| Yesterday, Matt broke the story that David Beckwith, who worked for John Cornyn's campaign as well as his Senate office, had been posting anonymously on BOR under the name "Buck Smith" for almost 16 months. Beckwith is no low level staffer, either. He has worked for Dan Quayle (when he was Vice-President), George W. Bush during his presidential campaign and David Dewhurst, just to name a few. Unfortunately for Beckwith, the list of his employers is nearly identical to the list of people who have fired him. His long resume, however, did not keep him from making anonymous attacks on Rick Noriega while being employed by John Cornyn. Of course, it is not illegal (although still very stupid and unethical) to do so while working for a campaign. However, it certainly is illegal to engage in this activity on the taxpayers' time. Just a quick glance at the more than 80 comments that Beckwith wrote shows us that over 20 of them were during work hours (and we're being generous, giving him 9 to 5, while everyone knows that people in senate offices and campaigns routinely work longer hours). How many of David Beckwith's 84 comments were written while he was being paid by taxpayers? How much electioneering did he engage in on federal computers? These are questions that we all deserve answers to. |
