Major Ohio Rep Paper Endorses Iraq War Vet Dem--Hackett for Congress

[Douglas Carpenter]

This is a Republican paper which endorsed Bush in both 2000 and 2004

Here is the link to the full article:

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050726/EDIT/507260326/1003

"A special election

For more than three decades, Ohio's 2nd Congressional District has been represented by men who may be fairly described as Republican patricians. We don't mean that in a pejorative sense. Rob Portman, like Willis Gradison and William Keating before him, adhered to standards all too rare in Congress. They were policy-oriented pragmatists inclined toward the money issues: tax policy, health care, retirement security, economics.

Next Tuesday voters in the 2nd District will go to the polls in a special election to decide who will fill the unexpired term of Portman, who resigned to become the U.S. trade representative.

The June 14 primary produced two capable, and competitive, candidates: Jean Schmidt, a Republican, and Paul Hackett, a Democrat."



to help--here is a link to Paul Hackett's website:

http://www.hackettforcongress.com/

[Robbien]

1. Ha! Their major complaint is that she is a Bush toady

Schmidt, from what we can discern, would likely be a dependable vote for the Bush administration, particularly its foreign policy and Iraq. In this campaign she has allied herself with the president, as she did earlier to Ohio Gov. Bob Taft and before that to former House Speaker Larry Householder. Her approach to policy issues is incremental, except perhaps concerning taxes.

[fedupinBushcountry]

2. Well I hope he wins

In fact the first Iraqi veteran ran for Congress last year here in Virginia. Both papers endorsed him, and he lost, because Repubs care more about party than they do the troops.

Here is his website, and I hope he tries again in '06.

www.davidasheforcongress.com