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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Sexually suggestive ad attacks Fisher
A Republican attack ad uses double entendres, smarmy lounge music and a screen shot of a shirtless Lee Fisher to give the impression that the Democrat is pleasuring himself.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee released the 53-second ad on YouTube and its own website on Thursday, May 6. It uses a screen shot of Fisher, shirtless with one hand on his chest and the other hidden below his waist, and says “he didn’t get the job done” and “he was more concerned about his job than yours.”
Amber Marchand, spokeswoman for the NRSC, insists that the video is not sexually suggestive.
“The video is about jobs. The video is about Lee Fisher’s record as the job czar and the 400,000 jobs that have been lost on his watch,” she said.
Fisher, who is lieutenant governor and the Democratic Party’s candidate for U.S. Senate, served as economic development director in the Strickland administration.
To see the ad, click here. But you may want to hurry. There is a question about whether copyrighted visual images in the ad are being used without permission. The shirtless shot comes from a 2006 documentary film produced by Fisher’s son.
When asked whether NRSC has permission to use the screen shot and other video in the ad, Marchand said they haven’t received any complaints.
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Dems’ bill targets Kasich’s finances
Two House Democrats on Thursday, May 6, targeted Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich and his personal finances with proposed legislation to require statewide, non-judicial candidates to disclose their federal income tax returns or amounts of income in a sworn statement.
“I’m not going to deny that Republicans have given us a political tool by nominating John Kasich for governor,” Rep. Mike Foley, D-Cleveland, originally from the Dayton area, said.
Kasich is a former Columbus-area U.S. House member and also a former managing director of Lehman Brothers. The company’s 2008 collapse has been blamed for the national economic meltdown.
Kasich campaign spokesman Rob Nichols sent an e-mail with this reaction:
“John and Karen have already released more information than they were required to and if the General Assembly changes the law, they’ll be glad to comply.
“Frankly, if Ted Strickland worried less about John’s money and more about the taxpayers’ money, maybe we wouldn’t be facing an $8 billion budget hole.”
Foley and Rep. Bob Hagan, D-Youngstown, added, however, that they want to restore trust in government by requiring candidates to be transparent with their personal finances. Their proposal is patterned after a Florida law, they said. It would require reporting financial records for four years and failure to comply would result in an ethics violation.
Kasich last month permitted a handful of reporters to examine but not photocopy a summary of his 2008 federal income tax return. The information showed that Kasich received a $432,000 bonus from Lehman Brothers in January 2008 for work done in 2007. It also showed that he and his wife had taxable income of more than $1.1 million in 2008.
Kasich is running against Democratic incumbent Gov. Ted Strickland who recently released his federal income tax returns for 2006-2009. During the 2006 governor’s race, he released earlier tax returns. Strickland called on Kasich to release his tax returns for the past 10 years.
Strickland’s returns showed that he and his wife Frances had total income of $166,321 in 2009, mostly from his $142,356 salary as governor, and $116,783 in taxable income after deductions and exemptions.
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Fake web site set up
A fake web site and Twitter account for former U.S. representative Rob Portman set up by the Ohio Democratic Party paints him as a Washington insider who boosted the deficit and sent jobs overseas.
Portman is a Republican, former White House budget director and U.S. trade representative.
RobertPortman.com is modeled after Portman’s own site for his campaign for U.S. Senate against Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, a Democrat. The Twitter account, RobertPortman, tells visitor that he will keep them informed about his “failed record in Washington.” The web site includes a “Where did your job go” feature that allows a person to type in a job and a location. Typing in “manufacturing” results in a pop-up map of China and a claim that “Congressman Portman shipped your job here.”
Reached by phone on Thursday, Portman spokeswoman Jessica Towhey said Portman is the only candidate who has a plan to create jobs in Ohio and that Fisher, who also served as Ohio’s director of development before stepping down to run for senate, “failed miserably” in creating jobs.
