Republicans Explain Why Mitt Romney Is So Wrong

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One Smart Coffee Cup for Ohio

Nine days away, Ohio, you know the clear choice for the state and the nation. I know the Browns won by 1 point today, but I know we can do better than that for Obama and Biden on November 6th! Let's do this! (But not just on a coffee cup, and on Twitter, and on Facebook, and on a yard sign, you know, actually at the polls, by actually voting.)

It's that time, Ohio. Let's do this.

Sixteen Days Left

Yes, I know that Joe, the Not-Actual Plumber, is from Ohio, and that Joe, the Not-Actual Taxpayer (according to records), wouldn't pay higher taxes under Obama, despite all that John McCain tries to claim, in another gross and desperate attempt to pretend that McCain is a "friend" to middle and working-class people. "My friend", "my friends", "my old buddy Joe", etc., etc...come on, do you really think Mr. McCain would really be a "friend" to any of us, if given the chance? Maybe he'd put us up in one of his eight (to ten) houses, in quite a friendly gesture.

Ohio, I swear I would forever forgive you for going to the "W." side in 2000, and 2004, if you just do that which i know you're capable of, and rightly motivated to do, and vote for the candidates that actually speak for you, Misters Obama and Biden, on November 4th. Wouldn't that just feel awesome, voting for the candidates that you actually have hopes for, and inspiration about?

The only thing the McCain-Palin campaign truly inspires is hate and division, in a backwards, fear-mongering, classless way, which crassly treats Americans as caricatures of themselves, and caricatures of their beliefs and dreams. Like there's only one kind of American, and if you're not 100% in that moose-hunting helicopter, then you might as well be a terrorist.

I've seen these Palin-McCain rallies; and there's no way Mrs. Cheney/McBush are trying to quell notions of hate and fear-driven politics. It's filthy how they're running this thing, and it certainly isn't patriotic, or American, or "Country First". Notions of "Country First" got thrown out immediately when Mrs. Palin was selected as the next President-in-Waiting, by our Melonoma-suffering 72-year-old. If no one hears that clock tick-tick-ticking, you're simply delusional. What a crass, desperate, and dangerous selection, just for some headlines. Is anybody falling for these parlor tricks?

Any possible points that John McCain may have scored in his career have been completely wiped out by this pathetic, false, and completely dirty campaign. And it really is a shame. What's going on there? Whatever it is, it certainly isn't Presidential.

Ohio deserves a better president, along with every other state. This election can be amazing, if we want to make it amazing.

I want an amazing America. I think I see a good leader for such a thing.

Please, Ohio.

Thinking About Ohio

Let me just start this blog by saying I'm from Ohio.

I spent lots of my formative years in Ohio, from junior high, all the way up until after college. I've fallen in love many times in Ohio, got my college degree in Ohio, and got my first job in Ohio. I still know many people who live in Ohio, happily, and I still can think of no better team to root for than the Cleveland Browns. This one is difficult sometimes, but this is what I do. I learned how to drive in the University of Dayton Arena parking lot, and still get disproportionally excited when I think about the prospects of the upcoming Flyer Basketball season.

Whenever I hear Dayton mentioned in any form of popular culture, I think, Wow! Once, a character on the show "Family Ties" was said to have been found hiding under a school bus in Dayton. Cool! Tornadoes once tore through downtown Dayton on an episode of "The Simpsons".
Alright! My former film and video teacher, Yellow Springs-based Steven Bognar, made a t-shirt design that got honorable mention on the "This American Life" website. No way! And, remember the Dayton Peace Accords? Whoa!

What I hear far too much of, though, is things like the recent list of "Fastest Dying American Cities", which includes, among others, Dayton, Youngstown, Canton, and, yes, Cleveland(?).

I really want to be able to cross back into Ohio sometime, with a clear conscience, without having to think about this person's face.

Man, oh, man, 2000, and 2004, Ohio? Oh, boy. Now, I know there are a lot of circumstances that brought (a little more than half, well, maybe) of Ohio to vote this way in the past, but I really don't think Ohio (and America) can afford it again. I also know that heavily Democratic districts have recently seen reeeeally funny schenanigans come Election Day, and know several folks who waited over 6(!) hours in line to vote last time around (Who can do that?), in a Republican-run Ohio process. I also know that everyone will still have to fight to make sure their vote is actually counted. But it's worth it, Oh, it's worth it, and I have faith.

Birthplace of Aviation, I know you know that you know that the McCain-Palin ticket does not speak for the problems facing you, and that, basically, it is McBush-Alaskan Cheney (minus the experience), all over again. Agents of Change? Come on, we're not falling for that, based on what, exactly?

Ohio needs again to rise up, and be the sensible, proud, and productive self I know it is. I know it's a complicated place politically, but I can't bear to see it die, in a continued economic and civic meltdown. Let's put the "O" back in Ohio, Ohio. I wanna come back, sometime, and show you to my family...