Sunday, April 23, 2006

Voter anger sends tremors through Ohio | Chicago Tribune

The people of Ohio have a right to be furious. I only hope they wil punish the bastards who did this to them, and the rest of the country.

Voter anger sends tremors through Ohio Chicago Tribune:

"LONDON, Ohio -- Looking for trouble? Well, come to the convenient, one-stop shop called Ohio, where the shelves are crammed with citizen crabbiness, outrage and high-octane bile.

There is plenty to provoke anguish--the economy and mounting job losses, the war in Iraq, rising health-care and gasoline costs. Preachers are squabbling, and the reality--not just allegations--of a 'culture of corruption' has taken root. The state lost $50 million in a rare-coin scandal, and hapless Republican Gov. Bob Taft, who pleaded no contest to failing to report free golf outings from lobbyists, has been blamed for nearly everything short of murdering Santa Claus.

With a litany of complaints that would resonate from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., Ohio this election year is America in political miniature, a little shop of public-opinion horrors that speaks volumes about what bothers people nationwide. Like the state tourism pitch, 'Ohio, the heart of it all,' it's all right here."

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