The Chron misses the dirty money storyBy Tim Redmond
I'm glad to see that the San Francisco Chronicle is covering the downtown-money campaigns in District 1, 3 and 11. But the paper misses the real point. Not only is downtown spending a lot of money, it's creating fake political groups and promoting outright lies.
Take this fake "San Francisco Democratic Club" that Sue Lee's campaign consultants have fabricated in D1. A serious daily newspaper would be all over this story, but since the Chron has missed it, the San Francisco Democratic Party ought to force the issue. Chair Aaron Peskin has made good, strong comments, but why not pull together a press conference with all of the progressive members of the DCCC denoucing this fraud>
If we don't stop it here and now, it's going to keep happening.
UPDATE FRIDAY 10/31: Heather Knight at the Chron emailed me to say that the paper did cover the fake Democratic Club.I stand corrected. I still don't think lies and bullshit coming out of downtown have gotten enough Chron attention, though. This is ongoing, big-story stuff, not small items for the insider column.
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Comments (2)
I would go even further and eject the guy on the DCCC that is running those faux-clubs. In addition, at the very least, that petty little bitch, Scott Penis, should be publicly censured (if not expelled) for breaking DCCC rules by endorsing that Safari character out in District 11 via robocall in which he makes a point of saying that he was the former Chair of the DCCC.
You know what really grinds my gears? People like Scott Penis and his ilk are always calling the people who are not flaks for Newsom as being "divisive" simply because they challenge Newsom.
Posted by expatriate | October 30, 2008 11:49 PM
I would go even further and eject the guy on the DCCC that is running those faux-clubs. In addition, at the very least, that petty little bitch, Scott Penis, should be publicly censured (if not expelled) for breaking DCCC rules by endorsing that Safari character out in District 11 via robocall in which he makes a point of saying that he was the former Chair of the DCCC.
And you know what really grinds my gears? Scott Penis and that Safari character out in District 11 call anybody who doesn't agree with Ichabod 100% of the time as being "divisive".
Posted by expatriate | October 31, 2008 12:21 AM