“…There is no mention of GraniteGrok, or Mike Rogers, as the source. (I’ll let Skip or Mike tackle those who use their links without proper attribution.)…”
Well, it is getting closer to Primary Election day and stuff is heating up. You’ll be seeing the ‘Grok doing more and more election stuff up to the Sept 9, then a lull, and then the last sprint to the General Election in November. We’ll keep you posted and updated….updated! Yes, an update is needed! Last night, I emailed and left a vmail for Gary Lambert (running for the NH GOP nomination for US Congress in NH CD2). Well, he called around 3pm this afternoon, asking what I was asking for. Simple: 1) An apology 2) A notice on his website.
He seemed happy to do the first – a true apology – and he said as much. A standup guy for doing so. – and I thanked him (meant it, too). The second, well, he stumbled a bit – I think he thought that I figured he’d go right to the website and do it right then. I laughed: “yes Gary, you’re a lawyer and not a programmer – I know you have to get someone else to do it”. He sounded relieved but he promised he talk to his folks.
And he kept his promise – all good on him. The next call inbound from “his folks”, Josh Davidson his campaign manager, not so much:
Let me encapsulate the very quick call I had with Gary Lambert’s campaign manager, Josh Davidson. Pretty much, day (Gary) and night (Josh):
Josh: what are you looking for?
Me: Gary just apologized for the mailer that went out linking our material without attribution. I am just looking for a notice on your website for that missing attribution.
Josh: We can’t do that.
Me: (translating politicalese to English) No, it isn’t that you can’t do that; being a web developer (intimating that it IS possible), what you are telling me is that you won’t do it.
Josh: (Pause) Yes, that’s right. All you get is Gary’s apology.
Me: Wrong answer. Thank you.
So, a snippet (reformatted from Grokster Mike sharing his email from Club For Growth with the rest of us):
- Gary Lambert supported spending millions on wasteful ‘light rail’ projects
- he was the deciding vote to keep a regional Cap-and-Trade program
- he voted against a bill that would have allowed individuals and businesses to buy health insurance across state lines,
- he has referred to lobbyists as a ‘great source of education’
- he contributed $1,000 to a Democrat running for Congress.
