Did A Reporter Suppress a Story that Could Have Cost Bush the Election?
The Toledo Blade broke the coingate story early this year. But soon after, rumors began circulating that people knew about GOP corruption before the election and chose to suppress it. A sort of proactive damage control measure, apparently.
But it looks like the rumors are true. Fritz Wenzel was a political reporter for the Blade until May of 2004, when he left to work on Jean Schmidt's campaign (for which he received $60,000). Prior to his job at the Blade he was a Republican operative in Oregon.
While at the Blade, Wenzel was a friend of the Noe's and close to the GOP. The Noe's attended his son's wedding.
According to information available, Wenzel was aware of GOP corruption at least as early as January 2004, well in advance of the election.
But it looks like the rumors are true. Fritz Wenzel was a political reporter for the Blade until May of 2004, when he left to work on Jean Schmidt's campaign (for which he received $60,000). Prior to his job at the Blade he was a Republican operative in Oregon.
While at the Blade, Wenzel was a friend of the Noe's and close to the GOP. The Noe's attended his son's wedding.
According to information available, Wenzel was aware of GOP corruption at least as early as January 2004, well in advance of the election.
posted by Queen City Forum Mag @ 10:33 PM
3 Comments:
At 10:08 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Aren't you suppressing a story yourself Mr. Altman? You previously claimed your magazine was conducting an investigation to find the identity of the person or people who placed phone calls to voters just prior to the primary election urging them to vote for David Pepper because he is white? Weeks later you still haven't provided that information to the public. Why?
At 6:17 PM ,
Queen City Forum Mag said...
The QCF blog is run by more than one staff member, so it is not always Mr. Altman who makes posts. In this case he was not the poster.
However, I believe there is an answer to your query in the comments to the post below.
At 5:48 AM ,
Anonymous said...
If they counted all the votes in Ohio it would have cost Bush the election. Congressman John Conyers launched an investigation which found anomolies all across the state. There is an entire book about it. This includes Hamilton County and a picture ran in Hustler magazine which shows bags full of votes that say Hamilton County on them,being thrown in the back of a pick up truck, and there is a Bush/Chenney bumper sticker. Ken Blackwell still has not accounted for all of these anomolies even though it is his duty.
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