William Hudak, who tweeted and ran online ads promoting an endorsement from Scott Brown, posted a retraction today:
Bill Hudak, Republican Candidate for Congress, extends his formal apology to U.S. Senator-elect Scott Brown and for endorsement quotes contained in a campaign press release which were attributed to, but not made by, the newly elected Senator, and retracts the statements.
"Scott and I had several conversations where he pledged to provide support for me after the election. However, as a person new to politics, I took those conversations as permission to move and jumped the gun in the heat of the moment," Hudak said.
Via Dan Kennedy, who broke the initial story.
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Also "honest mistakes"
By JohnAKeith
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 5:16pm
Also "honest mistakes"? Claiming our president wasn't born in America, and having a billboard-sized photo of the president dressed up as Osama bin Laden, I assume.
Decent Politics
By Sharmani
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 4:26am
Politicians should be honest atleast to themself first then only public can accept them as a good leader and good politician
Egg on your face, huh?
By Sam Freedom
Mon, 10/18/2010 - 5:18am
As any rational, non-juvenile, critical thinker should know, there's strategy behind endorsements.... especially so in a traditionally blue state like MA. And, unbeknownst to the juvenile, non-critically thinking mind, there are other ways of showing support prior to actual endorsement.
So, Hudak made the big mistake of hastily rushing to what he honestly believed was Scott Brown's endorsement, and he apologized for it. Meanwhile, some of the other ways of showing support could be mentioning someone to your donor list.
But, what would you know about these things? It was Hudak's phone banks that helped Brown advance his brand, so why don't you take a seat in the back, young man, and let the adults discuss these things...
Congressman John Tierney