This is what the Star says in "Behind Closed ...

2011-02-12T15:03:21.095-05:00

This is what the Star says in "Behind Closed Doors" about Smith's story: "It didn't take a lot of digging, as Daniels has been upfront about the incident and discussed it with Indiana reporters in his 2004 run for governor. The drug charges were dropped after Daniels pleaded guilty to a disorderly person charge and paid a $350 fine."

As I pointed out before, the extent of what had transpired was never discussed by the Indiana news media and, particularly, the Star, which bent over backwards to misrepresent the events to the public. If the Star wants to destroy you, like it did with Eric Dickerson, it will take a decades-old arrest record involving a domestic dispute where the charges were dropped and make it a front-page headline story. Goldsmith's domestic problems never seemed to concern the Star. The Star and the news media in this town cover up so much of what goes on in this town. Hell, in this town you can get drunk, go run down and kill a guy and become a judge. The Star will dismiss it as a youthful indiscretion if the right people are whispering in the ears of the editor.

They keep saying he was forthright in 2004 about t...

2011-02-12T13:54:49.133-05:00

They keep saying he was forthright in 2004 about the arrest, but I never remember anything about the drug selling back then. In fact, I did not know about that, except through vague rumors, until you posted back last year when you went digging, Gary. How could have he been forthright then by only telling the Star and others he only smoked pot when he was in a room -- visited 8-9 times by an undercover agent -- where drugs were being sold, including pharmaceutical drugs as his father also happened to be in that industry? It seems hard to buy.

This is not my biggest problem with the governor -- his fiscal mismanagement, rampant nepotism/cronyism, and poorly-run state agencies are. But you're right, many Republicans won't care for the fact he sold drugs when they know more about it -- especially if he was lying to cover some of it up (which it looks like he has done).

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This is what the Star says in "Behind Closed ...

They keep saying he was forthright in 2004 about t...