2010 Election Results

Patriots.... November 2nd came and we met the challenge head on!  On both fronts, national & statewide, you can be proud of your hard efforts as we work to restore Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government and support of the Free Markets.

Picking up a minimum of 60 House seats (9 still undecided at time of this posting) guarantees Nancy Pelosi will no longer be Speaker of the House! Here in OH, we knocked out 5 Nancy Pelosi puppets from their Congressional seats;

• District 1; Challenger Steve Chabot (R) beat incumbent Steve Driehaus (D) 52% to 45%
• District 6; Challenger Bill Johnson (R) unseated incumbent Charlie Wilson (D) 50% to 45%
• District 15; Challenger Steve Stivers (R) destroyed incumbent Mary Jo Kilroy (D) 54% to 40%
• District 16; Challenger Jim Renacci (R) bested incumbent John Boccieri (D) 52% to 41%
• District 18; Challenger Bob Gibbs (R) trounced incumbent Zack Space (D) 54% to 40%

Rob Portman (R) handily defeated Lt. Governor Lee Fisher for the seat of retiring Senator George Voinovich with 57% to 39%.

In a total takeover of Ohio, the Republicans took every State Office AND won back control of the OH House. Hopefully, presumed to be the next OH House Speaker, Bill Batchelder will be a better leader in the majority than he was as minority leader.

But these newly elected officials must understand this election was not about getting Republicans elected to office as much as it was about getting rid if big spending, big government loving politicians who failed and refused to hear the American public.  They must realize, should they fail to do what they were elected to do -- they too can be replaced.

Failing to "Turn Around Ohio", Ted Strickland was defeated by John Kasich in a hard fought Governor's race. Though it appeared this race should have been a no-brainer, it went down to the wire with Kasich ultimately prevailing over Strickland 49% to 47%.

In the race for OH Attorney General, Mike DeWine (R) carried the day with a slim defeat of incumbent OH AG Dick Cordray (D) 48% to 46%. This race was critical in our fight against Obamacare being repealed. (We will explain why in a later post).

Thwarting the efforts of George Soro's plan to take over the Secretary of State offices, John Husted (R) delivered a crushing blow with a 54% to 40% victory over Maryellen O'Shaughnessy (D) for outgoing Democrat incumbent Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's seat.

In a mud-slinging contest by both sides, OH Rep. Josh Mandell (R) beat out incumbent Kevin Boyce (D) for State Treasurer 55% to 40% and Dave Yost (R) beat David Peppers (D) 50% to 45% for the open State Auditor seat.

While we congratulate the winners, and we will be sending them a message that, "we will be watching you as close as we did the Democrats you defeated," we offer a patriotic tip of a Tri-Corner Hat to the candidates who were unsuccessful in their bids to stop the big government and out-of-control spending incumbents.  We offer the advice of -- run again!  Do not waste the personal investment and hard work of your volunteers.

For a current election map with the results of all the Congress, Senate & Governor races in the U.S. click here. For vote totals & results in Ohio, click here.

Michelle Bachmann 1 / Chris Matthews 0

Chris Matthews and fellow talking onion heads on MSNBC (MSLSD) interviewed Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann after last nights historic over taking of the House by winning at least 58 seats (11 still undecided at the time of this posting). 

Matthews takes a shot a Bachmann asking if she is hypnotized as she stays on message and doesn't take his baited questions.  Bachmann then shoots back that while many in America are thrilled over this victory, Matthews may not feel so "tingly" right now...

Kucinich shows "Phony" Love for the Troops!

Reaching for straws in his attempts to beat back the on coming surge from challenger Peter J. Corrigan for his 10th Congressional seat, Congressman Dennis Kucinich is now trying to act as if he cares about our U.S. Soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. 

Routinely slamming the efforts of our troops, Dennis Kucinich made the following statement about Afghanistan President Karzai’s admission that he receives “bags of cash” from the Iranian government...

“The Karzai regime is so corrupt; it doesn’t even bother to try to hide it anymore. It can’t be voted out of office because the elections are rigged. While Americans struggle to provide for their families, we continue to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to prop up the arrogantly corrupt regime. How bad does it have to get?

 “We know that the War in Afghanistan is longer than any other war America has ever fought. We know that the war has cost U.S. taxpayers more than a trillion dollars. We know that the death toll is rising. We know that more than 1300 Americans have died, thousands more wounded and countless Afghan civilians have died. We know that the civilian death toll is rising, and we know there are fewer than 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan,” said Kucinich.

“What more do we need to know? What part of "Get Out" does the Administration not understand? Our presence in Afghanistan is indefensible. Our soldiers should not have to put their lives on the line for this,” added Kucinich.

Several of Kucinich's statments ring hollow with hypocrisy. 

First, while Kucinich takes issue with Karzai taking bags of cash, Kucinich himself had no problems accepting support and bags of cash in the form of donations from many of the people tied up in the Cuyahoga County corruption scandal.

Second, Kucinich just moved to defund the Afghanistan War and undercut the efforts of our troops.  Which is in line with his obvious disdain for our fighting forces as shown when he refused to visit our troops in 2007 and instead met with Syrian President Bashir Assad. Assad is routinely adored & praised by terrorist groups for allowing them to use his country as a Terrorist Safe Haven.  Then praising Syria for their efforts in the Middle East and with their help in the Iraq War, Kucinich stated our troops were illegally occupying Iraq.

Finally, Kucinich asks, "what part of 'Get Out' does the administration not understand."  Well we would ask, "What part of NO Health Care Reform Bill & NO Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants does Dennis Kucinich not understand?"

Standing in stark contrast with the voters in the 10th Congressional District, Kucinich flip-flopped his stance and voted FOR the Health Care Bill vote and is a strong supporter of Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants.

So it appears besides ridiculing him, the Adminstration ignores Dennis Kucinich the same way he ignores the wishes of the constituents he is supposed to represent.

9th Circus Court of Appeals allows Illegal Immigrants Voting Rights in AZ

In another case from the robed clowns on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, an Arizona law that requires proof of citizenship when registering to vote and proof of identification when casting a ballot was struck down on grounds that it was superseded by the National Voter Registration Act.

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor cast a concurring vote for the opinion which drew praise from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the League of United Latin American Citizens.

GOTV Rally w/ Tea Party Patriot's Co-Founder -- Jenny Beth Martin

As part of the Tea Party Patriots nationwide Get Out the Vote efforts, Jenny Beth Martin, Co-Founder of the Tea Party Patriots, one of the people profiled in Tea Party: The Movie & selected for TIME Magazines Top 100 World's Most Influential People will be stopping in Ohio for a visit on Saturday October 23, 2010.

Jenny Beth Martin was one of about 20 people who took part in the original conference call (convened via Twitter hashtag) in response to Rick Santelli's now famous rant that kicked off the Tea Party movement. Come & meet one of the "real" driving forces behind the Tea Party Patriots & the Tea Party movement sweeping the nation!

• Date: October 23, 2010
• Time: 10:00am
• Location: Shula's II (Click here for map)
• Address: 6200 Quarry Lane Independence, OH

Speakers will be;

• Jenny Beth Martin (Co-Founder Tea Party Patriots)
• Rebecca Hiemlich (Americans For Prosperity / State Coordinator)
• Marianne Gasiecki (Mansfiled Tea Party Patriots / Founder)
• Diana Greenwood (New Ashland Tea Party Patriots / Founder)
• Amy Brighton (Medina Tea Party Patriots / Co-Founder)
• Kat Palmer (Westshore Tea Party)
• Rick Mikesell (Cleveland Conservatives)

 Please RSVP to clevelandteaparty@gmail.com if you plan on attending.

We will conduct a neighborhood canvass in District 10 after the rally. We will pass out literature informing voters in this District on the destructive votes of Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Even if you do not live in District 10 -- please join us in our neighborhood canvass after the event.

Remember Dennis Kucinich's sold all of us out on his vote for Health Care, believes in unabated Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants, and in the face of a $1.3 Trillion Deficit -- believes we need even MORE government spending!

Dennis Kucinich; The Anti-American Congressman Supports Code Pink

As Dennis Kucinich, facing a tough reelection bid against challenger Peter J. Corrigan, and his supporters skip around Cleveland telling everyone how wonderful he is -- you can bet the truth about Dennis is not being told. 

Dennis Kucinich, the top Socialist in Ohio, who recently voted to defund our troops in Afghanistan is also a supporter of groups that work against the national security interests of the United States and lends aid to terrorists targeting our soldiers....

From American Thinker --

Last week, American Thinker published evidence that Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congressmen Henry Waxman (D-CA), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) made it possible in 2004 for Code Pink and other radical groups to deliver $600,000 in cash and supplies to enemy insurgents and their families in Fallujah. Two days later, Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson posted the diplomatic letter Waxman wrote to assist Code Pink's mission.

Waxman's Republican opponent, Korean War veteran and former Marine Chuck Wilkerson, calls the letter a "smoking gun." He adds, " ... to actively assist getting aid to people who killed and wounded Americans on the battlefield is beyond forgiveness. If aid and comfort were given to the enemy, this borders on treason." Wilkerson is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether Waxman is guilty of "aiding and abetting a declared enemy of the United States in a war authorized by the Congress." Attorney General Eric Holder has yet to comment.

Fellow leftists have attempted to defend Code Pink's actions by arguing that the supplies they gave to the insurgents were merely "humanitarian" in nature. The evidence supports a different conclusion. For example, the radical delegation made a point of meeting with associates of radical militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr and other advocates of killing U.S. troops. The supply mission also served as a propaganda coup for U.S. detractors, attracting sympathetic coverage from an array of hostile international media outlets including Al Jazeera and Iranian TV.

Who is Code Pink?
Code Pink presents itself to the public as a group of "Moms" who oppose violence and war. In reality, Code Pink's leaders are not peace activists at all, but dedicated Marxists who for decades have conducted a political war against the American system that targets the U.S. military.

Delivering supplies to America 's enemies is not a new occupation for Code Pink's leaders. Founder Medea Benjamin helped create the Institute for Food and Development Policy in the 1980s to support Nicaragua 's communist dictatorship in its war against the U.S.-backed Contras. Code Pink's Kirsten Moller and Sandra Brim also worked for IFDP. As the director of Medical Aid, Brim even flew an American neurosurgeon to San Salvador to operate on Revolutionary Party Commander Nidia Diaz, who had been wounded in combat. Two months earlier, Diaz's group had claimed responsibility for the murders of four U.S. Marines and nine civilians.

Medea Benjamin also founded Global Exchange, a forerunner to United for Peace and Justice, the vast "anti-war" coalition led by American Communist Party member Leslie Cagan, and helped organize the destructive 1999 riots against the World Trade Organization and capitalism in Seattle . Benjamin and Cagen teamed up again in 2004 to form Iraq Occupation Watch, which quickly opened a center in Baghdad to encourage American troops to defect and desert.

Code Pink's purpose is to reduce the effectiveness of the U.S. military by all possible means. These include denouncing U.S. troops as war criminals and murderers; manufacturing sympathy for enemy states, groups, and combatants; and coordinating activities with those same enemies. The group works to undermine military recruiting efforts and ROTC programs and lobbies to insert anti-military propaganda into U.S. school curricula. At a typical protest in 2007, Code Pink members and their supporters reportedly defaced a Marine recruiting center in Berkeley with signs slandering our Marines as "traitors" and "assassins."

Perhaps the most contemptible aspect of Code Pink's anti-military jihad has been its relentless harassment of wounded troops at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington , D.C. The group has held dozens of protests in front of the Army Medical Center , loudly chanting slogans and waving signs with thoughtful messages such as "Maimed for Lies." They also lined the sidewalk with a row of mock caskets. Most of Code Pink's hospital demonstrations have been held on Friday evenings, when the recovering soldiers are being visited by their parents, spouses, and children.

Why Fallujah?

Since "humanitarian aid" could have been delivered to any of a dozen war-torn cities in Iraq , why did the leaders of Code Pink and their fellow radicals choose Fallujah?

In late 2004, Fallujah was the last major stronghold of organized resistance to the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq . Long known as a hotbed of insurgent activity, this was the city whose residents had murdered four Blackwater USA security guards the previous March, burned and mutilated their bodies, and strung up two of the corpses on a bridge as a display.

The first attempt in 2004 to control the city had failed, and by November the stage was set for a major military engagement that would cost fifty-one Americans their lives and wound another 560. Such was the environment that inspired Code Pink to collect supplies and cash to support what Medea Benjamin openly described as "the other side."

The evidence clearly indicates that Code Pink's mission gave aid and comfort to America 's wartime enemies in Fallujah, a clear-cut act of sedition made possible by the group's allies in Congress -- Democrats Barbara Boxer, Henry Waxman, Raul Grijalva, and Dennis Kucinich.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/an_enemy_within_code_pink_and.html

Action Alert: Poll Watchers Needed in OH by Monday

ACTION ALERT

Greetings fellow Patriots,

We are in need of volunteers to be poll watchers on Election day to ensure integrity and also to help Get Out the Vote (GOTV)!

We are calling all Florida and Ohio volunteers to sign up by Monday, October 18, 2010 in order to meet the deadline. We need volunteers in other states, but the priority this weekend is to sign up if you are in Ohio or Florida.  (Click here to volunteer)

Tea Party Patriots powered by our friends at Let Freedom Ring are looking for super-volunteers who will be technology-empowered poll watchers helping turnout every single Tea-Party friendly voter and bringing sunlight and accountability into the polling place on Election Day.

With our GOTV test program we need super-volunteers with either a smart-phone or internet connected lap top to take a four hour shift at polls in one of 21 congressional districts in 8 key states. We need volunteers in all fifty states who can focus on voting integrity.

Sign Up Today Using This Form (Click Here)and you will be able to get trained on-line and use our one-of-a-kind Tea Party patented Poll Watching web program.

Come blaze a trail this year with us that will be talked about for decades to come. Come make history with us on Election Day.

We need super-volunteer poll watchers to help with our GOTV program in the following locations:

(All States and all Congressional Districts need Voting Integrity Poll Watchers):

• OHIO: 1, 15, 16, 18
• CALIFORNIA: 11
• DELAWARE: Statewide
• FLORIDA: 2, 8, 22, 24
• ILLINOIS: 11, 14
• NEVADA: 3
• NEW YORK: 19, 20, 24, 29
• PENN. 3, 8, 10, 11

If you are interested, please remember you must sign up by this Monday October 18.

AFP National Neighborhood Canvassing Day II

Dear Friend,

Our National Neighborhood Canvassing Day on October 2nd was a great success in Ohio. We spread the word to about 3,600 households about their elected official’s big government votes. Even more activists volunteered to spread the word through their communities last week at our November Is Coming bus tour stops.

We have great momentum going, and we have to keep it up, so that everyone knows how their elected officials have been voting. Please join us again this Saturday for another neighborhood canvassing day. Please check out the locations below to find out where you can pick up neighborhood walking maps and literature to distribute in your community.

CINCINNATI -
(to get the word out that Steve Driehaus’s votes are bankrupting America)

When: this Saturday, Oct. 16, pick up walking lists between 9:00am and 11:00am and meet back for pizza around 12:00pm

Where: Pick up walking lists at Clippard Instruments parking lot, 7390 Colerain Avenue, near Banning & Colerain Ave. next to the Sunoco station, and then meet back for pizza at White Oak LaRosa’s, 5800 Cheviot Road in the White Oak Shopping Center.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE -
(to get the word out that Charlie Wilson’s and Zack Space’s votes are bankrupting America)

When: this Saturday, Oct. 16, 10:00am
Where: Sippers Cafe, 165 East Main Street

GREATER CLEVELAND AREA -
(to get the word out that Betty Sutton’s votes are bankrupting America)

When: this Saturday, Oct. 16, 9:00am
Where: The Courtyard Cafe, Brecksville Shopping Center, 7600 Chippewa Road (route 82), Brecksville, Ohio 44141 (just east of the intersection of routes 82 and 21, map)

ASHLAND -
(to get the word out that John Boccieri’s votes are bankrupting America)

When: this Saturday, Oct. 16, 12:15pm
Where: Commissioners Park, on the corner of Main Street and Claremont Avenue

BAINBRIDGE -
(to get the word out that Zack Space’s votes are bankrupting America)

When: this Saturday, 10am to 7pm
Where: Ohio’s First Capitol Tea Party Booth at the Fall Festival of Leaves in Bainbridge, 200 North Maple, Bainbridge, Ohio, 45601 (you can pick up walk maps and literature this Friday and Sunday too

COLUMBUS (meeting this Sunday, instead of Saturday) -
(to get the word out that Mary Jo Kilroy’s votes are bankrupting America)

President Obama will be at the Oval at OSU this Sunday evening, October 17th. Americans for Prosperity will be joining Young Americans for Liberty and the Columbus Tea Party in showing opposition for President Obama’s big government agenda. We will be announcing the meeting time and location in the next couple of days. Please join us this Sunday in opposing President Obama’s agenda and pick up neighborhood walking lists and literature.

Thank you,

Rebecca Heimlich
Ohio State Director
Americans for Prosperity

Cleveland Tea Party Patriots 2010 Voter Guide

Please Click Here for the CTPP 2010 Voter Guide 



Reason #973, 526 You Should Vote on November 2nd

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ON NOVEMBER 2ND

Kucinich Wants to Cut Funding for our Troops in Afghanistan

The former boy Mayor of Cleveland who wanted to be President wants to cut funding for our troops in Afghanistan....

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who previously forced a vote in the House to stop the war in Afghanistan from spilling over the border into Pakistan, today renewed his calls for Congress to explicitly cut off funding in the region after the Associated Press (AP) reported that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) helicopters attacked Pakistani troops at a border crossing. The Pakistani troops, who were in uniforms similar to the local civilian population, are among the same troops being trained by the United States. According to the AP, they were ordered to stop supply trucks attempting to cross the Torkham border post.

“NATO troops have attacked Pakistan, attacked an ally for the simple offense of refusing NATO forces to expand the war into their sovereign nation,” said Kucinich. “Last night, in the middle of the night, Congress passed a Continuing Resolution that included Pakistan counterinsurgency funds. Those funds are for our troops to operate in Pakistan, and to train Pakistan’s military and Pakistan’s Frontier Corps. We are killing the same troops we claim to be helping.

“We cannot afford to continue the status quo in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. Our counterinsurgency strategy places our troops and our national security in great peril. The truth is that we cannot afford these wars. We cannot afford an open-ended commitment to wars that have done nothing to further our security or moral standing in the world. The American people cannot afford to have Congress allocate vital resources under the façade of nation-building overseas, especially while people here at home have such urgent unmet economic needs. Congress must take its Congressional responsibility seriously. We have not declared war on Pakistan and we must cut off military funding immediately,” said Kucinich.

Knowing Kucinich has no problem selling out our troops in harms way, should we have been surprised when he flip-flopped and voted for the Heatlh Care bill selling out the people in District 10 for a bag of peanuts and a ride on Air Force One?

Kucinich is facing Peter J. Corrigan in his bid for reelection. 

The Plain Dealer Endorses Rob Portman for U.S. Senate

In the race for OH's next U.S. Senator the Plain Dealer has endorsed Rob Portman over Lee Fisher, Ohio's current Lt. Governor. With Fisher being Lt. Governor, he shares half the responsibility for the failed policies of the Strickland Adminstration.

From the PD --

One of the state's most important contests this fall turns out to be an easy call: Rob Portman ought to be Ohio's next U.S. senator.

Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Portman's Democratic opponent in the contest to replace the retiring George Voinovich, is a talented and smart public servant who's long appeared to have a clear compass about Northeast Ohio's needs and the state's economic development agenda in general. Yet after listening to both candidates for months now and watching how each man has conducted his campaign, there is no doubt that Republican Portman, 54, is better prepared to represent these interests as well as to tackle the weighty national issues that will come before the Senate.

Campaigning seriously since last year, Portman has devoted large chunks of time to doing what all politicians claim to do -- and what serious policymakers really do: listening. That has given him an impressive understanding of the issues, especially those related to the economy, that trouble Ohioans.

In branching out beyond the comfort zone of his old congressional district and his party's southern Ohio stronghold, Portman has in many ways duplicated what Ohio's soon-to-be senior senator, Sherrod Brown, did four years ago in his return to the statewide stage.

The comparison to Brown may unsettle admirers of both men. Portman's approach to most issues is as predictably conservative as Brown's is liberal. But for all the focus on Capitol Hill ideological gridlock, a lot of a senator's work involves seeking practical solutions to specific local concerns. That starts with listening. If Brown and Portman can put their partisan differences aside -- and Portman's House record and temperament suggest he can -- they could be useful allies to advance Ohio interests.

Portman also would serve the state well if he resists -- as Voinovich sometimes did -- the siren call of blind party loyalty. Simply opposing every idea from the Obama White House or its Democratic allies is no way to govern. If elected, Portman needs to be a responsible critic -- one who offers meaningful alternatives and tries to discover common ground on issues such as containing health care costs or trimming the federal deficit. The way he has run his campaign -- in an old-school "senatorial" fashion -- offers hope that he would do just that.

Even a few months ago, we might have said the same about Fisher. But Fisher's campaign for the Senate -- an effort we supported in his primary against Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner -- has been a profound disappointment.

In the 1990s, Fisher was an advocate of Bill Clinton's "third way" approach and campaigned as a moderate New Democrat. As Gov. Ted Strickland's development director until he surrendered that hat to run for the Senate, Fisher cultivated a pro-business image. That's why we have so much trouble recognizing the candidate who's running for the Senate by bashing foreign trade and clinging to the party line at every turn. It's a cookie-cutter approach Democrats around the country are using. It not only doesn't fit Fisher very well, it also revives the old criticism that he is a political chameleon.

Portman for his part takes a few raps from some quarters for having served as President George W. Bush's trade representative and budget director, resigning in the summer of 2007 -- when the storm clouds of recession were just gathering. But instead of being a handicap, his economic experience has become a plus -- as have his years of being a policy wonk in the first Bush White House and earlier and as a member of the House of Representatives from suburban Cincinnati for 12 years.

The best choice for Ohio is to elect Rob Portman to the Senate.

While considering the above PD endorsement of Portman, please be mindful that Lee Fisher, at a recent fundraiser, stated he supports the DREAM Act and Immigration Reform (AKA: Amnesty).

Plus, while many of us were honoring the fallen from the terrorist attacks on 9/11 -- candidate Fisher was out hosting a fundraiser instead of remembering this fateful day in our country's history.

This post is not a CTPP endorsement of any candidate.

We encourage everyone to be a free-thinking, sovereign-minded & educated voter.

The Plain Dealer Endorses John Kasich for OH Governor

Seeing that current Governor of OH, Ted Strickland, has delivered us a +10% unemployment rate in OH, a State Budget that has an estimated $8 Billion bust and, in his own words, described his 4 year term as Governor as a failure for not fixing school funding in Ohio, should we be shocked to see the PD endorse John Kasich for OH's next Governor?

From the PD --

Ohio voters face a daunting choice on Nov. 2: Who should lead this recession-battered state for the next four years?

Incumbent Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland is a decent and honorable son of Appalachian Ohio who promises a steady, if unspectacular, course through the rough seas ahead. He is clearly the safe bet, unlikely to either make a big mistake or bring about big change.

His Republican challenger, John Kasich, is a former congressman from suburban Columbus given to Reagan-style optimism and bold, sometimes questionable, ideas. He is just as clearly the wild card, eager to shake up the status quo and even challenge his own party, but also capable of talking himself right off a cliff.

The easy option would be to endorse Strickland, a dutiful caretaker steeped in public policy minutiae. At least you know what you'd get. But therein lies the problem.

Strickland, 69, suffers from limited imagination and political timidity; at times, he seems almost shellshocked by the loss of 400,000 jobs on his watch. He told The Toledo Blade last week that his administration should have moved faster to prevent Ohio businesses from fleeing to other states. He has consistently mistaken talk for action, produced budgets held together with bubble gum and twine and allowed his team to adopt a siege mentality. He stumbled badly on gambling, treated Ohio's cities as stepchildren and, in a shameful kowtow to his union allies, waged war on effective charter schools.

Even when his heart and mind are in the right place, Strickland can't or won't be daring. He ran for governor in 2006 -- with this editorial page's support -- promising to overhaul public education. After more than two years of study, he unveiled a blueprint for Ohio's classrooms that fobbed off many of the toughest decisions, including how to pay for it all, on some future administration.

Add to those disappointments Strickland's relentlessly negative campaign, his inability to articulate a vision for the state and the ennui that overtakes most lame-duck administrations, and there's little reason for excitement about Ohio's future under his leadership.

Kasich, 58, offers Ohio something it hasn't felt from its governor since the early days of Richard Celeste: a quickened pulse. Alternately arrogant and charming, Kasich can make a not-terribly-unconventional idea such as privatizing parts of the Department of Development -- it's been done elsewhere without triggering either a gold rush or a plague of locusts -- sound like a call to revolution.

But here's what's scary about Kasich: With his Red Bull style, it is sometimes hard to tell what's core belief, what's hot air and whether even he knows the difference. When Kasich praises Ohio's innovative Third Frontier effort, he still says things that suggest he doesn't understand or care how it works. Or listen to him talk about phasing out Ohio's income tax, reducing the state's commitment to public schools or even making university professors work harder. Does he understand that being a Fox News provocateur is not the same as being the leader of a diverse, complex state?

But then consider the needs of this state. Ohio needs to jumpstart an economy that was struggling even before the Great Recession. It needs to convince skeptical investors that its many assets -- top-shelf colleges and research institutions, solid transportation infrastructure, abundant freshwater, a Midwestern work ethic and a revamped tax code -- matter more than its reputation for stodginess and conflict. It needs to convince its ambitious young people that this is a great place to dream, innovate and achieve. And, for now anyway, it needs to do it all while digging out of a giant budget hole.

A can-do, roll-the-dice mindset just might enable Ohio to regain its self-confidence and sell itself to the world. Kasich has it; nice guy Ted Strickland never will.

Kasich showed, as House Budget chair the last time Washington used black ink, that he could cross partisan lines and get results. He also showed in Congress that although he is personally conservative, he has no time for divisive hot-button tactics; Ohio doesn't, either.

So we recommend John Richard Kasich for governor. With trepidation to be sure, but also with a belief that Ohio must take a risk to reap the rewards its citizens sorely need.

With Kasich having former OH Auditor Mary Taylor as his running mate, if elected, fiscal responsibilty should be a cornerstone of their term.  In her term as State Auditor, Taylor saved OH untold amounts of money.

This post is not an endorsement of any candidate. 

We encourage everyone to be a free-thinking, sovereign-minded & educated voter.

Strickland Supporter Dumps Hot Coffee On Iraqi War Veteran

When Ohio Democrat Party Chairman Chris Redfern calls Tea Party people "F******" & Ted Strickland goes off on a Howard Dean type rant against the Tea Parties for highlighting his failures as Governor, does it surprise you one of their supporters would attack an Iraqi War Veteran?

From Right Ohio --

Yesterday, we saw a Democrat take the extreme, us-vs.-them rhetoric of of President Obama and Gov. Strickland and dump scalding hot coffee down the back of an Iraq war veteran working for the Republican Governors Association as a video tracker:

Strickland & Redfern have yet to denounce this behavior from their supporters.  But notice Lee Fisher in the background of the above video.  Lee Fisher, the Lt. Governor who is running for the U.S. Senate against Rob Portman, has yet to come out against this attack on an Iraqi War Veteran.

But Fisher's silence on this attack should come as no surprise... as instead of honoring the fallen of the World Trade Center, Pentagon & Flight 193 terrorist attack, Lee Fisher held a fundraiser on 9/11.  So for Fisher... what is a little cup of hot coffee on an American hero.

Obamunists vs. Sovereign Individuals

Patriots,

I would like to introduce you to a friend of Tea Party people and defenders of Liberty across the United States -- Hambo. Hambo is a sharp-tongued, quick-witted guardian of truth over our Constitution, freedom and liberty.

After reading the below post you will see why Hambo's talent of patriotic penmanship is usually considered "pagan prose" by the left & korrectnik's of the world.

From Hambo --

With the election looming large on the near horizon, this is a perfect time to dust off this rant which delineates the stark differences between Sovereign Individuals and the Obamunists.

If America’s political system is like a marriage, we seem headed for a bitterly contested divorce. The two sides only share one thing, an unrelenting hostility for each other. For the purposes of this rant, I’ll call these warring parties Obamunists and Sovereign Individuals.

To show how far apart the two sides have drifted, here are a few bones of contention:

Item 1:

Sovereign Individuals believe that the primary purpose of government is to create an environment which maximizes individual liberty. Sovereign individuals call this ‘an equality of opportunity’.

Obamunists believe that the primary purpose of government is to impose an equality of results through the coercive power of the Nanny State.

Item 2:

Sovereign Individuals believe in the U.S. Constitution, as the Founding Fathers intended it: a document which sets strict, non-negotiable limits on the Nanny State, by clearly delineating the government’s limited powers.

Obamunists view the U.S. Constitution as an archaic relic of America’s ignoble, white racist past which needs to be abolished, to unleash the full, coercive power of the Nanny State.

Item 3:

Sovereign Individuals, as their name implies, believe that the basic unit of American political life is the individual. America is/was created to maximize INDIVIDUAL liberty. Under this philosophy, all individuals are, in the eyes of the government, created equal.

Obamunists believe that the basic unit of American political life is the group. Under their scheme, the Nanny State pigeonholes Americans using immutable traits and/or lifestyle choices. Under this Orwellian scheme, some - depending on how the Nanny State ranks a given group - are more equal than others.

Item 4:

Sovereign Individuals believe that wealth is dynamic and is only limited by the intelligence and hard work put in by sovereign individuals who strive to maximize their potential.

Obamunists believe that wealth is a static commodity which must be controlled, redistributed, by the Nanny State.

Item 5:

Sovereign Individuals believe that each individual is, must be, accountable for his, her, hisher, or its own actions.

Obamunists are convinced that dark forces - racists, capitalist, sexists, homophobes - are constantly conspiring against them.

Item 6:

Sovereign Individuals believe that they, and they alone, are the best, the only, ones who have the right, the power, to decide how to conduct their own life and dispense with their own property.

Obamunists know how pathetic they are and have convinced themselves that they’re too stupid, too inept to conduct their own life. Since misery loves company, they insist that the Nanny State run everyone’s life, including those smartass Sovereign Individuals.

I could continue, but you get the idea.

The good news is that, if Sovereign Individuals prevail, the worst that will happen is that Obamunists will lose their bogus, group-specific, rights and will be forced to fend for themselves as GASP individuals.

The bad news is that Obamunists greatly outnumber the Sovereign Individual and are using Nanny State coercion to, systematically, strip Sovereign Individuals of their inalienable individual liberty birthright.

This Sovereign Individual thinks it’s time for a political divorce, a nasty process which must, necessarily, divide the community property - America. Sovereign Individuals would move to their portion of America and restore the kind of government, the bastion of individual liberty, that the Founding Fathers created. The Obamunists would be free to devour each other, when they discover that all the achievers live in the Sovereign Individual part of America.

 
Now let's Remember November!

Top 20 Reasons for Voting this November!

Get Out the Vote! (Video)

Get out the Vote video from the Mansfield Tea Party Patriots --

10th District Debate: Corrigan vs. Kucinich

The City Club of Cleveland is hosting an Open Debate for the 10th Congressional District of OH.  Candidate Peter Corrigan will square off against Congressman Dennis Kucinich on October 12th.

Yes, this is the same Congressman Dennis Kucinich that;

• Sold out his constituents & supported the Health Care Bill for a bag of peanuts and a ride on Air Force One.
• Claimed he cares about the elderly then voted for the Health Care Bill that will gut Medicaid & Medicare.
• Refused to visit our troops on a trip to the Mid-East and instead met with a known terrorist. 

Details below:

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 at Noon-1:30 $25 for non-members

City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Ave., 2nd Floor
The City Club Building
Cleveland, OH 44114

Tickets will be going fast for the opportunity to watch Congressman Kucinich finally face up & answer to his constituents for his support of the leftist agenda out of Washington. For Reservations call 216-621-0082 or 888-223-6786 (out of area callers).

Tea Party Patriots (OH) issue statement on ODP Chairman Chris Redfern

From the Tea Party Patriots (OH) --

For Immediate Release

September 25, 2010

This is in response to Ohio Democrat Party Chairman Chris Redfern’s uncomplimentary description of the Tea Party movement in Ohio (Click for Video) and Governor Strickland’s recent Howard Dean-like anti-Tea Party tirade (Click for Video).

First, we would like to thank them both for acknowledging the hard work of the Tea Party movement in educating Ohio voters on the failed policies of the Strickland Administration, and of Redfern's reign as Chairman of the Ohio Democrat Party. In describing the Tea Party movement in Ohio as, “F***ers,” the ODP Chairman has publicly called what many state party chairmen, Democrat & Republican alike, have been whispering under their breath about the Tea Party movement for over a year now.

While we do not agree with ODP Chairman Redfern's locker room behavior and potty-mouthed insults, we understand his frustration with the Tea Party as he tries in a fairy tale-like manner to spin "straw," i.e., four years of failed policies, into "gold." He has nothing to spin but wet straw from a state budget deficit of $8 billion, one of the least business-friendly states in the U.S., an unemployment rate of 10.1% , and job losses reaching over 380,000. Furthermore, over 75% of Ohioans think that Strickland's top priority, fixing school funding, has likewise been a failure.

Chairman Redfern's frustration ultimately comes from a more informed electorate, thanks to the Tea Party Patriots movement in Ohio. He reinforced that fact when he responded to calls for apologies from around the state. Rather than apologize for his outburst, he did what those with nothing but a record of failures do – he became even more juvenile in his response by issuing a fund raising letter with the following:

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Unlike some calling for discussions or requesting an apology from ODP Chairman Redfern for his remarks, the Tea Party Patriot groups in Ohio feel there is nothing to discuss and we will speak loudly with our actions on November 2^nd.  As for requesting an apology – we figure he owes that to the residents of Ohio.

Thank You,

Scott Boston / Bowling Green TPP
Marianne Gasiecki / Mansfield TPP
Amy Brighton / Medina TPP
Ralph King / Cleveland TPP

Tea Party Patriots (OH)
State Coordinator Team

Biden Says, "Tea Party is Good for Democrats" & Guarantees Winning House & Senate

Poor Joe doesn't realize his dwindling constituency is slowly becoming nothing more than the radical progressives and liberals out there in lefty land. 

Many JFK type Democrats & Reagan Democrats are feeling deserted by how their long cherished political party has turned more into a patio party for progressive policies & out of control spending are starting to identify with the Tea Party movement.

From The Hill -- (emphasis added)

Biden, speaking at a fundraiser in Chevy Chase, Md., for Sen. Barbara Mikulski, said the energy of the Tea Party might inspire a lethargic Democratic base to turn out and vote in November.

“Maybe the best thing to happen to us lately is the Tea Party wins," Biden said. "Maybe it’ll shake some of our constituency out of their lethargy.”

The vice president also offered a "guarantee" that Democrats will defy predictions and maintain control of the House.


“I guarantee you we’re going to have a majority in the House and a majority in the Senate. I absolutely believe that,” Biden said.

The vice president conceded that voters are "angry against whoever is in power," but he said that Democrats “have a heck of a record, a heck of a positive record to run on."

Yeah.... awesome record Mr. Vice President! 

With unemployment as it is, our oh-so dandy economic outlook, who knows how many $???? trillion debt, rising health insurance premiums, out-of-control spending, the stampeding of the Constitution & our rights, trying to pass back door legislation, issuing edicts through regulation, and a government growing almost as large as our Presidents head --  you & your progressive pals should have no problem being voted into the Hall of Political Failures!