And Parnell -- let's be clear -- is not the only candidate to use such ... consultants. What Parnell did, bless her enigmatic heart, was give us a peek inside.
We should thank her. Calling these folks "consultants" may have been insincere, but at least she wrote down names. Too often, such payments are recorded as impossible-to-follow wads of cash to operatives who deal it out on the streets with no accountability.
Oh really? I am going to turn the floor over to The Birmingham Skews, who asks John Archibald, Does The Birmingham News Employ Felons?
Excerpt;
Look no further to see a journalist scraping the bottom of the barrel for news than John Archibald’s latest. Really, John, are you so lazy that you have to resort to piggybacking on “hype” generated by political operatives? Would you have even known where to look if not for the efforts of your apparently more capable “counterparts?” As we say in the news-making industry: you got scooped.
Dang.
The real crux of my criticism of John Archibald today is, however, his hypocrisy (as it so often is.) Archibald criticizes Ms. Parnell for hiring five felons (without documenting who those people are or if he even has the right person or not) to do what, he admits, every political campaign does: canvassing of some sort or other. He suggests that, in so doing, political campaigns have put our homes and neighborhoods in some kind of peril. I guess that’s an interesting perspective, and one that may hold some truth if one also believes that felons can’t be rehabilitated, should be kept from re-assimilating into society, and (heaven forbid) earning at least a little money.
Tell me something, John: what kind of background checks does your employer, The Birmingham News, require for the people it hires to deliver papers to our homes and neighborhoods? From the looks of it, The News doesn’t really dwell on whether or not its news carriers are felons, just like you don’t dwell on things like veracity and intellectual honesty. In fact, the requirements for a “B’HAM NEWS CARRIER” look like this: “AL drivers license and reliable transportation. Early am hours. Must live near area.”
All I'm going to say is if Paige Parnell engaged in vote buying it sure didn't work. Despite being significantly outspent by Drake, Parnell lost by only 376 votes.
More on Paige Parnell here.
2 comments:
What is the Birmingham News, the Fox News of newspapers?
Surely the News published a rebuttal piece to offer some balance to Archibald's hit job.
What's equally disturbing is this: How is it that, in this economy, one that stinks for many, the turn out for this election was so low--one I'd called emaciated at best:
"[O]nly 3,008 people -- less than 12 percent of voters -- thought enough of the race to vote."
When we have the 99 percenters sacrificing so much to spotlight this nation's income inequality and the cozy relationship between our federal government and Wall Street, too many potential voters aren't willing to get off their duffs, get to the polls, and cast their vote.
In this political climate, every vote counts.
Of all times: We can't afford apathy or paralyzing discontent--the stakes are too high!
"Of all times: We can't afford apathy or paralyzing discontent--the stakes are too high!"
I agree, it's as if the Alabama Democratic either doesn't want to win or is afraid to fight and win. There is a serious lack of leadership within the Alabama Democratic Party.
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