Remember all the way back to yesterday when Tom Kean Jr and Jill Hazelbaker were busy announcing "Silly Season" (by the way, what kind of weapon do you use to hunt a silly?)? Here is a reminder. I know. It's a long time ago. Fortunately, "the tubes" have memory - like this golden oldie: Hazelbaker denied posting the messages Thursday and said it wasn't worth checking to see if anyone else on the campaign did so.
"It's the silly season," she said. "I did not go around to everybody's computers and check them. Anyone who knows me knows that when I have something to say, I say it."
But then Crazymaker Hazelbaker puts her foot in her mouth until her knees knock her gums:
On Tuesday, Hazelbaker had sought to downplay a contention by Ellen Weintraub, former Democratic lawyer for the House ethics committee, that Menendez's lease did not violate House ethics rules.
In doing so, Hazelbaker directed a Record reporter to another political Web site, the National Center Blog, on which a writer suggested that Weintraub did not deserve her current job on the Federal Election Commission. The writer asserted that Weintraub had a conflict of interest because her husband was on the Senate Democratic staff.
Uh, but:
what's also interesting is that a little more web research [instead of sniping at Blue Jersey] would have showed that Weintraub sided with Kean in his complaint over a brochure that attacked him in the 2000 campaign for the House that he lost to Rep. Mike Ferguson. Ok, I fess up, I added the stuff in the brackets. See how easy that is, Jill? Just admit you did something and move on.
I don't know what's more embarrassing - that Junior lost to Mike "Where's My Fetus" Ferguson or that his press secretary just attacked the credibility of the FEC Commissioner that actually defended her candidate in the past.
But according to Jilly-girl, who is doing a heckuva job, you can't trust anything in blogs (maybe she reads Enlighten-NJ) and Weintraub, being a Democrat, couldn't possibly reach an ethical decision on anything.
One thing is for certain - the GOP better hope this goes away FAST! |
