Daily Kos: MD-Sen: Steele lied about Oreo story

by kos
Mon Nov 14, 2005 at 09:58:25 AM PDT

Poor Steele, a victim in search of a crime.

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he is angry at "revisionism" from political opponents who question a much-repeated story about Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele being pelted with Oreos during a 2002 campaign debate in Baltimore.

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Looks like the crowd treated Ehrlich and Steele harshly, but no Oreos were thrown. In fact, while Steele was interviewed several times after the debate he failed to mention what would've been a key point to make in the post-debate spin. In reality, the Oreo story didn't get its first telling until five days after the event. And they can't get a non-partisan source to corroborate it.