Hackett v. Schmidt:

[Clark2008]

ON IRAQ & PATRIOTISM:

Schmidt: "I'm glad to hear my opponent finally say he stands with the president."

Hackett: "I not only stood with him - I fought for him," shot back Hackett, who returned in March from a seven-month tour of duty with the 1st Marine Division in Ramadi and Fallujah. ...

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ABORTION

Schmidt: "...would love to see" the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision ...

Hackett: . "... we need to keep abortions safe, legal and rare!" "Don't tell me how to live my personal life and don't dictate to my wife what decision she makes with her doctor." ...

"I don't want the government in the bedroom any more than I want it in my gun safe or telling me how to worship." ...

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ECONOMY

Schmidt: "We're on the right path, all we need to do is keep moving in the same direction. The key question is, how can we create more jobs in this very diverse district? The president's policies will do that."

Hackett: (who opposes permanent tax cuts) argues that Bush's economic policy;

"(It) darn well isn't working, ..(added that OH-2 has lost thousands of relatively high-paying manufacturing jobs), .... If you think America is on the right track and we need more of the same, I'm not your candidate!" .... "Ask yourself, are you better off today than you were five years ago?


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If Schmidt wins, we know the accusations about Diebold are a reality. She even LOOKS evil.

[Pithy Cherub]

1. Hackett is great off the cuff, his opponent trite.

Thanks for the snip of the transcript! Hackett is really good at this and would be really great to watch on the House Floor standing proud for the people!

btw, Diebold's accusation are a reality - the vote machine is owned by a republican. :evilgrin:

[Clark2008]

4. I know the accusations against Diebold are a reality, but the

sheeple don't.

If Schmidt wins after her opponent has this kind of spunk, then I think we might be able to start a better case against Diebold.

[Raksha]

20. Has anyone arranged to do exit polls for this race?

They seem to be even more critical than usual as documentation. I'd love to see someone try to pull a "reluctant Schmidt voter" theory on this one.

[AuntiBush]

39. I Second that, Cherub!

Really! Hackett says it, boldly and with couragound out-and-out honesty! If he looses, it's rigged.

[KeepItReal]

2. That's why I donated to Hackett!

If there is one fair election left in Ohio, I hope this one is it. He should wipe the floor with that rubber stamp Schmidt.

Hey Mr Hackett, :yourock:

[xxqqqzme]

3. '... I fought for him...'

now that's hot!

[asjr]

5. Schmidt is one mean-ass witch. She has been programmed very

well to lie. If she believes all she says she has to be a robot. She has probably intimidated every voter in her district.

[librechik]

6. Hackett: "Spade is a spade."

DLC: "Spade is a nuanced subject currently; we need to study how our language can be changed about this implement in order to elicit less conflict with our opponents and ideally more swing voters"

[Clark2008]

7. Good one!

:rofl:

[Kahuna]

8. I caught the vile Schmidt's act on Oberman last night. She was

truly sickening, spewing that crap. Especially that spew about us fighting the terrorists in Iraq so we don't have them fight them over here. I wish a wingnut would ever say that crap to me. I'd have a few choice words about what the Bible says about crap like that. Many commandments are being broken over dubya's Iraq adventure. :puke:

[Skittles]

13. she said that about terrorists after the bombings in London?

OMG :puke:

[SharonRB]

56. That was actually on Hardball, not Countdown

David Gregory made mincemeat out of her.

[Greeby]

9. For all the veterans who run for office, this:

[tsuki]

14. And now for a completely random thought. I love your poster. eom

[Greeby]

16. Tis not mine

Tis from about.com's political pictures section

[tsuki]

19. Am on my way there. Thanks.

[Totally Committed]

10. What a GREAT post!

Thanks for taking the time to ferret out those quotes for us.

They only serve to remind us of why this elections is so important on so many levels!

[OzarkDem]

11. Schmidt thinks abortions cause breast cancer

She blames breast cancer patients saying they probably had abortions.

She even introduced a resolution in the Ohio House to "study the link" between breast cancer & abortion.

Link to the nutcase group she's a member of

http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/start/

[FreedomAngel82]

34. What a total moron!

[jean]

45. eeek! if she gets in will they start investigating the birth history of

all breast cancer patients and deny insurance to those who had abortions or what? This woman is shrill and orbiting way out of the mainstream.

[faithnotgreed]

12. oh my

"I don't want the government in the bedroom any more than I want it in my gun safe or telling me how to worship." ...


this man has got some kind of future

[Robeson]

15. "this man has got some kind of future"...

...and a backbone.

[faithnotgreed]

21. one and the same eh

[Vinca]

17. I hadn't seen this Schmidt woman before last night when

David Gregory was trying to interview her. She's a nutball pure and simple. All she can do is parrot the Rovian script and she's rude beyond belief. I truly hope Mr. Hackett beats her by a large margin. Not just because he's a Democrat, but because he's obviously SANE!

[Jane Austin]

23. Whew! Hard-looking woman, and hard to listen to.

David Gregory was unflappable with her, and she was rude, rude, rude to him.

[roseBudd]

29. Some of the people I canvassed today said she looks like a man...

or a witch

download the PDF: http://bushcheated04.com/hackett.pdf

[brentspeak]

18. Kick

:kick:

[Disturbed]

22. Saw her on Hardball, also.

Yeah, is a vile parrot of the Bush Cult.

[DaveinMD]

24. if Schmidt win has nothing to do with Diebold

It has to do with Republicans not changing their voting behavior. This is a Republican district. If Hackett wasn't such a great candidate, he wouldn't stand a chance.

[Wabbajack]

25. It's the most puke seat in Ohio

They don't need to steal it.

[Son of California]

26. Hackett is fucking old school

he's exactly what the Democratic Party needs. Tough motherfucker, good off the cuff, a little old fashioned but in a this-is-my-choice-now-you-make-yours way
if we had a few more people like this we could take back Congress.

[FreedomAngel82]

35. Hear hear!

He's my kind of democrat. He is old school. He's like how I am. An old school Kennedy democrat. We need more democrats like him that's for sure!

[napi21]

38. Though MFer is right! The Good off the cuff is much harder!

I actually think we have lots of Dems who can or could be tough MFer's, but to be good with off the cuff remarks is someting you either have or you don't!

That's exactly what I've been looking for in a Pres. candidate for 2008, but I haven't seen it yet. Clinton had it. He was much more muted, but he was very quick on his feet!

I've seen a little bit of this with Biden, but I still think a win isn't going to come from the Senate!

I'm still searching!!!!!!

[RONSTOO]

55. fucking aye

just like the priest in " The Exorcist " you better be one tough mother fucker and shout down this evil junta until you're blue in the face.


Never ever let these mother fuckers intimidate you.

[Pharlo]

57. No, he's too honest. EXACTLY what this democratic party needs

is old school like Richard Dailey and Huey Long. They could take on today's GOP and beat them at their own game.

[ChiciB1]

27. Isn't She Leading Big Time In The Polls??? n/t

[mtnester]

30. No she is not , the last official poll had her up by 5% and that was early

last week....the latest is Hackett is polling above her in REPUB internal polls.

You have to understand how republican this district is. For a Dem to be within 20 points of her on a poll is a miracle, to out poll her....what is better than a miracle?

[ChiciB1]

32. Fingers.... Cross Your Fingers!!!

[mtnester]

37. He also has raised more money than she

this election, IMO is so critical to Dems across the US....the repercussions are almost unfathomable.

[girl gone mad]

28. I think he talks..

exactly the way most Democrats should be talking. Not the wishy-washy way most of them do.

[Darkhawk32]

33. I got a fever. And the only prescription...

is more COWBELL!!

Go Hackett go!!!

[FreedomAngel82]

36. And one thing I like

is he doesn't apologize for what he says either. I saw him on "Hardball" Thursday night and he was talking with Matthews about how he called Bush a "chickenhawk" and he didn't apologize for it either! He was saying how he respects the office but not the person. :D

[girl gone mad]

43. You are so right about that.

On the rare occasions a Dem has the guts to tell the truth, too often they will be apologizing for it within 48 hours.

[FreedomAngel82]

31. Wow

Schmidt really sucks. I saw her on the CBS segment they had about Hackett and she just gave pure crap. Pro-life and pro-family and supporting the president. :eyes: While Hackett gave real answers and tried to tell about what all he believes in as fast as he could and as clear as well. I agree, if Hackett doesn't win either there are serious problems there are the people of Ohio like that type of crap with Schmidt.

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[noamnety]

48. She may deserve it, but I don't

please keep the comments appropriate for a progressive forum.

Instead of calling her a "bitch" can we call her a rude ignorant corrupted piece of scum? It's gender neutral, and won't give the impression that part of your well-founded contempt for her as a person is in some way related to her gender.

Kind of like how we didn't resort to racial slurs when that ass-wipe Keyes was running. He earned my contempt purely on his merits.

[Hailtothechimp]

51. Sorry I offended you, but....

I truly think the word "bitch" has meanings that do not tie to gender alone. When someone "bitches and moans" about something (and I do this too) they aren't putting all women down by using the word. The old saying "Payback's a bitch" is meant to say payback is (and I'm quoting from Mirriam Webster's College dictionary, Tenth Edition) "something that is highly objectionable or unpleasant". Just as I find Ms. Schnmidt in Ohio to be.

If you think my use that word was an attempt to put down all women (including my wife and two daughters), I can't stop you. But I can't buy into your idea of purging the word from the language altogether, either.

[noamnety]

53. It is offensive

Please see the DU rules on sexist language: http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules_detailed.html

I understand you aren't trying to be sexist; it's a byproduct of our society. The reason the word has a negative connotation is because of its association with females. Historically it became a term used for women to liken them to dogs - women who had large litters (sexually promiscuous), and from that mutated into slang for malicious women. The other negative variations of the meaning derive from that.

I certainly wouldn't accept the use of the word "nigger" in my presence - even though the dictionary shows an alternate meaning "a disparaging term for a member of any socially, economically, or politically deprived group of people: “Gun owners are the new niggers... of society.” Think about WHY it means what it does. That's why it's offensive.

If you wouldn't use racist slurs, don't use sexist ones. I don't think that's too much to ask. At least not on a progressive forum.

[Hailtothechimp]

54. We'll have to disagree on this word, then.

The word "hysterical" has a negative connotation because it was once thought that the uterus was the root of certain types of behavior. By that logic, I am not be capable of "hysterical" behavior, either being funny or out of my mind nuts, because I'm not a woman and don't have a uterus. But I'm fairly ceratin the word has been used about me at some point in my life.

I went back and read DU's guidelines too. The long version. And it did specifically reference the word in question as one that I "should" avoid, but it also says that no words are automatically forbidden. Which I can only assume includes this word too.

[AtomicKitten]

41. Hackett rocks

I'm in California and doing phone bank work to get out the vote for Hackett. He is within striking distance of the Republican. She's a short woman who wears scrunchies in her hair and is very proud of her lips being firmly attached to Bush's ass.

Chris Matthews tried pummeling Hackett but he stood firm with a smile on his face. Good on him.

[ArchTeryx]

42. And if Hackett loses?

I think our side wins either way.

If he wins, awesome! It sends a very clear message.

If he loses by a narrow margin? It STILL sends a very clear message. He can run again in '06. Or better the hell yet, he's available to run as a potential SENATE candidate. Think about that, Ohioans: Paul Hackett, your US Senator.

I am still rooting for him to win. But I think a candidate like this is destined for greatness, win, lose, or draw.

[FreedomAngel82]

44. About him running next year

if he doesn't win I have heard he will go back to Iraq if he doesn't win. :(

[deadparrot]

46. I heard this, too.

Very sad.

[mconvente]

47. heard that too... n/t

[ArchTeryx]

49. Going back??

I'd start one heck of a letter-writing campaign pleading for him not to do so -- and I hope the Democratic establishment would do the same. He could do the country so much better here then over there.

But if that IS his intention? It marks him as more of a patroit then the entire Nixon/Bush chickenhawk cadre put together. Period.

[CTLawGuy]

50. He's a Dean style candidate -says what he thinks, doesn't back down

and look how well he is doing. He could win this thing.

[MinneapolisMatt]

52. That is awesome.

God I hope he wins. PLEASE LET HIM WIN. I need some ray of light right now!!! Maybe the Diebold techies will forget to rig it this time.

-Matt