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I have to make a confession.
My name isn't really "Gopher"
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A Big Bad John Cornyn campaign staffer was just outed posting on Burnt Orange Report, a liberal blog....chances are there may be one shill posting here too...Can you out the shill?
GOP Senator's Top Staffer Busted Posting Comments Under Fake Name On Liberal Blog
By Eric Kleefeld - July 1, 2008, 3:04PM
LinkThis is fun: A campaign staffer for a leading GOP Senator has been busted posting fake posts on liberal blogs under an alias.
Burnt Orange Report, the premier state-level liberal blog in Texas, has discovered that commenter "Buck Smith" -- who claimed in the site's comments to be a liberal and who was critical of Texas Democrats and their candidates -- was in fact none other than David Beckwith, a top Texas Republican operative who works for GOP Sen. John Cornyn.
What makes this story funny is the way this joker managed to get himself caught.
Beckwith, who served as the top spokesman for Cornyn's 2002 campaign and is on board again this year, gave the same e-mail address at BOR as he did at a Web page for his high school class. Oops.
According to BOR blogger Matt Glazer, Cornyn campaign spokesman Kevin McLaughlin reacted sarcastically and shamelessly to questions about this:
What?!?! 'Buck Smith' isn't a real person?!?! Are you serious?? People blog under screen names?!?! I am shocked...next thing I know you'll be saying the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus aren't real either. What kind of world are we living in?!?!
Cornyn's campaign and Senate offices have not responded to our inquiries.
A fun footnote to this whole affair: One of the things "Buck Smith" said was that David Beckwith should get a raise.
I have to make a confession.
My name isn't really "Gopher"
I'm actually spying for the Russians.
I am David Beckwith.
Seriously dan, do you really think anyone politically important would give anything resembling a about this board?
...loosen up Chumpy, it's a joke...
I've seen you pimp internets ratings for this site. I guess that was a joke too.
Well played.
I am Spartacus!!!
Only dip twoofers believe in shills.
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