Good for Charleston’s WCHS-TV 8/Fox 11 newsman Kennie Bass. In this past weekend’s broadcast Associated Press debate, he asked state Supreme Court candidate Menis Ketchum to explain how the Huntington personal injury lawyer’s close friendship with Justice Starcher, before whom Ketchum’s firm has brought cases, is any different than Justice Maynard’s friendship since boyhood with Massey Energy’s chief executive officer.
Ketchum’s painful grimace at the question preceded his plea to focus on “the issues” in the race, the courtroom car crash king obviously distracted by official phone records showing how he and Starcher seemed to be feverishly discussing anything but the issues in the days preceding release of photos used to malign Maynard.
It’s just like how Ketchum told the West Virginia State Medical Association he is “conservative,” but told the West Virginia Record he is “moderate.”
Sorry Menis. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 9:08 am - Edit
He’s a chameleon who will say whatever he needs to say in front of the audience.
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 am - Edit
Mr. Quest,
You could not be more right. Menis Ketchum showed his true colors when he desperately attacked Justice Spike Maynard toward the end of the campaign.