Today's story in today's Star by Mary Beth Schneider tells you that the video tape recording was made by a Democratic partisan staffer from a balcony in the Indiana House of Representatives' chamber. What it doesn't tell you is that the balcony from where the video taping took place is an area restricted from use by the general public. Access to the south mezzanine balcony is limited to lawmakers, special guests and staff granted permission by the Indiana House Democrats and members of the news media. A guard stands outside the door on the fourth floor leading to this balcony while the legislature is in session. This suggests that either a member of the House Democratic staff or a Democratic lawmaker had to provide access to the political staffer.
I'm not going to waste much time going through this, but I talked to two different media outlets today who both confirmed that they went to the public balcony and took the same shot that the footage shows. Gary's not just wrong, he's long-winded in his wrongness.
Plus, the House communication staff member who is usually in the south balcony is Jeff Fites, and the guy is the best public employee I've ever met in terms of avoiding even the illusion of impropriety. He would never have allowed a political staffer in that area. Ever.
Desperation ain't pretty folks, especially when it's wasted on a relatively small story like this.
Update: WRTV peddles this same nonsense on their coverage of the story. Sounds like Brian Bosma and Gary Welsh are both in the same part of crazytown on this one.
Update II: More classic stuff from the world of tin-foil hats.
On a day when the Carson campaign was using a reliable Star reporter to do a hit piece on Carson's special election opponent, State Rep. Jon Elrod, based upon a surrepticious videotaping of Elrod by a long-time Carson dirty tricks operative, taxpayer-paid Carson congressional employees were busy logging into this blog site, representing 2% of the nearly 2,000 hits this site has received already today.
Baseless conjecture and a self-gratifying assurance of his own site's importance? That's nirvana man, nirvana.
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