The right wing has big plans for Ohio.

[missouri dem 2]

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http://www.ohiorestorationproject.com/plan.php

Our Plan
Ohio Restoration Project will organize and execute:

1 - Pastor Policy Briefings in the targeted cities:

* Cincinnati
* Columbus
* Cleveland
* Canton/Akron
* Dayton/Springfield
* Steubenville/Youngstown
* Toledo/Findlay
* Martin's Ferry

These briefings will feature prominent, dynamic Christian leaders. We
will identify and equip 2,000 Pastors to become Patriot Pastors. Dates
and speakers are being finalized now, and will be available by May 1st.

2 - Ohio For Jesus Advertising - 30-second radio spots featuring
Secretary of State Ken Blackwell on "The Stewardship of our
Citizenship."


more......

[AntiCoup2K4]

1. Saying Uncle Tom Blackwell is a steward of citizenship is like saying.....

...you trust Satan to be a steward of Heaven.

Well, OK, Ohio's not exactly Heaven, but other than that the analogy works.

[cquik18]

2. Ever since the election, all I can say is...

SCREW OHIO. Everything they get, they DESERVE.

[burn the bush]

3. uh oh

[Tesla]

5. Hey I resemble that remark....

How can you blame us all when we didn't vote for Herr Bush.


I want my state back!!

[iconoclastNYC]

14. Now there is a mature thought!

The GOP goes into a state, puts an uberpartisan hack in as the top elections officer, riggs the election with dozens of small hacks, and the democratic response should be: "oh fuck the citizens of ohio?", as if we don't need thier electoral votes?

What we need to do is get the governorships and the legislatures back and rewrite the elections laws so this shit cannot happen again, and not just in the swing states, in EVERY state.

Election reform is the most neglected issue on the left.

[deacon]

4. sounding like tax exempt status needs a REAL serious look n/t

[calimary]

9. Absofuckinlutely. "Patriot Pastors"? Excuse me while I BARF.

That is nauseating.

YES tax-exempt status needs a REALLY serious look.

[iconoclastic cat]

6. Are these people nuts? From their overview page:

(snip)

During the past 50 years, that mission has come under heavy spiritual warfare. Recently, the birth pains have increased in frequency and intensity. The forces of hell understand Biblical prophecy better than most people sitting in the pews on Sunday morning. The intensity of the warfare for the heart and soul of America is escalating:

* Teaching creation in our public schools has become a federal lawsuit.
* Biblical definitions of marriage are being tragically altered by some judges who think they are smarter than God and begin to legislate secular dogma from the bench.
* American universities have become the arteries of spiritual toxic waste.
* “Homosexual marriages” are being paraded in 50 states
* In some cities, abortions nearly outnumber births
* HIV and sexually transmitted diseases will kill more Americans than every war this country has ever fought.
* Secularists have hijacked our culture--one year at a time.
* Denominational bigotry, division within the Body of Christ, and apostasy have weakened the voice of Biblical reason.
* Around the globe, ministers of the Gospel are being threatened with “hate crimes” legislation.


(snip)


Umm---right.

[liberal N proud]

7. In a word - YEAH!

They believe they have the divine right to force their views on you and me. And you have no say in the matter.

[calimary]

10. And where are they getting these statistics?

"In some cities, abortions nearly outnumber births"?

Is that the same as "some people say..."

[Minnesota_Lib]

8. Their forums seem to be a very lonely place. LOL

Not even their own mods have posted. I can only hope this reflects the enthusiastic level of support they so well deserve. :shrug:

[Roland99]

13. Most users ever online was 2 on Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:03 pm

LMAO!



Shall we? :evilgrin:



Day-um! Look at one that *did* post!!

http://ohiorestorationproject.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6

I pray that America will succeed in becoming a one-party, Christian-based nation. There is no room in our nation for persons who stray from our deeply held beliefs, and for those who do, God's punishment should be both swift and severe. It's obvious that the democratic party is the party of the devil, and even more obvious that George Bush and * Cheney are truly God's "terrible, swift sword". When we gain enough power to change/eliminate the many Godless courts, we can then begin the holy task of correcting the laws that prevent people of our faith from demanding compliance to our way of life. When this day comes, God will look down and smile, while non-believers will run in fear.

:scared:

[farmbo]

11. These people are Republican elitists first, and Christians second...

...if at all.

When they call for "Medical Reform" they only embrace one issue: tort reform:
(fron their site)


Medical Reform:

Ohio could become a destination place for multitudes of people who need quality health care. This state could become a safe place for good doctors to use their healing talents. This will require protection from needless litigation, frivolous lawsuits, and expensive excessive defensive medicine. Frivolous litigation should not be a growth industry in Ohio .

This would require an effort on several fronts including:

Tort reform that limits noneconomic damages to $ 250,000.
Requires all malpractice lawsuits to go before a panel of those from legal, medical and hospital professions. This panels findings are nonbinding and are designed to determine if the case has merit. If the litigant decides to go forth with a case deemed “Without merit.”, they do so with the understanding that the losing party will pay the legal fees of the other. This will drastically cut down on the number of frivolous and costly lawsuits.
Requires that “expert” witnesses be licensed and practicing in the state where they are hired to testify. Out of state “expert” witnesses that have left their medical practices to become full time “expert” witnesses should return to more fruitful use of their medical expertise.
Limits attorney fees to 200% of billable hours. They are rewarded for taking the risk of contingency” but are not provided with “lottery” awards to overaggressive “ambulance chasers”.
Doctors would need to begin an aggressive approach to policing their ranks, placing on probation the worst offenders and eventually revoking the licenses of incompetent repeat offenders.
The insurance companies would need to limit their margins with greater oversight given to underwriters.
Create a team of medical professionals, insurance representatives and patient advocates who can help devise a plan that makes sense and is easily communicated <snip>

What ever happened to the Christian tenant of healing the sick?

[OzarkDem]

12. Well, they're way ahead of Dems

We haven't had a major Dem political figure visit (including Howard Dean) since the election, here in Cuyahoga County, the Dem stronghold of the state that continues to lose Dem voters to R's.

The DNC and Ohio Dem Party have hired a few people and bought some computers, but otherwise are moving at their usual pace - incredibly slow.

Plenty of Dem leaders have showed up in Columbus - a strategy that has failed to produce results in the last two presidential elections. When will they get the message that focusing all their efforts on central Ohio while ignoring Dem strongholds in northern Ohio? What a concept.

Wouldn't it be great if the DNC decided to target Ohio? <sarcasm off>

[Algorem]

15. "Advantage Ohio with DeLay out?"

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/ispol/1114421705254150.xml

Advantage Ohio with DeLay out?

Monday, April 25, 2005

Sabrina Eaton

Plain Dealer Bureau

Washington

-- Tom DeLay, a pugnacious former termite exterminator who rose to U.S. House majority leader, still has the backing he needs from GOP colleagues to stay in power despite a swarm of ethical questions that surround his fundraising and ties with lobbyists.


But if scandals end up wrecking the Texan's career, a power house politician from the Cincinnati suburbs, Rep. John Boner, is on the short list of successors to win DeLay's No. 2 House post.

Boner and the two other congressmen most often mentioned as DeLay replacements, Roy Blunt of Missouri and Tom Reynolds of New York, aren't doing anything to publicly campaign for a job that isn't vacant. That would be impolitic in a hierarchy that values a unified fa?e when the going gets rough.

They also don't want to cross DeLay, who has donated millions of dollars to Republican political campaigns and engineered a controversial midterm redistricting in Texas that boosted the GOP majority in Congress...