OH-02: Huge Hackett news " Come Clean Jean!"

[jim3775]

Here it is, major Schmidt scandal revelations.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/2005/07/oh-02_huge_news.php#more

[stray cat]

1. Keep us posted. Any idea whats up?

[Cha]

2. Thanks! This sounds

Good!

[scoobiedavis]

3. Other bloggers have announced this also

Sites like Atrios have picked up on it. (I also linked to it on my site: www.scoobiedavis.blogspot.com)

[GeorgeBushytail]

4. Somebody poured water on Schmidt and she melted!!!

[iconoclastic cat]

6. Will the fundies protest if she's poured down a sewer grate?

[MaineDem]

8. Off topic but I have to ask

Is that an actual headline about Santorum? It's absolutely hysterical!

[iconoclastic cat]

9. It's real. It's from an ad the OH Dems are running against him.

I'll look for a link...


Edit:
http://santorumexposed.com/serendipity/archives/32-ONE-OF-THE-FINEST-MINDS-OF-THE-13TH-CENTURY.html

[still_one]

5. I hope Hackett wins more than anything

but with what happened in Ohio in 2004 I remain skeptical because of the goons that may interfere with the voting process


If Paul Hackett wins, there will be someone in Congress who won't just remain quiet

[OzarkDem]

7. Schmidt should pull out of the race

she has so many ethics problems facing her right now. She's on really thin ice.

[Toots]

28. Do you really believe republicans care?

Unethically behavior is their trademark and they Glory in it.

[madfloridian]

10. I think there is a post on what it is about in GD forum.

I think.

[QC]

11. Which one?

Is it the bondage story? That's been out a while, but, of course, they might have confirmed it, or maybe a news outlet has picked it up.

[madfloridian]

15. Yes, it has been out a while. Link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4216978&mesg_id=4216978

[Richard Steele]

12. Thanks for the heads-up! nm

[Viking12]

13. OK, it's 1eastern. Any live coverage on the web???

[jim3775]

14. The news is out, check my edited OP. n/t

[stray cat]

16. Anyone watching the press conference?

[DemReadingDU]

17. Thanks for the link!

[Greeby]

18. Hey

Schmidt happpens! ;)

Oh come on, you knew somebody was going to say it :P

[Douglas Carpenter]

19. great news--again its not to late to help with Paul Hackett's campaign

Here is the link:

http://www.hackettforcongress.com/

[noamnety]

20. Jean: What Are You Running From?

If I were the Karl Rove of the dems, I'd couple that question with a photo of her in one of her marathons.

[Adelante]

21. Cincinnati Enquirer

Saturday, July 30, 2005

Schmidt can't recall Ach favor

By Howard Wilkinson
Enquirer staff writer


Republican congressional candidate Jean Schmidt's media consultant said Friday she had no recollection of lobbying the governor's office on behalf of Cincinnati businessman Roger Ach's Internet lottery business when she was a state representative, as was reported Friday by the Toledo Blade.

But her Democratic opponent, Paul Hackett, jumped on the story, saying Schmidt "should have been lobbying for her constituents."

The Blade on Friday quoted documents released by Gov. Bob Taft's office that included a November 2001 e-mail written by Taft staff member Jon Allison complaining that Schmidt "continues to bug me on the Internet lottery."

Ach wanted to persuade the governor to back his plan to sell lottery tickets through his Internet business.

One year after the e-mail, Schmidt received a $1,000 campaign contribution from Ach.

-more-

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050730/NEWS01/507300376/1056

[roseBudd]

26. Howard Wilkinson is the man!! Go Howard, please at least 1 or 2 more

corruption/scandal stories before Tues.

[deadparrot]

22. How is this news playing in Ohio?

Is it getting airtime? Scandals don't mean much if no one knows about them...

[still_one]

23. This will be interesting if Ohio republicans put their state before

their party

[msongs]

24. maybe she doesnt "know" him in the biblical sense LOL eom

[roseBudd]

25. Pass all Schmidt scandal tips to Howard Wilkinson of the Cinti. Enquirer

This is his turf and he really is a real reporter.

Send newstips about Jean's lies and corruption to Howard Wilkinson:

But don't just email Howard, call him, he may be there now, or he may just have stepped out for a smoke.

Howard Wilkinson Public affairs 513-768-8388 [e-mail]

He covered yesterday's rally and his story about the two campaigns is on A1 today. Toledo Bllade Coingate reporter is also named Wilkinson, maybe they are related.

Howard is great, a real reporter who has been around and covered politics for a long time.

[roseBudd]

27. Howard Wilkinson of the Enquirercomes through Monday morning!!!!!

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050801/NEWS01/508010350

The truce between the candidates ended once they left the church Sunday morning.

A few hours later, Hackett was standing in front of TV cameras at the Hamilton County Courthouse downtown, refuting Schmidt's statement on Channel 12's "Newsmakers" program that she had "never met" and "wouldn't recognize" Thomas Noe, the Republican campaign contributor at the heart of the state GOP's Coingate' scandal.

Hackett produced minutes of a March 2002 Ohio Board of Regents meeting that indicates that then-state representative Schmidt had met with the regents, whose membership at the time included Noe.

"She seems to have a very selective memory," Hackett said.

When reporters asked for copies of the minutes, Hackett and an aide raced two blocks down Court Street to his law office in the Kroger building to run off copies.

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WOO HOO go Howard Wilkinson!

Send all Schmidt scandal tips to Howard better yet call him:
513-768-8388