One of these things is not like the others.
Harry S Truman (President of the United States) – his motto:
John F Kennedy (Author of Profiles in Courage
Ted Strickland (Governor of Ohio) – on the news of Ohio’s record 10.2 unemployment rate & the loss of a GM plant / the relocation of NCR: “Ohio’s governor says it’s unfair to blame his administration for two big job losses this week.”
Hmm. Doesn’t have quite the same oomph to it.
See also Weapons of Mass Discussion and the Ohio Republican Party blog. And, of course, John Kasich’s site, for those interested in confirming that Governor Strickland ends up not needing to take the blame for Ohio’s problems past November of 2010…
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
, and is (to the best to my knowledge) in the public domain.
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[...] See also the Cleveland Leader and Kevin Holtsberry’s Ohio Politics Online: the latter thinks that this is “a last ditch effort to avoid tax increases.” Which seems fair enough, as far as it goes, but I don’t know whether it really hammers home the detail that Strickland’s numbers have dropped lately, that Ohio’s unemployment rate has increased lately, and that the Ohio GOP is prepared to highlight not only the state’s heightened economic woes, but also Strickland’s refusal to take any responsibility for it… [...]
[...] See also the Cleveland Leader and Kevin Holtsberry’s Ohio Politics Online: the latter thinks that this is “a last ditch effort to avoid tax increases.” Which seems fair enough, as far as it goes, but I don’t know whether it really hammers home the detail that Strickland’s numbers have dropped lately, that Ohio’s unemployment rate has increased lately, and that the Ohio GOP is prepared to highlight not only the state’s heightened economic woes, but also Strickland’s refusal to take any responsibility for it… [...]