Plunderbund

So today is the day. I’m making the transition from obsessed hobbyist political blogger to having a job as online organizer/webmaster/blogger/strategist for a new progressive political non-profit called Progress Ohio. To say I’m excited would be an understatement. To say I’m humbled would be an even bigger one.
There is alot […]

Heraclitus said it, we live it. Hell, even Jack Johnson sang about it once:
Who’s to say what’s impossible?
Well they forgot this world keeps spinning.
And with each new day,
I can feel a change in everything.
And as the surface breaks, reflections fade.
But in some ways they remain the same.
And as my mind begins to spread it’s […]

So we’re blessing schools now? Christ! This drives me nuts:
(Dispatch) About 180 members of four local churches surrounded a public middle school yesterday to bless the building and those who use it, despite objections from the American Civil Liberties Union about the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state.
What is it going to […]

From the inbox:
Internet freedom is under attack. The House of Representatives has voted to give giant corporations more control over what you see and do online, and corporate lobbyists are pushing for a quick vote in the Senate. Senator Mike DeWine could be the deciding vote, but he has remained silent on Net Neutrality. We […]

Brown camp responds online to the latest DeWine “I’m an Indy porch ad”.
View the video and help the Brown campaign here.

New attack ad out by Krazy Kenny goes after Ted on taxes. Probably just a warm up toward gays and god. Working on a copy of it…
Update: Here ya go!

Remember the DeWine cookie cutter Chamber ad? Guess what?
[cue Gomer Pyle] “Surprise, surprise, surprise!”
via PD: Drug industry group helped pay for ads backing DeWine and others
Washington - The pharmaceutical industry quietly footed the bill for at least part of a recent multimillion-dollar ad campaign praising lawmakers, including Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio, who […]

I haven’t been commennting much on the Third. I’m still in a bit of shock over what has transpired (part of the vacation hole). Appears to be a two horse race for the nomination at this point. Thanks to blog regionalism and BSB, we have killer coverage. Len at Blogesque has […]

Update: Russell on new DeWine ad - is Mike retarded or drunk?
Well, since Mikey got his ass handed to him with the last attack ad, he has decided to take the weiner route and sit on a porch and tout “bipartisanship”. Has anyone that’s been paying attention noticed any “bipartisanship” lately? I […]

Apparently, tinfoil comes in blue and red now:
A little-known candidate in New Hampshire’s Second District congressional race says the American government had a role in the September 11th terrorist attacks and criticized the media for not reporting on it.
Republican Mary Maxwell of Concord told The Telegraph said the government was complicit in the attack so […]

So we ended up in a PR cage match on healthcare today, pitting Krazy Kenny Blackwell versus Ted “Turnaround” Strickland. Kenny got a Teducation by doing the look over the shoulder routine. Too bad us big bad bloggers were watching. The old flip flop flipper got busted, to be sure.
What was […]

I gotta say, I just LOVE this. This is the kind of creativity I love to see in campaigns:
Before Chabot’s late-afternoon event, Cranley will be in Price Hill, trying to make a point about Chabot and his support for the Bush administration’s energy plan, which Cheney helped draft.
From 11 to 11:30 this morning, Cranley […]

…you could almost make this a Dr. Seuss post with that title (and maybe it is).
Could Paul Hackett be headed back to Iraq? Sure sounds like the odds are good:
Paul Hackett, an attorney from Cincinnati, thinks his background as a civil affairs specialist makes him a prime candidate for an involuntary recall, as there […]

Never let it be said that Republicans are anti-environment. It appears they really love PLANTS! OK, so maybe they are anti-environment. Turns out the kind of plants they like are the ones they mix in as “citizens” or “activists”, when their true identity is much more like “shill”, apologist”, or “donor”. […]

Add a new nickname for our favorite corrupt Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate (the “guber” part is spot on): Copycat. We’ve already established the flip flop flipper part relatively well. Now it seems Krazy Kenny Blackwell is so nervous about getting his proverbial ass kicked in November that he is resorting […]