My comments were with respect to the mental stability of the originator of this thread, as his posts demonstrate a notable lack thereof. No one is calling Rep. Schmidt the best or most effective member of Congress, only that her lone opponent is a failed gadfly who needlessly lost, through his own actions (as being one of the biggest check-kiters of the early '90s), a safe GOP seat that was won by the 'Rat standard-bearer for Governor this year (whom, if he wins, will owe Mr. McEwen a considerable debt of gratitude for putting him on the road to victory).
Were the aforementioned poster to back a more ethical and respectable candidate instead of an obsessed-to-win loser, he might be on to something. As it stands, he comes on here regularly to attack the Congresswoman in an irrational and pathological manner, posting half-truths and innuendoes (and now, old garbage like this) to try to bolster the candidacy of a damaged individual that could cost us this seat in November, and I feel that the woman is at least deserving of a modest amount of respect and defense.
The subject poster has now distanced itself from McEwen. Cheers.
The district McEwen lost in 1992 was one of the most swing Congressional seats in the entire country. Strickland won by 2% in 1992, lost by 2% in 1994, and won by 2% in 1996. By comparison, Ohio-2 gave John Kerry only 33% of the vote, yet Schmidt nearly lost it to a political neophyte who is as nearly mentally unstable as she is. If it was merely a solid Republican district instead of a very solid one, Schmidt would have lost it.
And if you want to talk about ethics, even there McEwen has it all over Schmidt.
http://www.dispatch.com/topstory.php?story=dispatch/2005/07/08/20050708-B1-00.html
With a global biotech company picking up the tab, five state lawmakers and their guests dined at an Italian restaurant and got luxury box seats to the Cincinnati Bengals’ first Monday night football game in 15 years.
The tickets to the Oct. 25 game cost $300 apiece, and the total tab for the evening topped $5,000.
Now, four of those lawmakers — three current Republican House members from the Cincinnati area and a former GOP state representative running for Congress in southwestern Ohio — are facing a state investigation into why they didn’t properly report the entertainment as a gift, as required by Ohio law.
"I have a hard time thinking I wouldn’t remember someone taking me out for a night like that," said Tony W. Bledsoe, the legislative inspector general, who ensures lawmakers and lobbyists follow the laws designed to minimize ethical conflicts.
"Apparently it was a very nice Monday night out in Cincinnati."
Because of a lobbyist’s involvement, the event falls under the state law that forbids lawmakers from accepting gifts from lobbyists valued at more than $75, Bledsoe said.
Reps. Jim Raussen, of Springdale; Diana M. Fessler, of New Carlisle; and Michelle G. Schneider, of Cincinnati, along with former representative Jean Schmidt, a Republican from Loveland who is the heavy favorite to win a seat in Congress from Ohio’s 2 nd District, each should have reported the evening as a gift on their April disclosure forms, Bledsoe said.
The only one to disclose the event was Sen. Jay Hottinger, a Newark Republican who reported that he received Bengals tickets and an autographed football from former quarterback Boomer Esiason.