Gretchen on WFHB news
Click here to listen to a WFHB (community radio) story which aired February 16th. The part of the newscast about Gretchen starts about halfway through, after all the Mike Davis stuff (you should be able to fast-forward).
The story is about our exclusion from the State Democratic Party's official website. It features a response from a spokesperson for the party. The response contains two misrepresentations. One is that this is the "centerpiece" of Gretchen Clearwater's campaign. That's utterly false. The issues are the centerpiece of Gretchen's campaign, as anyone who's ever heard her speak can tell you. This is one issue, albeit one with a larger symbolic importance-- the fact that the party leadership thinks they can choose who represents us.
The second thing: the spokesperson made a big deal out of the fact that Gretchen's supporters have pledged to support our opponent if he wins the primary. How is this newsworthy? We're good Democrats, and we will support our party's nominee. We hope and expect that nominee to be Gretchen Clearwater. But if it happens to be our opponent, then of course we'll support him against Mike Sodrel in November. Won't his supporters support Gretchen if she wins the primary? We certainly assume so. (Perhaps someone should ask, just to be sure.)
Overall, a good story. The key thing is that Gretchen is traveling all over the district, talking about the issues that matter to folks in the 9th district. Won't you join in?
The story is about our exclusion from the State Democratic Party's official website. It features a response from a spokesperson for the party. The response contains two misrepresentations. One is that this is the "centerpiece" of Gretchen Clearwater's campaign. That's utterly false. The issues are the centerpiece of Gretchen's campaign, as anyone who's ever heard her speak can tell you. This is one issue, albeit one with a larger symbolic importance-- the fact that the party leadership thinks they can choose who represents us.
The second thing: the spokesperson made a big deal out of the fact that Gretchen's supporters have pledged to support our opponent if he wins the primary. How is this newsworthy? We're good Democrats, and we will support our party's nominee. We hope and expect that nominee to be Gretchen Clearwater. But if it happens to be our opponent, then of course we'll support him against Mike Sodrel in November. Won't his supporters support Gretchen if she wins the primary? We certainly assume so. (Perhaps someone should ask, just to be sure.)
Overall, a good story. The key thing is that Gretchen is traveling all over the district, talking about the issues that matter to folks in the 9th district. Won't you join in?
posted by Eric at 9:18 AM
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