From the monthly archives: September 2010
It seems nearly every Ohio Republican politician is using his/her kids in campaign ads this year.
For example, Mike Dewine’s daughter appears in his ad standing in a court room talking about how her Dad is tough on crime, etc. Not exactly an unbiased spokesperson.
The new Stivers ad is much different. It features lots of video of Steve’s one year old daughter Sarah sleeping and lots of shots of Steve holding and kissing her as well as a really long slow-motion panning shot of her baby shoes. A surprising 20% of the entire ad is nothing [...]
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The guy who became an instant Internet viral villian for punching and kicking cows & calves on videois now sitting in a jail cell for the next eight months after pleading guilty to six counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty.
“Billy Joe Gregg, Jr., pleaded guilty today in Marysville Municipal Court to six counts of cruelty to animals. Six other charges were dropped in a plea agreement. Gregg got eight months’ jail time and a $1,000 fine. He also got three years’ probation during which he’s require to get counseling and can’t be around animals for three [...]
Full Story... →Looks like that endorsement by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce of Kasich and other Republicans isn’t going to be as “precious” as he thought.
AEP’s President has announced that he has resigned his position on the Board of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce over their endorsements.
According to the Associated Press:
AEP spokeswoman Melissa McHenry said Friday the endorsement prompted AEP Ohio President Joe Hamrock to leave the chamber’s board. McHenry says the utility does not believe it was appropriate for the business group to endorse a candidate.
"It creates division in the chamber membership and it pits businesses [...]
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Then again, some things don’t need a caption. But give it a whirl, Plunderbunders!
Full Story... →From the e-bag:
My comments from earlier in the week have become a national story, and many people in the Republican Tea Party have demanded that I apologize. I won’t.
Do the Tea Partiers really think that what I said is worse than comparing President Obama to Hitler, or screaming that he’s not an American? Do they think what I said was worse than denying a child health care because of a pre-existing condition?
Give me a break. THEY should be the ones apologizing. That’s why I’m asking you to contribute to my ‘swear jar’ to help us beat our [...]
Full Story... →Truer words have never been written by this man.
Something must have broken down in the John Kasich Astroturf 2010 machine.
Full Story... →This morning, the Strickland campaign had a telephone conference with national and local media (and me) to talk about strategy. They’ve said the same thing I’ve observed. The “public polling” is all over the place because of a wide disparity in their various likely voter models. Regardless, none of the public polling is showing what their internal polling is showing except:
Since July, John Kasich’s unfavorables have risen quicker than favorability. At the same time Ted’s favorability has increased while unfavorability has been steadily going down. In their internal polling, Strickland has huge advantages on trust, fighting for the middle [...]
Full Story... →Here’s the widely leaked drafted of the “Pledge to America” that the Congressional Republican Leadership plans to launch to America in a rerun of the 1994 “Contract with America.”
Like all bad sequels, it is formulaic, uninspiring, and cheapens the original.
The 1994 “Contract for America” was, at least bold and original and presented a sharp contrast to the governing philosophy that had been the forty years of [...]
Full Story... →Jennifer Brunner once said about me, in front of my own mother, at my own fundraiser, with me standing next to her, that she only wished I didn’t use such bad language when I blogged, which of course, got a howl of laughter from the gathered supporters, and a stern, “that’s right!” from my mom. Thanks a lot, Jennifer. Anyway, given the response by teabaggers to Chris Redfern’s use of the term “fuckers” to describe them, I hope I can get a special dispensation from both Jennifer and my mom for the following.
Fuck you, you fucking pieces of fuck. [...]
Full Story... →I’m constantly amazed at the cottage industry in politics which is the business of manufacturing outrage and the hypocrisy of those in the business.
Today, Matt Naugle, Michelle Malkin, and ORP Chairman Kevin DeWine are outraged, OUTRAGED, I tell you, that Chris Redfern would offend the sensitivities of steelworkers by referring to opponents of health care reform as fuckers.
Matt Naugle has said some of the most vile things on the Internet not spread by Michelle Malkin first. The idea of either of them have any credibility at being offended is a sad joke. Matt Naugle has said worse of [...]
Full Story... →I still can’t believe that the DCCC is running ads in this race. Let alone one that fails to mention that Ganley, Mr. Tea Party candidate, made millions off of Sutton’s “Cash for Clunkers” program.
Still, it’s better than most D.C.-consultant driven ads. I wonder if Ganley will respond with that sweet attacking owl claw ad he made when he was running against Rob Portman?
Full Story... →Budget Watch
