Politics Extra: McEwen, Schmidt get gun industry support

Monday, April 24, 2006

McEwen, Schmidt get gun industry support

If gun rights are a big deal to you, then it's a toss-up between which Republican to choose in the 2nd District GOP primary election on May 2nd.

The Gun Owners of America just endorsed Republican Bob McEwen for the seat. McEwen, a former congressman from southern Ohio is challenging Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Miami Township. (Deborah Kraus and James Constable also are running.)

"We urge all gun owners to cast their votes for Bob McEwen in Ohio’s Republican Congressional primary May 2nd," said Larry Pratt, executive director of the group.

But Schmidt has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund and the Buckeye Firearms Association political action committee (PAC).

She also has a concealed carry permit.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, in state legislatures and city councils to the U.S. Congress and the White House.

"I am honored to accept the endorsement of a respected organization such as the Gun Owners of America. They respect my lifelong commitment to upholding the Second Amendment and my support of the rights of gun owners," McEwen said in a statement.

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at 4:57 PM, April 24, 2006

Anonymous said...

bob mcewen endorsed by a lobbying group?

how fitting.

hey bob, hopefully they'll give you a job on may third once the voters of the second district dont. maybe you can go work in darfur, sell weapons to the janjaweed, and then claim you were teaching them about gun safety?

at 5:29 PM, April 24, 2006

Anonymous said...

My name is Jim Parker and I am the candidate most likely to support the rights of hunters and sportsmen. My step-son got his first buck last year. I am the only person running for Congress who can say that to the world. I am 100% NRA. And I din't buy a gun for political purposes after being elected to Congress. Did anybody else do that, Jean?

Jim Parker

Jim Parker is 100% NRA

at 6:04 PM, April 24, 2006

Anonymous said...

Lets see Jean is endorsed by the NRA. One of the biggest lobbying groups in the country. I think that every politcal canidate who has ever run for something has been endorsed by a group or orgainization that Lobbies. My professional orgainization lobbies in DC to try and strengthen my profession. Give me a break.

Oh yea once again as pointed out by others Bob was asked to come and help with the Boarder Dispute with Ethiopia that was killing 100,000s of thousands of people. I hope that we can see saving lives as the most important step first before we can push a country to have better basic freedoms for its people. Your solution do nothing and let the innocent people die!!!! Come to think of it that is exactly what the whole world has done in Darfur. They do have horrible human rights but I wish for the sake of so many human lives that people, orgainizations, or countries would try and help the people who are the real victims.

at 6:16 PM, April 24, 2006

Anonymous said...

I just came upon this Blog a few days ago and have read alot. I want to tell a quick story. From Several weeks ago.
I was present at a republican gathering for women. We were to hear a short presentation from both canidates. Bob McEwen was not able to be there since he was attending the funeral of his wifes mother. When Jean got up to speak and finished her short talk she took a few questions. One question ask her about the report from the day before from Iraqi which was a pretty big happening there. Jean stumbled for a moment and said i can't comment on that I was watching the Sopranos last night. She then went on to say that is was a tough choice between that and Desperate Housewives. She then went on to ask a show of hands for who watched which show. I was like you have to be kidding me am I in the twilight zone here or what. My congressperson could not anwser a question about Iraq that was in the news. Glad she was catching up on her TV.
After she spoke and could not really answer any questions well a young lady representing Bob spoke for a few minutes and was twice as good as Jean. She was in her early to mid-twenties. I would have voted for her before Jean.

I have since had the chance to hear Bob speak and there is no comparison. He answers any question with intelligence and knowledge. His knowledge adn history of how things have gotten done and in many cases not done here in the 2nd District is huge. his knowledge of DC, the history of politics and his ideas for getting things done for us is enormous.

I think I will go with Bob and not a person who anwsers a question about Iraq at a politcal function with I was watching the Sopranos.

at 8:02 PM, April 24, 2006

Anonymous said...

if bob was so concerned with eritrea's border problem, why did he pocket 15 grand a month for it? its amazing youre actually trying to defend him on this. the facts speak for themselves, and anyone trying to spin bob's eritrea adventure looks like a complete fool.

at 10:50 PM, April 24, 2006

Anonymous said...

I saw the same thing post about Bob's work in Eritrea. Then I read your response. I don't have a problem with people getting paid to do a job. Do you have a job?? Do you get paid?? It just happens that he was helping with a boarder dispute in Africa. And he got paid to do a job. They paid him because they knew he could help them and he did. Have you been to Africa to help?? I am sure you don't get any money in your job or would be willing to work for free. Give us a break.

By the way I read a report on the internet that has info on Congressman. It listed Jean Schmidts net worth as being as in the millions and waid it could very well be 6.7 million. Now I could care less how much money she has. She can earn what she can and that is fine. This is America.

at 11:17 PM, April 24, 2006

Anonymous said...

Jim, you're the only person that can say that because everyone else has been married and had children. You're a crazy son of a gun

at 12:11 AM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

you mean..jean is a real person? well thats a GREAT reason to support her opponent, isnt it? you know, politicians have lives too. i think any logical person would think its unrealistic to expect them to have all the answers. jean has never pretended to know all of the answers. bob, however, is a difference story. he's the stereotypical politician that will give you any answer that will make you happy. im a fan of that ol' phrase "for the people, by the people". the reason jean appeals to average americans so much is because she IS an average american. shes not a career politician like mcewen is. if that's what you would prefer in dc speaking for you, thats fine. vote for bob. thats not what i want though. jean says what she believes, and shes not afraid to say it. shes proven it time and time again. take the channel 5 debate, for example. we all know bob knew that jean had canceled, and he hoped to get her in a corner, but she stepped up, spoke up, and showed the second district that bob mcewen flat out lied to everyone who was watching. when bob went on cunninghams show, he sounded completely fake! personally, i found it hilarious. "whatever saves the most lives. whatever saves the most lives. whatever saves the most lives. oh, and eritrea is a christian nation"..i find it hard to believe that all of you mcewen supporters are going to vote for him because you really do like him. look at the man. he's a joke. we can play politics back and forth all we want, but the truth is that jean is a REAL person, whereas bob will do whatever he can to get what he wants, even if it means not listening to his conscience once in awhile... do you honestly want a man like that representing you in washington d.c.? i dont, and i doubt the majority of the second district does either. bash jean all you want to. shes a strong woman, and can take whatever you throw at her, but when bob is weeping like a little girl (again) on may third, he's not going to get any of my sympathy. he's been digging his political grave for years now. it's time to get in bob. take your family and move it back to virginia and let jean schmidt take care of things down here. she's done a great job so far, and will do a great job for two more years.

at 8:11 AM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

anon 6:16--you should write this in a letter to the ed.

I too have seen both speak in person, and have talked to Mr. McEwen in a casual setting, and he is far more "real" than Jean. We pay her a lot of money to be our rep., and she should take our questions and national security seriously. She seems to only be able to come up with "canned" responses, and apparently she wasn't prepared in advance for that question.

Another person said that Bob, and not Jean, is only interested in personal gain. You have to be completely blinded to Jean's public history to make such a ridiculous statement. She cozies up to whom ever she thinks will help advance her career, and does whatever they want. She attacks her opponents with lies (remember Niehaus?) while she is being accused of things that even she admits to (raising taxes to please Householder and friends, lying about having an education degree to win teachers' support, lying about endorements and Bubp's comments to her). And, let's not forget that she was a main proponent of legislation to create the elected position held by her friend Tim Rudd of the Clermont Co. Rep. Party. She has many of the people in that party wrapped around her finger by doing favors and threatening their demise if they fail to support her.

I wish her no harm, and I will vote for her over a democrat in the fall if she wins (painful as it may be), but Bob is far more intelligent and better able to represent this district as Congressman.

at 8:51 AM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

To the anon who is obviously related to Jean Schmidt because
1) he must monitor this blog on the hour because he always gets his comments posted first; 2) he repeats the same, tired, old stories about McEwen that have been accurately refuted so, so many times; and 3) he takes everything so very personally.

I'm guessing it's Jean's husband because he knows that if she serves one full term, her lifetime Congressional pension is far greater than amount she would receive if she entire tenure is just the fraction of the term she currently serves. This has become so personal to him, it's obvious there's a financial loss at stake.

The one thing he obviously doesn't know is that once the debater makes the debate personal -- he's lost the debate. Therefore, loser, I suggest you debate the issues, or stop hiding behind "anonymous" and admit that you really are Peter Schmidt.

The reason many of us McEwen supporters must hide behind anonymous is because we've seen first hand on numerous occasionss just how vindictive Jean Schmidt is to anyone who dares to disagree with her. We work for government agencies or for businesses that from time to time must deal with Congress. If Jean knew what many of us really think about her, she'd have us fired or bad mouth our businesses into the ground because that's the kind of person she's been in the past, and has shown no indication that she'll ever change.

They didn't call her "The Queen of Mean" during her state legislature tenure for no reason.

BTW, she's been on the public dole for more than two decades. That makes her a "carrier politician."

The debate boils down to this: Do voters want someone to represent them who will work with them when they don't always agree with their congressman, or will they vote for someone who simply can't get along with just about anyone?

On a final note: to me, it doesn't matter where my Rep lives. I'd rather have someone represent me who is fit for the job that lives anywhere else, than an incompetent who lives in my own neighborhood.

Take a step back, Peter. You're taking this all too personally.

at 9:31 AM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

Wow, somebody just admitted that it doesn't matter to him where his Representative lives. Too bad for you that it matters to most of us. Virginians who lobby for governments that persecute people for their religion are not the type of people that most of us want in Congress. I prefer somebody who actually lives here. I prefer somebody who stands up for what she believes in. Jean Schmidt will win.

at 9:40 AM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

anon 10:50: call me crazy, but even for $15,000 a month, i would NOT take a job with a country that tortures christians, along with all of the other human rights issues eritrea has. i guess the tortured christians were just collateral damage on his way to the bank, huh? while bob was getting paid $15,000 a month from the eritrean government, the people were making $900, struggling to survive, living like rats. i wonder how many starving children the $120,000 that bob made could feed?

"Torture is systematically practiced by the army, the report says.

People avoiding conscription, political prisoners and members of minority churches are said to be particularly singled out.

Thousands of people are detained and held in secret for criticising the government, Amnesty reports.

Mothers of detainees trying to find out where their offspring were being held were apparently told they had no right to ask.

Only four religious groups are allowed to worship in Eritrea and the Amnesty report documents persecution of minority groups.

In the past year, members of evangelical and Pentecostal Christians have been arrested, beaten and tortured to make them abandon their faith, Amnesty says."

bob says he was unaware of any human rights issues. i guess eritrean cash is as good as anyone elses, even when its stained with the blood of innocent christians. bob mcewen is a disgrace, and i look forward to his return to virginia.

p.s. to your dismay, im not jean's husband. in fact, im in no way affiliated with the campaign. i'm a student at UC majoring in business. i just happen to have an interest in politics, but i appreciate the compliments.

at 12:50 PM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

The continued patter of the ridiculous charge that an distinguished Ohioan ceases to be an Ohioan by reason of working out of State, shows how pathetic the Schmidt/Chesley campaign has become.

I stopped by this thread, however, to assure all the Gun owners that the endorsement of Larry Pratt means a great deal in Conservative circles. Gun Owners of America has never played the political games that other organizations sometimes get into. They really fight for the Constitutional Republic the Founding Fathers sought to secure for their posterity.

For the importance of the defense of the right to keep and bear arms, see
The Right & Duty To Keep & Bear Arms.

Bob McEwen ranked very highly in the estimation of those close to Ronald Reagan, when he served before. He is really an outstanding prospect, to provide the highest quality representation now.

William Flax

at 2:38 PM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

You know Bob could start a precedent! We could raise all our politicians in Virginia and send them to us peons in the midwest to represent us. Surely they could make more money in Virginia and DC, and be better educated. All of the states could just decide which Washington insider we want to represent us. Makes no difference where they have lived for the past 20 years other than that they have been in the inner circles of DC.
WOW!! We could really get some good guys if everyone that ran for office in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, Alambama,and Louisiana, all came from Virginia!! I sure the people up there know what our needs are much better than anyone around here possibly could!! I wonder if this would be legal? Hillary was from Arkansas and she is smart enough to represent New York!
They've got to be a lot smarter than the dumb midwesterners and Southerners around here!
Contact your representatives tell them we want the best, we won't settle for some lowly Ohioan, we want a Virginian!!!

at 4:27 PM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

I am amazed by some of this. Frist I was glad when one of my best friends moved back to Cincinnati earlier this year. He was born near Cincy and raised here. He spent the last 8 years working out of state for PG. When the opportunity to return home he did. Now I consider him a native Cincinnatian and Ohioan. He is actually going to vote here. I guess some of you feel that my friend is much less of an Ohioan. He moved to try and better his faimly and himself.
Bob was born in Hillsboro. He served us wonderfully for 12 years and got alot done for this part of Ohio. After losing his seat when his district was moved by President Clinton. He did the awful thing of staying in DC(where a congressman from here will have to spend well over half of the year and upwards of 9 months to properly represent us) where he could work, stay connected to our government and yes raise his kids. That makes him a bad person?? He had always wanted to move back here when it was right for his family. He stayed till his kids were out of High School. I love how it was so bad that his kids got educated in Virgina. You do not stop being from Ohio and you do not stop being an Ohioan because you work out of state.

The truth is if we want a rep who can get things done Bob is the man. He has forgot more than Jean knows about DC, the history fo things and how to get things done. He has forgotten more than Jean knows about how and why certain projects for Southwest Ohio have gotten done and why some have not. Why is there no expressway along the southern part of Ohio, which is needed to improve commerce all along Southern Ohio?? When Bob left his position in Congress he had gotten the approval for this interstate. President Bush signed it. However in the 12 years no money has been appropriated for this. Why??because no one in DC was willing to get this done. Bob knows how huge of a thing this would be for Southern Ohio and not just our district.
I want someone who is going to get things done and that is Bob.

at 4:43 PM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

Did someone say they wanted to have Jean because she is a real person?? They did not care that at a politcal event she answered a question about Iraq with "I was busy watching the Sopranos." See what you don't get it that is another example of Jean saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. She does that all of the time and if she does not like what she hears she becomes a bully. Ask Clermont County officals who have been bullied by her.

And yes I do want my congressperson to "know the answers" or at least make an effort to act they want to know. That is after all what we pay her to do. I do not pay her to "be real" we pay her to do a job. I want someone who will give me answers and no Bob will not tell you what you want to hear. He will tell you what he believes.

By the way 20 years as a politican does make Jeans career that of a politican. Which in itslef is not a bad thing, that is what we are voting for. But yes she is now career politician.

Remember the Anderson debate was going to be earlier in April. The Schmidt people said they could not do that debate and moved it to a week ago. She then later pulled out. So Bob was fair to ask her if she was going to show up at the debate she said she would the first time. We the voters should have been able to ask Jean if she would show but we never got the chance. By the way wouldn't a "real person" a "person of the people" want to debate and face the voters even if they had some tough questions. A "real person" would not cry, whine, and then duck other "real people" with real questions.

By the way if you read the Canidate Surveys or listen closely you will see what Bob's position is on Abortion. "whatever saves the most lives" He is AGAINST ABORTION is almost every case except when the mothers life is a risk.(check out the questinairs online if you would like, of course Jean refused to fill out the questionairs to several groups)
Thus the statement whatever saves the most lives.

at 6:35 PM, April 25, 2006

Anonymous said...

Jim PARKER is married with 3 children...

One of them is 17. He got his first buck last year.

His daughter is 10. She won the 3rd and 4th grade spelling bees in her hometown.

His son is 8. He claims that he is very nice and very smart.

See for yourself.

Jim Parker, Husband and Father of Three Children

at 7:16 AM, April 26, 2006

Anonymous said...

We pay approx. $13750/month to Schmidt as congresswomen to embarrass her constituents and spend government dollars flying back and forth to Clermont Co. to market herself, rather than staying in Washington, which is what we're paying her to do! Of course she won't get anything done in DC anyway, since even people in her own party have no respect for her.

To those who don't like Bob's salary for his brief stint w/ Eritrea, the money wouldn't have gone to the poor people in the country you speak of regardless, and at least he was working to help them. Also, you make $15000/mo. seem like an exhorbitant amount, when in fact its not if you're worth it.

I wonder who, other than uninformed voters who get all their info from the truth-bending Enquirer, would pay Schmidt $15000/mo. to work for them??

at 10:00 AM, April 27, 2006

Anonymous said...

JIM PARKER - my condolences to your wife. I can't imagine what it must be like to be married to you.

at 9:10 PM, April 28, 2006

Anonymous said...

Jean Schmidt did not earn her millions. She inherited $20,000,000 from daddy. He was gus Hoffman, aruthless savings and loan preident who foreclosed on a lot of people and took their land.

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