Where did we report that “Dem Andrew Horne is having trouble raising money for his campaign in the U.S. Senate Dem primary” as Pat Crowley alleges? Just wondering.
We reported that Horne’s numbers were disappointing until you examine the fact that nearly $90,000 was raised online in only a two week period that included the Christmas holiday. Nothing impressive, no. Especially not when up against Mitch McConnell’s $7.7 million in the bank. But it’s $90k in just two weeks on the internet. No real dialing for dollars. No major events. How could anyone frown at that? We’re not talking about Greg Stumbo here. He could walk into the Jenny Wiley Convention Center and raise $175,000 just for saying hello. We’re talking about a virtual unknown in Kentucky raising money via the internet.
We are not out to paint a pretty picture for Andrew Horne’s finances (there’s no way to do so, as we made clear in our initial story) but enough with the spin. If someone is going to report that Andrew Horne is having difficulty raising money, why not examine the funds raised post-December 31? Or possibly call around to potential donors who were scared away by Bruce Lunsford? No worries, though, no one who wrote stories about Horne’s finances bothered to contact his campaign. Just like they didn’t bother to mention that Achim Bergmann is Lunsford’s right-hand man in all of the Bluegrass Freedom Fund stories written last week.
Accidental oversight and such. We get it.
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1 kilowat // Feb 3, 2008 at 1:37 pm
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That’s why I’m supporting Andrew Horne for the US Senate in Kentucky.
A Marine like me and Senator Jim Webb, Lieutenant Colonel Horne spent 27 years serving our country in uniform, including tours in both Desert Storm and the Iraq War. Now, he’s come home to serve our country once more, this time in the United States Senate.
Help me raise $27,000 for Andrew by Friday, February 8. That’s $1,000 for every year he served his country in the United States Marine Corps.
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McConnell just helped President Bush veto pay increases for our fighting men and women. He led the filibuster against Jim Webb’s bill that provided adequate stateside rest for troops returning from combat. And he voted seven times last year to keep the war going with no timelines or exit strategy.
It’s up to us to replace Mitch McConnell with a fighter who has the guts to stand up to the administration, and who won’t back down to the Republicans. Andrew Horne is that fighter.
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2 Steve Bittenbender // Feb 4, 2008 at 12:33 am
Pat Crowley’s a top-notch journalist, but like other journos that blog, he can’t (nor shouldn’t) devote the same amount of effort to a blog post as he would to a print story.
Just read the post linked to your $90,000 assertion for Horne. You don’t say he raised $90K in that story, and you also use the word disappointing quite prominently.
If you don’t want someone to misconstrue your words, then you need to make sure you watch how you say it.
3 jake // Feb 4, 2008 at 12:44 am
Uh, Bittenbender, it’s pretty easy to see the $90k with the little red update we did.
Why shouldn’t a journalist devote time to “blogging” ? It’s less legit than print? Fat chance.
Like I’ve said many times on this site and others– doing a little work when writing a story is a good idea. At least reading what you’re linking to should be required.
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