Thursday, July 13, 2006
Who's on First?
So the Webb folks send out a press release stating how their man has agreed to a debate, but the Senator has not.
Good tactic, if it weren't terribly out of touch with the truth. The following is from the Virginia Bar Association's website:
The Virginia Bar Association will host the first campaign debate between Virginia’s Democratic and Republican United States Senate candidates on Saturday, July 22, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, during the VBA’s 116th Summer Meeting at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. Republican incumbent Senator George Allen has accepted the VBA’s invitation to participate in the debate. The Democrats vying for the party’s nomination, Harris Miller and James Webb, have each been invited, pending the outcome of the Democratic primary on June 13. Robert D. Holsworth, dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, will serve as moderator. This event continues the decades-long tradition of the VBA hosting an early debate in statewide gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests before the Association’s annual Summer Meeting. Details of the debate format will be finalized at a later date.
Notice that this was written before the primary, and Allen had already accepted. Perhaps Allen had not filled out the paperwork, but don't make that claim if it's not as easily disproved than this. Or, if it's outright lying, that's not a way to build credibility either.
Good tactic, if it weren't terribly out of touch with the truth. The following is from the Virginia Bar Association's website:
The Virginia Bar Association will host the first campaign debate between Virginia’s Democratic and Republican United States Senate candidates on Saturday, July 22, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, during the VBA’s 116th Summer Meeting at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. Republican incumbent Senator George Allen has accepted the VBA’s invitation to participate in the debate. The Democrats vying for the party’s nomination, Harris Miller and James Webb, have each been invited, pending the outcome of the Democratic primary on June 13. Robert D. Holsworth, dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, will serve as moderator. This event continues the decades-long tradition of the VBA hosting an early debate in statewide gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests before the Association’s annual Summer Meeting. Details of the debate format will be finalized at a later date.
Notice that this was written before the primary, and Allen had already accepted. Perhaps Allen had not filled out the paperwork, but don't make that claim if it's not as easily disproved than this. Or, if it's outright lying, that's not a way to build credibility either.
