Campfield Says Casada The Source Of Rumors That Led To Libel Suit Against Him
Posted on April 29, 2009 at 7:09 amHouse Republican Caucus Chair Glen Casada is again under a cloud of suspicion as this morning it has been revealed that Campfield believes that Casada is the one who told him that then Democratic state house candidate Roger Byrge had been arrested in connection with drugs.
Campfield subsequently shared the rumor on his blog. Byrge has never been arrested for drugs and is now suing Campfield.
Casada doesn’t confirm he is the source but will not deny it either:
Byrge’s lawsuit quoted Campfield as writing on his blog: “Word is a … mail piece has gone out exposing Byrge’s multiple separate drug arrests. Including arrests for possession and drug dealing. (I hear the mug shots are gold).”
Campfield’s initial legal response was to claim he held legislative immunity for comments he made on his personal blog. But his attorney last month abandoned that defense.
Casada said it was difficult to remember the details of every conversation surrounding last year’s tumultuous House elections.
“My thing is, we’re running 15, 18 races concurrently in October and November of 2008,” he said. “And there’s no telling.”
“I’m just trying to rack my brain, and don’t recall who would have told me or where I would have gotten that,” Casada said. “I don’t recall. But if Stacey says I did, then obviously I did. I’m confirming that if he says it, I must have.”
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Wow, it seems that the entire Republican Party has been duped by liars … Lila Rose … Stacey Campfield … Dick Cheney … this has to be the most gullible group of people I have ever come into contact with.
That was indeed one of the dumbest smears possible. It was textbook libel and it’s pretty difficult to libel a public figure. However, falsely claiming something that could directly and irreparably damage a person’s livelihood (like claiming a law enforcement officer is guilty of drug offenses) is one way to make sure you fit the definition of libel.
HA! Looks like karma’s come back to bite Campfield in the ass. Gotta love it.
Don’t ya think its time to put some folks in jail? How do you compensate the victims from being cheated out of their probable elected offices? Personally, I think if actual party officials were involved, the party should be stripped of any seats they got due to these shenanigans.
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let’s face it…..Campy goofed and is looking for someone to blame………..maybe he’s Joe’s cousin…Biden that is.