Last night I listened to the interview of Steve Hildebrand that was conducted by Denise Ross and posted on Mount Blogmore. Quentin Riggins made this observation with an SDP post:
As many suspected, we now know that Theron McChesney of "ThuneWatch" is an employee of Steve Hildebrand, who is paid by former Senator Tom Daschle. McChesney is a veteran Daschle campaign staffer. Hildebrand's consulting business, according to the interview, has 3 employees in Sioux Falls and 2 in Washington. Who are his other employees? Maybe "Clean Cut Kid"/Chad Schuldt? Will CCK say who is paying him?
Chad Schuldt posted this response where he finnally admits to working with Hildebrand [WARNING: contains many ‘F’ words]:
Warning to Kevin Woster and others who are offended by "colorful language": Do not read any further.
Quentin Riggins, a child I've never met, for some reason, continues to whine away about the "permanent campaign" being waged against Senator John Thune. He specifically names myself and my website as the perpetrators of this "permanent campaign".
Just exactly what is this "permanent campaign" this child continues to whine about? I don't think we've mentioned John Thune's name on this website more than a half dozen times in the last two months. In fact, I could care less what John Thune is doing, how he is voting, who he is fucking, or what he had for dinner last night.
That is, until Thune's behavior is either a) contradictory to the public image he portrays to everyday South Dakotans, b) detrimental to everyday South Dakotans, or c) both of these.
I've written about our lousy exuse for a Governor a helluva lot more than I've written about poor little John Thune. I've probably bothered to write more about Stephanie Herseth in the last two months than I have John Thune. And in the meantime, you and your intern Heppler have been cutting and pasting shit being sent to you by Lauck and VanBeek regarding Tom Daschle on a daily basis. So stop your fucking whining, you little crybaby.
I've tried to step back from attacking Thune on a daily basis, even when he deserves it, to give this era of bipartisanship we are enjoying between Senators Johnson and Thune, along with Representative Herseth a chance to flourish.
But you have decided you want to fuck with my livelihood, Quentin? You want to screw with the income I earn to support my three kids? If that's where your idiotic game leads us, then bring it on. I'm ready to fire back if necessary.
To answer your question, yeah, I work for Hildebrand. And I'm proud of it. But do you honestly believe former Senator Tom Daschle has some devious plan to hire bloggers on the sly to attack John Thune? Are you that fucking stupid? Do you really believe this stuff?
While I would be honored to be paid for such an endeavor, it's ridiculous. I wish it were the case. Damn I wish I was paid to sit and blog all day long about what a terrible human being John Thune is. What a life that would be.
Do you see how idiotic this is? This is stuff you are writing continuously and you are looking like a fucking fool. Just plain ridiculous, this scenario you have concocted in your fucked up head.
And it's insulting on so many levels. Insulting because a statesman like Tom Daschle doesn't have the time to have a passing thought about a piss ant like John Thune. Insulting because it suggests that I don't have the ability to generate an independent thought. Insulting that I'm compelled to respond to this shit you pull out of your ass.
Now, if you don't mind, I have a crying 4-year-old I need to try to comfort ... no more time for your petty little games.
If Chad Schuldt truly is proud to work for Hildebrand, then why has he not answered the question before? Why did he want it to be such a secret? When asked by an Argus Leader reporter, Jon Lauck freely admitted he was a paid consultant for John Thune’s campaign. The Hildebrand Boys are not nearly as forthcoming. Later it was the Democrats, including Steve Hildebrand and paid blogger Theron McChesney, who made issue about "paid bloggers". In fact Hildebrand brought it up again in the interview. He also brought up one of Chad Schuldt’s favorite issues, Jeff Gannon. Hildebrand even accuses Gannon of being the one who leaked the Bishop Carlson letter. These Daschle Disciples just continue to make crap up. These people have a real problem with the truth. And this typical smoke and mirrors response by Schuldt just goes to show that they can dish it out, but the can’t take it. Schuldt’s "crying 4-year-old" was simply singing in harmony with his dad.
If Schuldt has a problem with those who take an issue with how bloggers are compensated, then he should be directing those comments toward his comrades in deception. But instead, Schuldt continues to have a problem with obeying rules that they themselves create for others to follow.
