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salin

(48,955 posts)
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 05:28 PM Aug 2014

I wonder how long this will last (and a big LOL)... frmr Indiana SoS starts a revenge blog

A few years back Charlie White, while running for Secretary of State in Indiana, committed voter fraud. Got pushed out of office, sent to court (case still being contested), felt betrayed by the local (and corrupt) prosecutor, and now - the Indy star reports he has started a "revenge blog".

http://www.indystar.com/story/behind-closed-doors/2014/08/26/the-revenge-of-ex-secretary-of-state-charlie-white/14618943/

Disgraced politician Charlie White is seeking to reinvent himself — as a tell-all political blogger.

His target: His Republican colleagues, among others.

The former Indiana Secretary of State recently launched The Indy Sentinel, a new website about "pols and media who are fair & those who live to serve the elites in both parties to the public's detriment," according to his Twitter account.

(more at link)

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I wonder how long this will last (and a big LOL)... frmr Indiana SoS starts a revenge blog (Original Post) salin Aug 2014 OP
Sounds promising. k&r n/t Laelth Aug 2014 #1
Move over....stand aside.....outta the way... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #2
Not familiar with Juanita Jean salin Aug 2014 #5
She is the Texas reincarnated Molly Ivins. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #8
working ala Molly Ivins... salin Aug 2014 #9
considering his target, I wish him well. rurallib Aug 2014 #3
right?! salin Aug 2014 #4
Daniels has a lot of bodies buried... Contrary1 Aug 2014 #6
Indeed. salin Aug 2014 #7

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. Move over....stand aside.....outta the way...
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 06:05 PM
Aug 2014

I want to check that blog out.

Hope is at least half as funny as Juanita Jean.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
8. She is the Texas reincarnated Molly Ivins.
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 10:21 PM
Aug 2014

juanitajean.com

A hoot!
The stuff she is reporting about Perry is too precious for words.

salin

(48,955 posts)
9. working ala Molly Ivins...
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 10:34 PM
Aug 2014

probably a lot more active and thoughtful than the new revenge blog (though it's first entry is rather funny) that I linked to.

I took a quick peek - great content. Thanks!

salin

(48,955 posts)
4. right?!
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 06:14 PM
Aug 2014

This is one pissed off guy - with a lot of time on his hands.

And he did not take the hint from Mitch Daniels (then Gov) or the rest of the republicans - to step out of the way because he was an embarrassment (and he was.) Thus - he may make hay for a while with this - and not immediately cave from pressure from the GOP to stop being an embarrassment.

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
6. Daniels has a lot of bodies buried...
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 06:25 PM
Aug 2014

I sincerely hope he is one of the main targets. And then Pence. And then, and then...

Fertile ground here in Indiana for outing dirty Repubs.

salin

(48,955 posts)
7. Indeed.
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 06:33 PM
Aug 2014

think of the gop congressional delegation of a decade ago. Fake foundation raising money for scholarships that were never paid (and shared offices with on eof the indiana congressional offices); hyper family values caught with his steamy new affair; and then there was the ongoing disaster that was Dan Burton.

Tons of fresh fertile ground to turnover - no doubt.

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