Stop attacking President Bush!

Mike Wilkens of Blue Ash said he voted for Republicans Ken Blackwell for governor, Sen. Mike DeWine for U.S. Senate and Rep. Jean Schmidt for the U.S. House.

“That was the lesser of two evils,” he said of his Schmidt vote.

About the others?

“I’m not an ideologue. I vote for the person,” he explained. “But it was all that slamming of President Bush. It was a lack of a positive agenda.”

Wilkens said he was willing to consider a Democrat, but he felt no one put forth a platform that he could back. Instead of talking about issues, they kept criticizing the president, he said, adding that he’s happy with the administration’s handling of the Iraq war and the economy.

“The economy is singing,” he said.