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  •  Scoring points with moderates and soft GOP (none / 0)

    When people call, it might help to remark how Schmidt has had to call in outsider help from DC to try to stop Hackett.  In other words, a vote for Hackett is a vote to thumb your nose at outsider big-wigs who think they can tell Ohioans how to vote.

    by Jonathan on Sat Jul 30, 2005 at 10:39:41 PM PDT

    •  Yeah (4.00 / 3)

      If you're calling from far outside Ohio when you do this, you score triple hypocrisy points too!!! :)

      by Steve M on Sat Jul 30, 2005 at 10:43:57 PM PDT

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      •  Well, OK (none / 0)

        Probably a bad idea if you're calling from Ohio.  On the other hand, you can say the RNC tried the same thing where you live, too.  They're out of control, and it's up to OH-2 to do it!

        by Jonathan on Sat Jul 30, 2005 at 10:54:21 PM PDT

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      •  Let's remember (none / 0)

        that the number of Rs in congress working as accomplices to DeLay's corruption hurts us all - this race affects us all.

        "They blamed it on the Islamic fanatics, at the time. [...] That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary."-Handmaid's Tale

        by JLFinch on Sat Jul 30, 2005 at 11:22:18 PM PDT

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      •  Exactly what I was thinking, but... (none / 1)

        Spin it with this:

        Schmidt has pulled in hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars from corrupt politicians like Tom Delay to buy advertising that tells lies about Iraqi War veterans.

        Paul Hackett has pulled in thousands of grassroots independent volunteers that believe in democracy from across the country to help spread the word about this solid, moral hero who volunteered to lead his troops into harm's way while serving his country in Iraq.

        NFTT Progressively supporting the troops

        by Timroff on Sat Jul 30, 2005 at 11:31:55 PM PDT

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      •  no, no, no, steve... (none / 0)

        we're the outsider little-wigs, so it's all good.

        "Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise." Thomas Paine, Common Sense

        by Cedwyn on Sun Jul 31, 2005 at 11:04:30 AM PDT

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    •  You mean... (none / 1)

      Call as an outsider from another state and complain that Schmidt is... using outsiders?

      I think we need to be careful.

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      by Bensch on Sat Jul 30, 2005 at 11:43:53 PM PDT

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      •  For the record... (none / 0)

        I was thinking of Ohioans saying this when I wrote it :)

        However, there are a number of ways for outsiders to spin this sort of thing.  I suggested one, above: note that this isn't anything new for the RNC.  They've tried it elsewhere (if they've done it where you live, so much the better), and note that it's an opportunity for Ohioans to tell DC bigwigs to buzz off.

        by Jonathan on Sun Jul 31, 2005 at 06:38:02 AM PDT

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