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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Portune jabs DeWine

UPDATE BELOW
With tongue firmly in cheek, Todd Portune presented Pat DeWine with a gift Portune believes DeWine needs in light of recent news -- a pair of boxing gloves.

The red, white and blue boxing gloves were presented to Portune a few years ago, he said, when he believed he was "under siege" as the lone Democrat on the three-member Hamilton County Board of Commissioners.

"It's only come in handy for me symbolically," Portune, wearing a huge grin, told fellow Commissioner DeWine.

DeWine was involved in a Monday night altercation at a swanky downtown restaurant with a physician, Chris Bolling, who was seated at a table next to DeWine and was making derogatory comments DeWine's father, Republican U.S. Senator Mike DeWine.

The senator lost his re-election bid last week to Democrat Sherrod Brown, a candidate who benefitted from a fundraised Bolling helped host.

An upset Pat DeWine confronted Bolling and Bolling's glasses were knocked from his face. Tuesday, after the news of the incident was published, DeWine and Bolling apologized to each other.

"They look like they've been used," DeWine cracked about Portune's boxing gloves.

UPDATE
To see the video of the boxing glove presentation, go to http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061115/VIDEO/61115009/-1/CINCI


5 Comments:

at 1:35 PM, November 15, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very appropriate, and funny !

Portune is one class act !

I certainly hope Da whine got the symbolic message:

The "gloves" are off, pal !

finney has just the spot for da whine to store his new found blunders !

Better kiss up to your constituents, Pat !

 
at 4:25 PM, November 15, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Will you please knock it off with the bold italics stuff, you old creep. You're not funny.

 
at 5:03 PM, November 15, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Will you please knock it off with the bold italics stuff, you old creep. You're not funny.

Click your heals in some other country !

Don't you just hate a non-conformant !

Perhaps you could return to your mother land Germany, dipschmitz !

Stay in line though. they'll shower you with solutions !

lol, lol, lol

 
at 5:16 PM, November 15, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think th eold creep is funny - and i like knowing who the comment is from fromthe get go
and - he's right - portune is one class act - there has to be something with this guy, he is just too perfect.
he's really a great guy - what a wonder he went into politics.

 
at 12:54 PM, November 16, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best part of the video is Heimlich, who looks like he's about to melt down.

Heimlich's a classic bully. For years, Philly loved making life miserable for Portune (along with the help of certain wormy reporters. Hey, Kimball Perry; hey Peter Bronson.) Now the shoe's on the other foot, Heimlich's on the way out the door and he is no longer amused.

Maybe he's got other things on his mind, like investigations?

 
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