tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91504842011-11-27T19:25:18.761-05:00The Lenny Skutnik of Bloggers </p>My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. -- Ronald Regan Farewell Address--B. Jasper Koolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13093031262884889378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150484.post-33186882843385248822008-01-19T21:41:00.000-05:002008-01-20T00:10:25.832-05:00

Ahh, to have George Burns' victory cigar right now. Alas, it appears that Fred is locked into 3rd. This is not the knockout blow of which he spoke. The best case scenario would be that Huckabee implodes in bitterness over Fred's campaign, e.g., Howard Dean. The MSM picked up on the Huck lost thread.Of course, then Fred would be going back on his word, which would make him no different from the

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CNN puts Freddy-Mac in 3rd, while NRO's Jim Geraghty waxes eloquent on the seeming limits of Fred's appeal. NRO's Campaign Spot talks about some limits on Fred's Success, however turnout will be better than expected. Fred still looks good.Newsday's Tom Brune quotes University of South Caroline analyst Ben Glease saying "I still think things are quite fluid." The article states the usual

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According to Sister Toldjah, the voter turnout in SoCo is low. Early exit voting has McCain & Huckster in the lead. So anyone who wishes to vote will really have to want to vote. They will need to crawl over broken glass to do so. That is the kind of loyalty Fred has inspired. This may catapult him over the top. However, McCain has his supporters too, and the latest polls show Fred in 3rd,

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Even Rush Limbaugh & Richard Land have noticed the big M'o for Fred. Land sees South Carolina as Fred's to lose. Eric Erikson of Human Events sees the arrival of Fred and his hour. I still see a 2nd place finish at best, but hope for better things.

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One of the plethora of slogans in 1980 that helped make Ronald Reagan’s ideas workable was the slogan “no more pale pastels.” He opposed having slogans without any “umph” behind them. To be conservative was to be open and honest about them in the face of the screaming-mimies media. Fred has been accused of having pale pastels. He has no main running theme, just the fact that he’s conservative.

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The Clemson University Palmetto Poll (.pdf) claims McCain leads and Fred's 4th. It has many weaknesses. 1st: it has about a 5% margin of error. 2nd: about half (46%) said they may change their minds during the last 24 hours. 3rd: 17% are still undecided. 4th: the sample size was not “likely voters,” but really only weakly registered (R) voters: “Respondents were chosen… if they voted in at least

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The Huckster seems to be dropping fast. First RCP's SoCo poll avg has him as the only candidate dropping in the polls for the last week. Second, he is making anti-Thompson push-poll phone calls. Third, he just flip-flopped on Amnesty by signing an Anti-amnesty pledge, oh so very late in the primary game.His poll numbers may be worse than they seem. Otherwise, he is trying some bareknuckle

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On CNN Fred talked about the US economy and pushed for a fuel position that keeps us from Saudi caterwauling. His view is thatIt's not in the United States' long-term interest to go hat in hand begging people to do things that in the end we know they're not going to do... What we need to concentrate on is diversifying our own energy sources here in this country and opening up what oil reserves

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Let me add my two cents worth to the debate as to why the Huckster & Paulus have so many votes. Many of my acquaintances are Firm Protestant Calvinists (FPCs). They fit every profile of normality and are totally family-oriented. They do their best to walk the straight-n-narrow and attend two church services, morning and evening, 'bout every week of the year. The FPCs vote mainly to keep Democrats

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According to Zogby & Clemson University it appears as if Fred might only make it to 3rd place in SoCo. Right now he is in a statistical dead heat with Romney for 3rd. Considering that Zoby tends to understimate (R) voters and conservatives, then Thompson might do better in SoCo.RCP's poll avg. put's Thompson rising again, but near Mitt Romney. Thompson may rise high enough to make a surprise 2nd.

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All this talk of Fredmentum reminds me of the old argument that many callers make to talk radio hosts: There are bunches of political and presidential signs in my neighborhood supporting the candidate. I just know he will win. The problem is that sector will vote strongly for the guy, but not many other sectors will. This does show that there is passion for (R) guyTo begin Peter Robinson

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Looks like news of Fred is getting out. Track that to the date when this blog endorsed Fred for POTUS in IA. Human Events endorsed Fred Thompson for (R) nominee. As they say, The Club for Growth has praised Thompson as someone who has a strong commitment to limited government, free enterprise and federalist principles... [We say h]e is solidly pro-life. He said that he was in favor overturning

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A new coach enters the coaching fraternity of a major University, has no ties to the Institution, axes all the assistants (except 1) who had done all the former recruiting, and brings in an entirely new offensive scheme. It's not much of a surprise that the stud quarterback leaves for greener pastures. Rodriguez seems quite confident, which might forebode not the best of things for the recruits

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Maybe it's because he did not receive the airtime of the other candidates, but seemingly the only Voice of Realism has dropped out of the Democratic Primary. Until he dropped back in, mabye. An erie, haunting echo of 1992 airs its head, there being a slight link between he and Ross Perot. Richardson's wacky stance: Iraq troop withdrawl by 2009.As of 12:30 a.m. EST his personal website lists

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"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." So goes the legendary quote of Yankee's catcher Yogi Berra. Thompson has a fork coming in SoCo. It appears from RealClearPolitics that he will finish 4th there in about 12 days, though there is a longshot hope that he will capture and pass Romney. In Michigan, where the West-side (R)s are conservative, Thompson finishes 5th.Perhaps this blog should

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Having endorsed Thompson for Veep, the esteemed Mr. Lowry raises the possibility of the Scarecrow becoming Veep for McCain(RINO). If that's the case, I'm registering as an Independent and will vote 3rd party come November. I can only hold my nose for so long. I already did so in Michigan's 2004 and 2006 Congressional House elections, when U.S. Representative Vernon J. Ehlers was running for

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*Updated* Here are my hard numbers: Got to CNN for other ones. The totals are that out of the nearly 851,000 (850,836)votes possible in NH, about 517,000 (517,226) were cast, which is about a 68% turnout. The Dems got 54.9% (284,050) and the Republicans 45.1% (233,176). Fred Thompson received approximately 1.24% of the (R) total (see kook comment below). This means that this blog is more

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It remains to be seen whether Fred Thompson's NH vote total can score more votes than this blog has gotten hits. So far, he's not winning. On the plus side, he placed second in Wyoming, a Red State, though Romney walloped him by nearly 40%.*One reason why he performed badly, is that he did start way too late to become familiar in a crowded (R) field. Second, he said so many times that he did not

B. Jasper Koolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13093031262884889378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150484.post-31913264488283976882008-01-08T21:18:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:48:31.240-05:00

Sometimes (ok, many times) Microsoft Word annoys me. So many words that should be recalled in their spell-check database are not. The words prissy, buxom, stays (on a corsage), infernal, spindly and hemp do not exist, and these are all words taken from, Johnny Tremain, a winner of the Newberry Award.Fix it Mr. Gates.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We

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It seems to me that the (R) candidates are going about the flip-flopping the wrong way. Q: Who ran for the Senate as a Whig candidate in 1856, as a Republican in 1858, and for President in 1860, having flip-flopped his way to the White House?A: The very same person whose 1860 advisers compromised on a number of stances and when told to stop by him, "Make no contracts that will bind me", said that

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One way I stayed awake while twice driving cross-country was coffee. I drank so much during those trips and during the 2-week holiday season that I have taken the unprecented step of not drinking any for 3 days and counting. However, one item I saw back "home" in G.R. interested me. It was about a rare, expensive brand of 'poo' coffee. Here is a slightly edited version from the local rag, the

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Our endorsement of Fred Thompson helped push him into 3rd place in Iowa. NH is a different mark. Think VP for Fred.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. -- Ronald Regan Farewell Address--

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The power of this blog continues to reverberate. About a year ago, this blog linked Hillary with Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith. Ever since then, Hillary's success has paralleled that of Britney's and Anna's. Ms. Smith has now departed the scene. A foreboding of things political?? Rumors of Mrs. Clinton's exit from the campaign run rampant.As Mrs. Federline continued with her bizarre

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I have now also heard some Ron Paul Radio Ads in Michigan, so the front-runner Romney might be in for a struggle, ala IowaMy friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. -- Ronald Regan Farewell Address--

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There will be very little blogging today as the family drives back home to Northern Colorado from Western Michigan via I-80 through Iowa just after the primary election. Hooray for sleepless nights.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. --

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A front-runner who really isn't, but is, in a way.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. -- Ronald Regan Farewell Address to the Nation --

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There is good news from Iraq. Michael Totten has all the info.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. -- Ronald Regan Farewell Address to the Nation --

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Earlier today, this blog criticized Thompson for his stance on the McCain-Feingold muzzle, while others implicitly did the same thing. Quick, somebody send The Des Moines Register to Sir Fred. My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. -- Ronald

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With the seeming appearance of Hillary cratering in Iowa, it just might happen that the Reagan coalition will not push the any of (R) candidates to victory in Novemnber.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. -- Ronald Regan Farewell Address to

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No sooner does this blog crow about its great stature, than does the truth come out. D-League ball on this ball, while the Big League All-Stars continue to be the movers and shakers, re: Huckabee, Romney & McCain. Alas, at least Thompson has us.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good

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What made New Year's day worthwhile. It's also worth a video recap. Now my team starts afresh with a coach with a cloud of suspicion hovering over him. Hmm, this not portend the best of things, but let us wait and see. Mean while, just savor the vicotors valiant Doug Benc/Getty ImagesMy friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the

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I came home for the holidays back to Michigan. So far have I heard only Mitt Romney on the radio touting how he cut wasteful spending in MA and plans to do more as POTUS. He also is the only one to air TV adds.I always look forward to cheesy campaign adds, which means I disagree with Fred's stance supporting McCain-Feingold. Romney is 2nd best outside of Fred Thompson.My friends: We did it. We

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Classical Greek mythology spoke of Atlas, the god who held up the world on his shoulders, as a punishment. Should he move at all, the whole of earth would be impacted. This blog too as a form of impressment (affects?) US Events. Action: I reported earlier today about the expected marching activities at the Rose Bowl Parade by She-who-shall-not-be-named. Effect: America boos her and Instapundit

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On Jan. 3, vote for Fred Thompson Iowa voters, though Mitt Romney would not be a bad choice for second. Here is a gala of videos about Fred: His own 17-minute pitch, Fox News part 1, Fox News part 2, and CNN's Late Edition. His foreign policy and tax policy give me the most confidence. Mitt seems too much the flip-flopper, though is way better than the others.My friends: We did it. We weren't

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Via Instapundit & Gateway Pundit, we learn that She-who-shall-not-be-named will try to wreck the atmosphere of the Rose Parade and this beautiful football Tuesday. She-who-shall-not-be-named will march in the very last position in the Parade. The war that is opposed by She-who-shall-not-be-named is the very reason that She-who-shall-not-be-named has the freedom to march without fear of death.My

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, important events took place and Dave Barry catalogued them all in the Miami Herald, kinda. Note ye well that the event of the year took place way back 11 months ago in January, when Big Hair bestrode the colossus of T.V. to rage against Big Mouth. Barry quips, 2007 - January... As the debate over Iraq intensifie[d], the eyes of a worried nation turn to another

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In Pakistan the political party of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan People's Party (PPP), is choosing a path to political obscurity. The party members voted to have her 19 yr.-old son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, run the party in the eventual future. They also approved of having her husband operate for the next few years. The Washington Post explains,Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari,

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My mother uses a Nikon Coolpix 5600, 5.1 mp with a 3x zoom that takes mediuim quality pictures and uses rechargeable AA Energizer batteries that very rarely wear out. I keep hearing that the square batteries are better and last longer. I don't like the delay between pressing the picture button and the actual film exposure. We have a Sony 7.2 mp DSC-S650, 3x zoom, with 1000 ISO .Any opinion?

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After a 10 month hiatus, I return and low and behold, the influence of this blog only magnifies with time. 1) Giuliani's campaign is tanking ten months after the post stripped bare the pseudo pro-life credentials of America's mayor. US News and World reports that he is not even contensting in IA, NH or MI, but is waiting to put all his eggs in SC and the Super Tuesday of Feb 5. They write As for

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On my Christmas trip back home, I trekked through Iowa and near I-80 saw a John Edwards campaign sign that seemed quite Freudian.It said http://johnedwardsob.com/. I thought that went beyond the line and was quite offensive, until I got closer and realized it was a campaign slogan that directed me to this website. Humorous. My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference

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Over at the Washington Post's blog Right Matters, renowned conservative and pro-life commentator Ramesh Ponnuru criticizes the Iowa caucus for not representing American in terms of cultural make-up (mainly Caucasian farmers), numbers participation (only 7% of available voters), accuracy (they picked Reagan in '80), and cost-of-living (ethanol).My response is to shrug the shoulders rather than

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I disagree with the American Thinker blogger Kyle Ann-Shiver over what POTUS can do for the pro-life position. She lists 3 main power that a president can use:1) appoint strict-constitutionalist judges2) not veto any any pro-life legislation3)veto any anti-life legislation.Here she errs. POTUS can appoint a soliticer general and an AG who look for cour cases to prosecute in order overturn Roe v.

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JKB is back with an article that one would expect from him: the need for gun freedom vis-a-vis the 2nd Amendment. The historical narrative is especially scintillating.Best wishes to him. However, had he run in the way suggested by Matt Naugle's post-election right-angle blog, he might have won. True enough that TS had serious issues, but in the year of Pelosi/Reid (she should have TIME's man

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The definition of Slow News Day, followed by the bizarre and the strangely fascinating continues to unfold, while the Witch of Endor rides again. Enjoy your day with some decent, weighty reading. I'd not vote for my local guy G.R. Ford, but instead Ronald Reagan.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we

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As Instapundit links to here, the entire US Senate cowed before our blogswarm post about Cinco de Porkbustero. Who knows, maybe the GOP has learned a lesson from their electoral spanking.Fear our blog.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all. --

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Well, well: Porkbusters go international. Let's hope McConnell, Lott, Blunt and Boehner are reading this, [w]e will account for every peso the citizens have given to the government. Transparency and accountability is the responsibility of every democratic government -- Felipe Calderon, Mexican President. However, it would be economically better for Mexican citizens were Calderon's gov'mint to cut

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This makes me happy: my schadenfreude"We've done our part. And as I walk off into the city streets, a final word to the men and women of the Reagan revolution, the men and women across America who for eight years did the work that brought America back.My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger. We made the city freer, and we left her in

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Well, the election is over and my guy lost, big-time. He got walloped, while I did nothing over here. I could give a litany of reasons for bloggin so little, such as grad school, family, church, student-teaching, etc... but in the end, it was apathy, lethargy and a disappointment in what was happening and self-denial in watching the polls not move.I blamed my guy, but now that everything

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An Aug 29 - Sept 5 Zogby Interactive online poll showcases JKB as surging. While the Rasmussen Report said that Blackwell was getting walloped 57 - 32, Zogby has JKB losing 47.5 -41.8. This represents a 20% change in position, +10% for JKB and - 10% for Strickland. If true, then JKB has roared back and the poll does not even consider his commanding debate victory.However, Zogby's interactive

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Steve Hoffman's post-debate commentary in the Sept. 8 Akron Beacon Journal merits consideration. He basically claims that debates have become so scripted and boring that he would rather have one candidate wildly accuse the other of secretly hiring homosexual sympathizers (see 1986 & Republican Rhodes' accusation of Democratic Celeste ). That part of his article can be ignored, since infamous

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JKB has a new education ad up at YouTube (HT Right Angle Blog). I don't know if the ad is especially ground-breaking, but I love the fact that the add works for my 56K modem, downloading video and audio in a snap. I'm such a sucker for any political add, which is why McCain-Feingold bummed me out. There is nothing like Sept/Oct when each new ad labels the opponent as the spawn of rats. Oh

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The first debate between Strickland/Blackwell was held today at noon in Youngstown, OH, on an open topic. The WFMJ 21 news has a complete video of the event. (HT - Right Angle Blog)Click on the Ohio News Network for a summary. The Headline- Ohio Governor Candidates Argue Over Stands on Taxes - favors JKB, since it lets the public know that JKB fought Taft's tax increases. The headline also

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And, in the "Mankind dies without Oxygen" type of headline, the Dayton Daily News posted a Sept. 4 story reporting that Labor Unions have thus far unanimously endorsed Ted Strickland. They have particulary supported him with their money, giving him nearly $700,000 in contributions, which equals about 8-9% of his total 8.5 million collected. The paper errs, saying that TS collected only $6.2

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There are more doubts about Strickland's leadership. Phillip Morris, associate editor of the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer's editorial page, sums up in 604 words, his page B9, August 29 op-ed by querying,[w]ho really cares whether Strickland voted against a constitutional amendment that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman? The far greater issue is, can the man lead? And on that

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Mark Gottlieb predicts in the August 16 Dayton Daily News on page A16 (commentary) about what will happen in the election.Making political predictions at this advanced stage of an election year is way too easy to be considered respectable work. So, herewith a longer-term prediction:If J. Kenneth Blackwell loses the election for governor, he will be back. But if Ted Strickland loses, he's done for

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JKB has shown his leadership skills again by setting up the debates. Even the opposition organ,The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer notes in an August 28, page B7 editorial[w]hen it comes to debate-rigging, Blackwell has called the shots and Strickland has let himself be led around by the nose. That glimpse of Strickland's leadership qualities ought to trouble every one of his supporters.In politics the

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Ted Strickland was busted on Friday, May 19, when he sidled into New York for a fund-raiser hosted by Hillary Rhodam Clinton. To show his deceptiveness, Strickland has said nothing. The May 24 article by Joe Hallet is worth reading in its entirety. It shows the liberal side of Strickland and how his conservativism on guns is fake. Remember the Clintons assaults on the NRA. Hallett writes

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Blackwell's influence is showing in his poll gains but also in his getting laws passed, and only as a candidate for governor.Jim Siegel reported in the Wedneday May 24, 2006 edition of the Columbus Dispatch, page A1, about how JKB influenced the the Ohi0 House, Senate and Governor's mansion to craft modified TEL legislation (more here and here). Siegel writesThe tension and rapid-fire movement

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The Dayton Daily News and AP promote a recent Unniversity of Cinncinati-sponosored poll that shows Blackwell gaining in the polls. This poll of 698 registered Ohio voters has Strickland leading 50 - 44 with 7% undecided/other and a 3.7% margin of error.Both news networks err in two ways: First No numbers were given about how the poll was weighted, i.e., were there more (R), (D) or (I) voters;

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The Dayton Daily News runs a May 10 editorial (free reg req) that hints at Blackwell being a racial sell-out and ends up giving him a good-boy, good-dog pat on the head. The opinion begins by noting that the primary race was free of racial overtones and issues. It notes that most people vote (D) because the (R) party does not address minority issues. After all the racial Nixon adopted the "

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The race card is out after Blackwell's primary victory. The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) ran a May 10 column by Ohio University's Thomas Suddes, wherein Mr. Suddes claims, (via Lexis-Nexis)[i]n the war to define Republicanism in Ohio, Blackwell ran best in counties most open to harangue-from-the-balcony appeals - of, say, a George C. Wallace in 1968 or of the Detroit Catholic "radio priest" Charles

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An AP report (via Lexis-Nexis) on May 8 stongly hints that Ohio's black state Treasurer Jenette Bradley lost because she is black and female. Her white opponenet Sandra O'Brien toured with JKB for the campaign. When Bradley said, "Things like race and gender, they can play both ways... Obviously so, since Ken won and I lost," she strongly implied that her race and gender hurt her, but helped

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Best Easter Message ever seen on the road sign of a church/school: FUNERAL CANCELLED.HE IS RISEN!See Grandville Christian School for more details.Full Disclosure: The Editor is not a member nor a financial supporter of the school. JKB is not a member of nor a contributer to the school. The Editor fully endorses the message.Please e-mail the Editor-in-Chief with any questions.

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Presenting: results from race for Rep. Duke Cunningham's 50th District seat Please e-mail the Editor-in-Chief with any questions.

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JKB leads JP by a 46% - 32% margin, with 22% undecided says a Survey USA poll. The margin of error is 4.8% The T.V.-station-sponsored vote surveyed 436 Likely (R) voters and found that JKB leads in everyage group,income bracket,region andurban/suburban/rural section.He leads in theConservative vote,male vote,any college votegraduated college vote andpost-college training vote.He trails by1% in

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A new Democrat Poll shows Maryland Republican, Michael Steele, getting as much as 44% of the black vote in his run for the US Senate seat of Maryland's Paul Sarbannes.When Steele is matched up against a generic DNC candidate, he gets 22% of the black vote, and in the '02 election he received 13% of the vote. In all three cases he is trending ahead of GWB by 2%, 11%, and 33%, respectively. The

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Tonight the Cleveland Indians take on the ChiSox in the opening game for MLB.I predict the Indians will lose by a score of 6 - 4. The SouthSiders have added a pitcher and JimThome as a slugger. Since Thome played so long for the Indians, he will be motivated both to beat his old team and having spent most of his career hitting AL pitching, he will play like a fish-in-water.Keep uptodate on live

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Blackwell is beating Petro 39% - 28% with 33% undecided. The A.P. published the Columbus Dispatch's mail-in poll of 2,874 Republican and 2,894 Democrats, all of whom were Registered Voters. The margin of error is 2%. The full poll also looked at the remaining races.There are problems with the poll. First, polling Registered Voters is less accurate than likely voters.Second, there are no

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Lyn Nofziger, conservative stalwart and Ronald Reagan aide, died today, Mon., March 27 2005 in Falls Church, VA. He was 81 or 71.Read more in Lynn's obit.HT: NRO's corner - K.J. LopezPlease e-mail the Editor-in-Chief with any questions.

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Jim Petro sure hints that he wants to bolt into the waiting arms of Democratic party. Wanting to be Republican as opposed to being conservative is one thing, but not even wanting to be with the Republican party is quite a different thing, and a bad one at that.Here is photographic evidence: ( l-r) Ted Strickland(D) and Bryan Flannery(D) lunch with Jim Petro(D) at the Canton Forum on Wed 3-22-06.

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*Update: Lessons learned from the tournament:a) The state of Ohio laid an egg - no team made it past the 2nd round.b) The Big Ten totally sucked it up - see above. RPI is no helpc) My final 4 was UConn, UCLA, Duke, Boston College.d) Ignore the East Coast hype - Duke has gone to the last 9 Sweet 16's only to lose 5 out of the last 7.e) Iowa blows chunks.f) Should seen that B.C. would lose to a

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The 3/21/05 Akron-Beacon Journal editorializes about JKB's TEL. The first paragraph coorectly summarizes the TEL's thrust, but the 2nd-paragraph's analysis strikes out. The editorial reads,Blackwell's amendment would reduce budgeting at all levels of government to this formula: a spending increase of 3.5 percent a year or the rate of population growth and inflation, whichever is greater. To go

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The web-site's First Pinocchio Award Winner , James P. Trakkas has dropped out of his political race. He will no longer be Secretary of State. We express our disappointment that this blog was not mentioned as the reason. Apparently we are not ornery enough.Goes to show: we know how to pick 'em.There are thus far Five Pinocchio award winners.Please e-mail the Editor-in-Chief with any questions.

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Read the Associated Press (AP), Dayton Daily News (DDN), Cleveland Plain Dealer (CPD), and The Columbus Dispatch (TCD) to get the impression that Blackwell is runnin' real scar'd of Petro by refusing to debate him publicly. The CPD put Reginald Field's 552-word article on page A1 of its Friday 3/24/06. The DDN put the William Hershey's 436-word article on page B1 of its Friday, March 24, 2006

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Claude Allan is a black conservative traitor, writes Erin Aubry Kaplan in the LA Times (free reg. req.), and he stole because he's black. Expect Blackwell to get the same treatment from the media.Eugene Volokh dstroys the barely-concealed racism of Kaplan. Kaplan's piece inadvertently lets the world know that she is just another patronizing liberal.Eugene Lindgren examines the number of black

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Here's what happens when a Republican who is conservative and black runs for office. The Washington Post hides the following Thur 3/16/06 story of John Wagner on page B4: Lauren B. Weiner, a staff member for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comittee (DSCC), will be indicted by federal prosecutors for fradulently obtaining the credit report of Maryland's Lt. Gov Michael A. Steele. Ms. (Mrs.?)

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Mark Noe of the Columbus Dispatch writes an article both for and against the privacy of public records. The article posits the thesis that Montgomery's audit records of the Noe-BWC-coin scandal should be public as opposed to their current law-protected, private status.Read for another reason why government is not the solution but the problem.Please e-mail the Editor-in-Chief with any questions.

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Peddling influence seems to be a way of life in Ohio: first former speaker Householder; then Taft; next Petro; and, now Blackwell??JKB accused Petro of shakedown techniques on Feb 20 by alleging that after Petro fired some anti-Petro law firms because they would not contribute to his campaign, he turned around and gave the work to firms who had contributed $1.6 million to him. Blackwell claimed

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We're a bit late, but back on January 16, 2006 Congressional Quarterly analyzed Ohio, and said that things were down for the Ohio GOP and up for the DNC. The reasons were Abrahamoff lobbying scandal, Taft golf convictions and GOP apathy which caused a Democrat almost to win.They looked at the governor's race, the senator's race and Ney's congressional seat and came up with this quote “"So you

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Ken Blackwell wants to give away your private information!! This charge is what the Democrats hope will stick, when it comes to the SSNs on Blackwell's SoS website. As Blackwell has pointed out, the option to put the numbers on their was voluntary. However, most people were responsible and kept the SSN off the form. Banks and other financial institutions took the option and put that number on.

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The Pitsburgh Post-Gazette has another article how the GOP is reuniting the party of Abraham Lincoln. There is a profile of Pensylvannia's Lynn Swann, Maryland's Michael Steele, Ohio's Jenette Bradley for state Treasurer, and of course JKB. There is no new information, just a note that Blackwell labelled Petro as having "ethics worse than Taft's."This means that Blackwell's message is sinking in

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Elanor Clift, Newsweek columnist, rows left again. She writes a left-leaning article that recycles the same ol' DNC talking points: The race is the Dems to lose; GOP is anti-gay; Blackwell is a bible-thumper; etc...Read more of Clift "Claven's" article on the MSNBC website.And of course Blackwell gets criticism for leaving the DNC plantation: His political rivals are looking for ways to expose

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Fairfield County (SW Central Ohio) has endorsed Blackwell supporter Steve Elsea for County Commissioner. The County also reprimanded sitting commissioner Mike Kiger by labelling him "not recommeded."Mary Beth Lane of the Columbus Dispatch, D7, provides this brief biography of Elesea:Elsea is a Canal Winchester resident who owns an energy-management business, is on the county GOP executive

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I hadn't wanted to get into this whole ménage à trois of Petro-lawyers-FBI. It seemed to belong unto the more boring aspect of campaigns, the mud-slinging type, wherein each side plays the little boy's game of one-upmanship: you're a meany; you're a double meany head; ... you're a meany head infinity x infinity with a cherry on top. But there is much here. Blackwell's TV adds alledge that the

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As reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the GOP State Central Committee will not publicize a straw poll of committee members showing a gargantuan Blackwell victory, 51 - 16. The poll breaks down this way: first, there is a 40-11 approval of the Blackwell/Petro ticket, rather than Petro/Blackwell ticket; and, 11 favored Blackwell alone, while 5 favored Petro alone.The fallout is that the

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The AP's recent election analysis of Ohio contradicts the claim that Strickland is the man to beat and his lead will put the Dems back into office. In short his candidacy is a Trojan horse for the Dems and Ohio's voters: a seemingly nice gift with great numbers that will be slowly picked apart during political battle. His own internal problems, congressional record and vision for Ohio, will be

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In the intra-party slugfest over who would or would not be Ted Strickland's running mate (Lee Fisher, Peter Lawson Jones or Barbara Sykes), Sykes of Akron agreed to run for state auditor. Fisher is now the VP.Rather than be the party of the Puritaa work ethic, there is a hint of reverse racism in the selecting the Democratic ticket. As recorded by the Columbus Dispatch, Ms. Sykes summed up her

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Two different reports have pointed out that Blackwell's supporters are energized while Petro's campaign is risk-averse, unwilling to take controversial and principled stands.One article describes Blackwell as "fiery" while Petro is taking a wait-and-see attitude towards Blackwell's media adds. The Dayton Daily News (free reg req) quotes the analysis of William Binning, political scientist at

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The cow-bells have spoken: Blackwell for GOP nominee. In Ohio's only open endorsement covention the voters of MIAMI county (NW Ohio) elected JKB by a landslide of approximately 262 - 218 (or 54.47% - 45.53%) at least.Tony Covington, Miami's convention chair, desribed the event as "carry[ing] with it statewide ramifications."Read more about the grand old party at the Dayton Daily News (free reg

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While speaking to the the City Club of Cleveland IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson criticized churches for making "a disturbing amount of intervention" in politics. He declined to state whether the IRS is investigating Rev. Rod Parsley's World Harvest (mega)Church & Rev. Russell Johnson's Fairfield Christian (mega)Church. On Jan. 16 thirty-one Ohio pastors protested the tax-exempt status of

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Joe Blundo in the Cleveland Dispatch's Feb 23rd 2006 edition, page F1, blames the law for Wilson's error. He writes (via Lexis-Nexis)The only news out of the Democratic camp that even comes close involves not Ted Strickland, the front-runner for governor, but Charles Wilson, the man who would like to have Strickland's congressional seat.Wilson seems to have failed to make the ballot because he

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Here's some new information the AP posted this morning about the Strickland's (D - 6th) gaffe (via Lexis-Nexis):Key Democratic House candidate in Ohio doesn't qualify for ballot by David HammerNational Democrats' best hope to hold onto a key U.S. House seat in Ohio failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the party primary. The Columbiana County elections board ruled Wednesday in Lisbon

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The AP is reporting that Charlie Wilson, the man picked by Democrats to replace outgoing Ohio representative Ted Strickland (D - 6th), failed to get enough valid signatures to enter the primary. The final tally was 46 valid, which is 4 short of the required 50.This means that in the 2006 Congressional Elections, the GOP will probably pick up Ted Strickland's seat. The law being what it is, Wilson

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Blackwell's adds have hit their mark. He is getting all kinds of free press from Bennett's statement, Taft's reaction, Petro's delayed statement, National Review's reaction, and free press mentionings.Blackwell opens a door for his opponents and they walk right into it. His adds aim to separate him from Petro, Taft (approval rating 16%) and the Ohio GOP. Taft, Bennett, and Petro willingly did

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Ken Blackwell has new ethics-themed anti-Petro adds out: He produced a 30-sec TV add and a 60-sec radio add. Joe Hallett on page A1 of the Columbus Dispatch's Feb 21st edition gathered together the GOP reaction.Governor Taft's spokesman criticized the adds as "smear tactics". Ohio GOP chair Bennett issued a statement denouncing the adds as "attack adds", "burning down the house", " negative

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On Feb 10 the GOP of Hamilton County (Ohio's soutwestern most county & home to Cincinnati) voted overwhelmingly to endorse Blackwell for Governor. Read more about the event and Petro's weak presentation here.Please e-mail the Editor-in-Chief with any questions.

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The profile that started it all is available at the City Journal. Steve Malanga paints a colorful portrait of Reagan's unlikely heir, who bills himself as "Jesse Jackson's worst nightmare": I am not just an economic being. I have a wider set of beliefs that I follow. With me, you’ll always know what you are getting. You’ll always know where I stand.This detailed biography maps out

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*Update* the e-mail address is up and functioning.***Sorry to have been away for so long but various fires on the homefront, i.e. finances, family, and church used up any available time I had. Now that the financial clouds have broken, there will be more time for blogging. Thanks for your patience.**First our favorite candidate, Mayor Coleman (pictured below), has withdrawn from the race. We

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Sandy Theis and Ted Wendling point out in the Cleveland PlainDealer's October 14, 2005 edition, page B1, that Mayor Coleman has flip-flopped on whether or not to support public morals.This time Coleman initially supported SOS Blackwell's attempt to court values-voters at the "Reformation Ohio" event hosted by tele-evangelist Rod Parley, but then Mayor Coleman (shown below) criticized the SOS. Mr.

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The real reason why John Kerry lost the 2004 Presidential Election!Does this look familiar?Please e-mail the Editor-in-Chief with any questions.

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