I haven't seen this anywhere else so apologies if it's already come up.
The blogosphere has been all over the
attempts to swift boat Major Paul Hackett in the Ohio 2nd Congressional District special election.
Blogger
Eric Minamyer (a Republican) shamed himself by his disgusting questioning of Hackett's service in Iraq. Minamyer has since
backed off claiming that he's now satisfied that Hackett served in a combat capacity.
Hackett's opponent, Republican Jean Schmidt claims that
she has nothing to do with the blogosphere and is not in any way endorsing Minamyers blog.
According to
Ohio 2nd blog, Minamyer was an advisor to the Schmidt campaign. Schmidt admitted as much on
this radio program.
But Minamyer
claims he is not a spokesperson for Schmidt:
"I also want to reiterate that I am not a spokesman for Jean Schmidt and have never been one. The news article and Schmidt campaign manager Joe Braun's post to OH2 echo that. I stated that on camera as well but it was not used."
Perhaps he wasn't an "official" spokesperson. But he's definitely worked for Schmidt in some capacity. He's not just some run-of-the-mill private citizen who happens to be questioning Hackett's service.
