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| 2005-08-02 |
| EFL Paul Hackett doesn't fit conventional political profiles. He is a Marine Reservist and an Iraq war veteran who opposed the war before the U.S. invasion and remains a harsh critic of President Bush's policy there. He is also a Democrat battling to win a special House election in Ohio in a district that has been in Republican hands for more than three decades. On Tuesday, voters in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District will elect a successor to former representative Rob Portman, who quit Congress to become U.S. trade representative. Hackett hopes to beat the long odds by defeating Republican nominee Jean Schmidt, a former state representative, by stressing his military service and independence. Paul Hackett -- an Ohio Democrat, a Marine Reservist and an Iraq war veteran -- has attracted GOP ire by criticizing the president. snip A lawyer and a major in the Marine Reserves, Hackett volunteered last year to serve in Iraq and spent seven months there in a civilian affairs job, including service around Ramadi and Fallujah. He returned to Ohio in March and decided to jump into the race for Portman's seat, seeking to become the first Iraq war veteran elected to Congress. His campaign has drawn support from Democrats across the country. Liberal blogs have defended him from GOP attacks. Former Ohio senator John Glenn, another former Marine, sent a message to online supporters of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) asking them to pitch in financially. Democracy for America, the organization founded by former Vermont governor Howard Dean, says it has raised $80,000 for Hackett. snip Hackett told USA Today that Bush's taunting line, "Bring 'em on!" was "the most incredibly stupid comment I've ever heard a president of the United States make." He also told the newspaper that, while he was willing to put his life on the line for the president, "I've said that I don't like the son-of-a-[expletive] that lives in the White House." snip Hackett, hoping to capitalize on the widespread disarray in the scandal-plagued Ohio GOP, remains unapologetic about his characterization of the president. "I said it. I meant it. I stand by it," he said in a phone interview. "In this district, we need more straight-talking, straight-shooting politicians." |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #61 She won't be there long, less than 1 term. She's a RINO who only won with 30% of the primary vote because there were 3 conservatives. Put her one-on-one with a Club For Growth candidate and she's toast. Yes, it's good that someone supported by Kos loses (to keep up the perfect record). But a marginal win in a district Bush won handily last year is nothing to cheer about. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-02 23:54 |
| #60 The "son of a bitch" lost, eh? |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-08-02 23:49 |
| #59 Does anyone think that Hack calling the Prez, "son-of-a........" will now go down as an election killing gaffe considering the margin? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 23:14 |
| #58 It's worth it to see pro-fascist filthbag Mark Crispin Miller vomit on himself again. |
| Posted by: Ernest Brown 2005-08-02 23:10 |
| #57 US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist 753 precincts of 753 reporting as of 11:00 pm JEAN SCHMIDT 57,974 52% PAUL HACKETT 54,401 48% from WCPO TV |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-02 23:04 |
| #56 Clermont has all reporting but how this fits I don't know. Schmidt 17,320 Hakett 12,439 = Appx +4,900 What was the margin when 50% were reporting like on the summary site? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 22:48 |
| #55 91 precincts from Clermont have yet to report. Clermont Board of Elections site is down. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 22:25 |
| #54 Total: Schmidt: 49644 (50%) Hackett: 48751 (50%) 88.27% of total precincts per the Cinti Enquirer... I am not enjoying this. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-02 22:17 |
| #53 That is Clermont, of course. |
| Posted by: muck4Jackal 2005-08-02 21:55 |
| #52 According to Red State all the remaining precincts are in Claremont county, which is moderately GOP. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-02 21:53 |
| #51 What happened to WLW? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-02 21:53 |
| #50 Total: Schmidt: 46304 (51%) Hackett:43708(49%) 81.19% of total precincts Hamilton Cty: Schmidt: 25011 (51%) Hackett: 23597 (49%) 100% of precincts !! Hooray! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-02 21:48 |
| #49 Schmidt 49,681 Hackett 48,811 800 vote margin |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-02 21:47 |
| #48 ..... in public, that is.... keep it within the ranks |
| Posted by: Sherry 2005-08-02 21:45 |
| #47 Thanks for the updates. Wondering... when has a local Rep race had such national attention? Must admit... I just don't like a Marine major calling our Pres a "son of a ......" |
| Posted by: Sherry 2005-08-02 21:44 |
| #46 Ok, that's queer: I refreshed the Cinti Enquirer page and got the following: Total: Schmidt: 39593 (51%) Hackett: 38359 (49%) 68.17% of total precincts Hamilton Cty: Schmidt: 25011 (51%) Hackett: 23597 (49%) 99.71% of precincts |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-02 21:43 |
| #45 CE seems stalled CPO and KRC (? ch 5) seem more up to date with Schmidt ahead 45K-43K. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-02 21:40 |
| #44 Total: Schmidt: 35215 (50%) Hackett: 35258 (50%) 81% of total precincts Hamilton County (Containing the city of Cincinnati): Schmidt: 23581 (51%) Hackett: 22393 (49%) 92% of total precincts From the Concinnati Enquirer website. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-02 21:35 |
| #43 Hamilton county burbs must be coming in -- 580/753 precincts, Schmidt leads by almost 3,000. Cincinnati Enquirer site not responding, at least for me. Possibly slammed. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 21:25 |
| #42 Still too close to call, but with over half of Clermont's precincts in, Schmidt has a lead -- in that county alone -- of over 1700 votes. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 21:20 |
| #41 305 precincts of 753 reporting PAUL HACKETT 23,957 51% JEAN SCHMIDT 22,846 49% |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-02 21:07 |
| #40 33% Hackett D 19,053 52% Schmidt R 17,457 48% The bright side is that there are only absentees from Clermont, and the Hamilton stuff must be central so - Sign off until later fingers crossed |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 21:06 |
| #39 Oh oh 23% Hackett D 13,512 51% Schmidt R 12,802 49% Cinn ABC Affiliate |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 20:46 |
| #38 8% Schmidt R 7,570 52% Hackett D 7,112 48% |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 20:37 |
| #37 Given all the hankey pankey that's been going on iwth vote counts, I wouldn't be surprised if they're playing "I won't show mine till you show yours." |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-02 20:18 |
| #36 Ah. Skip that. Clermont County has started to show results. Since they still say no precincts reporting, these are probably absentees, too. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 20:11 |
| #35 Where did those numbers come from? I can't find anything anywhere except placeholders showing zero votes. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 20:10 |
| #34 Looks like those are absentees, which in recent years are a wash with the results overall... Odd - 50 mins after the polls close and all they have is absentees from one county... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 20:08 |
| #33 Dunno enough about Portsmouth's politics. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 20:04 |
| #32 Compared to Portsmouth? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-02 19:58 |
| #31 Hamilton County contains Cincinnati, and the city neighborhoods would be the most liberal. The suburbs are conservative, though. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 19:53 |
| #30 Hamilton County would be the liberal part of the idstrict? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-02 19:50 |
| #29 1% IN Schmidt - R 1,964 - 55% Hackett - D 1,629 - 45% Hamilton County only |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 19:45 |
| #28 Exit polls? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-02 19:22 |
| #27 Polls close 12 minutes... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 19:07 |
| #26 Just saw a Hackett commercial on some TV I had recorded. What a joke! Starts with Bush, talks about how he "agreed" with Bush, then talks about his opponent's "corruption". One of the "headlines" on the screen reads "Schmidt Among Lawmakers That Attended Bengals Game". Ooooohhhhh!!! |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 18:25 |
| #25 Republican Candidate Jean Schmidt The opponent of Manure Mouth Hackett |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 17:54 |
| #24 Republican Candidate Jean Schmidt The opponent of Manure Mouth Hackett |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 17:40 |
| #23 All - Try this link after 7:30 PM EDT/4:30 PM PDT 2nd District Congressional Special Election |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 16:49 |
| #22 Elarson, I heard the ad on Rush: No mention of being a Democrat and agrees with the President. I guess a Democrat can't run as a Democrat. But then honesty isn't their strong trait is it. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-08-02 16:48 |
| #21 A lawyer and a major in the Marine Reserves As they say, "Lawyers and other reptiles..." |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 16:46 |
| #20 eLarson - are you suggesting the candidate is being disingenuous, or merely two-faced? Something else to pray for - that he loses. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-08-02 16:13 |
| #19 Straight talking, straight-shooting politicians, who are too ashamed to mention their party affiliation in their ads? Who open their ads with George W Bush talking about duty to country? Who talks about how he believes in helping the people of Iraq in his ad, but who had previously stated that we should never have gone. (Some help that would have been.) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-08-02 16:04 |
| #18 Polls close at 7:30 EDT. I'll keep an eye on the local sites and let you know ASAP. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 15:54 |
| #17 Robert Crawford -- I hope you will keep us posted on whether or not he wins and the vote tally. Thanks |
| Posted by: Sherry 2005-08-02 15:50 |
| #16 Art. 88. Contempt toward officials Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. IIRC they issued a formal letter of reprimand [career ender] to an active duty officer during the Clinton Administration for this and sent out a warning notice to all. It got incorporated into an episode of 'JAG' as well. |
| Posted by: Pheresing Thravith6039 2005-08-02 15:40 |
| #15 "Phemble..." 2b - You're confusing me with my daughter. I married a Spemble, so she's the Phemble. I'm a Phumble. :D |
| Posted by: Phumble Ebbomotch4624 2005-08-02 15:38 |
| #14 From his website: Last year, Paul heard the call to service again. As his Marine Corps brothers fought a half world away, Paul could not sit in the comfort of his home and let others do the work he was prepared to do. After a serious discussion with his wife and children, Paul re-upped and joined his marines for a seven month tour with the 1st Marine Division and served as a Civil Affairs officer in Ramadi, took part in the Fallujah campaign and subsequent reconstruction. When Paul returned only a few weeks ago, he learned of Rob Portman's decision to vacate his congressional seat. Paul Hackett is continuing his service to his country by running for the United State Congress. Sounds like a man with a plan. Wonder if he's got a lucky hat? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-02 15:18 |
| #13 Careful, murray. A local radio host pointed that out and his station ended up being flooded by calls. From California, Montana, Arizona, Oregon... (They're a superstation, and once had the most powerful AM transmitter in the world, but, c'mon!) SP0D -- I'm sure he didn't say that when he was in uniform. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 15:08 |
| #12 Being a lawyer and doing stuff in civilian affairs really doesn't give him much weight in claiming to be a "war" veteran. He served in time of war in a rear echelon post. The war veterans were the marines that cleaned out Fallujah. Quite thoughouly too. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-08-02 14:57 |
| #11 Calling the Commander in Chief a '*&^%$#" in time of war is conduct unbecoming an officer. He should be brought up on charges of stupidity. That he is a lawyer fortifies indications of this lack of intelligence. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-02 14:43 |
| #10 Oh, and a prediction: Should Hackett lose, he will join Max Cleland in the Democrat's parade of "Veterans Attacked by Republicans". We'll hear his name trotted out every time someone mentions supporting the troops: "If Republicans support the troops so much, why wouldn't they vote for one? Huh?! Huh?!" |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 14:40 |
| #9 If he plays it right, he, too, can spend the next 20-40 years in the US Congress and / or Senate Even if he wins this election -- special election, with small turnout, so it all depends on the "ground game" of each party -- it's highly unlikely he'd be able to hold the seat for a second term. This district covers all or part of seven counties, and only one of the counties has a sizable Democrat constituency. And, curiously enough, that county happens to be #2 to Detroit in rate of population loss. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 14:32 |
| #8 Paul Hackett -- an Ohio Democrat, a Marine Reservist and an Iraq war veteran -- has attracted GOP ire by criticizing the president. This is not true. He's ticked people off by simultaneously using President Bush in his ads and calling him the afore-mentioned epithet. He apparently thinks Ohio Republicans are too stupid to look past his ads. Former Ohio senator John Glenn, another former Marine, sent a message to online supporters of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) asking them to pitch in financially. They sent one to me, so I sent what I could to his opponent. My bus home tonight drops me off at the polling station, so I'm also going to help out by voting for his opponent. Hackett, hoping to capitalize on the widespread disarray in the scandal-plagued Ohio GOP NB: The "scandal" mostly effects RINOs from Cleveland and Columbus. This district is in and around Cincinnati. Hackett's only chances come from this being a special election. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-02 14:29 |
| #7 Phemble...well said! |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-08-02 13:58 |
| #6 The ad for this fnkg snake is posted here |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-02 13:57 |
| #5 Following in the fine tradition of JFkngKerry. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-02 13:53 |
| #4 An (anti-war) Marine running as a Dem? Doesn't sound like a winning formula to me. Is he 'reporting for duty'? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-08-02 13:49 |
| #3 He's merely following the John Kerry recipe for political success at the expense of personal integrity. If he plays it right, he, too, can spend the next 20-40 years in the US Congress and / or Senate, feeding at the public trough and not showing up for anything except fund-raisers. It's a proven method for the insanely ambitious. I'll bet poor Hillary is terminally jealous of his "service". If only she had a few years in uniform, Mein Gott! She could Rule the Universe! |
| Posted by: Phumble Ebbomotch4624 2005-08-02 13:42 |
| #2 Hey Hackett, Does the words "COMMANDER-n-Chief" mean anything to you? |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-02 13:38 |
| #1 Success! I'm me again |
| Posted by: Sherry 2005-08-02 13:26 |