I was wrong and Wayne Parker was right...

Every now and then even I get things wrong. This is one of those times. On Thursday morning I wrote this post about Wayne Parker's claims of out of state fundraising by Parker Griffith. But, I was wrong to be so critical because it turns out Parker was right.

Wayne Parker’s campaign issued a press release on Wednesday (text below) stating that “49% of Griffith’s campaign funds have come from outside the state of Alabama.” That is absolutely true. Here is a spreadsheet containing all of the itemized contributions Parker Griffith has received to date according to the FEC. The total amount is $556,810, of which $285,649 came from sources inside Alabama and $271,161 (49%) came from locales other than Alabama. When you include contributions from other parts of Alabama outside the 5th district his local contributions total a mere 36%. Clearly lots of people are willing to give him lots of money to get elected, but over half of them aren’t doing so because they want Griffith to represent them. (Flashpointblog.com)

Now in my defense, I have watched an already idiotic AL-05 Congressional race that has featured some nonsense all around. Including these ridiculous claims by:

• Wayne Parker claimed he did not know how much time he has spent lobbying to thwart attacks on lobbyists by his opponent.
• Cheryl Baswell Guthrie claimed in press releases that she had raised roughly $200,000 when FEC reports showed she only raised $62,000 at the time in order to make it appear she had widespread support.
• Parker Griffith has claimed that he doesn't know whether he is voting for John McCain or Barack Obama in order to court the conservative voters in the AL-05 Congressional District.

Needless to say my BS meter was already running a bit hot, but in this case I was wrong.

Wayne Parker will be on my show on NewsTalk 770AM/92.5 FM WVNN in the 7 o'clock hour on Tuesday May 22nd. You can listen on-line at WVNN.com.