(Ohio's) DeWine Paints Picture of Independence from President's Viewpoints

[LiberalHeart]

It took Mike DeWine 50 minutes and two chats with a waitress to get a glass of milk to wash down his oatmeal in Perrysburg yesterday.

Ohio's senior senator had less trouble trying to wash away Democrats' attempts to smother him in President Bush's sagging popularity. In a breakfast interview with The Blade, Mr. DeWine, a Republican from Cedarville, said the President sent too few troops to Iraq and must submit to permanent legislative oversight of his domestic wiretapping program.

Much more here:
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060313/NEWS09/603130326

[Call me Deacon Blues]

1. Riiighhhhtttt

And John McCain is a "Maverick"!

[Canuckistanian]

2. DeWine?

He's the world champeen water-carrier for the Bush Crime Family.

Does he not realize that reporters have devices that can record everything you say?

[liberal N proud]

3. What do you think from his record?

Mike DeWine on Abortion

Voted NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)

Mike DeWine on Budget & Economy

Voted NO on $40B in reduced federal overall spending. (Dec 2005)
Voted YES on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on 1998 GOP budget. (May 1997)
Voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997)

Mike DeWine on Civil Rights

Disturbed by "free speech zones" in public arena. (Jan 2006)
Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)
Voted YES on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
Voted NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women. (Mar 1998)
Voted YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)
Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)
Voted YES on Amendment to prohibit flag burning. (Dec 1995)
Voted NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)
Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
Rated 40% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)

Mike DeWine on Corporations

Voted NO on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore. (Mar 2005)
Voted YES on reforming bankruptcy to include means-testing & restrictions. (Mar 2005)
Voted YES on restricting rules on personal bankruptcy. (Jul 2001)
Rated 96% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)

Mike DeWine on Education

Voted NO on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005)
Voted NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies. (Oct 2005)
Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
Voted NO on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
Voted NO on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on Educational Savings Accounts. (Mar 2000)
Voted YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules. (Mar 1999)
Voted YES on education savings accounts. (Jun 1998)
Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)
Voted YES on $75M for abstinence education. (Jul 1996)
Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)

More at http://ontheissues.org/Senate/Mike_DeWine.htm

[warrens]

4. Bwahahahahaha

Check the video record, pal. You're joined at the hip with the Bushter.

[AngryOldDem]

5. Then how does he explain legislation like this??

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x638725

It's especially rich, considering that he thinks Bush must be answerable legislatively to domestic surveillance.

[zbdent]

6. Does the term "vote was along party lines" mean anything to DeWine?

I mean, you constantly hear that term when Bush ramrods something through, and the MSM has been told to make the Dems look bad . . .

[Maeve]

7. There is only one reply I can make to this

:rofl:

Altho :wtf: works, too.....DeWiener is about as close to a Bushbot as it gets.

[MasonJar]

8. Is that why he is pushing a bill to make it illegal to tell the American

people that Bush has done something against the law. Ohio repugs should be buried up to their noses in a vat of sludge.