David Smith: Two-Time Promise-Breaker

There was Smithbot sighting earlier today at S.O.B. Alliance member Weapons of Mass Discussion, commenting on items that were proven two weeks ago, and apparently using a Procter & Gamble Company computer (per Matt at WMD, it was IP 192.44.136.103, for those keeping score) to do so. Direct links to the comments are here and here, and the commenter’s name is “Goes to Washington.”

We’re oh-so-glad to have any excuse to bring up a Smithbot topic here again at BizzyBlog, especially this one, which deals with something that is indisputably true, and that Mr. Smith and his bots won’t acknowledge:

David Smith has promised,
on two separate occasions,
that he would drop out of the race
if certain conditions were met,
and has reneged on both promises.

The first promise, which is on videotape with members of Columbus Town Hall, was that he would drop out if he was clearly trailing other challengers (there were two others at the time; now there is one, Bill Pierce).

Let’s look at the reality here, shall we? In fair and open county endorsement meetings, the record is:

• Knox County — Pierce, endorsed; Smith, not; DeWine not.
• Clermont County — Pierce rated well qualified; DeWine, not; Smith (a no-show, I am told, in what he describes as his strongest area of support) not.
• Miami County — Pierce third; Smith second; DeWine first.
• Preble County — Pierce ties DeWine for first; Smith knocked out on first ballot
• Fulton County — Pierce and Smith rated “qualified”; DeWine not (Note: due to lack of disclosure by David Smith of his residency and political history, this result is suspect. Why that is the case is discussed here).

By any objective measure (even before considering what will be revealed tomorrow about Fulton County), David Smith has been outperformed by, and is clearly trailing, Bill Pierce. Despite this reality, Mr. Smith will not withdraw.

Verdict: First promise not kept.

The second promise, which was the focus of our friendly Smithbot’s ire and attempted denial, was that Mr. Smith would drop out of the race if 15 county GOP chairmen would go on record saying that his relatively brief residency in Ohio of roughly 1-1/2 years would be fatally negative factor in a general election contest with presumptive Democrat nominee Sherrod Brown.

This is an even more annoying denial than the first, because we believe that the commenter knows that this promise was made and lied about it from a Procter & Gamble Company IP address. I don’t know for sure, but it would seem that a company with the public ethical posture of P&G just might consider being dishonest on a company computer on company time to be something that would subject the person doing it to disciplinary action.

The reason we know that the promise was made, and that the conditions requiring the promise to be kept were met, is that David Smith and Bill Pierce agreed to bring the matter to an objective mediator, one Mark Faust. Mr. Smith (and at least some, if not all, of his bots) know that Mr. Faust has an actual list of 15 county chairs, the counties they represent, and their phone numbers. Mr. Smith knows that the list is authentic. All of these county chairs have stated that Mr. Smith’s short period of residency in Ohio is, in their judgment, a guarantee of general-election defeat should he win the nomination. At some point, Mr. Smith apparently added an additional condition, namely that the 15 county chairmen should not be concentrated in Southern and Western Ohio, and that they should represent a cross-section of the entire state. They do; as a matter of fact, I am told that all but four of the counties involved are north of Interstate 70.

“Goes to Washington” hysterically rants: “Let’s see the list, lets call the chairmen and see who has the support.” Bud, I mean Bot, all you have to do is contact Mr. Faust, any time.

Despite all of this, Mr. Smith will not withdraw.

Verdict: Second promise not kept.

Based on these two unkept promises, one has to ask: If this guy can’t even keep the simplest of pledges made to fellow party members, how much reliance can we place on any of his other campaign positions and promises? And if Mr. Smith ever (God forbid) went to Washington, why do we have any reason to believe he would be a reliable conservative voter, or even someone his fellow senators of either party could trust?

I would be oh-so-glad to address David Smith’s broken promises to withdraw on a daily basis as long as he and/or his Smithbots wish to bring them up here, or anywhere else. Just keep those comments coming.
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UPDATE: And if you really want some rich Smithbot entertainment, go to this doozy of a comment from “Martin” over at S.O.B. Alliance member Lincoln Logs. BTW, “Martin,” Bill Pierce does not live in Milford (you’ll have to figure out what are he really lives in on your own; sort of like your guy having to find his own way to the Brown County endorsement meeting he was totally unaware of a couple of weeks ago); the term “bots” has already been taken to describe you guys (i.e., get some new material); and if you have to criticize me behind my back your arguments must be weak, you must be afraid of another smackdown, or both. Zheesh.
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Previous Posts:
April 3 — David Smith: NOW He Tells Us (Utah “Busted” Edition) — Smithbots Alert
March 30 — David Smith: NOW He Tells Us (Utah “Busted” Edition)
March 30 — David Smith: NOW He Tells Us
March 23 — David Smith and the FEC
March 23 — The Disappearing and Reappearing Columbus Townhall Forum Post
March 22 — In the Ohio GOP US Senate Primary, David Smith Hasn’t Dropped Out, and Should — SOON