Posted on 05/25/2005 3:59:18 PM PDT by FreedomSurge
There's a special election to fill a safe republican Congressional seat in Ohio's 2nd District on June 14th, three weeks out. State Rep Tom Brinkman is running. Against Pat DeWine. Senator Mike DeWine's son.
Though I do not favor visiting the sins of the father on the son, conservative primary voters who just watched DeWine the Elder throw some fine conservatives under the bus might not be as forgiving. DeWine the Younger is the favorite. If you are a Ohio voter in the 2nd, send me an e-mail as to whether this is an issue, and especially if Tom Brinkman makes it one. Send any info to hugh@hughhewitt.com.
Pat's a U of M Law grad, so he's got that going for him. Perhaps he can help his dad draft the next "deal" when he gets to Congress.
Update: Many e-mails on this wide-open race. Here's one:
"Hello Mr. Hewitt,
Based on the signs in my local neighborhood, it would appear Jean Schmidt ( http://www.jeanschmidt.com/ ) is the only candidate for the open slot. She is a former state representative and so has some name recognition. I do live in her old state house district and so I had assumed that all these signs could be a local bias. However, about two weeks ago I was driving Back to Cincinnati from Athens, Ohio, and based on the number of campaign signs I saw on that trip I would say she is the leading candidate. I saw one sign for former Congressman Bob McEwen, one for DeWine and about half a dozen for Schmidt.
-- John S."
Here's another:
"We live in Ohio's 2nd district. Below is a repeat, as best I can remember, of the email I sent to Mike DeWine. Senator,
(Some stuff about M. D. not getting any more of my support, etc.)
Then I told him I am in the 2nd district and that the fact that Pat DeWine's father is Mike DeWine would keep me from voting for Pat.
J.B.
Thanks for the heads up about Brinkman (I was wondering whom you would recommend.) "
Actually, I didn't mean to recommend Brinkman. I don't know enough about the race to have a recommendation. I was just curious if DeWine the Elder's mistake would hurt DeWine the Younger, and it has. How much we don't know.
Volunteered to do some writing for Brinkman. Have been scanning local news to dig some dirt on DeWeenie Jr. So far:
1. U.S. Senators, including Trent Lott, have contributed heavily to his campaign. 2. While his wife was pregnant with their third child, he knocked up some bimbo. Now divorced and shacked up with the bimbo. Will keep freepers posted.
Get that info to Hewitt, Rush, Hannity, et al, ASAP!
Well, the Bible says that the sins of the father will be visited on the child, but each individual has to decide.
Personally, I am so fed up with the rhetoric of the self-righteous Democrats, I am ready for a scortched earth policy. I don't want to lie like they do, but I want to shut down the propaganda.
Graham, McPain, et al, think the fact they have to work with Dems means they have to cave to Dems. I will be glad to work with them when they actually learn that they are in the minority because we, the voters put them there, and that they will get nowhere with their blatant and repeated lies and policies of personal destruction.
The 7 turncoats can't seem to understand that they have just justified all the damaging rhetoric and obstruction of the last 4 years.
It's time to put down the mike and the camera and pick up a torch.
Just my one opinion.
vaudine
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Roger that, already sent to Hewitt.
Pinging N.E. Ohio freepers (per your request).....
Where's the 2nd district? My buddies and I might make the roadie to go door-to-door for Schmidt the weekend before the election.
It sounds as if Republican candidate DeWine sired a child out of wedlock shortly after the divorce from the mother of his three other children. Does every Republican voter in the district know this?
It was BEFORE the divorce!!!
THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE DIVORCE!!!
Cool. Not too far from Indy!
http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/congdist/OH02_109.pdf
It is in southern Ohio. Could someone post the above map?
Thank you.
However the strongest arguments used during the call in segments include: the judges thrown under the bus had sons also; DeWine senior is a politician and would have known that there would be a reaction against his son but didn't care; the son would have learned his values at the knees of the son therefore is bound to be a bad egg.
please consider that if we took out frustration against Bush Sr against W, we would have Gore as president today.
The point is to send a message to DeWeenie Sr. and bust up a rotten, corrupt political dynasty before it gets started.
Exactly.
I have heard little DeWine's ads on radio. He claims to be a conservative Republican. If he has to say it, it must not be true. My instinct says, dump him.
I didnt vote for Dewhiner the Senior i sure am not voting for the Junior
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