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July 14, 2010 05:07 PM UTC

More McNews

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  • by: ClubTwitty

As a political observer in Colorado, the 2010 season is shaping up to be a crazy ride.  The gubernatorial Primary is a bit of a riot.  

Of course the plagiarism scandal grows. No need for Hick to ‘go negative.’  The McInnis campaign is on life support. Politico has a story up with Maes–not ethically unchallenged himself–blasting McInnis:

The Republican challenging Scott McInnis for the party’s gubernatorial nomination in Colorado next month says the former congressman’s apology for plagiarism is unacceptable because he’s failed to take personal responsibility for the error.

…A spokesman for McInnis did not return several inquiries by POLITICO, but told the Associated Press the candidate made “a serious mistake” and blamed a research assistant for failing to cite the original author.

…”The apology is unacceptable because he attempts to blame someone else for it and still isn’t taking responsibility for it. As a future executive in Colorado, we must take personal responsibility for what happens under our watch,” Maes told POLITICO. “If a staff member makes a mistake under my watch, that’s my responsibility.”

As two flawed candidates limp into the Primary, the McLifted scandal will devour any McInnis bandwidth.  But there is other news worth noting on the Scooter Watch.

First up, another flop by McInnis?

McInnis called the stimulus money a “crack high.”

“We’re on it, and that’s what it is – a sugar high or a crack high,” he said.

However, in a 2008 speech to the Farm Bureau in Ignacio, he touted the need for Congress to pass a stimulus bill, comparing the U.S. economy to a critically ill patient.

“The patient isn’t going to get up off the bed and walk out of the hospital, but it will keep the patient alive while in the meantime we’re hoping consumer confidence will go up,” he said at the time.

The Durango Herald article cited above includes responses from an interview with reporter Joe Hanel of the Herald.  

The interview raises a few interesting points, including another McLobbyist client, on behalf of the Flaming Gorge/Front Range pipeline scheme, named–appropriately enough–Mr. Million.  

Expect the gloves to be off the last weeks of the Primary–especially with a mortally wounded McInnis, sitting on lots of cash.  Even after that $ 300,000 refund. The Herald article includes some back and forth between Maes and McInnis, the final bit of news:

His GOP opponent, Maes, derides him as “another moderate that we’d all have to hold our noses for.

…McInnis rejects the label and points to a voting record analysis by the independent group On The Issues that pegged him as a libertarian-leaning conservative.

“Dan Maes, my opponent, has no record,” McInnis said. “Talk’s cheap. It’s the record that’s important.”

But as that record emerges, Scott’s next reinvention will have to be a doozy.  

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  2. I understand that you can use campaign money to pay legal fees and fines related to campaign finance violations.

    But this Hasan Foundation thing doesn’t seem to have a thing to do with campaign finance.

    Why are we talking about refunding the money from his campaign account?  The $300K went right from the Foundation into McInnis’ pocket, not the campaign fund.

            1. But in this case, the repayment of the $300,000 has nothing to do with McInnis’s campaign. It would be repayment for a personal service he was to perform (and apparently didn’t). The campaign would be paying for a personal liability of the candidate completely unrelated to the campaign.

              At least Maes had the pretense he was reimbursing himself for mileage that was incurred by the campaign.  

              Tell me if I’m wrong here.

              1. That the campaign is paying the money, I have not seen anything from McInnis’ camp on the matter.  I conflated the two in my diary, perhaps shouldn’t have.  

  4. Richard Allen who McInnis is accused of plagiarizing left the Reagan White House under a cloud o scandal & was the guest of honor at a recent fundraiser for McInnis

      1. Regarding a Rocky Mountain News column with striking similarities to Washington Post column from just before.  I would post the link, but…

        1. .

          last night, TCU 2011 was saying here that the one instance concerning Hobbs’ work was a fluke.  If another example surfaced, then McInnis was toast.  

          What say you now, TCU ?

          .

        2. Club Twitty is talking about today’s banner headline in the Denver Post — more plagiarism from McInnis.

          So… how’s that “we don’t need no stinkin Mainstream  Media” thing working out?

            1. I was urging Pols to make nice with the Post and other papers because Pols gets more from the MSM than Pols gives back.

              The Pols response: “As we’ve said, it’s no big deal for us to stop using content from the Post or these other newspapers. The success of Colorado Pols will have nothing to do with whether or not we use content from these newspapers, so it’s not a fight worth waging in our minds.

              We could go through a long legal fight and “win,” but for what? To get a court’s affirmation that we can use content that we don’t really need anyway?”

              A few days later, we’re now in the thick of the Post / McInnis plagiarism story. Before that there was the Post / Suthers psycho killer story.

              It’s silly to see all the workarounds yesterday and today on this website to avoid giving credit to the place that broke this story — the MSM.

              I’m not trying to be a jerk here, but it’s hacked me off for years how blogs like this one (of which I am a big fan) simultaneously take from and shat upon the MSM. Reminds me of a needy teenager. It’s time for Pols to grow up, give credit where it’s due, and run a site for people who believe in real politics.

  5. In order to complete this project, I retained a renowned Colorado water expert. That expert, Rolly Fischer, spent nearly three decades with the Colorado River Water Conservation District , and is well-respected across the state. During our collaboration, he provided research for the articles.

    Regrettably, it has now become clear that much of the research was in fact taken from other source material without proper attribution. While I do not believe that this was a deliberate act, it was a serious mistake.

    There is more at http://blogs.westword.com/late…

    1. And the unstated:

      And I just copied and pasted that research into my articles.

      The funny part is, yes, that is exactly what research is, you go find a bunch of material about a subject.  Which is what it appears that Rolly did.  Then handed it over to Scooter who just cut and pasted it into his “articles.”

    3. If his job was research, why would he bother?

      Why wouldn’t he just photocopy articles and forward them to McIsnt? Or was he a paid ghost-writer?

      I’d like to know who assembled (I’d say wrote, but well…) the final docs that were submitted to the Hasan Foundation.

      1. They look like law firm work – especially the totally unnecessary (and inaccurate) “attorney-client work product” label plastered all over them.

        1. Wonder how Scottie’s former law partners feel about him using the firm’s resources to bilk a nonprofit out of more than a quarter of a million dollars?

  6. Former Rep. Scott McInnis’s (R-Colo.) gubernatorial campaign is in a fight for its life as charges of plagiarism have led to questions of whether he can stay in the race.

    Republicans in Colorado say he’s a dead man walking, and they are exploring the ins and outs of what they can do to get another nominee.

    Sources in Colorado Republican circles say it’s likely a matter of when, not if, McInnis will exit the race.

    “Almost without exception, they think he is done,” said one senior Colorado Republican granted anonymity to speak candidly.

    There is more at http://voices.washingtonpost.c…

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