Cross-posted from
Upper Arlington Progressive Action:
Paul Hackett is NOT a politician!
And that was the thrust of his message delivered today at the Ohio Statewide Candidates Forum held here in Columbus in front of 250-300 Democrats.
Paul Hackett is a Marine.
He says what he thinks and as he has proven over and over that he's a man that stands behind what he says. He knows he is going to ruffle some feathers along the way, but I don't think he cares about that.
Today about 20 or so audience members "booed and catcalled" when Paul Hackett spoke of Sherrod Brown directly, saying Brown had been a "politician" since he was 21, and asking what was Brown going to accomplish in the Senate that he had failed to in the Congress?
The air was actually sucked out of the room for minute . . .
Paul continued and the remainder of his speech was attentively received, but the Brown remarks seemed to have diminished the audience's overall response. I had to leave before he finished his Q&A and I walked out thinking, gee, what a huge gaffe by Paul Hackett.
and then I remembered . . .
Paul Hackett is a Marine. He says what he thinks.
Paul Hackett is NOT a politician!
and in the bigger picture because of that he just maybe the right man to beat Mike Dewine.