Blackwell's attack on foe getting personal (absolutely pathetic)

[HarveyBrooks]

Just when you think republicans can't sink any lower they find a way to dig deeper into the slime.


Three months ago, merely referencing a Web page that questioned whether the Democratic nominee for governor was gay cost an Ohio Republican Party staffer his job.

This week, Republican nominee Ken Blackwell sent reporters an e-mail that quoted Fox News commentators accusing Democrat Ted Strickland of vacationing in Italy with a “boy toy.”

No one at the state GOP complained.

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Mr. Strickland called the renewed attacks the act of a “desperate candidate” who is “very close to losing (his) own integrity.”

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Political analysts question Mr. Blackwell’s strategic judgment as he tries to close what polls show is a double-digit deficit to Mr. Strickland in the campaign’s final weeks.

“This is not going to appeal to the average bread-and-butter voter in Ohio who is worried whether there’s going to be jobs in the next 15 years for them and their kids,” said Chris Duncan, chairman of the University of Dayton’s political science department. “This is beneath Blackwell.”

Peter Schramm, the executive director of the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University, called the week of attacks on Mr. Strickland “a mistake” for a Republican candidate he otherwise admires for his intelligence and articulation.

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The last time an Ohio gubernatorial candidate made sexual orientation an issue, he lost badly. Republican James Rhodes, a former four-term governor, labeled then-Gov. Richard Celeste a gay sympathizer in the 1986 election. Mr. Rhodes received less than 40 percent of the vote.

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[liam_laddie]

1. re: UD poli sci prof quote

:rofl:
NOTHING is beneath Blackwell...except maybe Rove! (euwww, what an image)

[Torgo Johnson]

2. Ken Blackwell has no integrity to lose

[bemildred]

5. A cell bekons for Mr., Blackwell to "Come on home." nt

[Totally Committed]

3. You should be here in Mass.!

Just to read in the Boston Globe every morning what Healey is saying and doing to win against Patrick is disgusting. It's like taking a sh*tbath every morning.

It does ten d to make me wonder why... I mean, the pay is lousy for this job, and yet, the lengths to which Healey is willing to sink is amazing. Either the power is the real trip, or the promise of $$$ under the table is the trip. Whichever, it doesn't bode well for politics, I'm afraid.

TC

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Healey would look great on Springer's show. She's become a low-life.

A snooty sleazebag with pearls.

[AngryOldDem]

6. Blackwell was campaigning near Dayton on Friday

And painted himself as a faith-and-morals kind of guy.

My ass.

[AndyTiedye]

7. They'll Say Blackwell's Sliming Strategy was Brilliant after he "Wins"

The last time an Ohio gubernatorial candidate made sexual orientation an issue, he lost badly. Republican James Rhodes, a former four-term governor, labeled then-Gov. Richard Celeste a gay sympathizer in the 1986 election. Mr. Rhodes received less than 40 percent of the vote.

Governor Rhodes didn't get to count the votes in his own election, the way Blackwell does.

Blackwell's real strategy for winning this election is:



All this claiming his opponent is gay is just to provide the media with a cover story after he "wins".

[greeneyedboy]

8. Glenn Greenwald has a great take on this hypocrisy

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/10/ken-blackwell-and-sean-hannity.html

[Supersedeas]

9. Surprise surprise--Fox News Commentator spurns the idea and to think

we have a Fox News Commentator as the WH Spokesperson...lucky America.