To help me get this straight I need to look at the timeline…
Nov 2008: –
Hudak put pictures on his lawn portraying Barack Obama as Osama Bin Laden. He defended the pictures and told a local paper that Obama was born in Kenya. From affidavits that he made available: “Obama was not born in the United States but in Kenya”. He also said that Obama has ties to the Muslim faith through an extremist cousin that is from Kenya. “There is a lot more going on here than anyone knows,” Hudak said…
Tri-Town Transcript published this story.
Later in Sept 2009 the Salem News published another story linking Hudak to the birther movement.
Scott Brown runs for Senate –
Bill Hudak is running against Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.). Hudak campaign spokesman Tyler Harber says that Hudak and Brown are personally close, that they appeared together several times during the campaign and that Hudak put his volunteers to work for Brown in the closing days of the campaign.
“They were text messaging on election day, they were so close,” Harber added.
Jan 19, 2010 –
Scott Brown wins Tuesday’s election.
Came out strong for Hudak the morning after and all but praised (endorsed) him “Bill was with us from the beginning and is (the) representative the people of the 6th district need,” Brown said. “Bill is not beholden to special interests and will help me bring the voice of the people Washington.”
“Bill was with us…Bill is what the people need”…Bill is not beholden…Bill will help me (Scott Brown). tell me oh wise one what does this mean?
Jan 20, 2010 –
Hudak announces endorsement by Scott Brown
Hudak’s spokesperson has clarified that Hudak indeed believes that Obama was born in the United States and feels that his comments were mischaracterized in the original article.
“The birther issue is a non issue for Bill,” said Tyler Harber. “He believes the President of the United States was born in the United States.
There were two sources about Hudak being a birther. The Tri-Town Transcript, which published the original story in November 2008, and in a column by Nelson Benton in the Salem News published September 2009. In both cases Hudak never asked for a correction.
Jan 21, 2010 –
Brown’s campaign will not say whether their candidate has endorsed Bill Hudak.
Hudak’s campaign says Brown gave a private, verbal endorsement to Hudak, and blasted Brown’s staff for reneging.
“Scott Brown gave his endorsement to Bill Hudak and it’s unfortunate that the people Scott Brown surrounds himself with are backing down from a commitment that their boss already made,” said Tyler Harber, a spokesman for Hudak.
Hudak, in an interview with the Salem News, says, “There’s no question that he [Brown] gave me his endorsement,” citing a “private conversation” the two men had. He also says he did not see the press release his own campaign put out touting the alleged endorsement, but that it’s OK with him: “I trust my campaign staff to do what they need to do.”
Brown tells the Boston Globe that Hudak put out a press release touting Brown’s endorsement without his knowledge or permission. “I haven’t spoken to Bill at all,’’ Brown said. “I understand he made a press release of some sort. But I wasn’t aware of it, and we’ve asked him to retract it.”
So now we have a press release filled with direct quotes from both Brown and Hudak, and both men say they were unaware of it before it went out. LOL
Finally.. for 14 months Hudak did not refute his birther beliefs yet Scott Brown and Hudak campaigned together and according to a spokesman “Hudak and Brown are personally close”.
Ten will get you twenty that the re-election campaign of Scott Brown won’t go as smoothly.
Yes, yes, there is a lot more going on here than anyone knows.
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