Freepers are going mad over being outed by the Washington Post.
There are several sides to this story.
- The Washington Post identified the idenity of a blogger on Free Republic. Freepers have no idea how the Post did it. The blogger is a right wing political operative working for Governor Ehrlich of Maryland and writing about Baltimore Mayor O'Malley's supposed extra-marital affairs. O'Malley is a likely opponent to Ehrlich in 2006.
- This rumour has had legs for years....observers from both parties have embraced it as possible...where there's smoke...
- Baltimore Mayor has turned the table--temporarily at least--blaming the Governor for spreading and maybe even creating the rumour.
The Mayor denies all and claims right winger's dirty tricks. The Governor denies all and fires freeper. The Democratic legislature is threatening to hold hearings.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339150/posts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9313-2005Feb8.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-omalleyrumors,1,7488891.storygallery?coll=bal-ho
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4. The value of blogs trashed here:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.rodricks10feb10,1,5808818.column?coll=bal-hom
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and discussed here:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-te.to.web10feb10,1,400367.story?coll=bal-home-he
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