Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Wulsin Wins, and the Malariotherapy Story Continues

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati

Photo courtesy of here.

With Vic Wulsin’s expected defeat of Steve Black for the Democratic nomination in Ohio’s 2nd congressional district, the malariotherapy story has gained new life as it will continue to develop over the next several months.  Additionally, Wulsin has said that she would address additional questions about her involvement after the primary, so we will look forward to holding her to her word.  It’s also noteworthy how The Enquirer had some flip-flopping through the night about whether to mention Wulsin’s invovlement with malariotherapy in this morning’s newspaper.  We’ve got differing versions of the same story archived online!

The Chillicothe Gazette has this story online, written by Margaret McGurk, entitled ”Schmidt, Wulsin ready for rematch.” Here is the second paragraph:

The Enquirer also has a story online entitled ”Schmidt, Wulsin ready for rematch.” Here is the second paragraph of that version:

So it’s clear that The Enquirer was updating its article throughout the night.  But as each version continues, it turns out that the early version archived at the Chillicothe Gazette has some details that ended up getting deleted here in Cincinnati:

The passage’s use of prepositions demands attention, as McGurk now writes that Wulsin worked “with” the Heimlich Institute, as opposed to working “for” the Institute—which is apparently an unsubstantiated detail they have reported previously.

When The Enquirer rewrote the column, the passage above got transformed:

We will continue to update you on the malariotherapy story as more details become available.

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anon says:
05 Mar 2008  at  11:02 am | #

NixGuy just picked up your item: http://tinyurl.com/38oqn3

The story with Legs says:
05 Mar 2008  at  04:20 pm | #

Why do I have a feeling this won’t be the last we hear of this story?

going for the jugular says:
05 Mar 2008  at  05:53 pm | #

Today’s final/home print edition left out the Heimlich stuff and replaced it with the Wulsin kumbaya version.

A “lot of healing to do”? Vic, you’re so, like, totally out to lunch. Per NixGuy, the sharks are already smelling blood, perhaps malarial. Healing? This won’t even clot.

Analysis? So glad you asked. Steve Black blew whatever chance he might have had by not properly setting up the Heimlich issue and explaining the political implication to voters. Instead, he barely dealt with it in the debates and then bombarded the airwaves with the TV ad. He threw away his $200K+ down the toilet unless you count setting up the ball for the Schmidt campaign to be good value for money. Now watch Jean and the right wing blogs kick a field goal with the issue.

Like Wulsin, Black has no business being in politics. It’s obvious neither has what it takes. So why are they even in the picture? Nobody’s fault but the Democratic party hacks who handed them the keys and the rah-rah zombies who don’t know a damn thing about their candidates of choice and seem to prefer it that way.

If the Democratic party actually put up a decent candidate in the district, the voters just might respond. The fact is that upper-classers like Wulsin and Black and many of their supporters don’t understand the Ohio 2nd voter base. In my opinion, they even look down on them. You can’t say that about Jean Schmidt. Re: Wulsin, she’s running for her own vanity, not to represent the interests of those constituents.

I’ve got $100 on a Schmidt win. Any takers? How about you, Freedom Fighters? Care to back up all that bold type with a friendly wager?