Herseth Bashing Continues
I just received a comment on my post regarding the Herseth, Whalen, Wiki controversy from someone saying he was Ajay Bruno, the ficticious Herseth chief of staff that started the whole Wikipedia thing. I removed the comment but I will post the information here (email address removed).
Author : Ajay Bruno (IP: 67.83.118.130 , ool-43537682.dyn.optonline.net)
E-mail : _______@yahoo.com
URI :
Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=67.83.118.130
Comment:
These allegations are indeed true. The Congresswoman is denying it because she wishes to hide these changes in her life and her political viewpoints until after the election to avoid a loss of support among her base. Her dishonesty is only further proof that she is not worthy of representing the great state of South Dakota in the House of Representatives. As so, I have resigned from her staff due to this conflict, and endorse the Republican candidate, Bruce Whalen. I ask the general public to please respect our privacy in this matter at this difficult time.
The IP address resolves to the same block that PP traced on the original Wiki driveby last weekend (phone numbers and email addresses removed).
OrgName: Optimum Online (Cablevision Systems)
OrgID: OPTO
Address: removed
City: Hicksville
StateProv: NY
PostalCode: 11801
Country: USNetRange: 67.80.0.0 - 67.87.255.255
CIDR: 67.80.0.0/13
NetName: NETBLK-OOL-4BLK
NetHandle: NET-67-80-0-0-1
Parent: NET-67-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS.CV.NET
NameServer: NS.CVNET.COM
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 2001-11-09
Updated: 2003-01-29RTechHandle: OH4-ORG-ARIN
RTechName: OOL Hostmaster
RTechPhone: removed
RTechEmail: removedOrgAbuseHandle: OOLAB-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: OOL Hostmaster
OrgAbusePhone: removed
OrgAbuseEmail: removedOrgTechHandle: OH4-ORG-ARIN
OrgTechName: OOL Hostmaster
OrgTechPhone: removed
OrgTechEmail: removed
Sure looks like someone from New York has got it in for Ms. Herseth as I would doubt that Mr. Bruno would use my very small part of the blogosphere to announce his resignation from the Herseth campaign and his endorsement of Bruce Whalen, especially since no one by that name is part of the Herseth staff as far as I know? Don’t you just love the internet…
UPDATE: It looks like my drive by commenter also hit Mount Blogmore with the same “revelation”
[...] Comments made on several blogs including my South Dakota politics blog last night by what appears to be the same individual that did the Wiki drive by is now attempting to further the controversy. The commenter, who calls himself Ajay Bruno and claims to be Stephanie Herseth’s chief of staff, Jeff Navin holds that position by the way, is now saying that he has resigned from the Herseth campaign and will be supporting her challenger Bruce Whalen. These allegations are indeed true. The Congresswoman is denying it because she wishes to hide these changes in her life and her political viewpoints until after the election to avoid a loss of support among her base. Her dishonesty is only further proof that she is not worthy of representing the great state of South Dakota in the House of Representatives. As so, I have resigned from her staff due to this conflict, and endorse the Republican candidate, Bruce Whalen. I ask the general public to please respect our privacy in this matter at this difficult time. [...]
[...] Sorry Ajay By sdmoderate I guess Stephanie Herseth’s former Chief of Staff (wink, wink) Ajay Bruno has blown his chance to woo the South Dakota Congresswoman. [...]