Post by Logan on Mar 12, 2016 21:20:34 GMT -6
Online feud erupts between Alaska GOP and ex-spokesman over 'lurid rumors'
JUNEAU — An online and talk radio skirmish has broken out between the Alaska Republican Party and a former party spokesman-turned-political-blogger, with the blogger accusing party leaders of condoning the spread of “unconfirmed and lurid rumors.”
The dispute centers on a newsletter published late last month by the current Republican Party spokeswoman, Suzanne Downing, who’s supervised by the party’s vice chair, Frank McQueary.
Downing’s newsletter referenced an unconfirmed, rumored affair between a male state legislator and a female aide who had recently given birth. In what sounded like a double entendre, the newsletter said the aide had “labored heavily” for the Democratic lawmaker.
In a subsequent post on his blog, The Midnight Sun, Casey Reynolds, a former GOP spokesman, accused Downing of “slut-shaming” and said he literally fell out of his chair “from the sheer weight of disgust” he felt when reading her post.
Read more: www.adn.com/article/20160311/online-feud-erupts-between-alaska-gop-and-ex-spokesman-over-lurid-rumors
JUNEAU — An online and talk radio skirmish has broken out between the Alaska Republican Party and a former party spokesman-turned-political-blogger, with the blogger accusing party leaders of condoning the spread of “unconfirmed and lurid rumors.”
The dispute centers on a newsletter published late last month by the current Republican Party spokeswoman, Suzanne Downing, who’s supervised by the party’s vice chair, Frank McQueary.
Downing’s newsletter referenced an unconfirmed, rumored affair between a male state legislator and a female aide who had recently given birth. In what sounded like a double entendre, the newsletter said the aide had “labored heavily” for the Democratic lawmaker.
In a subsequent post on his blog, The Midnight Sun, Casey Reynolds, a former GOP spokesman, accused Downing of “slut-shaming” and said he literally fell out of his chair “from the sheer weight of disgust” he felt when reading her post.
Read more: www.adn.com/article/20160311/online-feud-erupts-between-alaska-gop-and-ex-spokesman-over-lurid-rumors