Ohio official admits Wurzelbacher search went farther than she first stated

I wonder how this is being reported in the Ohio news media.

ManlyRash on October 30, 2008 at 8:41 AM

I think rather poorly. I’ve seen no editorial from The Cincinnati Enquirer, and I’m p*ssed. It endorsed McCain, but it picks its nose on this. What a disgrace.

I complained by e-mail to the head of their editorial board yesterday.

BuckeyeSam on October 30, 2008 at 9:06 AM

For what it’s worth, here’s the letter I just e-mailed to the head of the editorial board of my local Ohio daily, The Cincinnati Enquirer–which I also sent to the lone, crochety columnist who has the guts to write about these kinds of matters.

It was captioned “Stunned by the Absence of Coverage.”

I went online today, because I couldn’t get to my hardcopy of The Enquirer, and I still see no coverage about the Ohio official who authorized the invasion of Joe the Plumber’s privacy.

http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/29/joe30.html?sid=101

Meanwhile, The Enquirer’s homepage leads with the action of some knucklehead college students at UK.

Mr. Wells, I still remember the excellent article that you ran on a Sunday in mid-March just as the Jeremiah Wright videos hit the fan. The article mentioned a Pew study that said 53% of voters base their votes on character. The article went on to define character, first, by means of a principle of the Quakers: “speaking truth to power.” The article, in turn, defined “speaking truth to power” as, and I paraphrase, “doing the right thing when it will cost you.”

Mr. Wells, to me, that said it all.

Now, I don’t like almost any of Obama’s policies, but I like his character even less. I have never understood Obama’s silence in Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years while Jeremiah Wright sowed the seeds of hate and mistrust in the hearts of thousands of congregants on too many Sundays during those years. I can only logically conclude that Obama remained silent because it was in his best interest to remain silent. To confront Wright–to call him out on these matters–would have meant Obama’s losing the political support that was critical for his fledgling political career. In other words, Obama did not do the right thing when it would have cost him.

And now I read and hear reports of a 2003 gala send-off dinner that Obama and his wife attended. And at that dinner, many disparaging things were said about Israel. Still, nothing from Obama. Again, further evidence of his lack of character.

Returning to the matter of the Ohio official. I don’t know what’s holding up an editorial rebuke of the Ohio official who has authorized the gross invasion of Joe the Plumber’s privacy with only the flimsiest of justification, but the Enquirer is showing no character in this matter. I don’t presume to understand the politics involved for your publication. But if Cincinnati-area residents can’t look to their major local newspaper to speak truth to power to Columbus and to Governor Strickland and to this useless Obama supporter who intruded in Joe the Plumber’s privacy, why bother supporting that local newspaper?

I included Mr. Bronson in this letter because he’s the only Enquirer columnist in recent memory to demonstrate any kind of character in these matters.

I can assure you that when my subscription needs to be renewed soon, I won’t be renewing. It’s only about $220 a year to your paper, but it’s less I have to spend on a useless product.

BuckeyeSam on October 30, 2008 at 9:53 AM