Ken Blackwell on the radio
I had the opportunity to listen to parts of an interview
with Secretary of State Ken Blackwell yesterday on my drive home
from work on WSPD radio in Toledo.
Forgive me for paraphrasing below, but what I heard is typical for
Mr. Blackwell, and it really rings hollow when you consider which
party has been in total control of state government over the last
decade and more.
Mr. Blackwell was talking about the need to reign in spending in
the state and decrying government waste and stating that
we need a fiscal conservative like himself as the governor
so we can reduce taxes and let the markets flourish.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Mr. Blackwell's party been
in power the last twelve years, and hasn't Mr. Blackwell been
proud to ride the republican ticket to victories along with Mr.
Taft, Petro, and others?
Watch the campaign as time moves along. If I could sign up
now to receive $1 each time the term "liberal" is used derisively
by the GOP office seekers from now until November 7, I could
probably retire a rich man.
We can and should demand more from our elected officials
than to simply categorize their opponent in a derogatory manner.
Demand ideas and proposals, not silly catch phrases.
Ohioans deserve more than politics as usual, and deserve an open
respectful debate about the future of our state.
We are a state in crisis with many issues to address and many opportunities to explore. We see people working two jobs to make up for the fact that their good paying job has left the state. We can do better on health care, we can do better on education issues and we can see that
the public confidence is restored in our elected officials, leaving behind
the multiple scandals we've seen in recent years.
Just today I had a conversation with a 22 year old man whose wife has been going without health insurance since they married in October of 2005, hoping against hope that nothing catastrophic would occur, basically rolling the dice since they don't have the $300/month to cover her on his health insurance and her job doesn't offer insurance to her. This, in the greatest country in the world, should be and is unacceptable.
And how many others out there, including many children, do without health insurance and therefore without basic preventative care?
We can move forward only if we engage our leaders to be
bold and innovative, leaving the politics of the past behind.
Thank you and have a good evening,
Mark
with Secretary of State Ken Blackwell yesterday on my drive home
from work on WSPD radio in Toledo.
Forgive me for paraphrasing below, but what I heard is typical for
Mr. Blackwell, and it really rings hollow when you consider which
party has been in total control of state government over the last
decade and more.
Mr. Blackwell was talking about the need to reign in spending in
the state and decrying government waste and stating that
we need a fiscal conservative like himself as the governor
so we can reduce taxes and let the markets flourish.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Mr. Blackwell's party been
in power the last twelve years, and hasn't Mr. Blackwell been
proud to ride the republican ticket to victories along with Mr.
Taft, Petro, and others?
Watch the campaign as time moves along. If I could sign up
now to receive $1 each time the term "liberal" is used derisively
by the GOP office seekers from now until November 7, I could
probably retire a rich man.
We can and should demand more from our elected officials
than to simply categorize their opponent in a derogatory manner.
Demand ideas and proposals, not silly catch phrases.
Ohioans deserve more than politics as usual, and deserve an open
respectful debate about the future of our state.
We are a state in crisis with many issues to address and many opportunities to explore. We see people working two jobs to make up for the fact that their good paying job has left the state. We can do better on health care, we can do better on education issues and we can see that
the public confidence is restored in our elected officials, leaving behind
the multiple scandals we've seen in recent years.
Just today I had a conversation with a 22 year old man whose wife has been going without health insurance since they married in October of 2005, hoping against hope that nothing catastrophic would occur, basically rolling the dice since they don't have the $300/month to cover her on his health insurance and her job doesn't offer insurance to her. This, in the greatest country in the world, should be and is unacceptable.
And how many others out there, including many children, do without health insurance and therefore without basic preventative care?
We can move forward only if we engage our leaders to be
bold and innovative, leaving the politics of the past behind.
Thank you and have a good evening,
Mark
posted by Mark @ 7:37 PM
3 comments
3 Comments:
Excellent points Mark, on both the fact that despite he may be pretending otherwise, Ken Blackwell is and was a part of the Taft administration.
I could not agree more on the issue of health care. My ex-husband recently lost his job as the place he worked shut up shop. My two youngest daughters lost their health insurance because he said he could not afford to pay for it thru COBRA. We can add them at an increased expense to my current husband's but not until open enrollment thru his employer. Thankfully they qualified for insurance thru Healthy Start or they would have had no health insurance. I know many couples who while they have Healthy Start for their children, they have no health insurance for themselves.
"We can and should demand more from our elected officials than to simply categorize their opponent in a derogatory manner."
Surely someone else sees irony in that statement, Re: Culture of Corruption.
Good Points. Blackwell will say anything or do anything to become Governor. He went very negative against Jim Petro.
The entire GOP team in Columbus has only been concerned about retaining power and not the general drift in the State of Ohio. Taxes have gone up over the last 8 years. Spending has also grown during that time period.
Now Blackwell is supposed to be believed that he will change everything. Forgive me for not believing the campaign rhetoric.
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