(Rep. Jean) Schmidt angry to see 'cowards' speech in TV ad

[sabra]

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061026/NEWS01/610260378/1056/COL02

Schmidt angry to see 'cowards' speech in TV ad

Rep. Jean Schmidt blasted Democrat Victoria Wulsin on Wednesday for allegedly breaking a U.S. House rule that prohibits using the broadcast of House floor proceedings in campaign ads.

"Her continued violation will land her in serious trouble with the House Ethics Committee," Schmidt's spokesman Matt Perin said in a release, referring to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, which the release mistakenly referred to elsewhere as the "House Committee on Official Standards and Conduct."

Besides those errors, there's just one more tiny problem: Wulsin, who is challenging Schmidt in the 2nd District, is not a member of the House. Not yet anyway.

Wulsin's new ad shows Schmidt telling Democratic Rep. John Murtha that "cowards cut and run, Marines never do."

...

"The only person in this race who has broken House rules is Jean Schmidt," Wulsin spokesman Ady Barkan said. "If she didn't want people to see this ad, then she shouldn't have given that speech."

[Hugin]

1. When the Dems take the House we'll investigate it...

I promise. ;)

[LostinVA]

4. Hahahahaha

[grytpype]

25. Yeah, we'll get around to it!

Eventually!


HAHAHAHAHA!

[Hugin]

29. Maybe.

But, thanks for alerting us to the problem...

NEXT!

[saigon68]

80. Here's the Ugly Ass Face

[The Wizard]

85. What a great

Halloween mask. No need for a broom and pointed black hat.

[dysfunctional press]

88. wasn't she in donnie darko...?

[Beetwasher]

46. Way to Draw More Attention To It Dummy

:rofl:

[LetsGoMurphys]

92. best possible response you win n/t

[Democrat 4 Ever]

2. Mean Jean is truly, totally, completely clueless, isn't she?

Goes whining to the House Ethics Committee about a person who isn't a member of Congress. Clueless, stupid, dumb (I know, redundant), vapid, mean, horrible, hateful and so..., so Republican.

[quiet.american]

27. HELLO! I was wondering if anyone else noticed that! n/t

[Supersedeas]

34. And we she is the one who violated an Ethics Rule as a standing Rep

[calimary]

39. Hey, we all know what she is, with her presidential kneepads in

full view. At the moment, we're just quibbling about her price.

[saigon68]

48. She's VERY ANGRY and aparently VERY EVIL too

[struggle4progress]

75. May she suffers from not anger but rabies ...

http://www.cosmosleft.com.nyud.net:8090/images/343_Mean_Jean_Schmidt.jpg

[DainBramaged]

3. Tell that wrinkled old hag Schmidt we'll be takin care of it

As soon as she has cleaned out her office.

[bunkerbuster1]

5. Mean Jean needs to win some kind of WATB award for this one.

I can't imagine how little self-respect one would have to have for oneself to complain about someone using your own speech!

Although to be honest, I had no idea there was a standing gentleman's agreement not to use these clips in campaign ads. Of course, since Wulsin isn't a representative yet...

[twiterpatted]

6. Do we know who is ahead in this race?

[Bozita]

7. For the House Ethics Committee to get involved, Ms Schmidt would first have to lose

... to lose the election.

[katinmn]

8. Don't cut and run from your Angry Bitch image, Jean! It's the real YOU

http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/02/04/20051120153409990001

[Bozita]

10. If Bill Frist were to dressup for Halloween, he'd look a lot like ...

... Jean Schmidt.

[jhain]

21. coffe on moniter n/t

[LiberalFighter]

49. You should put a raincoat on your monitor

[jhain]

50. or a windshield wiper

because Lord knows I am never going to stop drinking cofee here!

[LiberalFighter]

51. Try RainX - at least it will bead off

I don't recommend it on your monitor if you have the flat screen. If you have a monitor with glass screen it might be okay.

It probably won't work anyway.

[quiet.american]

30. Thanks for that montage. Even the GOP'er behind her looks disgusted. n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

40. I'm melting!

.

[kestrel91316]

45. OMG - somebody with a bigger, uglier beak than me!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Nobody gets to flame me on this. I have a BIG NOSE.

[katinmn]

52. On the right people, big noses are noble!

You would be one with a noble nose. :)

[kestrel91316]

55. A lot of people throughout my life have said (when i complain

about my schnoz): Oh, you could get it fixed! But then I realize it's MY FAMILY NOSE and I like it just fine.

Who needs to look like every other blonde chick???

[kdpeters]

81. That exactly how I feel about mine

I didn't know my father too well, but I know from pictures that I look exactly like he did at my age. Though not so much while he was alive and older, people always commented that we had the same nose. Vanity surgery would 'fix' nothing. You can't buy the kind of sexy that comes from self-confidence.

[kdpeters]

77. Wrong. Really wrong. Big noses are hot. It's her face that's ugly.

[momster]

91. Not her nose....

nor her wrinkles (we all get those). It's the ugly, twisted soul behind her eyes that is turning her into a shriveled gnome. I've seen her in the flesh (what little there is) and these pictures are flattering, if anything.

[frylock]

68. is that outfit from the evel knievel collection or what?!

[xxqqqzme]

83. That's where I've seen that before!

It looked familiar.

[Der Blaue Engel]

71. OMG

I had never noticed that she literally draped herself in the flag for that screed on the House floor. How repugnant these freaks are! Nothing is sacred to them!

:puke:

[katinmn]

76. I saw her make that awful display live and I was floored

I think it's the first time I ever yelled at the TV.

[SharonAnn]

78. Yes, and she was a real "newbie" at the time. I thought she was an

absolute ass. Still do.

[Jimbo S]

100. Looks like man

Cousin of Coulter?

Those A-cups don't help the cause, either. (go ahead, flame)

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. Mean Jean's spokesperson admitting defeat?

Oh, this is rich!

"Her continued violation will land her in serious trouble with the House Ethics Committee," Schmidt's spokesman Matt Perin said in a release, referring to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, which the release mistakenly referred to elsewhere as the "House Committee on Official Standards and Conduct."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[lpbk2713]

11. I love it. K&R

So she can't handle having words she used in a public speech played back to even more of the public?


What a dipshit!!



After the election Schitt and Krazy Katie Harris should start a sitcom. They would be hilarious. And it's for sure they will both be available.

[calimary]

41. Hey, they could be the new Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.

"Real Life: Congressional Rejects Edition"

[mark11727]

63. Hell, they could be the new Thelma and Louise...!

I'll get the CAR. :evilgrin:

[TankLV]

73. the "'Odd (& Ugly) Couple"

[Moloch]

56. OH MY EYES!!!!

If there were a Harris/Schmidt sitcom, a lot of people would be blind from looking at those two.

[AnneD]

60. They remind me of the

Patty Duke show.

Meet Cathy, who's lived most everywhere,
From Sunny's bar to D.C. Square.
But Patty's only seen the sight.
A girl can see from Township Heights --
What a crazy pair!

But they're cousins,
Identical cousins all the way.
One pair of matching bookends,
Different as night and day.

Where Cathy adores a tete a tete,
White Rain mousse, and eau de Flozette,
Our Patty loves to rock and roll,
Dubya's hot dog makes her lose control --
What a wild duet!

Still, they're cousins,
Identical cousins and you'll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike --

You can lose your mind,
When cousins are two of a kind.

[calimary]

82. Man! A blast from the past. I loved that show!

AND I, too, can still sing that song. So can my husband. :D

[Pierre.Suave]

98. Dont forget

Michelle Bachman in running in MN 6th district. She is the third pea in their pod.

http://www.dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/

[Vogon_Glory]

12. Well, Darlin', It's Like This...

Well, Representative Schmidt, it's like this. You made that speech and it's now out there with your name and face attached to it. It's out there, it can be used against you, and you'll just have to live with the consequences.


I'll bet that you'd never thought that there WOULD be consequences, didn't you?

Golly gee, what a gosh-darn cryin' shame!

:evilgrin:

[The Wizard]

Don't you know

consequences only apply to non Republicans (read the human race).
She is one butt ugly (fill in the blank). That face could be sold as the nightmare on K Street.

[wicket]

13. ""Her continued violation will land her in serious trouble with the House Ethics Committee"

Yo, Mean Jean! BRING IT ON!!!!!

[Rose Siding]

14. What a stupid rule. That's exactly what people should see.

No wonder there's such a high rate of reelections in Congress. People aren't even allowed to see what boneheads some of them are.

[Ian David]

17. Can they use clips from The Daily Show in campaign ads...

when those clips incorporate footage from House proceedings?

Oh, wait...

That's what Video News Releases are for.

[Ian David]

15. Schmidt's remarks were officially stricken from the record

So, technically, are they REALLY part of "House Proceedings"?

[mtnester]

23. I believe they are not

for the same reason you listed.

Fair game.

[katinmn]

16. Dr. Vic is leading Schmidt by 3 pts and has outraised Schmidt

http://www.wulsinforcongress.com/

Interesting website, too.

[doubleplusgood]

94. just kicked in $25

to help Wulsin defeat "Mean Jean"

[earlybird]

101. Thanks for the Dr. Vic link....

I just gave $25.00, too! Go Dr. Vic!

[katinmn]

18. Here are the ads. First one is great! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJvxW8RaPlE&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zmmzNkhQ4&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik-AVj5ACls&mode=related&search=

[Rose Siding]

24. I love hearing those Democrats shouting her down.

sigh

[SharonAnn]

79. And Harold Ford, Jr. led the charge on her. He jumped out of his

seat and charged down to the well of the house.

Fortunately, he was held back, but he was really angry!

[malaise]

84. Hahahahah

I will never embarrass you in Congress - what a great line after the moron spoke. rofl: :rofl: Superb ad.

[gratuitous]

19. Okay, Ms. Schmidt, you can't complain to the House Ethics Committee

Have you considered suing Dr. Wulsin? I suggest your cause of action be definition of character.

[katinmn]

58. Definition of Character

:thumbsup:

[Ian David]

20. Dr. Vic Wulsin For Congress

http://www.wulsinforcongress.com/free_details.asp?id=18

[MidwestTransplant]

22. Not yet! That's exactly what I was thinking when I read the release.

Sounds like a Freudian slip.

[Canuckistanian]

26. How DARE Wulsin use those mean and hateful words?

Oh, wait, those were Jean's words.... never mind.

[stanwyck]

28. As Jon Stewart said

the facts are now against the Republicans. (well, he was referring to Bush. But this works for all of them.)
And we see this every day.
Tony Snow whines that Bush "only used "stay the course" eight times". And Olberman counters with 21 separate occasions.
Don't they get it? You don't get to lie anymore. We're on to you.
9-11 isn't your "get out of telling the truth" card anymore. That's over.
No more bogus weapons of mass destruction. No more "we have the troops we need to get the job done".
Over.
The facts are against the Republicans.
If you said it, Jean, you said it. It's OUT THERE now. You can't recant.
So. Don't just say stuff. Like Rush. (He KNOWS that Michael J. Fox is faking his symptoms.)
No. You don't get to just say stuff anymore.
We're watching. We're recording.
And we're showing everyone how you lie.
Busted.

[calimary]

43. Breathtakingly beautiful, stanwyck!

I LOVE this:

No. You don't get to just say stuff anymore.
We're watching. We're recording.
And we're showing everyone how you lie.
Busted.

A thing of loveliness you just wrote there!

The truth IS out there. Along with the video and the transcripts.

[The Wizard]

89. Now if only

the corporate media(Pravda, TAAS, Izvestia) would report the NEWS.

[liam_laddie]

31. Anti-Wulsin post cards

:puke:
Y'all should see the blizzard of BIG (8.5x11) postcards by the RNCC, mailed out in OH-District 2 at the rate of 3-4 per week...so far eight, maybe more!! They attack Dr. Wulsin with so much pure bullschmidt that one wonders just how much desperation and terminal panic has set in on the Republic Party around here...nationally as well They are despicable, as are the republic party candidates, nearly without exception.

[calimary]

44. "Pure bullschmidt"! ANOTHER great one!

Dayum, you guys are HOT today!

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. Awwwww...

The truth hurts, don't it?

[warrens]

33. Hilarious

She's just like Bush...show me prancing around an aircraft carrier crowing mission accomplished when it does me political good, but when it turns out I was a little jerkoff, showing it is just "Bush-hating." If you don't want your words used against you, don't say them, you stupid piece of shit. I hope she loses BAD, and it looks like a lot of GOP house seats in Ohio are going to explode because the GOP is staying home this year. So polls mean almost nothing; someone may prefer Mean Jean, but they aren't going to show up to vote for her.

[young_at_heart]

35. Maybe her district is finally sick of this disgusting woman

I know Ohio is always "conservative" but she is off-the-radar.

[DinahMoeHum]

36. Pass the popcorn, this is great fun.

:popcorn:
:nopity:

[keta11]

37. Who is the coward now, hottie???

[zara]

38. Never Mind!!!!

Gilda Radner smiles on us.

[rodeodance]

42. hey this is a good one. what a HOOT.

[maxrandb]

47. Maxrandb Angry to see Jean Schmidt still in Congress! n/t

[rail]

53. Hey Jean, Howzabout, Wulsin agrees to stop showing the footage...

..when she takes your seat, and then is subject to the prohibition against House Members (and congressmen and congresswomen only) using floor footage for campaigns. Works for me.

[lebkuchen]

54. She wanted the limelight then.

Deal with it.

[WatchWhatISay]

57. A US House rule that prohibits using the broadcast of House floor proceedings in campaign ads?

What the hell is that about? Surely some Republican must have thought that up just after criticizing Clinton and Dems for needing to be accountable for their actions.

Sounds like the House Ethics Committee is a toothless creature that needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.

[guyton]

97. get rid of that rule!

what nonsense that you can't use video of your opponent on the floor! Is accountability just non-operative anymore? Hopefully that rule will be one of the first things to go when the Dems take back control of our country.

[Frank Cannon]

59. In the words of the great Nelson Muntz...

[civildisoBDence]

61. This isn't even the pot calling the kettle black

It's the pot calling a perfectly white plate black.

Newsprism

[sandrakae]

62. TFB (To fucking bad)

[The Backlash Cometh]

64. Jean Schmidt's chin should be registered as a lethal weapon.

It looks pointed enough to puncture tires.

[neuvocat]

65. What rule exactly would that be?

Anyone (including Schmidt) happen to know? Thanks.

[onenote]

66. i found a rule relating to the use of televised hearings in campaigns

I assume that there is a similar rule for the televised proceedings of the House itself. Of course, there isn't much that the House can do about it unless the person violating the rule ends up getting elected and comes under the jurisdiction of the House, in which case the House could "censure" them or something, althoug I doubt it would happen.

A more interesting issue: if they used footage from C-SPAN, is there a copyright issue? (I should know the answer to this, but honestly I'm not sure and haven't the time to research it. Anyone know the copyright status of C-SPAN's transmissions)?

[neuvocat]

107. I figured the copyright issue would be the problem.

I figured that line about the House "rule" was stretched a bit thin.

[roamer65]

67. Awww...too bad, mean Jean

If you didn't want it played, you should have shut yer yap.:rofl:

[maxsolomon]

69. On a realistic note

this is Cincinnati & its Eastside Suburbs. she won against Paul Hackett, that DU darling, in 04.

if she loses & a Democrat represents any portion of Cincinnati again (Tom Luken was the Democratic rep in CD 1 for my entire youth), it is an upset of major proportions.

[Zambero]

70. So she's ashamed of her own speech?

I would be too if I was caught on camera calling Murtha a coward. It's time to start measuring for the drapes!

[sarge43]

72. And somewhere out there in this great land of ours a former

Marine has a big ass grin on his leathery old face.

:patriot:

[IndianaGreen]

74. The ad is a fair portrayal of one of the ugliest outburst from that ugly bitch

when that decayed twat Schmidt called Murtha a coward, while quoting a Marine reservist who never went to combat, she deserves what she gets.

Yep, I am a woman and a veteran, and I can call Schimdt a bitch and a twat.

[The Wizard]

90. Your description of Jean

is most generous. Nothing wrong with Jean that couldn't be cured with some products made by Fleet and LSD therapy. My Zeus, she'd think she's melting.

[Vinca]

86. Has anyone seen a poll on this race?

Tell me the shrew is far, far behind.

[katinmn]

87. I saw on Wulsin's website that she is leading Schmidt by 3 points

I can't get straight to the poll, but here's the web site.

Wulsin has been endorsed by the Cinncinnati Post and the Dayton Daily News. http://www.wulsinforcongress.com/

Dang. I can't afford to but I have to send a few dollars to Wulsin!

[Hepburn]

93. I am surprised...

...that it is only by 3 points. How in the hell could ANYONE vote for Mean Jean??? Sheesh!

[mod mom]

95. excellent comments posted on Cinci Blog on Mean Jean:

"Even if she could be forgiven for those remarks, there are a few other problems. First, the state rep she claims to be quoting in that speech has said he did not say what she attributed to him. That's called lying. Before that there was her promise to invesitgate the styrene leak and hold those responsible accountable. Never happened. Since then, she was caught claiming to have Steve Chabot's endorsement. Whoops, Chabot didn't endorse her. Then she said Tom Tancredo endorsed her days after her rival Bob McEwen had an immigration hawk in for a fund-raiser. Whoops, Tancredo didn't endorse her. Then she claimed that the Family Research Council endorsed her. Whoops. they're a non-profit. Can't endorse anyone. NExt, we have the claim that she earned two degrees from the University of Cincinnati. Whoops, she didn't have two degrees. Rather than apologize, she claimed that she did the hours but never picked up the degree because her mother dided. Whoops. Her mom died in 1990, 6 YEARS after she took her last class and one year after she first ran for office. When she first ran for office in 1989, she toled the Clermont Sun she had two degrees and was a teacher. Whoops... she never taught anywhere. Then in 1993 she told the Sun and the Enquirer she had two degrees. She repeated the lie in 1997 and again in her own wrods she told the League of Women Voters the same thing in 2000. She also told the Sun and the Enquirer the same thing in her 2000 run for state rep. Lucky for her, the Ohio Elections Commission could only go two years back. But she LIED again when she told the news media the mitake was made for the first time by her web designer and she never looked at her own website.

SIDEBAR: has anyone here worked on a campaign where the candidate did NOT obsess over every item that had his or her name on it? Including the website? END SIDEBAR

Now she shows her ignorance of the House rules. She's been there for a year.

For her to call criticisms of her public statements and voting record "personal attacks" is also way out of line considering that her entire caampaign has been a personal attack on Dr. Wulsin."



http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/2006/10/just-in-case-you-somehow-missed-now.asp#comments

[Bjorn Against]

96. So let me get this straight....

We can not show video of Congresspeople doing their job poorly in campaign ads, but it is perfectly fine to run ads about a guy who ACCIDENTLY called a phone sex line AND HUNG UP IMMEDIATELY?

Testimony before Congress is supposed to be public record, we should be able to use it for whatever we want to use it for and it makes me sick that Congress tries to protect themselves so much. If they are so proud of their service they should have no problem with us watching their testimony.

[Cass]

99. Those vile comments Schmidt made about Jack Murtha

were a violation of House rules! Try as she might, she's not going to live those comments down anytime soon.

Wuslin's ad kicked butt. No wonder Schmidt hates it...the truth hurts.

[ShortnFiery]

102. Tough, you mean-spirited woman! You can dish it out but not take it. n/t

[MADem]

103. What a fuckin' goober!!!!!!

I suspect that if Wulsin wins the race, she'll IMMEDIATELY cease running the ad!! Because as a member of the House, she WOULD be in violation...but it's too effin' bad for HatchetFace at this point in time!

Typical GOP, trying to stifle someone's 1st Amendment rights!

[BigDDem]

104. Hey Jean, sweetie...

dont pull your hair back so tight, maybe you wont be so fucking
mean. (and ugly)

[mod mom]

105. Mean Jean threatens YOU TUBE for violating House ethic rules?

Post on Cinci.com political blog:

Has YouTube received a hostile letter from Schmidt threatening to turn them in to Fat Denny Hastert for violating House ethics rules? Wouldn't be surprised. She might want to think twice about messing with them, since they are now owned by Google, which has enough money to buy her district and exile her.

[IWantAChange]

106. Rep Schmidt should be ashamed of herself....Rep Murtha is

a true patriot and American - he served his country as a soldier and now as a Representative in Congress. I can only hope that real Americans take note and vote out these Repugs.