Bob Geiger: Mehlman Speaks Of Character - Now That's Funny

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/6013

Mehlman Speaks Of Character - Now That's Funny
by Bob Geiger

Of all the news I've read so far on this Sunday morning, the most unintentionally funny has to be the Associated Press (AP) story about the results of the most recent AP-Ipsos poll, in which they cite as the most relevant result, the fact that the majority of Americans consider character to be the most important element in selecting a president.

But that's not the funny part. What cracked me up was that the first person they quoted on that topic was none other than Ken Mehlman, the man who led the charge for George W. Bush in 2004.

"Voters only look at policies as a lens into what type of person the candidate is," said Ken Mehlman, chairman of President Bush's 2004 re-election campaign. That campaign based its voter targeting and messaging strategies on the character-first theory.

Now how funny -- or sick -- is that?

Ken Mehlman, the former head of the Republican National Committee, the man who helped put the Bush-Cheney world-class lying team back in the White House, the man who went on television week after week to mislead and distort on their behalf and the man who did nothing to stop the Swift Boat Liars from attacking a highly-decorated war Veteran in John Kerry, commenting on character of all things.

I'm guessing Tom DeLay, Duke Cunningham or Mark Foley weren't available to comment to the AP about the importance of character.

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[MissWaverly]

1. yes, their type of character is based on lie, cheat, steal

and then cover up with spin, I consider him a true patriot, and am hoping that his role
in the activities of the last 6 years will be fully appreciated by the American
people and by the DOJ.

[crikkett]

2. mehlman himself is being investigated

for accepting gifts from Abrahmoff (concert tickets) that never got reported.

[crikkett]

3. Oct 15, 2006 LA Times

revealed Ken Mehlman's role in the "Stayman Project": get Allen Stayman fired from the State Dept for advocating better labor practices from Jack Abramoff's client, The Marianas Islands. The plan was launched in January 2001 and it took almost a year to actually get Stayman removed, because his supervisors fought to keep him.

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