Prog Blogs, Orgs & Alumni
Bank Slate
Betsy Devine
birch, finch, beech
Blue News Tribune (MA)
Democracy for NH
Live Free or Die
Mike Caulfield
Miscellany Blue
Granite State Progress
Seacoast for Change
Susan the Bruce
Tomorrow's Progressives
Politicos & Punditry
The Burt Cohen Show
John Gregg
Krauss
Landrigan
Lawson
Pindell
Primary Monitor
Primary Wire
Scala
Schoenberg
Spiliotes
Welch
Campaigns, Et Alia.
Paul Hodes
Carol Shea-Porter
Ann McLane Kuster
John Lynch
Jennifer Daler
ActBlue Hampshire
NHDP
DCCC
DSCC
DNC
National
Balloon Juice
billmon
Congress Matters
DailyKos
Digby
Hold Fast
Eschaton
FiveThirtyEight
MyDD
The Next Hurrah
Open Left
Senate Guru
Swing State Project
Talking Points Memo
50 State Blog Network
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Reeling from Jon Greenberg's investigation into his $355,000 mystery money, Frank Guinta retreats to a friendly right-wing platform. Oddly, he has decided to dig the hole deeper:
"To answer that directly," he said of the questions about using his parents' money, "the answer is, 'No.'"
He said that NHPR "implied that my parents gave me money from the proceeds from the sale of a home. The answer is no, that is not true.
"It's no different than what I've been telling people for the last several months. My wife and I have been in the workforce for nearly 20 years. I have been in the private sector. I've been fortunate to make money also in the markets. Over years of time, we have been able to put this money together."
Actually, NHPR implied no such thing - the question from Greenberg was direct, and not contingent on the home sale:
Did your parents gift you a great deal of money?
Guinta repeatedly refused to answer.
So, the questions are: why is he using DiStaso to answer now after refusing before, and is he again dodging by tossing in the parents' home sale as a part of the question?
Adding: My apologies - Kathy already touched on this as well - please read it! She brings up another great point as well. In the DiStaso piece he shifts ground again to saying "I've been fortunate to make money also in the markets." That is at odds with an earlier explanation implying it was from real estate. This story gets worse and worse.
UPDATE: The WMUR interview is here, with a fuller version coming later on Pindell's site. And Team CSP was also quick to notice the many inconsistencies in Guinta's shifting explanations. Campaign manager Robert Moller, in part:
First, his campaign manager said he earned the money through stocks and bonds. Guinta then later claimed that he earned the money in real estate. After that story didn't add up, Guinta said he saved the money by living frugally. Now, Guinta's back to reciting his stocks and bonds fairy-tale. Which one is it? Sorry Mr. Guinta, you can't blame this one on the Democrats when even people in your own party don't believe you. Republicans and Democrats alike want to know where this money came from. Two months ago today, Guinta's old boss, former Congressman Jeb Bradley, said he should drop out of the race if he couldn't offer a "satisfactory" explanation.