Comments on: Ellmore Campaign Mailer Makes a False Statement

By: Blacknell.net » Friday Notes: Double Stack Edition

Blacknell.net » Friday Notes: Double Stack Edition — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:36:11 +0000

[...] First up - I’m big in China! Yes, if you use the Chinese Google to search for “false statements“, I’m right there on the first page of results. Ahead of Bush, Cheney, and the “Criminal Tax Manual”, no less. I couldn’t have done it without Mark Ellmore. [...]

By: Ron Paul Blog - Mark Ellmore: Not Republican Enough, or Just an A**hole?

Ron Paul Blog - Mark Ellmore: Not Republican Enough, or Just an A**hole? — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:34:34 +0000

[...] So just to summarize: The Ellmore campaign claims it is just incompetent (as opposed to knowingly lying about their opponent Amit Singh), but that doesn’t jive with the facts. [...]

By: Blacknell.net » The Choice in the 8th Congressional District

Blacknell.net » The Choice in the 8th Congressional District — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:06:24 +0000

[...] the the campaign when Ellmore sent out a mailer using Blacknell.net as a source for a charge that turned out to be false and that’s what I spent my available time dealing with, instead. I have little-to-no interest [...]

By: Ron Paul Blog - Dirty Tricks By Ellmore In VA-8 GOP Primary

Ron Paul Blog - Dirty Tricks By Ellmore In VA-8 GOP Primary — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:42:31 +0000

[...] as Mark Blacknell explains: Nowhere on Blacknell.net will you find any statement or quote from Amit Singh that even [...]

By: Don’t Vote Ellmore: Part 6 « Red Virginia

Don’t Vote Ellmore: Part 6 « Red Virginia — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:44:59 +0000

[...] Blacknell [...]

By: Lies in the 8th Congressional District « Crystal Clear Conservative

Lies in the 8th Congressional District « Crystal Clear Conservative — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:17:13 +0000

[...] supporting McCain in November, in fact according to fellow blogger, Blacknell, Singh made no such claim that he would not support McCain. Then, the Ellmore campaign claims that The Washington Post [...]

By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Republican Candidate In 8th District Spreads Lies About His Opponent

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:02:19 +0000

[...] vote for John McCain and attributed the quote to an interview at Blacknell.net. The problem is that Singh said no such thing in the Blacknell interview: This evening I received a copy of the above mailer from the Singh campaign (which told me that one [...]

By: Darius

Darius — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:01:37 +0000

Sorry forgot to include the LA Times article about delegate stealing:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/ronpaulgop.html

By: Darius

Darius — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:48:38 +0000

So will Amit vote and fully endorse John McCain or is he joining his comrades in arms in trying to steal delegates so Ron Paul can disrupt the convention?

By: MB

MB — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:46:01 +0000

I received the following this evening (Saturday) from Daniel Tillson, the campaign manager for Mark Ellmore:

Today the Ellmore campaign discovered that we have incorrectly attributed two quotes in a mailer that was sent this previous week. This was due to a last minute swap before sending off to press and it was brought to our attention and immediately we reviewed our records. We have taken steps to rectify the situation and we intended no harm to Mr. Blacknell or anyone else affected. This is not typical of the Ellmore campaign or our high standards. We stand by our message and believe the voters will look past this mistake. Please direct any questions to 703.344.7349.

This doesn’t answer all of the questions raised about the mailer, and there are a couple of things I’d like to add, but this is what I have for now (I’m traveling and my time is obligated to another project through tomorrow afternoon). Jim Hoeft over at Bearingdrift.com looks to be doing a good job on keeping on top of this - check his work out there.