Rick Noriega Campaign Staffer's Alter Ego
Meet Jay Coxlie. This is the photo he uses on Facebook. Jay asked me to be his Facebook friend this afternoon.
 Jay Coxlie?? |
A man identifying himself as a blogger named "Jay Coxlie" called the John Cornyn campaign asking for the Senator's public schedule. Turns out the call came from the phone of Noreiga's Deputy Campaign Manager, Rick Cofer.
"Misrepresenting yourself doesn't strike me as being in line with Texas values. If you're going to do that, it's probably best not to call directly from your campaign office. That's just a piece of advice," Cornyn press secretary Brian Walsh told The Statesman.
Cofer came clean. Sue Schechter, Noriega's campaign manager, said in a written statement that the call was "an overzealous attempt by a young staffer to find out information that should be available to the public. The means by which he did so are not acceptable and not consistent with the values Rick Noriega brings to this campaign."
 Rick Cofer |
It looks like Cofer's taking it all in stride, and someone created a nice Facebook profile for his alter ego. Some tidbits about Coxlie, according to his Facebook profile:
Interests? Banning plastic bags and blogging. Also, calling elected representatives.
Favorite movie? An Inconvenient Truth
Favorite music? Milli Vanilli.
Perhaps he can blame today's mishap on the rain. (I, too, am a fan of Milli Vanilli.)
