Governor's Counsel Raises Questions About Former State Democratic Party Official's Role In MD4Bush

wbal.com ^ | 1/11/2005 | Scott Wykoff

[No Longer Free State]

Governor Ehrlich's Chief Counsel has sent a letter to the co-chairs of a legislative committee investigating hiring and firing practices of the Ehrlich administration.

Included in that letter obtained by WBAL News, Jervis Finney provides the co-chairs with documents he says he uncovered during his investigation into the identity of "MD4Bush".

He points to a now-former State Democratic Party official Ryan O'Doherty who he says sent an email to party supporters hours before the Washington Post published it's first story about the rumors about Mayor O'Malley.

That email document reads:

"There will be a big story in the Post either tomorrow or Thursday that credits Governor Ehrlich's staff for creating and spreading the nasty and untrue rumor about our Mayor and his family. Steve asked me to contact you to see if you could show your disgust by calling into WBAL Radio after the story hits. The guys on WBAL obviously could try to protect Ehrlich, so we need as many folks as possible to call 410-467-WBAL. I will e-mail the story to you as soon as it hits and read it carefully and then call in and raise hell. Don't call in until after the story is published in the Washington Post - It is top secret!"

The Governor's chief counsel, in his letter, then points to an email circulated just after midnight the day the O'Malley story was run in the Post. He says it is an e-mail sent to members of the media with a cropped picture of Governor Ehrlich with Joseph Steffen that was sent from the email address "smitty_1945 @ Yahoo.com". The email had the header ...James Smith.

Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith says that is not him and he has never been connected to that email address and he has never had or used that email address. He says he is not the James Smith in the header of that document.

WBAL News has called Ryan O'Doherty and he has not returned the call.

In a written statement to WBAL News, Jervis Finney says:

"The e-mail raises serious questions about the former Maryland Democratic Party official's involvement in the MD4Bush conspiracy. That is all we will say now. The General Assembly's Personnel Committee, utilizing its subpoena power, is empowered to learn the truth about this matter."

[nopardons]

We're being invaded by Dem trolls...sadly nothing new about that.

[mr.sarcastic]

A Ryan O'Doherty appears to currently be working for the Baltimore Metropolitan Council.

Maybe I'll give him a call tomorrow at that phone number and ask him.

[onyx]

We're being invaded by Dem trolls...sadly nothing new about that.





Put us in charge...lol. We can spot trolls three threads away. :)

[Nam Vet]

I was in a silent mode on the very first thread and thought to give yet another warning, but didn't. Wish I would have, but it all just might turn out for the best. If this socialist bustard can be officially exposed we could hang his head alongside Dan Blather's over the mantle.

"How sweet it is!" Jackie Gleason

Nam Vet

[nopardons]

Hey...stop stealing my line! LOL

But yes, we CAN smell trolls three threads away. :-)

[Nam Vet]

I really should respond more than I do to idiot new posters and lend my hard earned expertise to the thread at spotting and identifying them. I think I will pull the trigger faster in the future.

Guess I'm still a bit gunshy from the admonishment I got from the 'Big Kahuna' himself eons ago. (That would be JimRob himself to all the newbs)

Nam Vet

[conservative in nyc]

Maybe I'll give him a call tomorrow at that phone number and ask him.

I'd advise against it. The MSM is going to get to first. The AP's already looking for him.

[mr.sarcastic]

I really should respond more than I do to idiot new posters and lend my hard earned expertise to the thread at spotting and identifying them.

The best approach is to hit the abuse button and briefly relay your suspicions to the moderators, who can monitor the situation and have access to IP logs. They do a great job of sorting things out.

[knews_hound]

lol

[Nam Vet]

Thanks for the tip. All these new-fangled contraptions coRnfuse us old goats. Guess I'm not yet used to all the support Jim has now. Pretty cool actually.

Nam Vet

[mr.sarcastic]

I'd advise against it.

I know. Phone calls are only effective when you can catch the person by surprise. Mr. O'Doherty is going to be a VERY popular guy in Maryland tomorrow, and today he already had his surprise.

[nopardons]

If it's a legit, for real, it smells up not only the thread, but wafts it's stink all over FR, hit the abuse button and clearly state the offense/s. Nobody will get angry at you for doing that.

We old timers have seen so many trolls, that we know almost immediately, who is a for real troll and who is just some rather lost newbie.

If in doubt, call in the Viking Kitties and RKBA.

[DB]

Not the dreaded Viking Kitties!

[Abby4116]

Don't forget this thread - dating the rumor back to 2000.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405643/posts

[lafroste]

I just read MD4BUSH's actual writing. Wow, I'd never fall for that lame BS. Besides being so Jr. High sounding, and just dripping with that "I've got a secret" tone, it is so antithetical to how conservatives really behave. Perhaps NCPAC was hoodwinked because he himself was relatively high up the political food chain, and was more easily lulled by the samrmy arrogance on display.

Don't hold it against me NC.

[nopardons]

hehehehehehehehehehehehe...YES, the "dreaded" Viking Kitties! :-)

[Cold Heat]

No, a Democrat operative made the whole thing up, then contacted a Republican on this site to plant the BS. When the Republican said something along the lines of 'I heard a rumor like that', the Democrat took the planted story with entrapped response to the Washington Whore Post and said "Look, the Republicans are planting rumors about O'Malley". Republicans took the hit, but now the truth is coming out.

Take this paragraph, and Insert Libby as the republican and you have what I think is a pretty striking similarity to the Plame set up done by reporters.

[No Longer Free State]

Ya know, I hadn't noticed the similarity until you pointed it out, but....

[Cold Heat]

Must be the liberal secret method of bringing down republicans. They use our strengths against us and use the press as the facilitator.

The only way to defend against this is to know who you are talking to and to never answer a reporters statement/ question, which is the hook.

Plant the bait, create a source where there was none and publish the result.

Instant trouble for anyone in the trap.

[MEG33]

You rang? ;)