McCulloch’s Rebuttal
Is largely consistent with what he told me on a previous occasion and what he has said in other venues including WBEZ’s 848. His story hasn’t changed and is generally consistent with everything we know. The issues he addresses are the areas that one can question, but without the full unredacted file no one can answer. And he makes the point he doesn’t know the truth regarding the original claims by Jeri Ryan. None of us do and probably wisely, Jack Ryan and her aren’t discussing their different claims.
And Chuck Goudie reports that he received a similar type of claim before the files were released.
The reality is that someone was lying back in March and it wasn’t Rod McCulloch. Could he be off on some specific details. Yes, but ultimately, Jack Ryan decided to attack McCulloch and his character as have some of Jack’s supporters. Some continue to do so including Jeff Berkowitz and Jill Stanek.
What’s most interesting is that Rod McCulloch also ran Al Salvi’s 1998 race for Secretary of State race in which Salvi attacked the running of the Secretary of State’s office under George Ryan. McCulloch also was pointing out the problems and lost business over that as he did over the release of Jack’s files. Those who taking shots at him might remember that.
McCulloch was trying to stop the Republicans from making a significant mistake. Going back to an early post on this, and as I said, what other reasons did he have to do this:
McCulloch is a veteran Republican operative and pollster and that is why his actions don’t make sense as just your normal dirty trick. It seems likely that regardless of the veracity of the claims, his career working for Illinois Republican candidates is over. Then again, someone who might lie about such claims isn’t likely to be that smart anyway. But mostly, even the dumbest guy realizes Borling isn’t going anywhere.
The last point McCulloch reiterated to me on the Tuesday after the files were released.
The question to me at this point is why do people still think attacking McCulloch makes any sense? He has largely been demonstrated to be accurate to this point and he had nothing to benefit from in releasing the file-and indeed, seems to have lost work and he’s done exactly this kind of thing before with George Ryan. Or perhaps Jack! is still spinning since he seems to think he’s going to make a comeback in a later race.
January 13th, 2006 at
It is sad but true that many people will believe the first story they here on T.V. or in a newspaper. Even when a lot of evidence appears later to prove it was a lie. I have no doubt there are many people who still believe Chuck Goudie?s reports on the Helen Brach murder investigation?s being solved. Even with overwhelming evidence that proves he has reported many lies and misinformation from incompetence. The reason I understand this is because I use to trust what was reported on T.V. and in newspapers as being true.
January 13th, 2006 at
It is sad but true that many people will believe the first story they here on T.V. or in a newspaper. Even when a lot of evidence appears later to prove it was a lie. I have no doubt there are many people who still believe Chuck Goudie?s reports on the Helen Brach murder investigation?s being solved. Even with overwhelming evidence that proves he has reported many lies and misinformation from incompetence. The reason I understand this is because I use to trust what was reported on T.V. and in newspapers as being true.
January 13th, 2006 at
It is sad but true that many people will believe the first story they here on T.V. or in a newspaper. Even when a lot of evidence appears later to prove it was a lie. I have no doubt there are many people who still believe Chuck Goudie?s reports on the Helen Brach murder investigation?s being solved. Even with overwhelming evidence that proves he has reported many lies and misinformation from incompetence. The reason I understand this is because I use to trust what was reported on T.V. and in newspapers as being true.
January 22nd, 2006 at
The Richard Bailey trial was held in 1995. Shortly before, Chuck Goudie and the ABC I-Team went to Puerto Vallarta to talk to my father. My father told Goudie on the phone that he would not do an interview. Goudie would not take no for an answer. Goudie and the I-Team were all over the building where my father was staying. Also, Chuck was paying Mexicans for info about my father. People who worked there said that he was an arrogant jerk! Some of my father?s friends and workers were keeping watch to see when the jerk left. My father took one look out his sliding door to see if the I-Team was gone and they got a film of him peeking out. They used this clip in their newscast and said my father was hiding in Mexico. What a big lie! He only lives there part of the year. There you go again, Chuck! They also used this same clip for their Jan 1-3, 2005 broadcast, saying again that he was hiding in Mexico!
to fight corruption. Does the FBI expect us to trust them to self-clean their own corrupt organization? What we really need is to clean up ATF & FBI corruption. That?s the biggest problem we have in Chicago! God Bless America!
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January 22nd, 2006 at
During my exhaustive research of the Helen Brach murder investigation there is a clear pattern that I see. ATF Rotunno is an expert at deception to support his theories. Before ATF Rotunno leaked the Plemmons lies to the media he was heavily promoted as a great man in a book called Unbridled Rage by Gene O?Shea.(I want to make it clear that all I say about Gene O?Shea and his book are just my and a few others opinions.)
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February 5th, 2006 at
This will go down as one of the ATF’s biggest blunders ever! Using Joe Plemmons to reveal how Helen Brach was murdered!
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February 10th, 2006 at
(Suzi) “I too, think that Matlick had something to do with the whole thing. Anyone who would lie about where she went, taking her to the airport, forge checks and all the other stuff he did, is not some rube houseman.
stigation has evolved. Scandel, cons, coverups and 29 years later and maybe $ billions of taxpayers money spent. The ATF goes after their glorious CON instead of protecting us from current real threats!
October 17th, 2006 at
The ATF Under Fire
Thursday, October 12, 2006
these ATF agents in prison and terminate the ATF. The ATF is too corrupt and reforming has been tried and things have gotten worse! Please GOD send ATF John Rotunno and other little Hoover’s (Little Hitler’s) to North Korea or Iran. They would be perfect there.) God Bless America!