Assemblyman Greg Ball, in the face of accusations that he groped an Albany waitress, has taken to outsourcing his defense to his ex-girlfriend (incidentally, his girlfriend on the payroll of his political ally, Assembly candidate Steve Katz, according to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee).
It was novel the first time Ball trotted out his mother and ex to defend him, but now it is getting bizarre. From News 12:
A group of women voters rallied today in support of Assemblyman Greg Ball against what they call dirty politics by his opponent in a state Senate race
Lauren Pistone, who heads up the Women For Ball campaign, says Somers Town Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy, a Republican, is using push polling with loaded questions against Ball (R-Patterson)… Ball is facing accusations of fondling a waitress at an Albany bar in June.
By being so obsessive his denials, Greg Ball is only attracting more attention to this issue. While these rallies do have the effect of getting Ball’s name in the news, they only further connect his name with scandal in the minds of voters. It’s almost as if in his endless quest for attention, he really has adopted the principle that the only bad publicity is no publicity.
