Statement by Youngstown Mayor George M. McKelvey (D) (Democrat for Bush)

George W. Bush ^ | October 4, 2004

[RWR8189]

YOUNGSTOWN, OH – Today, Youngstown Mayor George M. McKelvey (D) issued the following statement on John Kerry's trip to Ohio:

"Ohio voters understand that defending America is of the utmost importance, and Ohio voters aren't going to trust a candidate who says America has to pass a 'global test' before taking action. Giving other countries veto power over our self-defense would cause our nation to drift towards tragedy. Ohioans want a President who takes action, not an international poll. President Bush realizes that our national security decisions must be made in the Oval Office, not foreign capitals."

[AlexPKeaton04]

Could someone compile a list of Democrats who are supporting Bush, I'm sure it would be long.

[DSBull]

You think that this guy has Union support, I don't think so...

[RockinRight]

I heard Mayor McKelvey speak in Cuyahoga Falls, OH at the Bush appearance on Saturday! This man may well be Ohio's own Zell Miller, it was an amazing speech!

[SE Mom]

I don't know anything about Ohio politics...but we know this is a vital state for GWB- this seems like an important endorsement.

[RWR8189]

Democrats for Bush National Steering Committee

Steven Allred Current Member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers* and Former Member of the United Mine Workers of America Labor Union*
WV

Peter Antonacci Commission on Ethics*
FL

Doug Barnard Former Congressman
GA

Bill Batoff Major Democrat Fundraiser, Clinton/Gore State Finance Chair
PA

Paul Berube Pastor
NH

Timothy Binning Vice President for the Daniel J. Edelman Company *
VA

Ken Birdsong State Representative
GA

Barney Bishop President and CEO of the Windsor Group* and Former Executive Director of the Florida Democrat Party
FL

Robert Allen Blankenship Retired Sheriff of Faulkner County
AR

Richard Blewitt President, Rowan and Blewitt, Inc.*
VA

Mike Boggs State Representative
GA

Bill Brewster Former Congressman
OK

Wayne Brown Southern District Transportation Commissioner
MS

Greg Butler Mayor of Morton
MS

David Butler II Mayor of Woodworth
LA

Charlie Capps State Representative
MS

James Lynn Cartlidge Forrest County Supervisor
MS

Bob Crawford Executive Director, Florida Citrus Commission*
FL

Doug Darling Michigan Agriculture Commissioner
MI

Gary Dearman Supervisor of Greene County
MS

David Dermer Mayor of Miami Beach
FL

John Dillingham Dillingham Enterprises *
MO

Duane Dillon Sheriff of Walthall County
MS

Bill Drew Former President of the Milwaukee City Council
WI

Noble Ellington State Senator
LA

Randy Ewing Former State Senate Majority Leader
LA

Johnny Floyd State Representative
GA

Dr. Michael Fortunato Family Physician at Wheeling Hospital*
WV

Paula Galbraith Clerk, Armstrong County
PA

David Gambrell Former U.S. Senator
GA

Sander Gerber Jewish Community Activist
NY

Howard Godwin Highlands County Sheriff
FL

Dick Greco Former Mayor of Tampa
FL

Raymond Earl Greene Private Investment Council/Workforce Investment
PA

Roy E. Hebron Mayor of the City of Ball
LA

Richard Heideman Heideman, Lezell, Nudelman & Kalik, P.C. *
MD

Penny Houston State Representative
GA

Jeanette Jamieson State Representative
GA

Charles Jenkins State Representative
GA

Danny Jordan Union County Supervisor
MS

Dick Kimbler Former President of the United Mine Workers of America Labor Union*
WV

Richard Kyle County Commissioner
PA

Jim Langdon Senior Executive Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP*
DC

Keith Lee Jeppson & Lee/VanCott*, Campaign Manager for former Governor and Senator Richard Bryan of Nevada
NV

Jay Lemoine District Attorney
LA

Brian Lunde Former Executive Director, Democrat National Committee
DC

David Madison Mayor of Bexley
OH

John Joe Martinez Business Owner
NM

Palemon Martinez Taos County Farm and Ranch Organizations Officer
NM

Judi May Mendenhall City Clerk
MS

Paul T. McCommons Vice President of Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police
PA

Charlie McDonald State Representative
LA

Manuel Medina CEO of Terremark *
FL

Cynthia Michaud Assessor for the Town of Albion
ME

Cara Millard Cromwell Vice President for the Daniel J. Edelman Company *
RI

William Miner Northern District Transportation Commissioner
MS

Wayne Mixson Former Governor of Florida
FL

Dan Morrish State Representative
LA

Bill Mosby Alderman of the City of Canton
MS

George Mullen VFW Adjutant, 13th District
PA

J. Brian Munroe Former DNC Senior Staffer
DC

Jim Naugle Mayor of Fort Lauderdale
FL

Geraldine Osborn Former St. Louis City Alderman
MO

Bobby Parham State Representative
GA

Dave Phillips Former North Carolina Secretary of Commerce
NC

Janet Porter Treasurer, Catron County Reserve
NM

William Preismeyer Manatee County Environment and Public Works
FL

Andy Quinn Member, Minnesota Corn Growers Association Board of Directors
MN

Robert Ray State Representative
GA

Ed Roark Bunker Hill Township Supervisor
MI

James Lamar Roberts, Jr. Former State Supreme Court Justice
MS

Carl Rogers State Representative
GA

Larry Ruvo Bush-Cheney ’04 Nevada Finance Chair
NV

Dean Patrick Saunders Former State Representative
FL

Thom Serrani Former Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut
VT

Tim Sheldon State Senator
WA

Chuck Sims State Representative
GA

Lucie Skouteris Small Business Owner
NH

Mike Snow State Representative
GA

Sue Spicer Independent Insurance Contractor for State Farm*
WV

James Stanton Former Congressman
OH

Robin Tallon Former Congressman
SC

James Harold Thompson Former Speaker of the State House
FL

C. Vincent Townsend Past President of the Eastern Panhandle Medical Society* and West Virginia Heart Association*
WV

Larry Townsend Former State Democrat Party Chairman
KY

Kenneth Trentham Former County Commissioner for Bollinger
MO

Steve Uhlfelder University of Florida Regent* and Florida Counsel for Clinton/Gore 1996
FL

Fidel Vargas Former Mayor of Baldwin Park and the current Vice President of Reliant Equity Investors*
CA

Mike Verich Former State Representative
OH

Sterling Watson Gadsden County Commissioner
FL

Whitney Robert White Former Clinton Political Appointee
PA

William White Former Chief of Staff to Senator John Glenn
OH

Virgil Williams Zell Miller’s former Chief of Staff
GA

W.A. Woodham Gadsden County Sheriff
FL

Ernest Wooton State Representative
LA

Angie Wozniak Government Affairs Executive
MN

Daniel Wozniak Former Chief Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals
MN

* Group affiliation listed for identification purposes only and does not imply any endorsement.

[somerville]

Ed Koch, Zell Miller. Who else ?

[DSBull]

I would agree. I was just being funny, though poorly...

[somerville]

Also the Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota

[RockinRight]

Ron Silver (actor)
Ed Koch (ex-NYC mayor)
George McKelvey (mayor of Youngstown, OH)
Zell Miller (GA Senator)
Randy Kelly (mayor of St. Paul, MN)

Possible Bush supporters: (have publicly said they will NOT endorse Kerry) Representative Rodney Alexander (D-LA)
Representative Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Representative Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Representative Dennis Moore (D-KS)

[freespirited]

Ed Koch, Zell Miller. Who else ?

If we can count people other than professional politicians, there's Debra Burlingame, whose brother, Charles "Chic" Burlingame was the pilot of Flight 77 on 9/11.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Rodney Alexander has already switched parties, so he obviously will be supporting Dubya. ;-)

[RockinRight]

Didn't know he'd already switched.

[mykroar]

He was on O'Reilly tonight and really gave great backing to Dubya.

He said he's already voted for him (absentee).

This can only be looked at as a positive IMO.