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“But for a relatively unknown but ambitious politician like FitzGerald, …”
…There may be no such thing as bad publicity. Insinuations and rumor-mongering might not end up being a substitute for actual policy that people want.
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This classic GOP tactic worked better in 1962.
Fitzgerald just needs a bit more zing in his media including tighter shots of raging alcoholic Kasich.
Today, they’re in vapors over the latest revelation that Fitzgerald drove without a license.
This kind of “scandal” points more to Kasich’s desperation than to anything else. He’s even running an ad now talking about his parents’ deaths in a drunk-driving accident. This is the first I’ve heard of this in the however-many years he’s been running for office. That he has to reach that far for sympathy says a lot about the man.
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I appreciate that you are getting around to the real story after having run with this story of a traffic stop involving no actual evidence of actual wrongdoing or immoral conduct for three days as if it was news rather than a transparently planted smear campaign based entirely on smarmy 1950s style innuendo.
And as to that, whatever. It’s August, the time of year when the brains of even the most intelligent political journalists turn to runny shit. But for god’s sake, can we please stop with the “woman who was not his wife” thing? Because a) the last laws making every woman some man’s quasi-property slid off the books of even the most rural states decades ago, b) it’s not intrinsically scandalous to be alone in a car with a woman you’re not married to, even very early/very late, because it turns out Queen Victoria is no longer on the goddamn throne of England, and c) it’s just generally embarrassing.
Thanks.
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Fitzgerald was not drunk, and just had a temporary license which is not even a criminal crime. Republicans in Ohio are desperate to pin anything on Fitzgerald. I think this will backfire on Kasich big time since there are emails asking for the dirt. Kasich is a sad, sad man.
In the meantime, Lake Erie is dying and Kasich and his free-market GOP goons are incapable of bringing about the policies needed to stop it from happening. Proceed Ohioans; proceed.
If FitzGerald is Kennedyesque, it’s not surprising he was found with a women who was not his wife.
Spend some time in Ohio Dylan, and you might see Kasich differently from the Republican talking points you obviously used. Kasich is not a shoe-in, and he can self-destruct with the best of them — but what we are seeing here is the Citizen’s United effect in Ohio. Republican $$ digging up “dirt” on Fitzgerald, and their lackeys at the Cleveland Plain Dealer spreading that dirt to smear the Democratic candidate. The PD has become a joke as a reputable newspaper.
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The giggly puerile adolescent smutty-mindedness is my absolute favorite thing about conservatives. It’s the defining characteristic of College Republicans and it never seems to go away.
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Hey now, they totally agree that it’s a very serous problem, but one whose cause is uncertain, necessitating further research. What more could you ask?
Izzat you Dennis Miller?
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This is Republicans dealing with the important issues that concern voters.
How’s things out in the oily patch these days Hugh?
Yep, that’s our Hugh_Everett all right!