Comments on: Brown Camp Responds to ODP Blogtroversy

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:15:14 +0000

I don’t have anything to contribute to affirming or disputing what happened at the event.

I have helped Sherrod in the past, and have no complaint about his voting record, but this time he should stand down:

1. It’s my impression that he lacks the temperament a Senate candidate needs. One small but very personal example: he once stood me up for a promised event, resulting in embarrassment for me. He never provided any explanation or apology.

2. The Ohio state party has been losing elections for many years, despite having advantages many states would love to have. John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum could not have left the state with a better impression of the Democratic Party. Their successors have frittered away that image. Sherrod has been part of the decay. Paul Hackett can restore the image of the Democratic Party as a party of heroes of the stature of John Glenn.

3. Ohio is deeply corrupt. While the high profile cases are Republican, it’s likely that people who call themselves Democrats (but not Sherrod) are also involved. The Democratic Party regulars need a firm kick in the pants, and Hackett’s candidacy looks like an excellent means to administer it.

4. Sherrod can claim many things, but he cannot claim to have stood on the floor of the United States Senate in January 2001 to protest the installation of the man who has caused so much harm to America. I believe he was also missing in action in 2004. A search of the Conyers Report on Ohio finds zero mentions of him.

In short, Sherrod Brown is not a bad man. He’s basically a good man. But he is not the man for this job.

By: RED-STATE.COM, the Michael Meckler weblog

RED-STATE.COM, the Michael Meckler weblog — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:54:30 +0000

December 21, 2005

The Ohio politician who has received the most ridicule during the past month is undoubtedly attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Jim Petro. Yet as an experienced politician, Petro understands that insults and criticism invariably come a candi…

By: Todd Hoffman

Todd Hoffman — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:16:22 +0000

Damn, why did I have to leave early? I guessed I missed all of the real drama…

By: Buckeye Politics: Blogging Ohio Politics » Blog Archive » Audio from ODP vote, more Sherrod hilarity

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:31:56 +0000

[...] …at Buckeye Senate. Some pretty funny moments. And if you’re at all interested in the latest Sherrod Brown blog fiasco, see here and here. I commented at both, but other than that, I’m pretty much speechless. And that’s rare. [...]

By: Tim Russo

Tim Russo — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:10:54 +0000

yeah, i fucking cursed. anyone who knows me knows i like the word fuck. Bob Geldoff calls it the most effective locution in the english language. sorry if it FUCKING ANNOYS YOU, MS. FUCKING PULITZER. i wasn’t the one sherrod pulled over to yell and scream at someone. that would be you.

by the fucking way, that’s the last fucking time i give phil devellis a fucking heads up on the fucking moronic behavior of his fucking candidate.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:05:40 +0000

I don’t pretend to know what happened and am more pissed now that I didn’t make it – mostly to get the chance to meet you all. I guess the noise got so loud and the phones kept ringing so they wanted to get a reply out. I’ll leave it to those who were there to battle it out…just a messenger here.

By: Pounder

Pounder — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:01:26 +0000

Flat out lied to you buddy.

By: redhorse

redhorse — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:57:11 +0000

Hmm, I emailed Philip too, but didn’t hear back.

Regardless, we have significantly differing opinions/perceptions, as if they don’t refer to the same instances.

Is Phil calling Russo out for cussing at Sherrod? Or is he just ignoring the Russo incident altogether?

By: Ohio 2nd » Step Away From The Blogosphere (UPDATEDx2)

Ohio 2nd » Step Away From The Blogosphere (UPDATEDx2) — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:53:17 +0000

[...] UDPATE 2: Sherrod Brown’s people flat out deny Buckeye Senate and Russo’s accounts. [...]