I hope Ryan wins… but from my memory… Ohio is as red as it gets in most of the state. In Butler county where I grew up it was Boehner country. The local democrats didn’t bother to field a candidate sometimes to oppose John. I can use first names cuz I know other members of that family.
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Solace, no. Agreed. But they, and their philosophy, are the source at root cause and this cannot be repeated enough because the lies of the source of this pain are repeated ad nauseum.
Agreed, i suggest this is because they learned the wrong lesson from Reagan’s big electoral wins.
Remember when no one would admit being liberal?
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Timmy’s more tied than behind the HillBilly…yet, the commentary seems to insinuate that he will lose.
Really?
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A lot of the wounds to American industry were self-inflicted. Out of college I went to work for GE, where manufacturing was king - light bulbs, appliances, semiconductors, steam and gas turbines, locomotives, satellites, jet engines, you name it. Then along came “Neutron Jack” Welch, who systematically closed factories, shed businesses, cut the labor force, and focussed on . . . finance.
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“May a hundred centrist flowers blossom!”
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Yes, but he is messaging as a working-class populist and not a liberal, which gives him a chance.
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The media wants a divided government in hopes republican antics for ratings
As a business first it’s their fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders.
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Which are not exactly different, but a better fit a phrasing for his constituency.
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The last time I saw Tim on O’Donnell’s show, he was ebullient about his chances. Most of his talking was about deeds and actions for the people of Ohio.
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My buddy went to GE out of engineering school and stayed there 30 years, mostly at the lamp factory in Warren, Ohio. Then they got in trouble trying to unwind all their financial business that got hit in 2008 and they bought him out in an early retirement. Remember, they received a sizable bailout as one of the largest financial entities. A single financial entity they spun off a decade ago went for $200 billion.
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In all fairness, we did spend the 1980s in the political wilderness while Reaganomics reshaped the country and the political landscape.
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I am hoping he can win against that stuffed suit Vance.
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I lasted about 6 months, just not the place for me.
Yeah, not sure where all that bailout money went. but the company is in deep shit now.
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What did you do there?
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I know the term is more accurate than not these days…but it connotes messaging and slant more than the terms The Press or Journalist
And, in these times, we do not need propaganda.
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EE, worked in manufacturing, in a management training program. But I was bored and decided I wanted to design and build stuff. Still doing that more than 40 years later.
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Yes, I recall that options seemed really limited.
Finding an effective adaptation to what to all appearances was a hostile environment became the goal.
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But even at their worst the Republicans of that time were not like this:
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Needs to be exposed to as many people as possible
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If we’re talking about folks who really have no business in government service, I can’t argue with that.
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