Comments on: TX CD 10: Larry Joe Doherty Running From His Support For National Animal Identification System

By: liberaldemdave

liberaldemdave — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:01:50 +0000

(/blockquote)I guess we’ll see how much additional distance Doherty tries to put between himself and NAIS. The problem is that he’s already evidently let the cat out of the bag. Whether he was simply so clueless he didn’t know what NAIS was and just told a reporter, “yeah, I support it,” (or what) is unknown, but if Doherty is actually informed about the program and supports it–in a district that includes some pretty significant swaths of rural south Central Texas, he’s in trouble.(blockquote)

Oh, he knew about it! I PERSONALLY sent him information in June of 2007, after he said he knew nothing about this program in response to my question to him at a meeting of the Austin County Democrats… There’s a LOT more on this at BOR here:

http://www.burntorangereport.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4971

By: Vince Leibowitz

Vince Leibowitz — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:31:32 +0000

Rachel, before you jump to conclusions, perhaps you should read all of our posts on the subject. I suspect the campaign links here because KUT didn’t have the guts to actually come out on their own website and let the world know that they found the information on Doherty’s website and that he took it down and then called them to complain about it. I found this out through original reporting and calling KUT myself.

As for it being “unprofessional” for a campaign to use a blog as a source, perhaps you should research the number and kind of stories blogs have broken in the past three or four years. As a former award-winning journalist, I don’t publish anything without independent confirmation. I received my confirmation from KUT, although they aren’t making an issue of it on their own site because they no longer want to be caught in the crossfire.

By: meanrachel

meanrachel — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:55:16 +0000

I’m all for blogs becoming influential in politics, but why is Dan Grant linking to this blog as the source for his press release, with the words “KUT reported” leading over here? Are you affiliated with KUT somehow? I’m just a bit confused, since your site says KUT took the statement down.

The press release in question.

It just seems a little unprofessional for a US Congressional candidate such as Grant to be using a local blog as his source. Shades of the Dawnna Dukes campaign.

I thought that progressive candidates like Dan Grant were supposed to be above petty political divisiveness based on unfounded, sourceless falsities. Grant may be young and inexperienced, but that’s no excuse for immaturity.

By: Dan Grant for Congress

Dan Grant for Congress — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

microchips that are vulnerable to data hackers and other identity theft criminals. “Opponents of the program claim it is designed to benefit major agricultural software campaign donors. His opponent, Mr. Grant, is fighting against it,” the“>KUT-FM report noted.

By: BigBark | Home

BigBark | Home — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

s position on the National Animal Identification System in the TX CD 10 race: This morning, KUT retracted an erroneous description of Doherty’s position on a National Animal Identification System (NAIS). This is a lie and Doherty knows it.Capitol Annex called KUT and was advised that Doherty did in fact make the statement attributed to him .However, it was on his website and not in an interview, which he evidently never returned calls about conducting. The description not erroneous. It was on Doherty’s website ! While Doherty is correct in saying it wasn

By: McBlogger: low-calorie but still full-flavor

McBlogger: low-calorie but still full-flavor — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

CD10 : NAIS on the brain Remember this post? It promptedthis, this, this and this all in a very short timeframe. So what’s the dealio? Well, for one thing, the information WAS up on Doherty’s website. For another, KUT did pull it down after being asked by the Doherty campaign. The campaign itself has not, to my

By: Burnt Orange Report: Our Eyes Are Upon Texas Politics.

Burnt Orange Report: Our Eyes Are Upon Texas Politics. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

that Doherty had not stated in an interview that he supports NAIS. When Vince noticed that KUT’s story changed, he called in to investigate. KUT confirmed that when they were researching the story, Doherty’s website stated that he supports NAIS.Hereis Vince’s story, and some highlights: It appears as though Larry Joe Doherty (D-Brenham) is running away from a statements which were formerly on his website that enunciated his unequivocal support for NAIS-the National Animal Identification System.