It has been reported to me that Dave Schultheis did not go to the Lincoln Day dinner. In addition, he was invited to go to be on the Jeff Crank show. He ducked that.
Now, back to Lynn Bartels (the reporter). I have known Lynn for well over eight previous legislative sessions. She has always reported my comments accurately and knows exactly what I think and how I think. Over the years, we’ve had many long discussions and I have trusted her implicitly to report accurately, not just the words but the meaning of my comments; that’s what good journalists do. I will not deny that I may have used those words, but I am confident that Lynn had to have known that the way I articulated them was not consistent in any way with my known strong pro-life stance and the compassion I have shown to numerous legislators and others over the years.
I had always considered Lynn Bartels as one of the best journalists the Rocky had. As such she should have had the good sense to question me on my hurried comments to make sure she had a clear understanding. She failed to do that, and as a result has sullied my long-standing reputation as a strong pro-life advocate and caused many good citizens to doubt my views.
The left-wing blogs are in a heated frenzy, deliberately using my comments to spread the thought that I want children to get AIDS. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. NOTHING!
Reporters are frequently criticized for reading sources' minds. Now we have a veteran politician complaining that a reporter didn't save him from himself.
The reporter did her job. The legislator was too lazy to think before he spoke.
Posted by: Donald Johnson | March 03, 2009 at 08:25 AM
Question:
How will the state GOP recover from this disaster?
Can it just sweep the mess under the rug, ignore it and hope voters will, too?
Posted by: Donald Johnson | March 03, 2009 at 08:37 AM
History says the voters won't ignore it.
Posted by: a watcher | March 03, 2009 at 01:18 PM