wRong Willams, Clue — Clue, wRong Williams
Update: The online News Journal dropped the following line from Williams’ column:
And then, if some quirk of nature would defy all the universe and he would beat Carney, he would face former lieutenant governor, two-term governor and eight-term congressman Mike Castle.
Also, I could not find a correction anywhere on the site. Now, I need to go back to the dead tree edition and find out what else disappeared from Williams’ column.
I wonder how often this occurs at The News Journal?
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Oh, this is rich.
I was reading wRong Williams as I am wont to do on Sunday morning, it is sort of a penance for my sins. Today’s column is regarding Democratic Congressional candidate Scott Spencer. Delaware Liberal recently met Scott and he seemed a nice enough bloke, though going up against John Carney is very much the political equivalent of fighting against windmills. (It is no secret that I am heavily leaning towards Carney, but I need to examine all the issues and then make my final decision).
Williams op-ed piece is entitled “Some people go without clues” and focuses heavily on a lunch Williams had with Spencer. I thought the piece to be mean-spirited (yes, I know that’s the pot calling the kettle black) just because Spencer has some different ways he is going to run his campaign. Spencer’s campaign tactics might not work, but it is good to see a different tact being used.
But here is where we go wRong. Williams writes:
First, he’s going to be running in the Democratic primary against John Carney, a two-time lieutenant governor who just lost the gubernatorial nomination last year by less that 1,600 votes And then, if some quirk of nature would defy all the universe and he would beat Carney, he would face former lieutenant governor, two-term governor and eight-term congressman Mike Castle.
Huh? What? Castle isn’t running for Senate? Someone better tell Castle’s staff to change their website: http://www.mikecastleforsenate.com/. Yes, wRong Williams, somebody needs a clue, but it’s not who you think.
Tags: John Carney, Scott Spencer, Wrong Williams
I thought the same thing, but didn’t comment over there (it’s a bitch logging in to Delaware Online’s site). WTF is Ron smoking? He’s been issuing lots of retractions over the past year. I guess we’ll see another one in Wednesday’s column.
LOL! Castle is so popular and powerful that he’ll win two offices!
MM, I think his out is that he can say he wrote the article prior to Castle announcing, though most likely not. We all make mistakes — bloggers especially —, but wRong Williams has something we don’t: editors. Well, he’s suppose to anyway.
That doesn’t help him much nemski. You should still proof-read before publishing. Anyway I’m waiting for someone to come tell us how hard those guys have to work since they fired all those people in order to make money. It’s sad watching the death spiral.
Some say Wrong Williams is an increasingly incompetent loser who steals his convention wisdom posing as a political commentary from an ever bigger loser named Celia Cohen. (Don’t shoot the messenger!)
I managed to leave a comment on Williams’s article.
Another error Williams made: Castle is serving his NINTH term in Congress…not EIGHTH. Sheesh…
It is chilling to think that more Delawareans read wRong Williams than read this blog. I feel really bad for those twenty or so people.
Jason,
I figure Williams was taking a poke at you starting with “some people.”
Part of the problem is, if News-Journal sympathizers (employees?) who post here are to be believed, Williams is both a columnist AND an editor.
One journalistic truism (borne out here at DL every day) is that a writer should NEVER be one’s own editor.
As to “Some People”, I’ll let Patti LuPone, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim have the last word:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Du719jbDmE
The online News Journal dropped the following line from Williams’ column…
Also, I could not find a correction anywhere on the site.
Well I’ll be damned – Ron Williams is a blogger.