Paper Withdraws Sweeney Endorsement

[Rose Siding]

EDITORIAL: Endorsement withdrawn: Character questions continue to dog Sweeney
Post-Star withdraws endorsement in wake of latest controversy regarding domestic violence call

...Serious allegations of domestic violence were raised against Congressman John Sweeney earlier this week after three newspapers published police accounts of a 911 call to his home in December.

The congressman has said he wants the truth to come out. But his actions in the wake of the incident and the disclosure of the 911 call in the media indicate otherwise.
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We don't think it's a non-issue. And we're sure many of our readers don't either.

In May of last year, 25 courageous victims of domestic violence came forward and told their compelling stories of abuse as part of a series in this newspaper on domestic violence. They told of violence and fear, and of the shame and humiliation they felt when they failed to remove themselves from their abusive situations.

The congressman's curt dismissal of the domestic violence incident as a "non-issue" demonstrates that he either doesn't understand the seriousness of this matter as it relates to his role as a member of Congress, or that he simply hopes to divert attention from it so he can win the election.

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2006/11/03/news/doc454beb94004a5026428988.t

[Erika]

1. The GOP are power hungry with their arrogance

They don't care who they run over. It's all aboout winning to them. So he abused a mistress? That's no big thing with the GOP.

Newt routinely abused his wives and mistresses. It's a GOP thing.

[rodeodance]

2. wasn't another big name Repug UNendorced last week also?

[cmd]

4. Blackwell was unendorsed in Ohio n/t

[Danascot]

3. See thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2568875