Jimmy Stewart vs Charlie Wilson vs Jim Traficant vs Dennis Spisak

I've been doing some thinking recently about the 6th district and our disastrous Congressman Charlie Wilson.

Then with Jim Traficant's release from prison and his admittance that he is thinking about running for Congress....that would make an interesting race. One that could be won by a Republican.

You'd possibly have:

I: Traficant
G: Spisak
R: Stewart
D: Wilson

Who but Jimmy Stewart would come out ahead at the end of that race?

Here's why:

Traficant will pull votes from the northern counties. Especially among the so called Reagan Democrats and union members. If he could pull just 10% of the vote in the northern counties, that would be a game changer.

Dennis Spisak pulled 2% of the vote in 2006 and 5% in 2008. 3 reasons why he'll do better this year if he runs:

1. In 2006 the loons on the left wanted to vote for Strickland over the "evil" conservative Ken Blackwell. Wilson benefited from Strickland's coat tails. This gubernatorial election will not be so great for the socialists' chances. Especially since Kasich is already leading Strickland and the primaries haven't even happened yet! This leads me to believe that any obligation to vote for the democrat because he has a chance to win will be out the window. The green, earth first, "humane" society, tree huggers, car haters, coal haters, etc... will be free to vote their consciences. These people will vote for Spacick. Also, in 2008 Obama was on the ticket and dems were fired up to vote for him....for some reason....this brought lots of democrat voters to the polls. This is not the case now.
   
2. Spisak is on the ballot as a Green candidate. Not an independent. The above mentioned list of freaks will know who to vote for (if they have a question about who the green's are endorsing) because he's on the ballot as a Green candidate.
3. Charlie Wilson voted against the Cap and Tax bill. This enrages the loony left and then numbers 1 / 2 (above) come into play. Wilson's vote will give votes to Spisak in Athens and the commune communities around Amesville and other coal hating folks in the 6th.

Jimmy Stewart will do well in the southern counties (where he is well known and liked) and will pick up the GOP vote in the northern counties. If all he had going for him was this, he could win this under these circumstances. However, considering in one of the worst years to run as a Republican 2008, the GOP candidate (Richard "Dick" Stobbs, former Belmont County Sheriff) received 33%.....this was a candidate that was little known and little financed....under the absolute worst conditions the GOP candidate still received 33%. In 2006, Chuck Blasdel (former Ohio House member from the 1st district) received 38% of the vote against Comrade Wilson. Another little known and little financed candidate....and a bad year for Republicans.
So given that Jimmy Stewart is well known in his former House district and that he just won the 20th Senate district, he is a known entity with lot's of name ID. He also is rated A by the NRA and is endorsed by the Ohio Right to Life organization. Yes, the 6th district is a conservative district. Which is why Charlie Wilson pretends to be one.
All this being said, Jimmy Stewart should receive as a base vote around 40-42%. Then depending on his fundraising and campaigning, adding to that. Which he is a fund raiser and campaigner.


Which brings us to Charlie Wilson. Comrade Wilson has both the left and the right mad at him. (search Charlie Wilson on this blog and you'll see what I'm talking about) His vote for the so called "stimulus" bill has lost him support on the right. (remember, he pretends to be a conservative) and his vote against the Cap and Tax bill has the left angry with him. The only group he'll really be able to rely on are the dems that vote dem because, well they've always voted that way. Traficant will eat into this group up north.
This on top of the fact that he's never had to really fight to keep his job. Does he really even know how to campaign? He had to run as a write-in in 2006's primary due to not collecting 50 valid signatures for his petition.



So, if Jim Traficant were to run in the 6th district as an Independent, I do believe Jimmy Stewart would have a very good chance of winning. Due to the Spisak getting 7-9% and Traficant getting 1-2%. The assumption being (I think it's a fair assumption) that most of these votes would come from Wilson. If Stewart were to keep the 40% base and possibly add to it, it would turn to the GOP column.

I also think he'd have a decent shot even if "beem me up" were not to run. Looking as it does right now that 2010 could be a good GOP year.

One last thing. Can you imagine the attention a race like this would draw?

Jimmy Stewart running against ex-con Jim Traficant running against Charlie Wilson (I'm not Joe Wilson, or Charlie Wilson for that mater, but I voted to increase our national debt by the trillions) running against loony Spisak!

Athens County democrat party ethics

Dispatch stories here and here.

"The chairwoman of the Athens County Democratic Party has been indicted on theft-related charges involving campaign contributions.

A grand jury indicted Susan Gwinn, 55, of Athens, on Thursday on six counts: two of theft in office, two of falsification and one each of money laundering and unauthorized used of property. The indictment was released yesterday."

Comrade Charlie Wilson bragging about paying people not to work

My comments in red

Dear Friends,

Earlier this week I voted to extend unemployment insurance benefits to those hit hardest by the recession. H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation Act of 2009, will extend unemployment benefits by 13 weeks to workers in high unemployment states (thank you Ted Strickland and Ohio's high taxes....which are used to pay for unemployment.....a little chicken and the egg thing) who are about to run out of benefits. It overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 331-83.

Ohio is currently facing a state average of 10.8% unemployment (641,000 jobless workers) (partially because we continue to pay people not to work, why look for a job?), with over 11,000 jobless workers expected to run out of unemployment at the end of September. In Ohio’s Sixth District, the unemployment rates range from 9.5-16.6% as of August 2009. This extension will ensure that these workers will be able to continue providing for their families. (it also ensures that some of them will not look for work, since they are being paid not to....)

In these tough economic times (because of your spending and Ohio's high taxes), extending unemployment benefits is one of the most efficient and fast-acting ways to stimulate our local economies. (or taking money from those that work and giving it to those that don't) According to Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Economy.com, an independent economic research firm, every $1 spent on unemployment benefits generates $1.63 in new economic demand. (this has got to be the dumbest thing I've heard even Charlie Wilson say. If paying people not to work gives a 163% return on the investment, why not ban jobs altogether and pay everyone not to work!) The families receiving these checks are going out in their communities and paying for groceries, filling their cars up with gas, and buying school supplies.

And one thing I want to note, this bill will not add to the deficit. As a Blue Dog Democrat, this is very important to me. (you've got to be kidding me! after voting for the stimulus bill? He actually claims he's against adding to the deficit?) The bill simply extends the federal unemployment tax, something that has been in place already for over 30 years. (typical talk for a democrat "the bill simply extends the federal unemployment tax" It's simply a tax, you know? By the way, extending a tax means it's a tax increase. Again, taking money from those that work and giving it to those that don't.)

I was proud (we've got the picture, comrade) to vote for this legislation--another crucial step in providing immediate relief and stability to those families struggling to make ends meet and getting our economy back on track.

Sincerely,

Charlie Wilson
Member of Congress
Ohio's Sixth District

Why is it the media are slow to admit that guns save lives

I wonder why WTAP can't just say what happened. Surely they know.....or at least most of the mid Ohio valley know what happened.

They tip-toe around the facts by saying:

"as the investigation continues into the shooting death of a Pettyville man."

"On Sunday, authorities say Christopher Dickel was shot and later died at the Mineral Manor Apartment Complex."

Here's what really happened.

An argument ensued over a girlfriend. A phone call was made to the home (where the shooting later occurred) and a death threat was made on one of the occupants of the apartment.

A gang of thugs made good on their promise of arriving at the apartment and attempting to kill one of the occupants.

To their surprise, after they broke down the door to the apartment, the first one through the door was shot, then shot again because he didn't go down with the first shot (a good reason to own firearms with a larger caliber than 9mm).

The rest of the thugs stepped over the body of their just dead friend and proceeded to fight with the occupants of the apartment.

2 observations on this:

1. The news "media" hate giving credit to guns saving lives.
2. A 9 round 12 gauge shot gun with 00 buckshot would be a much better home defense weapon than a 9mm handgun.

Why is the FOP endorsing and campaigning for gambling?

Here's a report from NBC4i.com. Looks like there is at least one reporter in the state that still can ask questions.....even though he got no answers.

Why is the FOP actively supporting gambling in Ohio? Surely there's more to it than the increase dues from more police officers that will be needed to combat the organized crime element of gambling.

There has to be more to their support that just that.

How to delay an economic recovery

Pay people not to work.

The House easily approved a bill last night that will extend unemployment benefits by 13 weeks to more than 65,000 Ohioans.

Why is it that no one considers the unintended consequences?

Housing bubble blame

Knight Kiplinger's column here. Well worth the read.

As is Thomas Sowell's book, The Housing Boom and Bust.

Kasich answers gun ban vote question....sort of.

previous posts on this subject: here / here

Former Ohio GOP Chairman now gambling pimp

Pretty sad. Getting paid to go 100% against your party's values. I have no confidence in the GOP to speak for me when it comes to gambling.

Cleveland.com story here.


This is one reason to oppose expanded gambling in Ohio. The buying of politicians (regardless of party) and organized crime.

Gambling does not create "new" money. It just recycles it from the gambler's pockets to the casino operator's......along with state government and corrupt politicians.

Another reason is that anytime you can keep money away from government, no matter where it comes from, it is a good thing.

I always thought there was something about Bennett that was sleazy....

Unintended consequenses....or not

The government's perverse desire to punish success.

Forbes.com story here.

Finally something to agree with Obama about

Times online story here

The decision not to base US missiles in eastern Europe is a good one. If Poland and the Czech Republic want a missile defense system, they should purchase it and run it themselves.

The argument that they were to be used against North Korea and Iran's missiles was far fetched.

Everyone knows that they were there for Russia.

Why do we want to antagonize Russia? It's becoming more capitalist by the day. (While we're heading the other direction towards socialism)

Here's part of Washinton's farewell address....and yes, it still applies today.

36 The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.

37 Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.

38 Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off, when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality, we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.

39 Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?

40 It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them.

41 Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.

Self promoting politicians never change, regardless of party

If you were wondering why the government seems to think it needs to put up signs on projects stating that this project is funded by the "American Recovery Act", you're not alone.

Just another dollar wasting pat on the back for our "law" makers.

Washington Times story here

""These are self-congratulatory signs; they're political signs. They're so that lawmakers can pat themselves on the back," he said. "But these signs cost money. Actually, when you add them all up, they cost a lot of money."

Some localities have objected to the signs, arguing that they would rather spend the money on more projects. But Mr. Gregg said one community in New Hampshire was told no sign, no money for their original project.

"We do enough self-congratulating around here. They shouldn't make the taxpayers pay for it," he said."

No Charlie, you're no Joe Wilson

Our Congressman Charlie Wilson wants folks to know that he is not Congressman Joe Wilson.

No Charlie, no one would confuse you with someone that could call a liar a liar.

While Joe Wilson fights our Disaster-in-Chief, Charlie Wilson rides around in Air Force one with him.

Charlie Wilson is too busy spending the country further into debt.



Too busy giving your tax money to convert human urine into some sort of fuel.

Charlie Wilson brags about voting for the disastrous "stimulus bill" while unemployment is almost 10% nationwide and 14% in Ohio....higher than that in his own district......and it continues to rise after this "stimulus". Which leads one to think that his vote had the effect of making the economy worse off.

Joe Wilson voted against the "stimulus bill".

Charlie Wilson holds "news conferences" at gas stations to complain about the high gas prices, yet does not say a word of support for drilling in Alaska.

Joe Wilson supports drilling in Alaska.

Too busy to sign on as a cosponsor of HR 1207. The common sense bill that would allow an audit of the Federal Reserve. Yes, that's right, there are no external audits of the Fed. The same fed, with it's cheap interest rates and fiat money that causes our business cycles...boom / bust cycles.

Joe Wilson is a co-sponsor.

Don't worry Charlie, no one could confuse you with Joe Wilson!

The Dispatch is usually better than this

Here they have a story about the GOP "securing" and "choosing" a candidate to run in the 18th US Congressional district.

Hmmm. Hasn't Jeanette Moll be campaigning for this office for some time now? Yet, according to the Dispatch....the GOP just now has found someone to run?

All one has to do is a Google search of 18th district candidates and you'll see that there was already a candidate.

It's bad enough that the GOP feels that the primary voters are not smart enough to choose our own candidates that they have choose them for us and spend the rest out of contention.......it's really bad when the Dispatch starts doing the GOP's work for them.

None of this is to say that Sen Gibbs would not be a great US Congressman for the 18th. It just seems that anytime the GOP (State GOP on RNC) gets involved we always end up with the less conservative candidate.....which is OK if you are a Bob Taft Republican. The 18th isn't filled with a bunch of flaming moderates, however.

Newest favorite bumper sticker

One more example of statist intervention in our lives

And another reason government and their creatures should keep out of the free market.

Proof that government is a job killing machine, not our saviors that they advertise.

Here we have our state's Department of Agriculture putting a small business out of business because they were using "raw" (arguably healthier than pasteurized) milk in PET food.

Yes it was labeled as such and no there is no law against it.

Washington County's Judge Lane is absolutely correct in his judgement. The 4 District Court of Appeals needs to agree with Lane. It looks like they are heading in that direction.

Marietta Register story here

Joe Wilson speaks

Obama lies about abortion coverage in speech

LifeSiteNews.com story here.

Notice who casts a vote for abortion in this bill?....our Zach Space. The same Zach Space that pretends like he's a conservative at election time, but votes like a San Fransisco demokrat when in Washington.

This is not a mis-statement, Biden really belives it!

“Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’” Biden said. “The answer is yes, that's what I’m telling you.”

CNSNews.com story

The event, sponsored by the AARP – which supports the Obama administration’s plan – was attended by mostly AARP members who were bussed in for the meeting.

To you AARP members, there is no real doubt anymore that the AARP is a Marxist organization and a shill for Obama.

But it is a lie

Here Congressman Zach Space even votes to allow illegal aliens to have health care benefits....which you will pay for, of course.

Just in case you are getting nostalgic about Ted Kennedy

All you have to do is read this and you'll get over it.

Ted Kennedy's Soviet Gambit

Another good coyote

Voinovich right on gambling

And I do believe he would raise taxes rather than agree to more gambling. Even though, that is not the right answer either. Just cut spending! It's amazing how afraid our governors are of a mob of middle aged librarians when it comes to budget cuts.

Voinovich speaks out against gambling plans

Sunday, September 6, 2009 7:20 AM

Sen. George V. Voinovich, R-Ohio, ripped both proposals to expand gambling in Ohio last week as an "attack on families." Voinovich made his comments as the Ohio Roundtable, a conservative policy group, announced a lawsuit to block Gov. Ted Strickland's plans for video slot machines at horse tracks.

Voinovich said at the event that the slots plan and a November ballot issue to permit full-blown casinos in Ohio's four largest cities would suck money out of the pockets of vulnerable people.

Voinovich said the fourcasino plan is the handiwork of "greedy vultures" from other states. The Republican former governor was not as harsh toward Strickland, a Democrat, but sounded personally betrayed as he recalled how Strickland stood with Voinovich and other gambling opponents against a slotmachine proposal in 2006.

"Based on his past comments, he knows that this is not in the best interest of Ohio's families," Voinovich said.
Strickland says that the state needs the $933 million in expected revenue from the video lottery terminals at the racetracks to head off massive cuts to education and social services.

Voinovich recalled that he faced similar budget problems, albeit less severe, when he took office in 1991. He noted that he cut the state budget four times and raised taxes, and would do so again in Strickland's position.

"I would have raised taxes," he said.

A different take on Space's "Tea-Bagger" comment

Congressman uses vulgar sexual term to slur constituents

Open letter to Comrade Congressman Charlie Wilson

From the Monroe County Beacon

Dear Editor,

There are many questions I’d like to ask the Honorable Charlie Wilson. This letter is in response to Charlie Wilson’s letter sent to his constituents via e-mail on 8/19 “Myth vs Fact” on the Health Care Reform Bill.

Statement number five states that this “bill will not cause employer based coverage” (i.e. private) “to be crowded out by a public” (i.e. government) “Insurance option, but that a public option is only one of many choices that will be offered.” However, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that any government option (i.e. funded by our taxes) does not have to make a profit in order to stay in business and that it won’t take long before businesses will drop their private insurance plans for their employees because they can not compete with the government option. This will in turn force many people and employers to turn to the government option. Soon, the government/public option will be the only one left in business and thus we will be a country with socialized health care, see sec. 313 “Employer Contribution in Lieu of Coverage’ in HR 3200. There is no incentive to keep a private option in the plan. By year five all health care will be integrated into the federal system. In addition, as for being able to keep our health care, that is not what the document says on page 16 of the 1017 page bill or Sec. 102 “Choice to Keep Current Coverage” specifically section 102 (2) from HR 3200 which states you will have to merge into the public option if there are any policy adjustments for any reason. Doesn’t sound like we’ll have much choice.

In response to statement number 1 where you state that this bill will not create deficit spending: I ask you why should we believe a government who has failed to run our own government without a deficit and whose Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security programs are all broke - or soon will be? What makes this program any different than ones the government has already tried to run? Based upon the government’s past experiences of handling our money to fund their many programs, they will have to raise taxes to pay for this program too. They will say that costs have risen too quickly or needs are greater than expected and they must increase the tax base in order to continue this program. Once the private insurance companies are out of business, what other choice will each of us have? Each of us are already working till about April 13, every year, in order to pay the government their portion of our money (i.e. taxes). I do believe that if each of us had less taxes to pay (i.e. tax cuts), our greater in pocket cash would allow many more of us to be able to afford some health insurance.

In response to statement number six, where you state that this bill will not cut jobs. I remind you that all those people in the private insurance business, will eventually be out of a job. In addition, in my opinion, it will also dissuade people from wanting to become doctors in the future because their income will have to fixed, by controlling the amount to be paid to the doctor for any type of procedure, etc. Otherwise how else could this government run option manage their finances? So, government will artificially (not be supply/demand) keep costs down – which again is another government control – i.e. loss of the doctor’s liberty.

In response to statement number eight where you state that “There is a terrible myth being spread that health care reform promotes euthanasia.” Now granted, there is no provision in the bill to pay for euthanasia. However, all one has to realize is that there will be a set amount of funds in this program and as in every business, management is always looking for the best way to spend their capital. Unfortun-ately, it most likely will be decided upon by age of the client and the seriousness of the disease. So, if there is a choice to be made between a younger person who needs an operation and an older person who needs one (and there will be many every day), my guess is that the younger person will always win out; one of the reasons being that the elderly one has already lived most of his life and thus the younger person should be given that opportunity now. thus, the elderly will – more often than not – have reduced quality of life care, which can – though not always, lead to a desire to be put out of their pain/problems – i.e. euthanasia. This not not the case with our health care system today. Our elderly have available to them the best health care in the world.

One other point I’d like to raise that was not in his e-mail letter is that Charlie Wilson has always claimed to be a pro-life Congressman. However, in this health care reform bill, even though the term (s) abortion or abortion legislation, are not used, President Obama has said that “reproductive care is at the very heart of his health care plan.” Also, we need to look no further than the federal Medicaid statute which does not mention the word abortion, yet Medicaid had funded as many as 300,000 abortions/ year prior to the enactment of the Hyde amendment. Yet this health care overhaul bypasses the Hyde amendment – which restricts federal funding of abortions through Medicaid; even if it did apply to the health care bill, it would still have to be subject to annual re-approval. So, I ask you Congressman Wilson, how can you support a health care bill that in actuality will be killing many of the babies’ lives that you say you support?

* However, the most important question is one of constitutionality! Our Constitution has never given to the federal government the right to take over private businesses such as this administration has done with the automobile industry, banking industry, mortgage business (Fannie and Freddie) and now the health industry. Our government should never be running the private business sector. That is definitely one of the characteristics of a fascist government. As it states in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, we are a country governed “of the people, by the people, and for the people”, not by an oligarchy.

This health care reform bill takes away too much of our inalienable right of liberty and gives it to our government to dole out as they see fit – definitely a characteristic of Big Brother Govern-ment knowing what is best (socialism). Instead, let us strive to correct the problems within the private system we have today – such as tort reform, refusing illegal aliens health care who have not payed into the system, etc., all those things that cause our health care costs to skyrocket.

There are other ways to control health costs rather than to give away our liberty to control our own body’s health. I urge you to vote against this horrendous socialistic health plan and to research other ways of reducing health care costs that would enable us to maintain what is left of our free market/capitalistic society on which our country was founded. Once our liberty is gone, it is almost impossible to get back.

Let us never forget the lives and fortunes that our founding fathers sacrificed for our precious freedoms as well as Patrick Henry’s famous words: “Give me liberty or give me death.”

Sincerely, Amy Zehnder
Clarington

Buckeye Firearms Association just as short sighted as the NRA

Why do neither the NRA or the Buckeye Firearms Association care that Zack Space just endorsed Lee Fisher for US Senate? Fisher being a past board member of Handgun Control Incorporated????

What am I missing here?

Buckeyefirearms.org post

Previous post on this subject

Dave Yost

Strickland attorney: Voters not entitled to slot machine referendum

That's debatable.

Dispatch story here.

One thing is for sure, however, voters will vote on Snake-eyes Ted Strickland.

I don't think voters will take kindly to being lied to about Ted's real intentions. Telling us all along that he is against balancing the budget (against increased gambling period) with the gambling vice. Then doing an about face on the issue.

This is Strickland's "read my lips" moment that he won't be able to hide from.

Brandishing chainsaws

Someone took our advice. The EnviroNazis are upset that someone was walking around with a chainsaw under the trees where they are illegally perched.....trying to save the planet, of course.

EnviroNazi "news" release here.

"Stocks and Steepleton have endured 24-hour sleep deprivation tactics and the brandishing of a chainsaw. All day and all night Massey security personnel have flashed bright lights, sounded air horns, and banged loudly on metal buckets in an effort to prevent the tree sitters from getting any sleep. “The security guards' actions with the lights and air horns are making the situation less safe,” Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice volunteer Charles Suggs said. “Depriving sleep from people who have to maintain safety systems to prevent a fatal fall endangers their lives.”"

If you were really concerned about a fatal fall, one way to ensure this would not happen would be to stay on the ground.

Great book on Socialism

NRA and their ill conceived endorsements

Who wants to wager that the NRA will endorse Zach Space for Congress in 2010?

What always gets me about the NRA and their short sighted endorsements is this:

Look at who Zach Space endorses and supports, Lee Fisher. Sarah Brady's evil twin, the most anti-gun politician Ohio has ever had.

Yet the NRA can't stop loving on this guy. Seems like they are missing the big picture here....same with Comrade Charlie Wilson.

EnviroNazis to invade West Virginia

Here is a group of EnviroNazis putting out a call for more of their ilk to join them.

link here

Here's how to deal with the one remaining (literal) tree hugger.