Yesterday I criticized the Working Families Party (WFP) for a number of failings; among other things, I accused the WFP, in their effort to obtain the 50,000 votes cast on their line for Governor they would need to retain their ballot status, of misleading voters by printing a statement from Cindy Sheehan which implied she advocated a straight ticket vote for the WFP, when in actuality she had endorsed the Green Party candidate for US Senate, Howie Hawkins.
This was true, as far as it goes, but highly misleading, and I apologize.
It turns out that Sheehan has not only endorsed Hawkins, but also the Green Party candidate for Governor, Malachy McCourt. The whole effort to paint her as supporting the WFP is a lie.
My only consolation is that I posted my scoop about Sheehan supporting Hawkins at 6:51 last night, and it took until 6:54 today for anyone in the mainstream press to pickup the story. Of course, once Liz Benjamin did so, she blew me out of the water.
Hopefully, her story will blow away the WFP as well.
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