But Wait, It Gets More Confusing!
This is a mess. As I mentioned in my last post, there is a $65,000 hellstorm swirling around the Lou Barletta Campaign. For the full details on that, click HERE. Now, apparently, the Barletta Campaign, or someone who says they are associated with the Campaign, is threatening legal action against a local political blog, The Pennsylvania Progressive, for some statements they made about this loan issue.
A guy by the name of John Keegan, who identified himself as, “Lou Barletta’s Lower Luzerne County Chairman for Lou Barletta For Congress Committee”, has apparently threatened the owner of The Pennsylvania Progressive with a lawsuit. There were constant back and forths between Keegan and the Pennsylvania Progressive and eventually the dispute even spilled over on to another local political blog, Gort42. To read all of the insanity, check out the following links (which were provided to me by Gort, owner of the Gort42 blog)…
http://pennsylvaniaprogressive.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/03/barletta-campai.html
http://pennsylvaniaprogressive.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/03/keegan-responds.html#comments
http://gort42.blogspot.com/2008/03/barletta-campaign-threatens-blogger.html
http://gort42.blogspot.com/2008/03/barletta-campaign-threatens-blogger_09.html
Crazy, eh? Now, because I’m just a third party here and not directly involved in this dispute, I’ll say only this; It would appear, based on what has been presented in those blog posts and resulting comments, that this $65,000 has the potential to be a real black eye for the Barletta Campaign. Maybe it was a personal loan, as the Barletta people say, and maybe it wasn’t. I don’t know. However, I think everyone can agree that the issue has been handled poorly by the Campaign. I’m no public relations expert, but in my opinion, this has been an epic failure for Lou Barletta and his people.
If a $65,000 personal loan can cause this much confusion and controversy, and Lou Barletta can do nothing to clarify and calm the situation, this speaks volumes about his ability to lead. This is, yet again, another example of how unprepared Lou Barletta is to even think of running for Congress, let alone actually serve as a Congressman. Mr. Barletta, in my opinion, should focus less on obtaining higher political offices and more on getting his own affairs in order. Lou Barletta does not deserve, and should not be elected, to serve in the United States Congress.
-Dan Cheek
www.StopLouBarletta.com
StopLouBarletta@gmail.com
