Pierce-ing Posts (042606)
Pierce-ing Posts, daily until the election, is sampling current blog posts both in and out of the S.O.B. Alliance, going to Old Media coverage, and bringing important prior posts to the attention of late-comers to Ohio’s US Senate contest.
Don’t forget to visit Bill’s site, his blog, and his Contribute page.
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FROM THE CURRENT BLOG CROP
Warrior or Diplomat?
NixGuy clearly delineates the difference between Bill Pierce and Ohio’s current senatorial crop:
Conservatives need candidates who understand what the stakes are and will go to Washington to do battle with these liberal ideas and their sponsors and utterly defeat them.
Ted Kennedy is a warrior and will do what it takes to advance his cause. Hillary Clinton is also a warrior. Chuck Schumer? Definitely a warrior.
Unfortunately they are all on the other side, the one with the terrible ideas that have devastating consequences. How many warriors do we have on our side?
….. let’s talk about our very own senators. Does warrior describe them? Ha! Voinovich and DeWine went to DC, not to fight, but to make deals with Democrats to divide up our taxes. DeWine votes with the Democrats on the environment, gun control and spending. And the last one is the biggest.
The problem with the GOP is too many diplomats, not enough warriors. I say we fire some diplomats and send some fighters!
DeWine has a primary challenger, Bill Pierce, who has an absolutely impressive life story and has been wronged by the federal government. I would definitely trust a guy like that to know what the stakes are and be prepared to fight.
OLD MEDIA MORSELS
Get Ready for DeWine’s Next Anti-ANWR Excuse
And finds himself in the same camp as Weird Al Gore (hold your nose if necessary as you read):
“As the evidence of global warming becomes undeniable, momentum is building to take action to cut greenhouse gas emissions,” former Vice President Al Gore said in an e-mail. “A lot of elected officials who used to reflexively oppose action on global warming have begun to change their positions.”
In addition to (Senator) Inglis, who says he saw evidence of heat- trapping gases in the atmosphere during his trip to Antarctica that confirmed his growing concern, the list of Republicans paying more attention to global warming includes Senators Pete Domenici of New Mexico, the chairman of the chamber’s Energy Committee; Mike DeWine of Ohio; and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, as well as Representative Jim Leach of Iowa.
An OSU Student TOTALLY Gets it
An Ohio State senior writes on “Republican Ineptitude” in the OSU Lantern. I especially like the factoid he put in on the judiciary:
Examples of the ineptitude of the Senate Republicans abound. Only about 40 percent (23 of 57) of judicial nominees, and 17 percent (3 of 18) circuit court nominees have received confirmation hearings in the 109th congress. This, of course, is because of the refusal of Republicans to stand up to the minority party, and the backing down of seven Republicans and seven Democrats (including Ohio Senator Mike DeWine) to enforce congressional rules and disallow any threatened filibuster.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
“Shape Up or Shut Up”
This is an excerpt of a letter to the editor Mark at Weapons of Mass Discussion wrote to a Brown County newspaper, but you could substitute the county name with dozens of other counties and probably still be accurate:
Who is Bill Pierce, you might ask. Well, you are asking with good reason. The State GOP does not want you to hear about Bill Pierce. Why? Because he is a challenger to the incumbent Mike DeWine. Unfortunately, unlike the local central committees, which still believe in principle, the State GOP only believes in winning elections, or rather, having no primaries and no choice for who they put up. In a rare move, the State GOP endorsed Mike DeWine the day after Bill Pierce signed up to challenge him. This is unprecedented. Why would a state party line up to endorse such an unpopular person?
The answer is money. Mike DeWine has lots of it. He has lots of influence and ties to special interests. However, to my fellow Republicans who will vote in the coming primary May 2nd, I must ask: what has Mike DeWine done for Brown County, for you? All I have heard as I travel around Scott Township and others is that he is VERY unpopular and VERY disliked. When was the last time he was IN Brown County? Do you realize he is taking YOUR vote for granted? I don’t believe he has been to Brown County in 10 years or more.
If elected, Bill Pierce will make it a priority to visit each county sometime during his 6 year term. He wants to stop the bureaucratic waste going on in Washington. He wants to put the bureaucrats in check by actually overseeing what they do, instead of just rubberstamping it.
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NOTE: I have endorsed Bill Pierce for Senate, and have provided nominal financial support for his campaign. BizzyBlog is a member of Blogs for Pierce.
