By the numbers...
Yesterday, Democrat Victoria Wulsin's "You Deserve Better" ad showing Rep. Jean Schmidt's "cowards cut and run" speech on the House floor had just a couple thousand hits on YouTube.com.
At last check, the tally has jumped to 52,133 and growing...
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Post a Comment*and who said internet media campaign were ineffective?
Awesome commercial. Jean Schmidt further exposes what an absolute buffoon she is by trying to get Wulsin to cease and desist. That Schmidt ever got elected in the first place astounds me.
a second grader could create a program that refreshes the page tens of thousands of times. ever wonder why some nonsense videos show up at the top? i find it pretty hard to believe that this ad, which is nothing new, has gotten that many hits. dont be so gullible.
Dr Wulsin did an excellent job on Al Franken today. Jean Schmidt makes southern Ohio look foolish. It is time for some real leadership not empty rhetoric. No more humidity choosing our representatives.
Jean Schmidt is The Accidental Congresswoman.
She is the product of the Clermont County political machine currently run by Tim Rudd. Republican dominance came to Clermont County as a result of ancrestral rural Republicanism which gave way to the suburban conservatism similar to what you find in Warren and Butler (outside the city of Hamilton) Counties. The Democrats got tired of losing elections and gave up.
This gave Clermont Republicans virtually unconstested opposition and made winning the Republican primary tantamount to winning the election. What this also meant was that candidates were annointed by few instead of chosen by many. A candidate moved ahead on pure party acitvism, party loyalty, and willingness to donate money to the party.
In other words, an upper-middle-class professionally direction-less individual could get a coveted party endorsement for a low-level position such as Miami Township Trustee with very little understanding of, or even interest in, the issues. As long as the person cozied up to the right people, stuffed some envelopes at campaign time, donated money to the party, knocked on some doors, and baked cookies for the right events, he or she could wait their turn and a spot would open up. When the party chairman speaks, the party workers listen, so noone questions little quirky things like accidentally listing two degrees on your candidate survey you give to the local newspaper.
Once in office, it becomes a simple matter of getting your name out and avoiding tough decisions that could rouse controversy.
Around the state of Ohio, term limits became the party boss' best friend. It was an opportunity to move favored people up and put more favored people in the vacant positions. So when the Clermont GOP Chairman looked around a saw a known name with little baggage, he saw Jean Schmidt.
Milford people had dealt with some controversy and the good old guys and gals of Union Township were a little rough around the edges, and no one outside of Goshen Township knew anyone in Goshen Township at the time. So, more or less by default, Jean Schmidt gets the party endorsement for state rep. Because the other Republicans want to be on the Chairman's good side when the next spot opens up, no one runs against her. Because the Democrats have let their organization wither, she has an easy path to victory in November 2000.
Once in Columbus, State Rep Schmidt replicates the traits which served her so well back home: lay low, avoid controversy, suck up to the right people, create a new elected position for the party to install another loyal Republican (Municipal Clerk of Courts, to go along with the County Clerk of Courts... somehow Clermont County needs two elected officials for that job when Hamilton County and most others get by with one).
Next thing you know, you are moving on up to State Senate. Except that, oh, wait, someone else has learned the same tricks at the same time, only he cozied up to a different power. What to do, what to do, what to do?
Just like you've been lying about your own record (that whole two-degree thing) you start lying about your opponent. Eventually, people see through the lie, and people who would have backed you lean twoard your opponent. When the election,f or cone, doesn't go your way, you blame everyone in sight: county election boards, county clerk of courts, etc.
Not to worryL the party machine lets you walk into the presidency of anorganization that sounds much more prestigious than it really is and it lets you hold a good title while you look for another elected office.
Then when another position opens up, you enter that race, since your entire identity revolves around you holding a public position. This time, you remember to lay low and let the big boys beat up on each other. That machine which helped you so well in Clermont County holds one-third of the votes in what is basically a 4-way race.
You stay quiet and keep Clermont County happy. Then, you end up winning by default when the local newspaper gets a feminist publisher who wants to promote the only woman in the race.
Congratulations on winning the primary. This is it, right? But no, this time, the Democrats produce an actual candidate who can walk and chew gum at the same time. More than that, he is a veteran speaking out against a war that the leader of your party has decided we must fight.
He attacks your record. This is where a good candidate who actually has some accomplishments to show for takes the high road. A candidate who understands public policy and knows what can be done to serve the people has two things: accomplishments to put on the campaign lit and ads, plus a group of people who have benefitted from your accomplishments. Being so shallow, being promoted because of your ability to stuff envelopes and write checks, you do not have these advantages.
What to do, what to do? Well, you could attack your opponent's record, except he has only put himself in harm's way to defend his country, so that's not really an option. So, you attack his character. This backfired and your opponent gets unprecedented levels of support. You rely on your trusty machine in Clermont.
You also try to rely on the County Party structure in those counties you disparaged in your election loss. (Adams, Brown, Scioto). That doesn't work so well, their support is grudging at best.
You have people loyal to the party boss counting ballots for you. The other vote center, Hamilton County, supports you by default but you haven't antagonied anyone there, in part because you've spent so little time there.
Then, when all is said and done, and you skillfully manage to get 51% of the vote in a place where Bush got 64%, you are now in Congress, ranked 435th in seniority.
The one thing you have going for you there is that you happen to represent the only district in America with a servicemember declared missing in Iraq. Playing the Maupin card, you get some time during the floor debate on a war-related resolution.
You take your first moment in the national spotlight and show your southern Ohio manners and ignorance of the rules of Congress, and insult a Member of Congress who's been there since you were a college student. He's also a war veteran, a Marine, but for some reason you don't know that. You also insert a Marine friend of yours into the discussion, since you have no real weight on this issue.
On national television, your remarks are ruled out of order. You are forced to retract. It comes out that you didn't know your colleague was a Marine because the news of our nation's capitol is not part of your "news environment."
Next it comes out that the Marine you quoted didn't say what you said he said.
Later on, in another hard-fought campaign, it comes out that you do not have the two degrees you claim to have, you do not claim to have the endorsements you claim to have. Back home in Clermont County, no one questioned you, because to question you is to question the party chairman and to question the party chairman is to lose your place in line. Back home, everyone endorsed you because they had to. Back home, no one would call the university to check on your claims. Back home, no one would question what you said they had said.
Jean, go back home. You are so much better off there. And so are we.
Has YouTube received a hostile letter from Schmidt threatening to turn them in to Fat Denny Hastert for violating House ethics rules? Wouldn't be surprised. She might want to think twice about messing with them, since they are now owned by Google, which has enough money to buy her district and exile her.
The dogs bark, and the caravan moves on. And Congresswoman Jean Schmidt's caravan will be moving back to DC very soon so that she can begin her first full term in the House without having to run in an election campaign every 6 months. She's tough enough to take all this heat and keep right on serving. And serve she will after she wins her fourth election in the past 17 months on Nov 7, to the chagrin of all you Dems (and Brinkman groupies) and to the glee of Congresswoman Jean Schmidt's large contingent of faithful, energetic and determined supporters.
Hey TNP- Why are you so sure Schmidt's going to win? Have you been filling out ballots all summer? I'll give you a little heads up- do 'em in pencil. Crayon looks too suspicious.
Anonymous at 9:27pm, 10/27, that was so cute, I'm pretty well convinced you must be female.
No cheating for us. Unlike you card-carrying members of the Jackass Party, we don't need to cheat to win. All we have to do is show the voters how our opponents are liberals in the positions they advocate on abortion, homosexual "marriage," conduct of the war, taxes, spending, immigration, etc. Most of the electorate are smart enough to see that they don't want you libs in office. You'll see that on Nov 7.
TNP-This is 9:27 PM anonymous. Sorry, I'm still male. I was going to have one of those operations but the doctors told me that I would probably become narrow-minded and intolerant. it wasn't worth the risk. My guy and I both thought it would be fun to try living as heterosexuals, but no luck.
One thing though-I AM monogamous and wish Mark Foley would stop e-mailing me. I was hoping he wouldn't be able to afford it any more after he gave all that money to Jean Schmidt's campaign.
Would you talk to him for me? Thanks. Ta ta!
TNP said... All we have to do is show the voters how our opponents are liberals in the positions they advocate on abortion, homosexual "marriage,"
TNP since you have stupid answer for any and everything; please voice your opinion on our Vice Presidents daughter. As you may recall, she is a lesbian. Come on TNP, please provide us with some of your wisdom on how things should be? We don’t blame you for dumb and sometimes amusing responses; we blame your parents for not teaching you any better.
Anonymous at 2:54pm, 10/28, I'll not share any of my wisdom with you. I prefer that you remain a liberal, moral relativist dunce, unknowingly adrift in the confusion and rage that characterizes many in the lost and loveless left. Your writing gives you away, and I pity you.
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