Let's clear up this THIS SMEAR of PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE FOR OH SENATOR-Jennifer Brunner

[mod mom]

In case you came across this DU post and are now re-thinking a possible switch from supporting Jennifer Brunner:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8264874&mesg_id=8264874

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

"Jennifer has said all along that she is a Democrat and
will continue to be a good Democrat but she has never
endorsed in a race or publicly supported or campaigned for
any candidate – including President Obama - since she became
Ohio’s chief elections official. She has no plans to change
that."

-snip

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=285582&mesg_id=286072

and here she reiterated it again during a debate with Lee Fisher:



Fisher asked Brunner whether she would endorse him if he wins the May 4 primary. Fisher has already pledged to support her if she wins the chance to face Republican Rob Portman in November.

Brunner said she could not endorse any politician because she will remain the state's chief elections officer through the general election.

-snip

http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2010/04/secretary_of_state_jennifer_br_2.html

SHE IS A VERY HONORABLE PERSON AND HAS BEEN AN ACCOMPLISHED PUBLIC SERVANT. I FIND THIS SMEAR OF HER DISGUSTING!

[Bill McBlueState]

1. k&r

Go vote on Tuesday, Ohio Dems! We need a strong candidate for Voinovich's US Senate seat in November.

[liberal N proud]

2. Honestly, when I hear Fishers ads, I wonder what party his is running in

His ads all play right in to the rhetoric of tax and spend Washington which we all know is aimed at Democrats.

Jennifer has my support and vote.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Sounds like another useless DLC'er to me

no wonder he's Prickland's buddy. Also no wonder that he has support from the Message Discipline LLC types.

[mod mom]

6. funny how this late hour smear just surfaced when she's been quoted on her stance for a while.

:mad:

[damntexdem]

4. Sounds correct. And in any case ...

anyone with any sense of ethics or commitment will have such a strong attachment to party as to endorse every one of its candidates, no matter who they are or what they represent.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

5. Can a state's chief elections officer voice any sort of partisan support?

"Brunner said she could not endorse any politician because she will remain the state's chief elections officer through the general election."

It sounds to me, based on the above line, that a state's cheif elections officer cannot "take sides".

[mod mom]

7. Bush/Cheney Co-chair/then SOS Ken Blackwell did, but Jennifer has integrity.

[suffragette]

8. K&R

For the truth about Brunner taking this principled stance.

[brooklynite]

9. I don't tend to get involved in out-of-state Primaries...

...so I'm not playing favorites here, or in OH-2. That being said, I'll be supporting the winner (currently expected to be Fisher, based on the latest polls) as a n opportunity to knock off another Republican and protect our control of the Senate. Will you be prepared to do the same?

[laughingliberal]

12. Oh, goody! Another Blue Dog to join the Pubs in their filibusters of progressive legislation. nt

[brooklynite]

14. Much better to have a Republican Tea-Partier do the filibustering?

According to Fisher's website, he supports marriage equality, repeal of DADT and a public option for Health Care.

[laughingliberal]

17. And where does he stand on reigning in the corporate ownership of our government?

Because, frankly, if the workers and middle class keep disappearing I think we're all going to be too busy trying to find our next meal to worry about much else. That's the problem we are having with the DINO's. No one to stand up against the ruling class in favor of the rest of us.

We need to do better at supporting our progressives in their primaries.

[brooklynite]

39. Probably to the left of Rob Portman...

As I said before, I'm not choosing between Primary candidates. But once one of them wins, anyone who sits on their hands because their candidate didn't win might as well register as a Republican.

[Enthusiast]

10. I already voted for her.

Piss on these lies.

[mod mom]

11. Unfortunately, last minute-they can make a difference. Dirty tricks!

[laughingliberal]

13. Just another way the DLC/Blue Dogs are like the Republicans. nt

[mod mom]

15. from her website:

Jennifer Brunner to Continue Fulfilling Promise of Neutrality as Ohio’s Chief Elections Officer
BY DAVID ON 05.03.2010
Jennifer Brunner has fiercely guarded the independence of the office of Secretary of State. She has said for months that if she wins the primary she will continue the delegation of authority she signed that shifted some of her responsibility to senior staff. If she loses the primary, she will resume all of her duties and continue to be an impartial secretary of state.

Jennifer has said all along that she is a Democrat and will continue to be a good Democrat but she has never endorsed in a race or publicly supported or campaigned for any candidate – including President Obama - since she became Ohio’s chief elections official. She has no plans to change that.

http://www.jenniferbrunner.com/index.php/blog/post/jennifer_brunner_to_continue_fulfilling_promise_of_neutrality_as_ohios/

[kgnu_fan]

16. I have seen the dirty trick... don't fall for it!!!

[laughingliberal]

18. Kick nt

[WeDidIt]

19. I donated $50 to Brunner weeks ago

I convinced three family members in Ohio to vote for Brunner weeks ago.

Today, I donated $100 to Fisher and convinced those three family members to instead vote for Fisher.

Brunner is a sore loser. There is no law on the books prohibiting her from endorsing any candidate of her choice. She chose to run for the Senate and now falling back on this crap makes her a complete sore loser. If that's her position, she should have resigned as SOS when she decided to run for the Senate BECAUSE SHE MOST CERTAINLY HAS ENDORSED HERSELF FOR AN OFFICE OTHER THAN SOS!.

I now support primarying her when she's up for re-election. She's no better than Lieberman.

[mod mom]

20. WTF? So you're part of the smear despite her clarifying her position months ago?

This was very stupid on part of the fisher campaign & their corporate allies.

[WeDidIt]

25. I do not consider this a smear.

Jennifer Brunner CHOSE to run for an office other than the one she currently holds. IF she had been true to her own standards, she would have resigned from her position as SOS before doing so.

Then, when answering a direct question she flippantly signaled "zero" with her hand instead of giving the reason she gave later today.

She smeared herself.

I now support primarying her when she seeks re-election to SOS.

[mod mom]

26. of course-your type never does. Win at any cost even if it means misrepresenting the truth.

I guess if it was good enough for Ken Blackwell to do it should be good enough for a Dem, right? Well maybe your type of Dem, but progressives have integrity (look it up)!

[WeDidIt]

28. The only misrepresentation of the truth I see in this

came from Jennifer Brunner when she tried to back pedal from her flippant sore loser geswture of a "zero"

[mod mom]

33. Listen to the Cleveland debate where she clarified her position, that she originally stated

when she 1st ran for SOS, unless you don't care about the truth.

[mod mom]

21. kicking because some of us care about the truth while others will even smear to win

[mod mom]

22. Those on the fisher campaign that use this disingenuous smear are either stupid

or backing Portman. Alienating the progressive base (responsible for GOTV) is no way to gather support should their candidate win.

[MkapX]

23. Jen!

I've studied both candidates and i think both of them would be good against the Bush cronie Portman...but im going to vote for Jennifer after comparing Fisher's and Jen's platform..she just looked like she had more of game plan

[AuntPatsy]

24. K & R

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

27. ...

[rucky]

29. K&R and don't forget to Vote tomorrow, Ohio!

[laughingliberal]

30. kicking again to counter the dirty tricksters. nt

[liberal_at_heart]

31. People are trying to punish progressive candadites

The democratic party is just as broken as the republican party. I see no difference in either party. How is this "do what you are told or face the consequences" mentality any different than what the republican party does? It's not.

[laughingliberal]

34. It's starting to look more and more like SSDD. nt

[liberal_at_heart]

32. kick

[mod mom]

35. another kick because most DUers care about the truth.

[IndianaGreen]

36. A kick to your kick!

:kick:

[mod mom]

37. there are still DUers reading the lies and not realizing it's an agenda.

infuriating. This type of dirty trick only benefits the GOP by alienating progressives.

[LynneSin]

38. I remember how Ed Rendell's wife was smeared in a similiar way back in 2002 (By GOP)

Ed's wife is a federal judge in Philadelphia so she was not able to do any campaigning whatsoever other than showup on stage election night after the results where announced. So not once did you see Midge anywhere on the campaign trail.

The GOP idiot that ran against Rendell in 2002 tried to use that against him although it failed miserably. Sure Ed's only family campaigning for him was his son but that didn't make Ed any less of a family man that the GOP jerk.

[Doremus]

40. Thank you, ModMom! If this is the best the opposition can come up with, we have a winner!

Jennifer Brunner's integrity is beyond reproach.

Ohioans ---and all Americans --- owe her a huge debt of gratitude for cleaning up corrupt elections in the state. She will be receiving my and my family's votes tomorrow.

[mod mom]

41. this wasn't just the campaign but at the national level the DSCC and state ODP

as well. They wanted to select their candidate and not allow party members the attempt to get a progressive elected. :mad:

Leaving to vote. :hi:

[bertman]

42. Thanks, mod mom. We need more Senators with her integrity and ability. Rec. nt

[femrap]

43. I'm headed out

to the polls to vote FOR Jennifer Brunner! Fisher is just more of the same Corporate ass-kissing.

[Uncle Joe]

44. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, mod mom.

[DemReadingDU]

45. Spouse and I voted for Brunner!

[EnviroBat]

46. I'm casting my vote for her in one hour...

It staggers the mind how un-informed voters can be.