Messenger: An open letter to Eric Greitens on ethics and cynicism
BRANSON MO NEWS:
Dear Mr. Greitens,One of your big donors sent me a note the other day that made me think of you. His name is David Humphreys and he’s the founder and owner of TAMKO Building Products in Joplin. In the past couple of months, Mr. Humphreys or his family members have given $2 million to a political action committee called Committee for Accountability in Missouri Government. It’s an ironic name, since the committee’s main purpose is to launder money from big donors and thus make accountability that much more difficult.Mr. Humphreys’ note was in response to a column in which I suggested his interest in the Republican candidate for attorney general might have a direct relationship to a class-action lawsuit his company is facing. It had three sentences.
“Speaking truth to power first requires speaking truth,” Mr. Humphreys wrote. “Apparently you have lost your way in the pursuit of headlines and glory. Pity.”Here’s why the note made me think of you. To the extent you’ve raised any specific issues in your otherwise vapid campaign for governor, one of them resonated to me in the context of speaking truth to power. You have said …
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