Mary: (HBO) Has No Credibility

In her latest newsletter, Mary Souza gives her endorsements for City Council (ah, no surprises there), and then turns her attention to the attacks against Dan Gookin. Quoth Mary: ” They are dragging out a few blog comments from two years ago, and trying to make them look like official ‘statements; from Dan, which of course they were not. They were casual comments from a blog, taken out of context.” Mary then goes on to explain that the comments were taken from “a blog that Dan and I left years ago because they were so sleazy. Many other legitimate bloggers left too.” She claims that “the site … called me a four-letter word, in print, that would make any woman cringe, right after I told them I was never posting there again.” Still unable to say “Huckleberries,” Mary concludes: “They have no credibility.”

DFO: As I recall — and I’ll look for text for a possible “Flashback” moment — Gookin and Mary left because I simply wouldn’t agree with their extreme view of urban renewal. It was in April 2007. I don’t know a thing about someone here calling her “a four-letter word, in print, that would make any woman cringe.” If someone did that in the comments section and I missed it, I’ll apologize pronto. However, Mary does have a tendency to make things up. I’d like to see proof for her allegation.