Ohio scandal surpressed by Repubs? Surpirse

[ewagner]

I think this article from the Toledo Blade is the harbinger of another big nationally televised Repub scandal....what do you think?

Link and snips:

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050619/NEWS24/50619020

Democratic allegations of a GOP cover-up in the loss of $215 million managed by a Pittsburgh firm have surged in the last few days. Records released last week show that high-ranking aides to Gov. Bob Taft worked to suppress revelations about the hedge fund loss in the final days before the presidential election.

If there was all of this negative publicity surrounding Noe as Bush was trying to carry Ohio, there would have been a firestorm of negative publicity," he added.

[Botany]

1. Amazing a reporters reporting.......

..... what a concept. :rofl:

This is just like the DSM i.e. bush poison

[ewagner]

2. Gotta hand it to

the Toledo Blade. They have real guts in printing this story.

The corporate media doesn't DARE pick this story up.....

[Botany]

3. Paul Krugman of the NY Times picked it up last week ....

....... My Fav so far is the Colorado House with the wine ......

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050615/NEWS24/50615005

..... and links to coingate happened to be broken into and "stuff' linked to this
scandal was stolen. A million dollar house with no alarm system?

[donkeyotay]

4. Oh, really?

David Mark, editor of Campaigns & Elections, a Washington-based nonpartisan political magazine, said if the scandal at the Bureau of Workers' Compensation had leaked before last year's election, the national media would have jumped on the story.

:rofl:

[Straight Shooter]

5. The Toledo Blade, slicing and dicing their way to the truth. n/t

[OzarkDem]

6. Absolutely

R's in Ohio news media are still working overtime to cover this scandal up. Its not getting nearly as much coverage in our area as it needs.