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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 11:32 AM
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Voinovich Called Obama a Socialist
This is very disappointing.

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Voinovich calls Obama a "socialist"

How bitter is the rhetoric getting out on the campaign trail and how red is the meat being tossed out to loyalists? Sen. George V. Voinovich, R-Ohio, told Meigs County Republicans that Democratic nominee Barack Obama is a "socialist."

Here is the quote from Voinovich, reported on first today by the Daily Sentinel of Pomeroy, Ohio, during a visit he made to the Meigs County GOP headquarters.

The paper reported that: "In relation to Obama, Voinovich told the audience: 'He is left of (Democratic senator from Massachusetts) Teddy Kennedy. With all due respect, the man is a socialist.'"


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UPDATE at 5:45 p.m.: Isaac Baker, an Obama spokesman reacted this way to Voinovich's "socialist" comment.

“John McCain and his supporters have embraced a smear campaign based on false attacks because they have no plan to turn around our economy and create jobs in Ohio," Baker said. "Sen. Obama will continue to discuss his plan to help middle class Ohioans support their families and stay in their homes, not desperately attempt to tear down his opponent.”

http://blog.dispatch.com/politics/2008/10/voinovich_calls_obama_a_social.shtml
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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 12:11 PM
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1. Wait a minute; W will go down as the biggest socialist ever--for big business.
this is nonsense. They think they are engaging in a First-Strike Strategy for after the election, and they are going to lose.

My answer to Voinovich: Obama already knows how to kick ass, and he'll have a competent team to do it, probably already has it, in place, to do it Day One.

Wouldn't be prudent to go into that situation...otherwise....
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Kukesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 12:15 PM
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2. Hmmm . . . sounds like Georgie could use some email
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Spritz57 Donating Member (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 12:29 PM
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3. I see a letter in my future also.
Thanks for the link! BTW, I have a daughter living in Wooster.
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Kukesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 01:11 PM
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4. Welcome to DU and our Ohio forum, Spritz! n/t
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Spritz57 Donating Member (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 01:18 PM
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5. Thanks glad to be here. . .
Sorry for the Wooster comment, I got you confused with Poli above--you might say I had a McCain moment without the hate. . .
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ladym55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-08 10:36 PM
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6. Just sent "my" Senator an email
Told him how disappointed I was in his participation in such campaign tactics.

Here's hoping he's retired in two years. :eyes:
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:40 AM
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7. We need to start collecting opposition research
His pronuclear stand could crush him in Toledo if we play it right. Davis Besse nuclear generating plant nearly ruptured several years ago. It is a big story in NW Ohio.
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Kukesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 09:54 AM
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9. Hopefully, he'll be done in 2010. n/t
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Kukesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 09:54 AM
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10. Thanks, lady. I sent one, too. n/t
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Kukesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 09:53 AM
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8. HuffPo has a piece this morning about Voinovich
Link here:

http://tinyurl.com/68lxf3


I'm so ashamed of him!
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