So I’m out of the office today “working from home” (wink, wink, drink, drink), and all hell breaks loose at Texas Monthly. On Wednesday, Evan Smith broke the story on Speaker Craddick’s challenger Bill Dingus, which I promptly reprinted on my blog, claiming it as my own.

This morning, the Midland Reporter-Telegram (I’m a long-time subscriber) reported that Evan “encouraged” Dingus to run, and insinuated that Evan would be backing him financially. I know for a fact this isn’t true. If anyone is supporting Dingus, it’s me. I have already made up t-shirts saying, “Gavel-Off: Craddick’s too small to lead this big state.”

Evan wrote an email to the Midland editor, and now supposedly they are going to run a retraction. WELL IT’S A LITTLE LATE FOR THAT. The Republican Party of Texas has called on Evan to resign as editor of Texas Monthly (I have since submitted my resume to Mike Levy for the open position of editor of Texas Monthly).

From the statement:

“If Mr. Smith’s work hasn’t already made his antagonism toward Speaker Craddick clear enough, this revelation leaves no question,” said Tina Benkiser, a lonely woman who seeks comfort in putting out worthless press releases. “The conflict of interest is obvious. He needs to step down.”

Noting that Texas Monthly routinely raises the ire of Republicans, and specifically conservatives, Benkiser said, “Texas Monthly routinely lambastes conservatives while claiming to be non-partisan. Now the thin veneer of non-partisanship and impartiality has been shattered. For the magazine’s credibility, Mr. Smith needs to resign.”

Please. If anything has shattered this magazine’s credibility, it’s when they hired that ass*hole blogger.