Be Great Like Erie

This is what I'm wearing today for you, Ohio! Bring it home, and be great. If you're waiting in line, stay in line! They have to let you vote if you're in line, whatever time it is! Ohioans, bring the people in line some donuts!

This counts for you, too, Pennsylvania! And Michigan, and Virginia, and Florida, and, aw, heck, everybody. Don't let billionaires' money count more than your votes.

A President for the 100%

Regarding Obama: Now that's what a President looks like. Can you even imagine Romney doing that? You know, caring and empathizing? You know, with a human being? For the love of humanity, I can't. And other thing: can you imagine Ann Romney in that scene? Are you kidding me?! Oh my goodness, that's laughable! The thought that the Romneys can relate to any of our actual-world problems is disgusting and misguided, America, and you know it.

Four more years of an actual President and First Family to be proud of, Ohio, please.

Care

Yes. Yes it does.

Vote Obama.

Don't Come Around Here No More

Beats me, Buckeyes, beats me.

Dawg Pound for Obama 2012

I don't care if the Browns lost to the original Browns today, Ohio, I'm wearing this with pride. It just looks right with that Obama button, too. I know the lines are long, but keep it up! If we can't win on Sunday, we can sure as heck win on Tuesday! But you gotta keep keepin' on, and bringing your friends, for a couple of more days...

We are too close to back down now, Ohio...Vote it home.

Driving Home This Election: On The U.S. Auto Industry

 

Hi, Ohio. It's me, Mark. I'm from Dayton.

President Obama saved the U.S auto industry. This is very true. I believe 1 in 8 Ohio jobs rely on the auto industry, even after so many of the plants have shut down. I know it's tough. Without Obama, it would have been tougher. And it will be tougher, yet, with those other guys, if you let them slip in. You really think Mitt Romney would ever actually set foot in Ohio if the election didn't count on it? Nah. He "claims" he's a son of Michigan, yet Michigan wants nothing to do with him. That's telling.

Obama: "I knew betting on American workers was the right thing to do."

Romney: "Let Detroit go bankrupt." 

There's a big difference there, Buckeye State. Let's put the "O" back in Ohio.

Even Inanimate Objects Know Obama Is Right For Ohio

Even this scarecrow knows what's up, beloved Ohio! Please, Ohio, VOTE.

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

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...