Hey, Pete! How 'bout an interview with the RFT?
Lt. Governor Peter Kinder made the media rounds yesterday, talking to the
Post-Dispatch,
St. Louis Beacon, KMOX and 97.1 FM Talk.
The purpose of all those interviews was to address allegations first revealed this month in the
Riverfront Times concerning
Kinder's curious relationship with a former exotic dancer and Penthouse Pet, Tammy Chapman. Funny, though, how Kinder has avoided the
Riverfront Times' long-standing request to talk to him on the matter.
Even so, Kinder did his best in interviews yesterday to smear the
RFT every chance he could, telling KMOX, 97.1 FM and the
St. Louis Beacon that John Ross, a former Democratic candidate for Congress and friend of Chapman's, supplied us with the
photo that launched the scandal. That's news to us. Even more astonishing is that Kinder claims Ross is an employee of
Riverfront Times -- a fib that the
RFT, John Ross and even
KMOX says is complete and utter hogwash.
And while Kinder claims in interviews that Chapman can't get her facts straight, it seems the lieutenant governor is having trouble maintaining his own spin.
The
Post-Dispatch story says Kinder had no idea how
Riverfront Times obtained the picture of him and Chapman. But by Wednesday afternoon, when other media got a chance to interview him, Kinder had come up with
his bogus theory connecting Ross as a "writer and contributing editor" for the
Riverfront Times.
Another pearl from the
Post-Dispatch interview is how Kinder claims he stopped attending strip club after realizing it conflicted with him being a Christian. (We'll pause a moment for you to clean the vomit off your computer screen.)
So, how about it Pete? Give
Riverfront Times a call at 314-754-5966 and let's clear up all the confusion. Or would that not be in your best interest?