I’m really getting sick of hearing the wingnuts claim that Democrats are anti-military and weak on defense.

The fact is: Democrats are much better at diplomacy and are more willing to work out a peaceful solution to our differences with other countries. Democrats take war seriously and personally. Democrats don’t put American troops in harm’s way unless the cause is righteous and noble and ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

And Democrats don’t go to war unless the action has overwhelming support from our allies – and I’m not talking about some half-assed “coalition of the willing” crap with the hundreds of thousands [...]

Last week I read another horror story about selfish charter school operators screwing Ohio’s children.

This time it’s the A. B. Miree Fundamental Academy – a charter school in Cincinnati, OH that might not re-open after the winter break because “the school?s founders are trying to evict the school from its building.”

The founders, Alfred and Pauline Olverson, say the school owes them $150K for ?hold-over fees? – and if they don’t get paid then the kids are out in the cold.

Back in 2000, after starting the charter school, Alfred Olverson
admitted that he intended [...]

The Mansfield News Journal published a bullshit opinion piece today titled Strickland not a man of integrity. It starts like this:

When George Voinovich took office in January 1991, many Republicans were awaiting the firing of Democrats who were employed by the State of Ohio. Gov. Voinovich, being a man of integrity and honor, chose to let Democrats remain in their jobs.

The piece was written by someone named M. Joan Douglass – a long time Republican contributor- so we can assume it’s biased.

But more than that- it’s completely untrue.

According to a Dispatch article (“DEMOCRATS TRY [...]

In an editorial titled Romney should not be the next president the staff of the Concord Monitor provide and anti-endorsement of Mitt Romney.

The Monitor’s editors call Romney “a disquieting figure who sure looks like the next president and most surely must be stopped. ”

The end of the piece sums up the candidate and his phony-baloney ways:

When New Hampshire partisans are asked to defend the state’s first-in-the-nation primary, we talk about our ability to see the candidates up close, ask tough questions and see through the baloney. If a candidate is a phony, we assure ourselves and [...]

For all of their anti-gay rhetoric, there is one man all Republicans seem to be gay for: Ronald Reagan.

Recent proof in Ohio comes in the form of a bill from Rep. Batchelder who introduced HB 417 today.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 5.2238 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 5.2238. The sixth day of February is designated as “Ronald Reagan Day,” in honor of the birthday of the fortieth president of the United States.

And here we thought this [...]