Billy Long Consultant James Harris Pushes False Rumor About Scott Eckersley
Some special person distributed a fake press release this morning declaring the Democratic candidate Scott Eckersley is withdrawing from the 7th Congressional District the Friday before Election Day. A couple of clues that it was a fake? It came from a Yahoo.com email address no one has heard of and contains multiple grammatical errors.
But Billy Long consultant James Harris was happy to push the rumor anyway, because he's a totally awesome dude.
(And yes, this retweet is from the same Shawn Bell who worked/works for Harris and was on the wrong end of a Rep. Brian Nieves freak out because he thought Harris was behind a letteraccusing Nieves of having extramarital affairs with lobbyists.)
Harris has since deleted his original tweet -- and has not published a correction or apology -- but the Internets remember.
Now remember, Billy Long has been playing a victim throughout this campaign--a victim of the internet. Yet, more signs are pointing that Billy Long's campaign team, who are known for their dirty politics, have effectively used the Internet to promote Billy Long's candidacy. Many people now forget the Defeat Nodler Web site that was launched a short time after Long began using the services of Jeff Roe and James Harris. The site began slandering Nodler, but Nodler wouldn't investigate who was behind it. He would only complain about it, which always made me wonder what someone had on Nodler. That site would later change its focus from Nodler to Long's other opponents including Jack Goodman and of course the Long is Wrong Web site.
Now we have this fake e-mail address, and James Harris associate Shawn Bell, whose tactics include a similar technique used against Republican Brian Nieves.
Now we have this fake e-mail address, and James Harris associate Shawn Bell, whose tactics include a similar technique used against Republican Brian Nieves.
