Posted by
Mike Bates on Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:47:34 PM
The mainstream media loves a good story, especially if that story involves "Republicans" who've gotten smart and switched over to the dark side.
The other day, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jennifer Hunter flipped for a trial lawyer who was casting aside his Republicanism. A slight problem was the guy was about as Republican as Howlin' Howard Dean.
So in today's episode, Ms Hunter writes about all those nasty Republicans who are "harassing" her for getting the story wrong. Toward the end of her hissy, she writes:
"The final kicker for all you Republicans who read my column with a magnifying glass is a press release issued Wednesday: 'One of Chicago's key Republican fund-raisers, CME Group Executive Chairman Terry Duffy today announced that he is endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for the 2008 election.'"
Just one thing: Illinois voters don't register by political party. They can request a specific ballot for primaries, but that's it. In the Land of Lincoln, no one is a registered anything.
Oh, and maybe one other thing: The Clinton press release she cited identifies Terry Duffy as a key Republican fund-raiser. If he is, he must be doing the job undercover. A check of her own newspaper's archives comes up empty for any such reference. As is also the case with the Tribune's archives.
Moreover, FEC records indicate Mr. Duffy's contributed to Democrats Dick Durbin, Harold Ford, Melissa Bean, Joe Lieberman, Jim Marshall, Dan Hynes, and John Carter.
Yep, sounds like a key, key Republican fund-raiser to me. You'd think after her most recent embarrassment, Ms Hunter would have at least checked "the facts" emanating from the Clinton campaign.
You'd be wrong. The story's just so darn good as it is.