be answered.
Welcome to Free Republic. The above statement is the one fact you got absolutely right.
Ehlrich accepted Steffen's resignation. Steffen resigned because he saw the writing on the wall, that the Dems wanted to use him against Ehlrich, so the best way to contain the mess was to have Steffen resign. Steffen also apologized at the request of Ehlrich.
All of this doesn't show "guilt" on Steffen's part though. As you can see from this thread, and this one, Steffen was clearly prodded and set up by MD4Bush. Since, though, the WaPo is a leftist rag, as well as all other print/television media in MD, both Steffen and Ehlrich knew that there'd be no reasonable way to get the "truth" out, so Steffen was asked to resign. Granted this report was done by WBAL-TV, but expect this side, the side of the truth, to never really be mentioned by WBAL TV again, or the WaPo ever, or the Sun, or any other left leaning media in the state, which is virtually all of them. Thus the need for the resignation and "apology".
Don't take either of those as a sign of guilt though; nothing could be farther from the truth. It's just smart politics, given the reality of the situation.
Welcome to FR. Over the past few days it appears that you've been trying very hard to establish your conservative credibility, but something smells funny. You're trying too hard. You're seem to be from the Maryland area, and you need to read all of the historical threads on this issue before adding your uninformed $0.02. Your opinion on the matter would change. Read and learn, grasshopper.