Scientology Lobbyist Ousts Campaign Manager

David H. Miller might be the sleaziest candidate of 2007.

This weekend at Viva Vienna, the former national lobbyist for the Scientologists, who claims to have no Scientology ties otherwise was seen campaigning IN the Scientology booth this weekend.   Talk about taking a weakness and turning it into a... bigger weakness.

Since then he has ousted his campaign manager Ginny Peters. Ginny is also Chair of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee.  Now, I have little respect for Peters who is known to be incompetent, lazy and has signed libelous and false letters under her signature from the FCDC which could leave the committee in serious legal jeopardy.  However, I'm going to put that aside for a minute because Miller should have known all that when he hired her.

But more interesting is how Miller used Ginny and threw her out.  He kept her on as his campaign manager past the filing deadline for other Democratic candidates while she ran around the county bragging of the job he had offered her and saying no one else should run against him for the nomination.  Now that he is the nominee, he ousts her before June.  Guess Ginny won't be in the Courthouse everyday after all.   

David Miller.  Worst Candidate of 2007.

Comments

[Not Not Larry Sabato]

Productive contribution to political discourse - 0

Ben's random personal vendetas clouding any sense of objective analysis - 1

[Doug]

Ben- John Travolta is going to get you man, cut it out.

I don't know about the worst, but I can't help but suspect that he may indeed be the best politician--and the funniest. Because not only did he find a clever way to use a not-so-bright person into getting exactly what he wanted, but he did it in such a way that lets me say this:

Well, that should teach Ginny not to drink the Scientologist's koolaid.

Giggle.

[Not John S. Mosby]

Ginny is a nice old woman who deep in her heart is still fighting for George McGovern to pull of an upset against Richard Nixon.

IMHO she's a horrible leader but the Mount Vernon Ladies Society continues to hold sway at FCDC. Too bad, Ginny's way past her prime if she actually ever had one, and is holding the party back. Poor technology, poor planning, it's amazing Democrats have done as well as they have with her running the party in Fairfax.

None of what Ben says is true. Ginny Peters wasn't fired.

Anon @4:59 PM, So she's still his campaign manager?

[Anon]

A little context would be welcome -- what office is David H Miller running for?

[Kenton]

Fairfax Clerk of Court.