Posted on 05/02/2022 5:32:04 AM PDT by cotton1706
Republicans running for the seat of Ohio’s retiring senator, Rob Portman, appear determined to bury the soft-spoken country-club bonhomie that was once a hallmark of the party in this state, and replace it with the pugilistic brand of conservatism owned by Donald J. Trump and now amplified by the new band of Buckeye bomb throwers. The race descended into a brutal slugfest as the leading candidates, the author-turned-venture capitalist J.D. Vance, the former state treasurer Josh Mandel and a self-funded businessman, Mike Gibbons, entered the final weekend before Tuesday’s primaries accusing one another of being insufficiently right-wing or disloyal to the man in Mar-a-Lago. Ohio used to be known for the quiet conservatism of the state’s celebrated former senator George Voinovich and its current governor, Mike DeWine; for the Merlot-swilling happy-warrior days of the former House speaker John A. Boehner; for the moderation of John Kasich, a two-term governor; and for the free-trade, free-market ideology of Mr. Portman himself. Instead, affections for such Ohio leaders are now being weaponized — in broadsides from the candidates and advertisements by their allies — as evidence that rivals are paying only lip service to Mr. Trump and his angry populism.
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“he is forever imprinted as the wimpy kid who carried his clarinet on the bus and tattled to the teachers whenever someone did something wrong.”
Good Lord that’s accurate!
A “carpet bagger” is someone who was born here, grew up here, went to school here, went to college here, has generations of extended family here and has lived here for the past 5 years....got it.
Ohio was once a bastion of Bush League Republicans.
Yep, every time we have had the temerity to nominate Senate candidates that Mitch does not approve of they assist the Democrat to win.
K-Sick and Master Boehner were the worst of that group.
Ask Tim who David Duke supported in 2016? Hint: Hillary Clinton
Ask Tum Ryan why ,when his vote mattered, (216-208) he broke his promise to not support Pelosi as Speaker. Shows he’s just a D “yes” man.
Does Tim think as Nancy that Biden is “Perfect”, too?
Partisan Media Shills and Stooges alert.
The slimy NYT doing what it does best, making a mountain out of a molehill by hyping a non story. While at the same time ignoring the exact same thing that goes on with the Democrats. Slime really isn’t an accurate word to describe the NYT; they would have to improve to qualify as slime.
And those ohio GROPElite RINOs are the ones the nytimes are prmoting!
I wish it wasn’t. We need more guys with service record.
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