Friday, July 28, 2006

Now they fire him

I guess ethical behavior takes some getting used to among Ohio Republicans. The Toledo Blade is reporting that the ORP finally got around to firing the social conservative coordinator, Gary Lankford, for trying to smear gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland as gay.
Ohio GOP officials condemned the message last week and said they disciplined Mr. Lankford but did not fire him. Yesterday, party chairman Bob Bennett wrote Mr. Strickland to offer “sincere apologies” for the e-mail’s “inappropriate suggestions about your private life.”

Mr. Bennett also said he fired Mr. Lankford, a decision he said was delayed by an illness of pneumonia.
It must have been a serious bout with pneumonia if he couldn't speak for a week. Now that he has been exposed, the party obviously has no more need of him.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Blackwell paid him nearly $16,000 this spring as a “voter contact consultant.” The Ohio Restoration Project, a faith group that has hosted events featuring Mr. Blackwell, listed Mr. Lankford as its “state director” on its Web site until late last week, when The Blade began questioning GOP officials about him.
The Blade is a great paper, let's hope they do as well with the next smear artist. You know there will be one.

// posted by montag @ 10:23 PM
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