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4.8.05 @ 12:01AM

PRISTINE DEMOCRAT POOL
Re: The Prowler's Dirty Democrat Pool:

Will you please retract your scathing accusation that the Democrats made this up? Now that Mr. Martinez's aide has come forth to claim responsibility for writing it, I would hope that you would apologize for jumping on the Democrats and accusing them of "Dirty Pool." Your integrity is on the line here.
-- Kathy Hardman

Your March 24 article entitled "Dirty Democrat Pool" makes the claim that the disgusting memo promoting the Schiavo tragedy as a political tool for Republicans was originated by unnamed Democrats in an attempt to make the GOP look bad. Given today's admission by Republican Senator Mel Martinez that the memo originated in his office, when should we expect to see a correction/apology?
-- T.F. Bernett

"It's Rathergate all over again."

HA HA HA

Finally people will start seeing through their 9-11 haze and discover how disgusting the Republicans truly are.

Have a nice day.
--George D.

Will you print a retraction now that the Florida Republican Senator has come forward admitting it was generated from his office?
-- unsigned

Are you going to print a retraction/apology for the Schiavo memo piece?

I doubt it.
-- John Long

Dirty Republican Lies. Let's see an uproar about this...
-- J.W.E.

I know The Spectator is not an unbiased organization, but you now are just as bad as Dan Rather and Rather Gate (as you call it). What a bunch of hypocrites!!! I hated what CBS did, and I thought you were better than to spread the same lies about Democrats! Well, are you going to "retire" now that the truth is out about the Schiavo Memo? Are you going to apologize to the Democrats you falsely named as creating that piece of garbage? My guess is no. I don't expect you to be fair, but you could be decent and do a little "reporting" (not sure anyone knows what that is anymore) and get your facts straight before blaming innocent people! Are you going to do a follow up about Sen. Martinez? His staffer? I doubt it -- that would be too decent.
-- Dawn Merwin, a one time Spectator reader
Magnolia, Texas

Your March 24 article on the Schiavo "talking points" memo concludes, "But there is no evidence that the talking points were a Martinez staff product." Now that Sen. Martinez's aide Brian Darling has publicly admitted that he wrote the memo and resigned, I hope you will print a retraction of the allegations of Democratic hoaxing and apologize to all the news organizations that got the story right from the beginning. Don't believe everything you read in the "blogosphere."
-- Jeff Belfiglio

The Editor replies:
Just before the concluding sentence quoted by Mr. Belfiglio, the Prowler also wrote this:

Republicans staffers looking into the "talking points" case believe that at least some of the language used for the original Traditional Values Coalition may have come from documents pulled together by the staff of Sen. Mel Martinez, who has been out front on the Schiavo case, and pressed hard for federal action to save her life.

It was no secret, in other words, that Sen. Martinez's staff were active on the pro-life front. At the same time, whatever came out of their office should not have been characterized in the press as the work of Republican leaders and senators who were also described as the disseminators of the controversial memo. Are all the above Democrats who took advantage of the new bipartisan spirit to write in gloatingly confident their political allies played no role in this mischaracterizing?

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