Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ellsworth The Sheriff

Absolutely let’s elect Coats. If everything Intere...

2010-07-26T09:10:40.501-05:00

Absolutely let’s elect Coats. If everything Interestedparty states about Ellsworth is true we need to elect Coats. The last thing Indiana needs to do is send another Obama lapdog to the senate.
And besides Ellsworth’s twisting of the facts should be a HUGE red flag for Hoosier voters. We can trust Coats. Ellsworth has proven time and time again that he has forgotten what Hoosier Values are.

As an Ellsworth supporter, I wish this hadn't ...

2010-07-25T14:49:15.351-05:00

As an Ellsworth supporter, I wish this hadn't become an issue. However, Brad has been an excellent law enforcement officer and then sheriff, so he is very qualified for public service, having proven himself over 25 years before going to Congress. Coats didn't have such a record, if I am not mistaken. Went to Congress rather opportunistically, I think. And not much fire in the belly to stay there either, declining to run for reelection. He shouldn't be claiming he's a Hoosier, either, for so many years he was a Virginian or whatever he was, and also wanted and intended to be a North Carolinian. In his circumstance, I can see why he'd choose opportunism once again, want to be a Senator with a nice big paycheck in his retirement age and not even have to move, since he lives in DC suburbs already. Could still easily have his NC digs, too. The formality of an apartment in Indy could provide him a weekend getaway, once a month or once a quarter or so, he could have a nice time attending the big things where he should show his face, like the 500, etc. Yes, let's elect him!

Given the "Journolist" scandal (the &quo...

2010-07-25T08:06:15.434-05:00

Given the "Journolist" scandal (the "O" literally standing for Obama), an invitation-only blog of collaboration among liberal journalists that "coordinate(d) talking points on behalf of Democratic politicians"- why notice anything amiss with Ellsworth now? Time, Newsweek, and The Economist were among the publications named that had reporters or editors participating.

On one hand, this uncovered gaffe may offer some defense against reinstatement of a "Fairness" Doctrine, designed to limit conservative talk radio. But, I'd rather the editorial boards of these publications demand a journalistic "even keel". It would pressure the success of their slanted radio competitors AND enhance their current dire economics (Fox & the WSJ are doing just fine).