Her husband stood at her side during the news conference, looking ashen, and told reporters that the allegations had been "devastating" for the couple. He also revealed that Una Anderson is pregnant with a girl.
Anderson, 41, assailed The Times-Picayune for making the federal probe public. She called the publication of the story "irresponsible" and likened herself to Annie Oakley, the sharpshooter of "Annie Get Your Gun" fame who fought back against ugly tabloid allegations that were published about her in the early 1900s.
She acknowledged that federal agents have interviewed her three times in recent months, but she said the agents have used her as a "trusted and reliable source" as they peered into possible misdeeds by other School Board members. She confirmed that they asked her about the garbage contract during their third visit.
Anderson said the newspaper story failed to discriminate between the "facts," that federal investigators had interviewed her about Barre's allegations, and the "truth," that she has done nothing wrong.
"I have, without fail, been an honest, open source to fight corruption, and I will not -- I will not -- allow a corrupt, connected convict like Stan Barre to sully my spotless seven-year public career," she said.
As if it isn't disturbing enough to watch politicians use their children as props in commercials or as evidence of their qualifications for office, now we get to watch Anderson use an unborn child in this crass manner. We get it, Una. You and your ashen-faced husband are fertile.
Secondly, it's more or less what I thought. Anderson claims she is only involved in this because she is a "trusted and reliable source" for federal investigators. In other words, by being investigated she is helping to slay dragons. Except that she uses a rifle instead of a sword, apparently. Yesterday, I asked Michael to create a visual representation of the latest bizarre Naginism and the man came through. The new image I'd like to see is something along the lines of Annie Oakley: Dragonslayer but I won't ask Michael to do my idiotic dirty work two days in a row. I needs to gets me some photoshop skillz of my own.
Keep in mind, none of this unseemly public kvetching indicates that Anderson is at all guilty of these allegations. All it means is that she's a douche and that's bad enough. Regarding that, however, if Barre is lying in order to lighten his sentence, wouldn't that work against him if the lie is found out? I know he has motivation to name names but does he have any motivation to actually lie?
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