Paul Hackett

[Botany]

i just heard you on the radio and all I can say is, GOD DAMN THIS SUCKS.

You are exactly who Ohio, the dem party, and the country needs.

As an Ohio voter to know that Hackett was swift boated and senators who
don't even live here have decided what we need and we will not even
get a chance to decide this @ the polls.

Shame on Schummer and Reid.

[lonestarnot]

1. Bastards!

[Maat]

2. I agree, Lonestarnot.

I'm guessing that the guy still in the race now has mud on his face. This is a bad thing all the way around.

[Botany]

5. Call S. Brown's office

Sherrod Brown for U.S. Senate
2280 Kresge Drive
Amherst, OH 44001
Phone: [phone]

And ask if they know a Dan Lucas and did he swift boat Paul?

This stinks.

[Maat]

8. Good idea. Thanks (n/t).

[lonestarnot]

10. Thanks I will!

[madame defarge]

3. He was just on Ed Schultz's show on Air America...

and here's a paraphrase of what he said:

It was the right thing to do to withdraw and that he didn't have the millions necessary for the March primary. In order to do justice to the cause, he just didn't have the money to get it done in the next six weeks and that Brown's war chest would have allowed Brown to shape the battlefield, he says. He is not bitter why is Ed? He's not going to run for Congress b/c he gave his word to the other candidates. He is not bitter why should we or Ed Schultz be.

Let's move on; let's get some good Democrats elected, says Hackett. His goal is as a team player to defeat Mike DeWine for the good of the country.

[Drewskie]

4. Cuz he had the best chance to win!

and politics is all about winning elections.

[guidod]

7. I heard him too,

He said that he DEFINITELY would not run, and nothing would change his mind. Why does the DNC keep shooting itself in the foot? You're right, we should move on. No other choice. :hurts:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

15. Thanks for this information

I was commuting and I don't have satellite radio in the car, and I really regretted missing this. I appreciate the update. :)

[leeroysphitz]

6. Please support your local dem primary challenger...

Send these smug out of touch encumbents a message.

[MrBenchley]

9. Let's see, Hackett quit and blamed everybody else

although the plain fact is that he wasn't exactly setting Ohio on fire....he had raised about a tenth of what Brown had raised.

Brown
Total Receipts: $817,932
Transfers From Authorized Committees: $0
Individual Contributions: $424,821
Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $343,369
Beginning Cash: $2,102,835
Latest Cash On Hand: $2,368,982
Debts Owed By: $0

Hackett
Total Receipts: $465,929
Transfers From Authorized Committees: $0
Individual Contributions: $465,929
Beginning Cash: $0
Latest Cash On Hand: $229,783
Debts Owed By: $0

http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_06+S6OH00163

[lastknowngood]

11. And Brown will get a tenth of the votes Hackett would have

n/t

[MrBenchley]

13. Yeah, surrrrrrrrrrre.....

[Botany]

12. Are you from Ohio?

please tell me about Ohio politics ...... I have lived here for 35 years,
went to Ohio University, and I am sick of this good old boy system. It is dirty
and assures repug wins.

Paul showed nothing but class .... he could walk in and become the dem candidate
for district 2 but his word is his bond and he wouldn't go back on it.

And his cashed dried up thanx to Schummer & Waxman ..... if I had known it
was this tight for Paul we could have raised the $ no problem.

[MrBenchley]

16. I know Ohio is synonymous with funny money

but I could be from Timbuctoo or Brobdignag and still know that when candidate A raises only a tenth of what Candidate B does, it's not because Candidate A is setting Ohio on fire.

"Paul showed nothing but class"
Class, my ass, as we say in Jersey. He blamed everybody else when he quit.

"if I had known it
was this tight for Paul we could have raised the $ no problem."
Guess Hackett was too busy spouting stuff like "deport them all" to mention it.

[Botany]

17. what ever

[Nothing Without Hope]

14. I'm not in Ohio, but this sucks for ALL of us. Here's a THREAD COMPILATION

on this sorry event:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x411573
thread title (2-14-06 GD): COMPILATION of Hackett withdrawal threads and 3 CARTOONS for the DEMS:

The Machine Democrats wanted to be sure they had someone who would toe their line. In theory, elected representatives are SUPPOSED to represent the PEOPLE, but that hasn't been the case for a long time and this demonstrated it for all to see. The GOPs must be laughing in their beers.