My letter to the editor on Kasich's NPR no-show

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Monday October 25, 2010 · 8:41 PM PDT

2010/10/25 · 20:41

Interesting development in the Ohio Governor's race on Monday. John Kasich whiffed on national radio. Only minutes before a scheduled appearance on NPR's "Talk of the Nation," Kasich bailed. My letter to the Columbus Dispatch on the subject appears below. Other Ohioans are welcome to let their local media know.

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Thursday September 10, 2009 · 7:14 PM PDT

2009/09/10 · 19:14

I got a lot of responses here on DailyKos to the "permission slip" I had to send with my kids so they could watch the President's speech on Tuesday. (And I made the Rec List! Whooo-hooo!) In light of that and the subsequent discussions I've had with other Dublin parents, I think I'd like to get a group together to show up at the next meeting of the Dublin School Board on the 22nd. More info below the fold...

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Monday September 07, 2009 · 6:24 PM PDT

2009/09/07 · 18:24

The Dublin School District here in central Ohio has deigned to allow kids to watch tomorrow's speech IF they bring a permission slip from their parents, allowing them to leave the classroom and watch the telecast in a designated area! Here's a copy of the "permission slip" I have written:

"Despite the warnings of right-wing radio hosts, and fully cognizant that my daughter risks learning a lesson in civics, I, nonetheless, grant her permission to watch a televised address by the duly-elected leader of these United States, President Barack Obama, on the controversial subject of the importance of school."

(Anyone else is welcome to use it, if necessary.)

My kids won't get to watch the President

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Friday September 04, 2009 · 6:58 AM PDT

2009/09/04 · 06:58

Today's Columbus Dispatch has a front page story "Schools to skip Obama's speech: Callers get Dublin, Hilliard to shun TV talk to students." Yup, our local school superintendent, David Axner, isn't going to let my kids watch Pres. Obama's "stay in school" speech next Tuesday. Apparently, too many parents have complained! Well, it's our turn to complain. Please join me in contacting Dr. Axner (and consider making a call to your school district; the other side sure has!)

Here's the Dublin School District phone number: 614-764-5913

More info below the fold:

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 8:22 AM PDT

2008/10/28 · 08:22

Picking up my Columbus Dispatch from the driveway this morning, I noticed something was different. Tucked inside the fold was a DVD entitled "Hype: The Obama Effect." Yup, the smear merchants are back. A month or so ago, it was the anti-Islamic "Obsession" DVD that came with my Sunday paper. Today, it's an anti-Obama hit piece courtesy of "professional Clinton-era agitator and renowned Republican dirty trickster" David Bossie (see Salon for a profile of him) and Citizens United, the group that brought us the infamous Willie Horton ads against Dukakis in 1988

The Huffington Post fact-checked the movie when it first came out and called it "a mockery of intelligent political debate and intellectual honesty."

More disturbing is the fact that nowhere in the Dispatch was there anything to indicate that the DVD was a paid advertisement. My letter to the Dispatch editor is below the fold.

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 7:55 PM PDT

2008/10/02 · 19:55

As always, it's time for us to do our part.

Below are the online polls I've found so far:

As you find more, mention 'em in the comments so we can add 'em.

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Saturday September 06, 2008 · 9:03 PM PDT

2008/09/06 · 21:03

I'm seeing lots of panicked comments about Republican caging in Ohio. No doubt they're going to try it, aided by some awful laws created by the Republican legislature. But, thankfully, Democrat Jennifer Brunner is in charge of elections now, not Ken Blackwell. The front-page article from Saturday's Columbus Dispatch is posted below

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Sunday December 02, 2007 · 9:33 PM PST

2007/12/02 · 21:33

I know the Columbus Dispatch can be out to lunch sometimes, but this takes the cake. On Sunday's editorial page, Dispatch political reporter Jonathan Riskind offered a commentary with the following hilarious (yet apparently serious) headline: Lott's departure is yet another blow to compromise in Congress.

Yep, Riskind actually lauds Lott as "one of the most artful dealmakers in the chamber" and then complains about the state of the Senate today:

The House and even the deal-making Senate is becoming more and more ideologically divided and unwilling to compromise.

Witness the standoff over the State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion. Democrats, it is true, can point to a bipartisan vote for the $35 billion expansion that fell 15 or so votes from being veto- proof in the House. But since then, Democrats have tried to steamroll Republicans in such a heavy-handed manner that they have been unable to make headway toward a veto-proof bill, even on legislation that Republicans know darn well stands to hurt them at the polls next year if it does not pass.

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Wednesday August 22, 2007 · 7:21 PM PDT

2007/08/22 · 19:21

Has anyone else gotten a phone call asking you to listen to a brief statement by Newt Gingrich, followed by a one-question survey? I got one this evening. I'm assuming it was funded by GOPAC, since Newt's statement mentioned GOPAC a couple of times. The statement was about what you'd expect: we need to get organized to stop those liberals from taking over Washington.

When Newt was done, the survey question was something like: "Do you agree that things need to be changed in Washington." (Needless to say, when I answered, "Yes, there are too many Republicans," the phone call ended before I could be asked to give money.)

There are times I love living in a Republican suburb; it's fun to help waste their campaign time and money (albeit in a miniscule fashion).

No one heard my testimony on Ohio's abortion ban

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Wednesday June 14, 2006 · 8:51 AM PDT

2006/06/14 · 08:51

As I mentioned the other day, I intended to testify against Ohio's total abortion ban (HB 288), an evil piece of legislation that goes farther than South Dakota's. I arrived yesterday morning at the Health Committee hearing room along with several hundred pro-choice supporters. We definitely dominated the hearing room as well as the overflow space in the Statehouse Atrium.

Chairman White explained the groundrules. After hearing Rep. Brinkman offer his sponsor testimony, there would be two panels of supporters testifying (a total of nine people selected by the organizations supporting the ban),then a brief lunch break. After lunch, there would be two panels of opponents (again, nine people), followed by public testimony.

(More below, including links to newspaper coverage) Read More

My testimony against Ohio's abortion ban

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Tuesday June 13, 2006 · 12:04 AM PDT

2006/06/13 · 00:04

Later today, the Ohio House of Representatives Health Committee will be holding hearings on H.B. 228, a frightening piece of anti-abortion legislation that goes beyond South Dakota's recent ban. Beginning at 10 a.m., the public will be allowed to testify--and it looks like there's going to be lot of testifying on both sides. (Rumor has it that the Chairman of the committee is going to have overflow crowds in the Statehouse Atrium!)

If you'd like more information, check out NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio's anti-H.B. 228 website or Planned Parenthood.

I mentioned last week that I'm going to testify. I decided to offer my perspective as a father of an Ohio girl. Here's what I'll be saying: Read More

Columbus Dispatch slimes Reid

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Monday June 05, 2006 · 6:51 AM PDT

2006/06/05 · 06:51

Today's Columbus Dispatch falls into line smearing Reid over the Boxing Commission credentials he was given. TPMMuckraker has done a great job rebutting this story, but it lives on...

As a Dispatch subscriber, I'm going to be letting them know what I think. I hope other folks will let 'em know too. The address is letters@dispatch.com Read More

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