The only problem with Storm’s clever little conceit is that Waterman wasn’t campaigning for Robert Mansfield, and wasn’t acting in her capacity as vice chair of the QAC GOP Central Committee. Furthermore, contrary to his claim, there is no provision in the Queen Anne's County Republican Central Committee bylaws, which proscribes a member for campaigning as a private citizen for a certain candidate.
In fact, Waterman organized the door knocking effort on behalf of Queen Anne’s for Ehrlich, and the Andy Harris campaign. Furthermore, she wasn’t “campaigning for Mansfield.” As the email alert she sent out clearly contains the addresses of anti-growth candidates David Dunmeyer—Mansfield’s opponent—and Frank Frohn in the distribution list.
Diana also specifically states “Candidates bring your literature (and your volunteers) and we’ll hand it out too.”
The invitation was open to ALL Republican candidates.
If Dunmeyer and Frohn don’t want to support the effort to help Bob Ehrlich oust Martin O’Malley—the guy who stripped Queen Anne’s County of it’s road maintenance funds and enacted the largest tax increase in state history—that is their right. However, I’m sure most Queen Anne’s Republicans won’t see the virtue in that.
Given the utter lack of credibility to Storm’s argument, his notion that Waterman “gave every appearance of hiding from our camera” doesn’t hold water.
Pave Our County? Really Svienn? Seriously, that’s the worst straw man argument this side of an O’Malley campaign speech.
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