Comments on: Does WSB’s Richard Belcher Let His Mom Watch Him Having Sex?

By: DaleRussell

DaleRussell — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:35:25 +0000

Feel free to look at the all the facts. Then opine.

By: Go Fish

Go Fish — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:04:06 +0000

Well, Well, Well. I wonder how Sonny and Casey feel this morning after seeing the first segment of Dale Russell’s report? I wonder how it feels for the two highest elected officials in the state to have been made a fool of by the “maverick” PhD from south Alabama. Apparently this woman has never made the Buckhead bar scene. I guess too many 14 hour work days. So when she gets that lonely urge, she simply pulls out the company phone directory and starts dialing for a new man.
And Richard Belcher … you thought this story was just about a few dirty emails. Nope, that was only the tip of the iceberg. Doing co-workers,hiring boyfriends, covering up misconduct for boyfriends, lying on camera, and more follies to come Wednesday. This ain’t about the highway contractors trying to get Gena. It ain’t about upsetting the “good ole boy” system. Its about the self inflicted wounds of one woman, who has done just about anything and anybody to get where she is. And in the process, made her defenders look like complete fools.

By: fishtail

fishtail — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:30:38 +0000

As Erick already knows, Gena Evans is being targeted by the road contractors and their camp followers. By not laying off DOT employees, she covers that expense by not awarding any new road projects. This is putting a real economic hurt on the road builders and they are pretty upset with Gena Evans and Sonny Perdue. So they do what they feel is necessary for them to survive, namely get rid of Gena Evans.

By: LoyaltyIsMyHonor

LoyaltyIsMyHonor — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:03:29 +0000

Isn’t this Gena lady responsible for the failing banks too?

By: fishtail

fishtail — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:12:11 +0000

Another story on Gena coming out either tonight or tomorrow. Involving her former boyfriend who stole some money and she knew about it but kept mum. At least that’s what some of her road builder enemies are touting.

By: LoyaltyIsMyHonor

LoyaltyIsMyHonor — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:38:15 +0000

We really need to put LAF in the Blogroll.

By: live apt fire

live apt fire — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:58:18 +0000

Belcher’s not an idiot. He may have been used by George Anderson, but not unwittingly. Plain and simple, Belcher knew his competitor Dale Russell at WAGA had worked for weeks on a similar story (which airs tonight). Belcher put a thin version of the same story on TV in order to dampen Russell’s exclusive. The question will be: Does Russell’s story have any more heft than Belcher’s did? Coz Belcher’s story, as Erick correctly notes, was salacious but ultimately weak.

More here:
http://liveapartmentfire.com/2008/10/29/salacious-but-not-scandalous/

By: Go Fish

Go Fish — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:57:29 +0000

Dash, you are right on target. Gena called Belcher right after she did an on-camera interview with Dale Russell in which he ripped her to shreds. She called Belcher and the AJC reporter to try and soften the blow and put her own spin of “being a victim of a vast right wing conspiracy”. She wants to blame the highway contractors for her demise because she is “shaking up the good old boy system”. Yeah, right! Just once, I’d love to see Gena step up to the plate and take responsibility for her actions. Stop blaming everybody else! Look at what a fool she had made out of Sonny and Casey. And after tonight at 6pm, they are only going to look like bigger fools!

By: BubbaRich

BubbaRich — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:50:28 +0000

I gotta agree with Erick, here, since I usually don’t.

I think it was stupid to send these e-mails via an account subject to public information requests. I think it’s stupid to act as if they are unusual or reflect on her unfitness for job performance.

I also think it’s evil like Bush, Cheney, and Palin have done to hide public e-mails by using private accounts, but that’s a different subject.

By: Dash Riptide

Dash Riptide — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:24:31 +0000

I’m pretty sure that Belcher was hoping for more than he actually found. And to be fair, he did let Evans tell viewers what the real story is here. He probably knew that Fox 5 was running its own story on this. One can argue that Belcher was doing Evans a favor by asking the “Bible Belt” question, etc., much like a prosecutor will ask uncomfortable questions of prosecuting witnesses in order to soften the blow of such questions on cross. It’s a theory, anyway.

By: Bill Simon

Bill Simon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:06:33 +0000

The only “background” I see here is the background that Gena didn’t trade sexual favors for voting a certain way to help someone fianancially…like SO many other legislators and bureaucrats in this state do.

By: Bill Simon

Bill Simon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:04:43 +0000

“useful pawn?”

Too complimentary. “Useful idiot” is more appropriate.

By: Vic

Vic — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:59:47 +0000

What are your top three guesses as to who is behind this conspiracy?

By: griftdrift

griftdrift — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:59:25 +0000

There are certain non-traditional, non-partisan outlets that recognize the real story. Some even understand the meaning of background.

By: Icarus

Icarus — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:52:36 +0000

Richard Belcher has sex?