Schmidt in a war of words (Tuesday's Cincy Enquirer)

[theHandpuppet]

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/NEWS01/511220352

Schmidt in war of words
Rookie lawmaker's 'coward' remarks ricochet

By Malia Rulon
Enquirer Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - Three days after Rep. Jean Schmidt was booed off the House floor for saying that "cowards cut and run, Marines never do," the Ohioan she quoted disputed the comments.

Danny Bubp, a freshman state representative who is a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, told The Enquirer that he never mentioned Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., by name when talking with Schmidt, and he would never call a fellow Marine a coward.

"The unfortunate thing about all of that is that her choice of words on the floor of the House - I don't know, she's a freshman, she had one minute....

(Long article -- and check out the pics. They printed a soft-focus pic of Schmidt and a really unflattering pic of Murtha)

[theHandpuppet]

1. Another excerpt...

We all know this is BULLSHIT!! (bolding is mine)

Schmidt's phone lines have been clogged since Saturday, and the office has received about 3,000 e-mails on the topic, Bennett said. The office reads mail only from constituents, however, and Bennett said the reaction from people in the 2nd District has been 75 percent positive.

Calls to Schmidt's Ohio office were 65 percent positive, Bennett said. He declined to say how many e-mails or calls were from constituents.

Mark Sutton of Loveland said in an e-mail to Schmidt's office, which was also sent to The Enquirer, that Schmidt just stated what many people have been afraid to say. "Pulling out of Iraq would be the cowardly thing to do, and I am surprised that your comments created such a stir," Sutton wrote. "You need not apologize. ... You have my support."

[theHandpuppet]

2. A little googling on Mark Sutton

A little Googling on Mr Mark Sutton of Loveland, investment banker and no stranger to the Enquirer's editorial pages:

Same guy?
http://straightmute.blogspot.com/2004_08_22_straightmute_archive.html
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/09/02/editorial_joseph.html
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/11/07/loc_butler_county2.html

Is he also the same Mark Sutton who wrote this?
http://www.walkthroughthewall.com/

[Bunny]

3. How would they tell if an e-mail or call is from a constituent?

I mean, I could say I'm a constituent, how would they know otherwise, especially in an e-mail?

[KarenS]

4. LOL well,,,, yeah,,,,,

I gave an address on the website that would allow me to send an email =) sooooo I guess I was in that 25%

[Tony_Illinois]

5. Pussy Bubp is backing off now.... I predict that

before long, he and Mean Jean will be in a hissy fight over this fiasco. I HOPE THE VOTERS IN OHIO WILL GET THEIR HEADS OUT OF THEIR ASSES NOW.

[maxsolomon]

6. mean jean is pure cincinnati suburb

the entire 2nd district of ohio needs to

a. do mushrooms in a forest in springtime.
b. move to over the rhine for a dose of "how the other half lives", and not the trendy main st. part - more like vine st. n. of liberty.

its what jesus would do.

-ex-cincinnatian