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Strickland Blames Bush for Ohio Problems
- Filed under: Strickland
- Date: Feb 8,2008
Dear Governor Strickland,
You blame the national economy for Ohio's problems; you complain that D.C. isn't listening to you. Ted, if I may call you that, weren't you part of the Washington establishment? Well that isn't entirely fair sir, you were ranked as one of the most ineffective congressman in all of the House, so that charge may be unfair. This wonderful leadership is exactly what Ohio needs right now. A matter of fact, if everyone just sits around and complains about Washington like you (and plays Keno), everything might just get better!! Maybe you are on to something. We don't need solutions, we just need to blame your former colleagues.
Way to lead, Governor. You are an inspiration to us all. Nice attempt to cover for yourself…..but some states seem to be doing just fine despite Washington. You are well on your way to helping all of Ohio do what you did for your old congressional district. I guess Lee Fisher isn't getting the job does as head of the state development department. Maybe soon you can spread the blame to him as well and sink his ambitions for higher office. If your choice for 2008, Hillary Clinton, doesn't win the Ohio Primary on March 4, you can blame Bush / the DC establishment too.
Soon not only will you be known as an ineffective congressman, but also as an ineffective governor. Quite a feat you will have accomplished by the time you are booted out of office on November 2, 2010. I guess then the question will be this: where will you move to? Will it be your fake residence in Lisbon, your Columbus condo, or your wife's home in Kentucky?
Regards,
Ben Keeler
Matt Hurley at Weapons of Mass Discussion has some thoughts on Strickland's comments as well.
13 Responses for "Strickland Blames Bush for Ohio Problems"
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Strickland was in the minority in the House. In recent times when has the minority party been able to do anything?
Strickland isn't perfect but thats a bad argument.
Anyways, its not easy taking over Ohio after the total mess the years of republican control has left it in.
It is eazy to blame others for a problem you know not how to fix. Looks like someones turn around Ohio plan done spun out of control.
No, Ted Strickland did not inherit a great situation, but he has done nothing. Eventually he is going to have to show some results. Look at Indiana right next to us, their numbers are improving while our's are headed the way of Michigan's. We will be like Michigan soon enough if we keep this kind of "blame others, do nothing" strategy currently employed by Ted.
I blame Clinton!
Strickland is merely throwing out boob bait, trying to position Ohio to vote Democratic in November.
You act like Ted Strickland hasn't done anything. I mean he did manage to give away my social security number.
That's quaint GOP thinking, Ben K. After 16 years of GOP sink-rule in Ohio, Ted is a "do-nothing" guv after 12 whole months, including a bipartisan state budget with a hole worsened by a tanking US economy (oil prices, stock dives, mortgage crisis).
Fixing the Bush economy, stupid, is the main issue of this presidential primary season for both parties…. Heck, even 911 Rudy talked economy stimuli in Florida….or didn't you get the WSJ memo along with your anti-Ted talking points from Bob Bennett's State of the Union blog?
Ted has been governor 13 months.
Hollywood good reminder of the data theft.
OK…It will be 13 months Feb. 13 (Jan. 13, 2007, inaugural).
Another Hollywood reminder: Ken Blackwell posted thousands of SS numbers on his SOS web site in 2006. No disc theft involved… just state-sanctioned public disclosure of SS numbers until Ken removed them after public outcry.
Yes Blue Dog but mine wasn't there, but it was given away by my communist university as well.
Also fixing the Bush economy stupid is a brilliant statement. They are called economic cycles because there are cyclical. The economy is down now, but the last recession prior to this was 2001-02 which many economist think would have been averted had it not been for the September 11th attaks. So we had 10 years of economic growth from 1991-2001 (the 1991 recession was over in March of 1991 but the economy wasn't declared to be out of the recession until December 2002 after the media had convinced Americans the economy was terrible and they got Clinton elected). So if the September 11th attacks had not occured we could be in the middle of 18 year period of economic growth. It wouldn't matter if the country were being run by a democrat, republican, or a libertarian, by the laws of economics we were kind of due for a recession (actually a good libertarian could have probably avoided it).
Thanks Hollywood, but Naw… "Fixing the Bush economy, stupid…" wasn't so brilliant — just a factual observation about the recent debates in both parties and the top issue on minds of voters, according to the exit polls.
Your "cyclical" economic analysis must have been influenced by a professor at your communist university… is that U. of Havana or Beijing?
[...] Ben Keeler wrote an interesting post today on Strickland Blames Bush for Ohio ProblemsHere's a quick excerptIf your choice for 2008, Hillary Clinton, doesn't win the Ohio Primary on March 4, you can blame Bush / the DC establishment too. Soon not only will you be known as an ineffective congressman, but also as an ineffective governor. … [...]
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