I call these “undorsements.” Also, just because Fumo has never said he endorses Farnese, the proof is in the pudding. The media should step up and say that Fumo has endorsed – getting 16 Senate members to raise money for someone and telling people to vote for him is an endorsement…

State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo is imploring residents of his district to vote against his longtime foe John J. Dougherty in the race to succeed him, labeling him “a bully, a thug and evil.”

“I am not endorsing any candidates, but do not elect John Dougherty,” Fumo said at a meeting of the Spring Garden Civic Association. “I do not want that to be my legacy. He is a bully, a thug and evil. Please vote against him.”

Though he did not formally endorse any candidate in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, he made clear Wednesday to the 200 people at St. Andrew Lithuanian Church – many of them his neighbors – that he supported Center City lawyer Larry Farnese.

“I got 16 members of the Senate to endorse Farnese and raise money for him,” Fumo said. “Any kind of logic would lead you to vote for Farnese.”