Insults to President

Conusmer Reports has in its March, 2005 edition, page 63, the following snippet, which they have entitled, "Is Politics Your Bag?" They write

"When we received a copy of the bilingual label below, we thought it might a fake doctored by a disgruntled Democrat. (For those whose French/English dictionary is inaccessible, the tag translates the washing instructions into French, then adds a non-laundry comment: ‘We are sorry that our president is an idiot. We did not vote for him.’) In fact, however, the tag is real and is found on computer tote bags sold in the U.S. and Canada by Tom Bihn, a company based in Washington state. Tom Bihn, the company’s president won’t say who wrote the copy and has tried to suggest that it could as easily refer to him or to the French president, Jacques Chirac, as to George W. Bush. But a customer-service representative confesses that the election boosted sales.

“It has come to our attention that conservative have a way to get their licks in, too. The maker of Star Spangled Ice Cream, touted as an alternative to Ben & Jerry’s, is an online purveyor of treats whose flavors include I Hate the French Vanilla and Smaller Govern-mint.”

The second paragraph leaves the impression that there is an equivalent between the insult "Bush is an idiot" and the principle that small government is good government." This is the wrong comparison to make.

Bihn's insult only demonstrates again how the libs intelligentally, or don't, make their points.

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Lowered expectations

Rep Ted Strickland's partners in the media have alreday begun to play the "Lowered Expectations" line. Mad TV, Fox Television Corp's equivalent to NBC's Saturday Night Live, has a freqent skit on their show, called "Lowered Expectations," where obvious losers, i.e., poorly camoflauged cross-dressers, join a dating service and advertise their talents and yearn for Mr. or Mrs. Right.

Such is what is happening in, e.g., the Columbus Dispatch where the authors show how Strickland beat the odds in 1992 to win a race, lost in '94, surprisingly won in '96, won more convincingly in '98, and now runs in uncontested races. Don't forget about "Mad TV" when reading these stories.

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Waffle, Waffle

On Jan 18, 2005 Ted Strickland (D - 12th) said I will not run for governor.
Last week, 2005 Ted Strickland (D - 12th) said I will not run for governor.
Today 05/06/05 Ted Strickland (D - 12th) said I will run for governor.

Let's see how many more times Rep Strickland can change his mind.

Do not forget his success in endorsing politician. He endorsed Gen. Wesley Clark, claiming Kerry would never look him in the eye. Then Waffle, Waffle, he endorses Kerry and goes hunting (see below) with him just prior to the 2004 election. Then after being quite the partisan Waffle, Waffle, he sponsors a bill forbidding elected officials from making partisan endorsements, a.k.a, Blackwell being the honorary co-chair of Bush's Ohio campaign.

It will surely be a fun elections season with Mayor Coleman, i.e. Stopping rape is not a moral issue but a law-enforcement and school-official area of authority, and ol' Waffle, Waffle.

Joe Hallett and Jonathan Riskand from the May 6th edition of the Columbus Dispatch, page A1, also knock Reid and Clinton for their poor political decisions, when they report that
"His decision also would be a blow to... Senator Hillary Rhodam Rhodam (D - NY) &... Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who has been wooing Strickland to run against Republican Sen. Mike DeWine next year."

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