The Washington Post’s Jason Horowitz has even more explaining to do now.
Betsy Lauber, one of John Lauber’s three sisters, spoke with ABC News Tuesday night regarding the accuracy of the story.
“The family of John Lauber is releasing a statement saying the portrayal of John is factually incorrect and we are aggrieved that he would be used to further a political agenda. There will be no more comments from the family,” she said.
“Even if it did happen, John probably wouldn’t have said anything,” Christine Lauber said.
She added she and her sisters will likely put out a statement later via a family attorney.
“If he were still alive today, he would be furious [about the story],” she said with tears in her eyes.
The hit job continues to collapse.
Thursday we learned that one of the story’s “witnesses” wasn’t present, and though the story says he has long been bothered by the incident, he had never heard of the incident until the Post told him about it.
Is Jason Horowitz’s story even true? Did he out a man who cannot defend himself now, and would have chosen not to have this story out there? The Washington Post owes readers some answers.
Update: Ed Morrissey wonders whether a legal case against the Post might be in the offing.
Update: Now the Post is airbrushing Horowitz’s story without publicly acknowledging it.
Update: What did Jason Horowitz know, and when did he know it?
– WashRag is not accountable to anyone.
So a man now voiceless and his family are embarrassed, possibly defamed, for a quick hit-piece deemed useful by powerful people? Hey, you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, right? They probably feel honored to make this little sacrifice for the sake of Obama – the progressive movement – oh, make that America – right?
Not this time, ass****s. Breitbart Is Here…
I commend John Lauber’s sisters for having the courage and integrity to come forward and stand up to the lapdog MSM to get the truth out.
The corrupt liberal media will do absolutely anything to keep Obama in the WH.
They know BO is so inept and incompetent that he cannot possibly win without them.
Evil will be defeated, good will prevail.
Just what was the big deal?
Hair GROWS BACK, doesn’t it?
My condolences to Mr. Lauber’s family, and my thanks to his sister for speaking up. I would not like it if my family were used this way.
On a somewhat-related note–people are wondering where are the 5,000 word stories on Barack’s cocaine use, and it is a fair-question. However, I am beginning to believe it may be that he *never* actually did any coke, at all. This is because we can reasonably suspect that Barack is something of a packaged candidate, and probably always has been, since college.
The challenge back in his early days would have been how to get street cred with a black community he did not have much of a connection with; impress limousine liberals with his “modernity” while being able to cater to black community prejudices; and avoid being seen as a goody-goody “Poindexter” who only knew how to study hard.
In other words, the coke use makes him seem much hipper (but still smart and reasonable) than no coke use, and would have helped set him up for his first entries into politics in the circles he was going for (“hey not a prude, tried it, but not the thing for me. But I did try it, which makes me much hipper and edgier and bolder than you urban liberal white pot-smokers. And strangely enough, helps me with the urban black community also, because I say you shouldn’t do it. Win-win. “)
For this reason, I would not be suprised if he never even actually saw the stuff in person, much less snorted it. It’s too perfect, and too ideal of an aid for his rise.