Comments on Advance Indiana™: Schneider Takes A Second Crack At Dickerson

jeff Newman - For your information the information...

2006-09-21T06:58:00.000-05:00

jeff Newman - For your information the information I have will be made public when I see fit and not before.

She is a liar and a thief!
Tell her I said so, and publicize her responses.

Why don't Carson supporters ask her about my statements. I would like to know her answers under the penalties of perjury. She has never had to pay for her crimes.

Carson supporters run around calling people losers, She has lied, cheated and stolen her way to the top of politics.

The truth has been denied for too long and covered up.

Speak up Julia, answer the questions?

8:49 just regurgitated his earlier post.The GM lin...

2006-09-21T04:51:00.000-05:00

8:49 just regurgitated his earlier post.

The GM line was entertaining, but stating it twice doesn't make it more acceptable. Plain fact is, GM still needs minority car dealers. The sale and lawsuit came up pretty suspiciously and quickly. that's all.

There are no reasonable answers to the bank situation. A lawsuit is a method of last resort for payment of debt. Period.

If 5/3 Bank were briefed on the potential sale, I can't understand why they would've sued. They could've walked into the Courthouse, plucked down $13, and filed a lien, which would've almost gauranteed their payment at the closing table. With almost no publicity.

That's just a fact. They must've filed suit for a reason.

The timing of the sale and lawsuit are just suspicious.

Reciting your points over again, 8:49, won't change that.

Those accusations are lies. Get your facts straig...

2006-09-20T23:03:00.000-05:00

Those accusations are lies. Get your facts straight and convert.

I live in the 7th and am also concerned about the ...

2006-09-20T22:53:00.000-05:00

I live in the 7th and am also concerned about the welfare of our district. Our district needs Eric and so does our country. All I ask is that you make an educated, objective, decision when it comes time to cast your vote. Please listen to Eric for yourself at EricDickersonforCongress.com and embrace the possibilities.

Anonymous 8:49, most likely a Dickerson staffer, t...

2006-09-20T22:28:00.000-05:00

Anonymous 8:49, most likely a Dickerson staffer, tells us to 'stop questioning' Dickerson.

That's akin to President Bush admonishing all of us, including his former Sec of State Colin Powell, that it's 'unacceptable to THINK'.... any way he doesn't think.

The good news around all this stinking back in forth about Julia and Eric, is that so few people see these blogs.

It's so ugly.

There are truly so many much more important issue to consider than who revealed that someone was an apparent wife-beater, or a failed businessman.

And, do your really think that keeping the U. S. Congress in the hands of Republicans is in our best interest?

As for Rep Carson's position on the banking committee, our own Barney Frank will Chair that committee come next January.

For everyone who does not know anything about the ...

2006-09-20T19:49:00.000-05:00

For everyone who does not know anything about the car business, please read and learn. "there has to be more to this", "he sold his dealership", "oh no, he sold the store".

LISTEN AND LEARN!!!!!

General Motors has made decisions about Buick, as they did Oldsmobile which are not in Dickerson's control and will not change. "But they need black dealers, it doesnt make sense".

Last year, Buick eliminated its least expensive car ($22,000.00) the Century as well as the slightly more expensive Regal and replaced it them with one car, the Buick Lacrosse. Buick also eliminated the Park Avenue and Lesabre, to replace both with the Lucerne. This year is the last year for the popular Rendezvous, the Rainer, and the Terraza. These three vehicles will be replaced by the 08 Enclave. One vehicle. Within two years, Buick is down to three cars. Anyone in the car business knows that they can't give away the new Lacrosse and plan to eliminate it also. This will leave two Buicks left to sell. I dont know how going from having seven vehicles to sell to two, you can sustain a car dealership of that magnitude. After all the Star, and TV stations know that Eric has spent anywhere from $20,000.00 to $50,000.00 per month in advertising alone. That doesnt include the other 650 accounts worth of expenses involved in running a dealership with $30,000,000.00/year in sales.

Dickerson saw Buick's demise on the horizon and sold out while someone was still willing to pay proper money for his store.

In addition, has anyone ever heard of "Project 2000"? All GM car dealers have. It just happens to be named after the year the plan was born.

GM's plan is to merge all Pontiac, Buick, and GMC dealers into one. If you only have Buick, you are indirectly being forced to sell. They have been trying to put a deal together with Eric for six years now. The difference between now and then is that they hadnt eliminated over half of the cars to sell. If he had other lines, he could have waited like Family Buick is doing, while negociating a deal with Tom Wood. The also have Mitsubishi and own several auctions.

Dickerson decided he had bigger fish to fry in his quest for Congress. GM isnt going to replace any of the cars they've canned, so he gave them their wish and sold out.

"But why would the bank sue". Hello, Ms. Carson the second most senior dem on the banking committee. Although there was no reason for them to sue, as the suit was dropped in days, it would be a nice gesture from folks at fifth third to Ms. Carson. Do you really think she doesnt have any pull with banks?

She not only is on the banking committee, if the dems win control, she will be the number two lady on the banking committee. Remember all of those recently passed laws in favor of banks. "But Ms. Carson is for the people, not the lending institutions". Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. OK.

Stop questioning Dickerson. Go to his website. Ericdickersonforcongress.com. Learn for yourself. He did not become the self made man he is by mistake.

When you meet him or if Ms. Carson ever has the guts to debate him, you would look foolish to vote for her.

I should point out that Dickerson could have hired...

2006-09-20T19:29:00.000-05:00

I should point out that Dickerson could have hired a lawyer after the fact to get the criminal record expunged after the fact pursuant to statute, and he could have avoided this problem. The skunks in politics always know about this statute because they're always going around committing all kinds of crimes and getting caught. They hire their attorney and get their records expunged. It's unfortunate Dickerson hadn't been advised to do this before he entered politics. But then again, he's not a skunk so he doesn't think like the rest of the skunks in politics.

Jeff, on the point of whether Eric had to hire an ...

2006-09-20T19:06:00.000-05:00

Jeff, on the point of whether Eric had to hire an attorney: In an earlier interview where he made that statement, it was made in the context of his explaining the events which occurred at his home, the police arriving, taking him into custody, taking a mugshot and booking him into jail and then quickly bailing out. I took it to mean that he didn't have to hire an attorney to get out of jail. That happens all the time. I may have misunderstood him, but I don't think it should be inferred that he didn't hire an attorney later on--only that he didn't have to hire an attorney to get out of jail after the arrest. Let's be fair. This happened 15 years ago, and I'm sure the events would be pretty surreal in retrospect. You can't expect the man to get every single detail straight after this many years, let alone right after it happened. Jeff, I am frankly shocked that you would disqualify Dickerson over these reports. You and I've discussed Julia's history at length and you know it's much uglier. Let's not kid ourselves.

Regardless how strong Julia's support of our commu...

2006-09-20T18:14:00.000-05:00

Regardless how strong Julia's support of our community has been, she handed over this file.

That is not disputed. It's about the only sorry fact in this whole miserable tale, that isn't disputed. And she's hidign for cover, not returning press phone calls for over 48 hours now.

For that reason alone, reluctantly, I cannot vote for her. It is an act of Nixonian stupidity...there's no way she's going to lose. It wasn't necessary.

Overkill is a sin of gluttonous politicians who have lost touch. And I never thought it would happen to her.

But mostly, one thing rings true: Julia did hand o...

2006-09-20T17:20:00.001-05:00

But mostly, one thing rings true: Julia did hand over the file. She's silent, but The Star wouldn't make that up. - suspiciously that news article is no longer available *sniff sniff* yeah, it stinks!

I'm with you, back to the bar!

The accusations around both candidates are dishear...

2006-09-20T17:20:00.000-05:00

The accusations around both candidates are disheartening.

I'm sensitive to the possibility of a false charge, but unfortunately I'm also sensitive to the tendency of victims of domestic violence to disavow the violence. I don't see how Eric will be able to clear his name, for even in light of his wife's denial, the veil of suspicion rests heavily. If the allegation is true, it's unacceptable; if its false, he's in a tough spot.

In the absence of this allegation, and in the absence of issues about Party control of Congress, I had come to feel felt that Eric is truly an impressive candidate, with the potential to be one of the highest quality candidates of Indiana's congressional delegation.

But there is this allegation. And a question of whether his election would serve to further an extremist agenda in Congress or to place a check on it.

Regarding allegations against Julia Carson, whose record of support for the gay community is unmatched, I am also disappointed. These allegations rest heavily, also regardless of what the official outcome has been.

The situation resolves to this:

A candidate of unimpeachable personal virtue pursuing miserable policy will produce miserable policy. (Meet Jimmy Carter and the foreign and domestic economic policy of his administration.) A candidate of profoundly disturbing personal moral quality pursuing estimable policy may very well produce estimable policy. (Meet Lyndon Johnson and civil rights laws.)

I suspect that while some will now be casting a vote either against Eric Dickerson or against Julia Carson, or that some will be voting their confidence in Eric Dickerson's character or in Julia Carson's character, the majority of voters will be casting votes that reflect their belief in either Republican or Democratic control of Congress.

While we will hope that both candidates will find ways of clearing their names and proving their virtue, I agree with those who say that whatever their respective virtues, there are large issues at stake with real impact on all of us.

Do we stay or do we go in Iraq? Do we keep taxes as they are? Do we run deficits out into the future? Does economic growth outweigh the deficits? Do we raise taxes? Do we stifle recovery? Do we try to balance the budget? Do we kick illegal immigrants out of the country? Do we legalize them? How? Do we strengthen unions? Do we strengthen management? Do we protect the U.S. from international competition? Do promote free international trade? Do we reduce social security benefits? Do we extend the retirement age? Do we raise the minimum? Do we further right wing crazies? Do stop them? How?

Lots of issues... all of them serious....

I'm enjoying the comparisons that Mr. Dickerson's ...

2006-09-20T15:28:00.000-05:00

I'm enjoying the comparisons that Mr. Dickerson's supporters are coming up with. OJ Simpson?? Give me a break!

Julia's grandson? Let's see, one candidate for congress has been arrested for domestic violence, the other has a grandson whom she didn't raise who committed a horrible crime. Those are somehow comparable?

And the comment that "the prosecutor could have tried the case anyway" when the wife and kid recanted (as often happens in domestic violence cases) is so ridiculous it is hardly worth countering.

As for "digging up the dirt" on Ms. Carson, somebody should go for it if she's the one who took the gloves off. Where is it? Where's the arrest record?

We've seen Dickerson's dirt in full PDF glory, show us the same on Carson. Accusations from a bitter (and homophobic I might add) Jocelyn-Tandy Adande don't cut it.

Question? Is Mr. Dickerson on trial here?Marion C...

2006-09-20T14:31:00.000-05:00

Question? Is Mr. Dickerson on trial here?

Marion County Prosecutor Jeff Modisett allowed the charges to be dismissed.

Evidence did not support the charges. The prosecutor could have tried the case anyway.

This reminds me of the OJ Simpson trial in a criminal court. He was acquitted by a jury of all charges with a mixed race jury, but the members of the white and Jewish community refused to accept the verdict of the jury.

In a civil court with an all white jury, the Goldman family won a judgment against OJ for the murder of their son at Nicole Simpsons condo.

Truly a double standard. Those of you who question the dismissal had better hope you are never arrested, charged and case dismissed, your friends and family won't accept the dismissal. Begin treating you like a convicted felon.

Julia supporters keep looking for the dirt, and while you at it look for hers.

Eric says he didn't hire an attorney, but he obvio...

2006-09-20T13:02:00.000-05:00

Eric says he didn't hire an attorney, but he obviously did.

His wife goes on radio with a convincing denial of assault. It is later reported they live apart, and have for years.

ED suddenly sells his car dealership, at a time when GM is practically begging for minority dealers. He defaults on a loan, then pays it off by selling the dealership.

In all these instances, I'm telling you--there's much more to the story. There has to be.

Or Eric Dickerson is the biggest idiot to ever run for office. And I don't think he is.

Julia has her problems, and she has to explain for personally dumping this police report on the newspaper. It is shameful and there is no excuse for it.

But there are just too many questions surrounding Mr. D. and his dealings. Way too many.

Why is it, when something embarrassing comes out, it's never his fault? Always someone else's fault?

Don't we all know someone like that? Make a mental picture of that person.

And, after you picture the person(s) who match that description, would you want any of them representing you in Congress?

So, whay a great choice we have. A man with more questions than a hung jury, and a broken-down incumbent who foolishly deals in rumors and sneaky tactics.

I'm gonna start a write-in campaign. Any ideas? How about getting Andy our of retirement? He had integrity--never took one single PAC dollar. Never took a raise until his district had voted on him again.

He's available.

All those who were so quick to say the police repo...

2006-09-20T12:22:00.000-05:00

All those who were so quick to say the police report is fake appear to be wrong. The Star called it "an Indianapolis Police Department arrest report," not an alleged document. What difference does it make that the cop who wrote it is silent? I doubt he even remembers the incident; to my knowledge Dickerson was not a local celebrity in 1991.

Another item of note is a bald-faced Dicerson lie. From the article:

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And, [Dickerson] added: "I did not even hire an attorney."

Court records, however, show Dickerson hired Indianapolis attorney Samuel Oates. Oates died in 2004.
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Say what you will about Julia, but I'm sorry to say that I've seen enough to conclude that Mr. Dickerson is not deserving of the office he is running for.

Ok, so we can’t hold family members actions agains...

2006-09-20T11:34:00.000-05:00

Ok, so we can’t hold family members actions against an individual as we can only control our actions not theirs. However, what about Ghetto Queens grandson who was arrested for torturing the two homosexual guys a few years ago. It was someplace in the area of 62nd and Georgetown Rd. He and a buddy made these guys drink bleach and burnt them with an iron.

Also, how about the Excise Police mess where her sons were fired along with several others. They held positions with police powers and are convicted felons…hmmmm.

Where’s the Indy Star and the rest of the media for that stuff?

Advance:I am not surprised.Anonymous threats, burg...

2006-09-20T11:26:00.000-05:00

Advance:

I am not surprised.

Anonymous threats, burglaries, break-ins, flat tires, sugar in your gas tank, call and hang-up,
destroys opponents campaign literature, broken windows, and more.

Intimidation, threats, harassment,
slander, rumors, Julia Carson and gang tactics every election.

I told you so!

FYI,We have the Paula interview on our web site, w...

2006-09-20T11:25:00.000-05:00

FYI,

We have the Paula interview on our web site, www.wxnt.com You can hear it for yourself and draw your own conclusions.

Abdul

Advance Indiana-Mary Beth Schneider's husband was ...

2006-09-20T11:14:00.000-05:00

Advance Indiana-Mary Beth Schneider's husband was an Evan Bayh appointee when he was governor.

She and Jum shella of cCannel 8, are pro-Democrat reporters. Never any balance in their political reports.

While they are digging for dirt, check out Julia Carson's history, she is the incumbent.

The true answer to all of this cunnundrum--er, exc...

2006-09-20T11:06:00.000-05:00

The true answer to all of this cunnundrum--er, excuse me...kerfuffle--lies in the police reports and prosecutor's file.

Do I believe a candidate's wife would revisit an incident, and recall it in a favorable light (to her husband) 15 years later? Hell yes.

Usually unsilent Vince Huber should remember this case, or at least whether the police report is accurate.

But mostly, one thing rings true: Julia did hand over the file. She's silent, but The Star wouldn't make that up.

That's the saddest revelation about this whole thing. She finally stooped to doing it herself instead of sending others to do it for her.

Shameful. Probably not enough to defeat her, at least yet.

She ought to hang her head, apologize for digging this up, and move on.

But she won't.

ALL - the Carson people are beginning to threaten ...

2006-09-20T11:01:00.000-05:00

ALL - the Carson people are beginning to threaten people. Did you hear Abdul this morning?