Comments on Advance Indiana™: Security For Our Governor

“This was unusually convenient for Kernan, and it ...

2006-06-19T12:19:00.000-05:00

“This was unusually convenient for Kernan, and it was not at all unusual to see professional interaction between he and Downes at all hours of the day.”

I did not say you ‘said’ as much; I said that you ‘implied’ as much. A reasonable person reading what you wrote, in full, could easily have reach the same conclusion. Excluding, of course, those to whom you were speaking to in code! OMGGTIAGO

About his wife Maggie, her full-time job, when exactly she moved and stuff— again, not so much impressed or diverted.

As to hiw wife Maggie, let me explain that she had...

2006-06-19T07:12:00.000-05:00

As to hiw wife Maggie, let me explain that she had a full-time job in South Bend and continued to live there while he was Lt. Governor--that is why I never saw her. He returned home to S.B. on weekends. After he became Governor, she moved to Indianapolis to serve in her role as Indiana's First Lady.

Not hardly anonymous 6:30--I specifically said "pr...

2006-06-19T07:02:00.000-05:00

Not hardly anonymous 6:30--I specifically said "professional interaction" and nothing other than that it is intended. People who are closer to the situation than you would understand exactly what I was saying. You are the one who is choosing to read something into it that is quite clearly not said.

Your implication is that Kernan and Downes' mainta...

2006-06-19T06:30:00.000-05:00

Your implication is that Kernan and Downes' maintained more than just a professional relationship.
Becoming a tabloid style gossipmonger is unbecoming...

I hear you Doug. Kernan used to stop in the neighb...

2006-06-18T13:27:00.000-05:00

I hear you Doug. Kernan used to stop in the neighborhood pubs dressed in jeans and a flannel shirt (he looked a little more authentic than Daniels in that dress if you know what I mean) in the evenings. Again, he never wanted to draw attention to himself. He had his security detail sit several tables away, and he never seemed to be bothered by people approaching him. On the other hand, people seldom did because he blended in with the crowd so well people hardly noticed he was there.

I was a stronger supporter of Joe Kernan than I wa...

2006-06-18T07:09:00.000-05:00

I was a stronger supporter of Joe Kernan than I was of Frank O'Bannon simply because of how friendly Kernan on the times I interacted with him while he was Lt. Governor -- this pretty much exclusively consisted of small talk while waiting for the elevator at the State House. Probably not an ideal way to cast a vote, but there you have it.

(My one interaction with Gov. O'Bannon was to round the corner while he and a couple others were coming the other way. He politely said, "hello." I was just a bit surprised and could only muster a somewhat impolite, "hey.")