Republicans get ugly in Ohio

[ProSense]

with each other:

(August 19, 2006 -- 08:31 PM EDT)

Here we go again. Republicans are running into the same kind of trouble in Ohio, where they're trying to find a successor to Bob Ney, that they have faced in Texas trying to replace Tom Delay.

Joy Padgett was handpicked by Ney and House Majority Leader John Boehner to run after Ney stepped down due to fallout from the Abramoff scandal.

The problem is that Padgett had already lost the GOP primary for Ohio lieutenant governor, and Ohio law prohibits a defeated primary candidate from running in the general election. Democrats had threatened to challenge Padgett's eligibility but, after seven other Republicans entered the primary, decided it wasn't worth the trouble.

Today the brother of one of Padgett's primary opponents filed a complaint challenging her eligibility. The local election board will rule on the complaint Sunday morning.

Update: Did I mention that Padgett declared personal bankruptcy in June? Well, one of her Republican opponents has (and you thought things were tough among Dems in Connecticut). The recent filing follows the one last year for the business owned by Padgett and her husband. Someone want to ask Boehner what he was thinking in throwing his weight behind Padgett?

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/009475.php

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. More ugly Republicans. Surprise, surprise...

[MrModerate]

2. Schadenfreude -- my favorite emotion.

Although I may get an overdose in the run-up to November.

[Fridays Child]

3. When it comes to lying, cheating scum...

...it's always just a matter of time before they start eating their own. And there is no honor among thieves. Greed sees to that.

[Cha]

4. boehner's the one who's threatening

to steal our Social Security in 2007 and give it to wall street.

[soothsayer]

5. Boner----what a fitting name

[Dr.Phool]

6. GOP is morally bankrupt

Why not their candidates financially bankrupt?

[ClassWarrior]

7. Dick Nixon ugly or Barbara Bush ugly?

Just askin... :shrug:

NGU.

[cmd]

8. It's good to sit back and watch them devour her

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/08/19/ap/politics/d8jj6vho0.txt

Harris, a financial analyst, came out firing at Padgett, suggesting her personal and corporate bankruptcies make her unfit to help set the federal budget.??Anything she gets she deserves. Her dirty campaign against Terry Anderson was right up there with the Swiftboating of Kerry and the maligning of Cleland. Me thinks Joy will not be around long. Here are two more clips about her financial woes. Read them, them click on the link below to donate to Zack Space.


"Bankruptcy is not a badge of honor and it is an ethical and professional disqualification from representing Ohio Republicans and taxpayers in Congress," he said.??Padgett was treasurer of an office supply Company in 2005 when it filed for federal bankruptcy protection and defaulted on a Small Business Administration loan. Padgett guaranteed $837,000, then filed for personal bankruptcy protection in June on that debt.??She defended the bankruptcy as a function of Ohio's bad economy.??Voters, she said, "will say, 'This woman understands what the economy is like.'"


First, it turns out that the candidate widely endorsed to succeed Ney - and supported not only by the embattled congressman but also by the Ohio Republican Party - is more than $1 million in personal and business debt, along with her husband. The federal government may have to pick up some of that because of a Small Business Administration loan guarantee.

Joy Padgett's debt, and the personal bankruptcy she and her husband, Donald, filed on June 15, promise to rise as a campaign issue as her party promotes fiscal responsibility.

Their U.S. Bankruptcy Court filings list $1.16 million in debts against $202,143 in assets.

"To default on an SBA loan, and her million-dollar bankruptcy, show that she cannot control her borrowing or her spending," said James B. Harris, another Republican seeking Ney's seat.
http://www.cleveland.com/open/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1155976835263150.xml&coll=2?

[doc03]

9. "She defended her bankruptcy as a function of

Ohio's bad economy." Ohio is totally controlled by what party? The federal government is totally controlled by what party? She's running as a f---ing Republican and we are supposed to think she is going to change the economy in Ohio!!!!!!!!!!! Let me guess all we need is some more tax cuts for the rich!!!