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Secretary of State Jon Husted recently issued a press release followed by an email to their list a couple of days later about a neat little “Ready 2012 and Beyond” proposal to – well, get ready for the GOP to do electoral battle against Obama and Democrats in 2012. Duh. The quoted part does seem like a dog whistle to their brethren who will get the message. This isn’t about reforming the elections process to instill voter confidence and increase access. The GOP has proven time and again that they really don’t care much for that. This is a [...]
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Full Story... →Here’s yet another story registered Republican Joe Hallett has based on his own prior reporting about John Kasich that he’s, so far, failed to mention.
In the July 15, 2005 edition of the Columbus Dispatch, Joe Hallet reported that Republicans were trying to draft John Kasich to run for Governor.? Kasich said he wouldn’t challenge Betty Montgomery or Jim Petro… basically, he’d only run to stop Ken Blackwell to get the nomination:
Kasich has told political allies he won’t run against Petro or Montgomery, whom he considers friends. He would, however, take on Blackwell, whose fiscal proposals Kasich [...]
Full Story... →It looks like the MSM has finally picked up the story about LetOhioVote.
Julie Carr Smyth, Ohio’s AP Statehouse Reporter, put out a pretty good piece today summarizing what I’ve been talking about for weeks – and then taking it a step further.
She covered my main point at the beginning: everyone involved in LetOhioVote is in some way associated with Ken Blackwell. She even mentions Norm Cummings (proof she’s been reading Plunderbund?)
And then she moves a little closer to answering the question we’ve all been trying to answer: who’s funding these guys?
Phil Burress/Citizens [...]
Full Story... →If you haven’t been following the recent drama involving RNC Chairman Michael Steele and too-much-of-a-religious-nut-to-be-RNC-chairman Ken Blackwell, then let me give you a quick overview…
Steele and Blackwell are two of the rarest individuals on earth: African American Republicans. Though they both belong to the same party, Steele is fairly moderate (by GOP standards) while Blackwell is a complete right-wing nutjob who hates gays and thinks women should have zero control over their own reproductive systems.
They both ran for RNC chairman this year – along with a couple of old, racist white guys.
The election process was far [...]
Full Story... →Remember Ken Blackwell’s NAMBLA-supports-my-opponent argument?
It looks like McCain is pulling a Blackwell in his new ad: accusing Barack Obama of passing legislation to teach sex ed to kindergartners…
Obviously the accusation is a lie. Obama’s bill included “‘age appropriate’ sex-education for children as a means of teaching them what was proper or inproper touching, as well as to protect them against pedophiles”. Hardly the same thing as handing out flavored condoms with their milk and cookies.
But hey- why let the truth get in the way of political attacks.
The response from the Obama campaign was [...]
Full Story... →PolickerOH has named this week’s winners and losers. Ted Strickland is a winner:
The governor is picking off incumbent Repubilcans in competitive legislative seats by offering them jobs in his administration.
It’s really fun to beat your opponent at their own game. Gaming the system is, indeed, the game of the Ohio GOP.
Stivers and the GOP are losers:
They really missed the boat by accusing Kilroy of using a body-double in a parade. (link added)
That wingnut after wingnut blogger hopped on this thing makes it even sweeter.
I’d also mention that Naug [...]
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