Strickland stumps in Bellaire
By Michael SchulerArticle Photos
Fact Box
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was on the campaign trail for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday. Prior to attending the Northern Panhandle Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Strickland made a stop in Bellaire to discuss the upcoming presidential election. Pictured with Strickland, left, is U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson who introduced the candidate at the event.
WITH ONLY 24 days left until the general election, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was in Bellaire on Saturday to drum up support for the Democratic ticket of senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Strickland, who along with U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson and Ohio Sen. Jason Wilson, made the stop at the Professional Complex on Jefferson Street shortly after 4 p.m., where he spent time talking to supporters and listening to voters concerns before speaking about the up coming election.
About 30 people attended the outdoor event which lasted about an hour, and the governor said that he hopes voters in Belmont County would support the Democratic ticket.
"This is a good strong Democratic county," he said.
The governor also spoke about the visit of Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is scheduled to be in St. Clairsville at 4 p.m. today at Brush Run Park at Alderman Airport.
The governor said he knows the issues faced by voters in his former 6th Congressional District, which includes most of Belmont County and accused the Republican ticket of using fear tactics.
"Over the next 24 days, they are going to do everything they can get people afraid and to stir-up suspicion," Strickland said. "Gov. Palin is going to be in St. Clairsville, talking in her folksy way. She'll talk about Barack Obama being a buddy with a terrorist. How despicable; how terrible; how awful; when people are hurting and in need of strong leadership that they would engage in that kind of garbage and it is garbage. I believe the people in this part of Ohio are good, common citizens who will turn away from that and support the candidate who will do the right thing for us."
The governor didn't hold back on the gun issue either, saying he, along with Rep. Wilson, are both members of the National Riffle Association and that gun owners do not have to fear an Obama presidency.
"With John McCain, you get to keep your gun, but you may be without a job," he said. "But with Barack Obama, you'll get to keep your gun and your job."
Among those attended the event with the governor where several members of the United Mine Workers of America.
The governor said that he has been making stops throughout the state, including a stop in Cambridge prior to his visit in Bellaire.
While in Cambridge, the governor said he spoke to a coalminer who expressed concerns that other coalminers wouldn't vote for Obama because of his race.
"You know what I told him, 'John L. Lewis would turn over in his grave if he thought coalminers were going to support John McCain,'" Strickland said. "John McCain is not a friend of the working man."
He also attacked McCain for supporting efforts to privatize Social Security.
Following the event, the governor went to Wheeling where he delivered the keynote speech at the Northern Panhandle Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner.
Schuler can be reached at shoe@timesleaderonline.com.
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coyote163
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10-13-08 7:09 PM
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Wow, TLO axed the table on that one. See the Wikipedia entry I listed for more info. Or you can try to sift through the official reports from the Tax Policy Center (who released the study), but those are rather hard to read. Note the study assumptions though, that all tax proposals were adopted by Congress and the budget remains the same. If McCain's spending cuts are more successful than Obama's, then those numbers change, particularly for the close brackets - the middle class. The additional lower class tax cuts that Obama is proposing would still top McCain's simple extension of the current tax cuts. If you're rich though (>$200K/year), prepare to pay a great deal more under Obama.
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coyote163
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10-13-08 7:00 PM
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Fact check on a previous comment. Projected Federal income tax changes in 2009 assuming all tax proposals were adopted by Congress and the budget remains the same: McCain Obama Income Average tax bill Over $2.9M -$269,364 +$701,885 $603K and up -$45,361 +$115,974 $227K-$603K -$7,871 +$12 $161K-$227K -$4,380 -$2,789 $112K-$161K -$2,614 -$2,204 $66K-$112K -$1,009 -$1,290 $38K-$66K -$319 -$1,042 $19K-$38K -$113 -$892 Under $19K -$19 -$567 So assuming all of the candidate's tax proposals are enacted, if you make less than $112K per year, you will owe less money under an Obama administration. If you make more than $227K, you will owe more than you did this year. Under McCain, everybody would owe less than you did this year, but the tax cuts aren't as big as Obama's for income less than $122K per year. This comes from the article, "Comparison of United States presidential candidates, 2008" on Wikipedia, which cites a report released b
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reasoh
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10-13-08 4:43 PM
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Tired of this republicans are racists BS its the democrats that stir this class warfare junk.Look at a history book MLK was a republican what party elected Blacks to congress after civil war what party where southern governors who got Jim Crow laws passed.Learn a little history and quite making the same misstatements.A handout doesn't help the middle class how do you cut taxes to people that don't pay any?My tax table from back in April shows if you make 35K family of 4 no income tax plus an earned income tax credit,a refund,for most of social security and medicare tax.Now how do we give them a tax cut?
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reasoh
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10-13-08 4:30 PM
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The Governor did represent the 6th district.How many "good paying"jobs did he bring us?how many as governor? Its up to the president to bring work to Ohio? Thought he represented all 50 states****e on Gov.Strickland do your job make Ohio business friendly
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literate
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10-13-08 12:05 AM
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you used the term "intellectual left". When did being intellegent become a bad thing? Because thats whats suggested by that term. That to be intellectual and "left" is bad. Just like liberal, people like to use that word as an insult also. Liberal comes from the word liberty, so by extention liberty is bad. This is why conservatives confuse me. Liberal means free, but its bad... I live in the Valley. I support freedom of speech, to choose whats right for me, and I find no pleasure in destroying the environment. So i guest these "intellectual" "liberals" speak for me, and those like me.
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Thoughtful
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10-12-08 10:37 PM
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Literate, Let's join forces to elevate Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank Chuck Schummer and certainly Al Gore, George Soros, and the Hollywood class crew. This group does not represent the Ohio Valley, more jobs, less taxes on us, and stand for our beliefs, goals, and policies. This group and the intellectual left of the Democrat party will in time drive the party completely out of the main stream. Trust me, even Charlie Wilson, Ted Strickland, and those true blue Deomcrats are not in alignment with the leadership and direction of the party. Not really.
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literate
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10-12-08 10:24 PM
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I have looked, I have listened. I'm not weighted down by religion or prejudice so I can see clearly that McCain's plan is just trickle-down economics with a spin. This isn't 1981, throwing money at the big business and the rich won't help the middle class. Obama (or any non-financial conservative) will give me a better chance of sending my children to college, affording gas, etc. Tax breaks to the top 5% income bracket, the McCain plan, will only force more people on the edge into a deeper rut.
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Thoughtful
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10-12-08 9:34 PM
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Literate. Stop look listen. The Obama tax plan will not create jobs, will tax the middle class, and will be counterproductive to creating jobs in the Valley and beyond. Do you know how many middle class individuals own stock and how the tax will hit them. Sorry, John Roberts is a moderate, highly recommended by the ABA, and highly respected as a Judge of the Appeals court. Do you favor easing on criminals, banning any religious symbols as your GRandfather fought to have , freedom?? The Democrat Party of thirty years ago is dead and gone. That was a party that did represent the working class. No more. Look who supports the party both intellectually and financially. Not main stream at all.
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beach1
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10-12-08 9:30 PM
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L YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF TO A T! STAB
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literate
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10-12-08 8:00 PM
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Stab? yes. your right. Times have changed. Now republicans have remade their image from "the rich fat white guys" to "the good ole boys". And one way they do this is to prey on the intolerences of those they court. Making the middle and lower classes think its black vs white or straight vs gay. When in reality its rich vs poor, and carpet baggers like Trent Lot and the Bushs want the "everyday folks" they cultivate to forget that.
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beach1
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10-12-08 7:54 PM
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SURE,ROBERT BYRD-KKK,AND MANY OTHER DEMS IN THE THIRTIES AND FORTIES,DO SOME RESEARCH MAN! STAB
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10-12-08 7:16 PM
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"Land of the free, not the "land of only people like me", Sorry, I was writing and not paying attention to my word count. You bring up John Roberts. Much like Sarah Palin, Roberts places beliefs before people. Should they both have power her failed attempts to ban book in Alaska might be more sucessful. And I guess that sometimes we need to be reminded of the where the path of ultra conservatism, intolerence and book baning led the world some 70 odd years ago.
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10-12-08 6:29 PM
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To Thoughtful. The Obama tax plan only hurts those making over $250,000. The McCain plan will leave the middle class no better off, but the wealthest of tax payer will see the biggest tax break in years. Under McCain the rich will get richer and the middle class will disappear, abosrbed into the growing numbers of poor Perhaps the Democratic party has lost its way. However, the Republicans have convinced many in the middle class that they, the most wealth of Americans, do infact care, and this is a lie. Remeber the Bushs are carpet baggers from Massachusetts, not the good ole boys they pretend to be. The Republican party as become the party of hate and intolerance. They stir up hate for gays, blacks and hispanics to keep everyone from remembering that the true republican party has only one enemy, the poor. My grandfather was called a "green niger" because he he was born in Ireland and came to this country, when it was "land of the free", not the "land
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Thoughtful
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10-12-08 2:17 AM
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Charlie Wilson Do you stand side by side with Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Chuck Schummer????? Do you really agree with their policies in detail??????? How about Harry Reid on coal?? How about Al Gore on energy policy??? How about Obama on Supreme Court Appointments?? He did not support John Roberts, an excellent Chief Justice.
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10-12-08 2:11 AM
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Gov. Strickland and Congressman Wilson, You represent the Democrat party of thirty years ago. Today, the party is lost. It does not represent working class people. 1. We need lower taxes for all including all business.2. WE need Supreme Court Appointments that do not create law but intrepret law. We face very liberal judges from Obama. 3. We believe in life and especially a ban on partial birth abortion. 4. We support NRA, legal use of guns. Don't overlook Obama's true positions.5. WE are proud in the Ohio valley and know exactly what Obama said about us in San Francisco.6. We need strong vision on foreign policy, experienced and focused, not Obama. The Democrat party is now George Soros, The Hollywood Group, Madonna, Alex Baldwin, Whoppi Goldberg, and on and on and on. AFL CIO, Extreme Environmentalists, World order advocates.Liberal press, This is not the Democrat Party. It is gone and many fail to see where it has gone. Wake up, think, Support your beliefs
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