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gateley

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5. I saw an earlier post referring to her as "Mean Jean" and the poster
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 01:21 AM
Mar 2012

was happy she wasn't doing well, so I think it might be good news.

"... pitching himself as a Washington outsider" my fat ass. DCKit Mar 2012 #1
I'm happy she lost :) Tx4obama Mar 2012 #2
Is this good news??? JCMach1 Mar 2012 #3
I saw an earlier post referring to her as "Mean Jean" and the poster gateley Mar 2012 #5
You don't remember 'Mean Jean'? Oye, she is a witch! babylonsister Mar 2012 #10
Wow -- good riddance! nt gateley Mar 2012 #36
WOW! So many people have forgotten about "Mean Jean" who went after Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2012 #45
Yep, Murtha attacks, and Schmidt is a birther. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #49
I just gasped when I read this -- Her name didn't click, but now I remember. gateley Mar 2012 #62
Calling her 'vile' would be a compliment. Myrina Mar 2012 #64
I can;t imagine anything worse than Schmidt. n/t Gore1FL Mar 2012 #6
He's a teabagger jeff47 Mar 2012 #8
WOW! Getting to the right of that shrew??? Dems should win the seat. nt Pryderi Mar 2012 #13
Before offering an opinion, it helps to learn the facts onenote Mar 2012 #29
Victoria Wulsin came within 1.3% of beating her in 2006 Pryderi Mar 2012 #50
That was in a very Democratic year after just being elected in a special election. FBaggins Mar 2012 #51
That was the breaking point year, though. Everybody was tired of the Republicans. Selatius Mar 2012 #65
You can go to the right of Jean Schmidt? Who knew? jmowreader Mar 2012 #60
Who the hell did she lose to? Atilla the Hun? MrSlayer Mar 2012 #4
Ben Wenstrup is backed by the TeaParty Tx4obama Mar 2012 #7
Does this mean Ohio xxqqqzme Mar 2012 #9
Republicans in Ohio's second district were already in the clutches of the teabaggers. Lasher Mar 2012 #16
The southwest corner of Ohio might as well be Oklahoma. /nt mwb970 Mar 2012 #23
I love how people wonder why a Democrat can't win there. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #25
My moderate niece lives down there. Mendocino Mar 2012 #56
Not to be snide, but the joke used to be that within a thirty-mile radius of Cincinnati Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #57
And the ones that didn't have family there Mendocino Mar 2012 #58
Strange, I would have thought the baggers would worship her. MrSlayer Mar 2012 #11
It appears her constituents cut and ran CrawlingChaos Mar 2012 #12
Probably sewn for her by her friend, Betsy Ross. Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #14
"...and your little dog, too!" peace frog Mar 2012 #22
Do Dems have a viable candidate for fall? Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2012 #15
The district that sent Mean Jean to Congress has to be full of Death-Eaters. byronius Mar 2012 #17
Wenstrup Bohunk68 Mar 2012 #18
That's what I call the First Law of Republican Politics LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #19
Love it!: "No one is too right-wing to lose a primary to someone still further to the right." pampango Mar 2012 #24
Home run! CanonRay Mar 2012 #35
Allen's Law MacacaMoment Mar 2012 #37
Spam deleted by OKNancy (MIR Team) JennyCait Mar 2012 #20
A reflection of American insanity The Wizard Mar 2012 #21
Here is a transcript of the political ad that won for Wenstrup... IamK Mar 2012 #26
I’m Brad Wenstrup, and I couldn't get a Super PAC to deliver this attack ad for me Kolesar Mar 2012 #27
Yay! butterfly77 Mar 2012 #28
How did the rest of the redistributing affect things? JHB Mar 2012 #30
There is one radical right winger out of the picture liberal N proud Mar 2012 #31
Replaced by another one jsut as bad. n/t totodeinhere Mar 2012 #48
Or maybe worse jmowreader Mar 2012 #61
This is the best news I've heard from Super Tuesday MaineDem Mar 2012 #32
HA HA!! Couldn't happen to a nicer person! nt MADem Mar 2012 #33
Crud. Now I can't call her a steaming pile of Schmidt anymore. amb123 Mar 2012 #34
it`s the republican party`s "the night of the long knifes" madrchsod Mar 2012 #38
Might one of them possibly be the asshole who denied the Holocaust recently, btw? AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #47
Bye, Mean Jean. sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #39
Good riddance n/t deutsey Mar 2012 #40
Whatever. Replaced with prollee the same or worse. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #41
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, MEAN JEAN. sarcasmo Mar 2012 #42
Mean Jean lost? Couldn't happen to a better person! Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2012 #43
Amen 47of74 Mar 2012 #52
"Wenstrup had challenged Schmidt from her right . . ." !! Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #44
if he's right of schmidt, unlike studs terkel who stated he had faith in the american people newspeak Mar 2012 #46
How is it possible to run to the right of jean Schmidt? n/t schmice Mar 2012 #53
Honestly Dr. Matt Mar 2012 #54
You won't be missed - unless your replacement turns out to be worse! mercymechap Mar 2012 #55
'Bout time someone dropped a house on that witch. nt DCKit Mar 2012 #59
I was in the Ohio 2nd Congressional District until this past year... rexcat Mar 2012 #63
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