I have political opinions, although I try not to be annoying about them. I very rarely tackle politics here on the blog, although it seems to be a popular place to do so. I feel that most people have already made up their mind about who to vote for, so often times political debate seems fruitless. But there’s a guy from Maineville who aspires for Mike DeWine’s US Senate seat, and I am absolutely behind him, and I hope you will be, too. I think BILL PIERCE is a better man than DeWine for the job.
Pierce is: a UC engineering grad, an Air Force vet, a very successful entrepreneur, a high school math teacher, and is now hoping to be a Senator. DeWine is the stereotypical career politician: a law degree, and public office. (Not that there’s anything wrong with DeWine’s resume, just that I prefer Pierce’s.)
In a recent interview, Pierce spoke about how George McGovern purchased a successful small business after his failed ’72 presidential bid and proceeded to run it into bankruptcy. McGovern subsequently inferred that his voting record while in office would have been drastically different had he known what it was like to work in the “real world.” Pierce knows the real world as a small business owner and as a teacher in the public school system.
On the issues portion of his website, Pierce states his platform.
If you care about education, you might prefer his thoughts and experience to DeWine’s, especially since Pierce has spent the last 10 years teaching high school, while DeWine is busy writing laws that all of my teacher friends/family say are ridiculous. Ask my Mom how she feels about governmental regulation and No Child Left Behind, which DeWine championed.
If you care about governmental spending, you might prefer his thoughts to DeWine’s silence. I’ll leave you with a direct quote from the man who will get my May 2 vote:
(Feel free to pass this around. You can click on the “email post” feature at the bottom and send to any of your friends/family who you think might find this post thought-provoking.)“The choice is yours. Do you stand by a man who has had twelve years to articulate his message yet remains silent today on so many critical issues? Do you continue to stand by a man whose silence suggests that he feels the status quo is good?
Or do you support a citizen legislator who feels it is simply not good enough?”
7 comments:
want more reasons to oust Dewine? go read the terrifying S.2455 that he introduced, which would give the president unchecked power to order surveillance on anyone he wants . awesome.
J,
you're not starting that again.
it was so much fun last time, don't rain on the party. or whatever.
Agreed. It was fun last time. I believe I had the 92nd comment on Justin's post, so that's good.
I don't know how much of my readership will want to pursue the active debate that is potentially before us. I can think of a bunch of friends of mine that would be up for it, but most of them aren't bloggers.
My biggest DeWine beef isn't so much the surveillance thing (although I can see the concern). I'm bothered by the spending more than anything. DeWine seems to love to brag about how much federal money he has brought into the state. Meanwhile, the debt continues to grow exponentially. Someday, somebody's gonna have to pay for it, and my fear is that it will be Toby and Toby's children. It's just not responsible. I thought Republicans were supposed to be for LESS governmental spending...
Plus, Pierce impressed me in his interview. I don't know how different he truly is from DeWine, but I'll back him.
All I know is that when I was at the first Bushie Inaugural in 2000, Nick and I were walking in the tunnel that connects the capitol with the offices accross the street, and we passed DeWine wistling as he was walking. Seemed like a jolly fellow.
you don't say CHIV-EE-OTT. crazy people. it's CHEVY-OTT. we're not canadians over here.
I'm pretty sure Cheviot is still in the state of Ohio, and Ohio residency is all you need to vote for a senator. Well, residency and being registered to vote. Yeah.
And Ema, anyone who was around me when I was 7 years old and learning for the first time that not all words in the English language are pronouced phonetically knows that "Steve Chabot from Cheviot" is pronounced "Steev Sha-BOH from Shev-WAH". (Thanks for giving me the opportunity to put that on the blog. Check's in the mail.)
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