Posted on 10/20/2008 12:38:51 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man who was dressed in a squirrel costume was escorted from the Ohio Statehouse steps on Monday morning while Gov. Ted Strickland, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Mayor Michael Coleman were discussing negative campaigning by Republicans.
The squirrel held up a sign that said, "Don't Let Obama + ACORN Steal Ohio."
Strickland, Brown and Coleman stood on the Statehouse steps to call for an end to what they called "lying, deceitful ads" by Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, 10TV's Patrick Bell reported.
McCain's campaign accuses ACORN, a community activist group that operates nationwide, of perpetrating "massive voter fraud," claiming Sen. Barack Obama has "long and deep" ties to the group.
"I say to Sen. McCain and those backing him in the way they do things to stop squirreling around and start being straight with voters," Coleman said. "We ought to be tired of the ridiculousness we're seeing here."
Ohio Democratic officials have admitted that up to a third of the 600,000 new voter registrations made this year have some kind of discrepancy.
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a bid by Republicans to force Ohio to verify suspicious registration before the Nov. 4 election.
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, has said the discrepancies most likely stem from innocent clerical errors rather than fraud but has set up a verification plan.
"This unanimous ruling by the United States Supreme Court allows Ohio to move about the business of ensuring a free, fair, open and honest election without the threat of widespread voter suppression by the GOP," Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said in a statement.
Stay with 10TV News and 10TV.com for continuing Campaign 2008 coverage.
Unfortunately, this IS the GOP’s backup plan.
Oh good one! Thank you, unknown squirrel...possibly a stealth FReeper?
I believe a counter suit has been filed in court. Stay tuned.
Are you kidding?? We have LOADS of red squirrels in PA.
Interesting that WBNS Channel 10 would allow this on their web site. They are owned by the same conglomerate (Dispatch Media Group - aka the Wolfe family) that endorsed 0bama over the weekend.
Squirrel ping.
I'll bet you wre really hoping nobody would read that typo.
You know, this is funny. The Republicans should unleash people in squirrel suits all over the country, everywhere there have been accusation of ACORN fraud (it’s up to 17 states now, isn’t it?).
Flying saucers. Grays come in fling saucers...
Where’s PETA when you really need them. This squirrel’s rights were trampled on!
Does Ohio have a public mask law? One that says you can’t wear a mask in public (and I’m sure it would be strictly enforced at a political rally.)
Still, I think this is a great move by this guy. One guy in a costume is worth 100 protest signs. People who don’t read signs will wonder “why is he dressed like that?” It does more to keep Acorn/voter-fraud out front than 100 signs.
Is that one of those Israeli spy squirrels that was giving Ahmadinnerjacket fits a number of months ago?
Taste like chicken.
Hilarious!
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