Merit Grand Jury report: a compilation of political attack ads snippets.

Callers the day the Merit Grand Jury released its report wanted to know what I thought about Gov. Fletcher's response that the report was "a savvy litany of political sound bites". I opined, without offering any comments on the "merits" of the merit investigation, that the Gov. made the appropriate response considering the circumstances, particularly the contents of the report itself. I was convinced the report read like a compilation of political attack ad snippets. The two largest newspapers in the Commonwealth, however, reacted disapprovingly of the Gov.'s choice of words. The Louisville Courier-Journal pronounced him "Guilty and guilty" , its Columnist, Bob Hill, accused him of "stupidity" and the Lexington Herald-Leader found him "dissing" citizens. Surprisingly enough, Larry Dale Keeling, a columnist and Blogger for the Herald-Leader, in his recent column entitled, Campaign-ad fodder point head, which was published a day or so after I spoke with the callers, lends GREAT credence to my humble opinion. You can read the column for yourself, but here are excerpts: ... [t]he language of the report should spice up some ads in those future races. Imagine the effect of a spot that talks of "a widespread and coordinated plan to violate merit hiring laws ... formulated at the highest level of state government and approved by Governor Fletcher. ... Those who got in the way of the plan were fired or moved." Follow that ad up with others quoting the report about "a systematic abuse of the merit system," "the 'Hit List' ... was hand delivered to Governor Fletcher," "the evidence establishes that Governor Fletcher was aware of and approved the firing" and a "systematically and meticulously planned ... misuse of state resources and personnel." Then, clinch the deal with an ad using the line in the report that throws Fletcher's 2003 words back at him: "We view this as waste, fraud and abuse of the highest order." With material such as this available for the taking (no money wasted on opposition research), you would expect Democratic gubernatorial wannabes would be begging for the chance to show an elephant just what kind of kick a donkey can have.
Makes one wonder who authored the Grand Jury's report -- the Grand Jurors themselves or Gov. Fletcher's opponent(s)?