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Fisher mouthpiece makes a move
John Collins, spokesman for Democrat Lee Fisher’s U.S. Senate campaign, is moving on.
Collins is moving to Kentucky to work for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jack Conway. Conway is running against Republican Rand Paul in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races.
Lynne Bowman, Fisher’s campaign manager, said in a prepared statement on Monday, July 26, that Fisher’s campaign won’t miss a beat:
“Ohioans aren’t the least bit concerned about campaign staffing. They’ll have a clear choice this fall: between Lee Fisher who’s been on the ground fighting with them to create Ohio jobs, and Congressman Portman, who’s spent two decades in Washington supporting devastating trade policies that shipped thousands of Ohio jobs overseas.”
Jeff Sadosky, spokesman for Rob Portman, Fisher’s Republican opponent, had a different take in his prepared statement:
“Just like over a thousand others, this is one more job that’s moved south to Kentucky on Lt. Governor Lee Fisher’s watch.”
A replacement for Collins is expected to be named soon. Fisher is Ohio’s lieutenant governor and Portman is a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member who also served as U.S. trade representative and budget director under President George W. Bush.
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By Max
July 27, 2010 9:58 AM | Link to this
Margo and Vic; both of you have been around long enough to know Hershey, and some others, are playing the audience in an interactive environment. We can expect this from personal blogs and, as you both know, irrational but passionate reader responses. I certainly would not go so far as to indict all journalists based upon Hershey’s offering. The profession’s creditability is harmed by those who indulge in the ad hominem and also by those who tolerate it.
By Max
July 27, 2010 9:44 AM | Link to this
Margo,….lol….I like the ‘talking fish’ image…..lol. But, yes, I think calling Hershey out on this is my personal way of saying I may not agree with everything the media presents, but this is just bad, ‘yellow’ journalism of the Pulitzer-Hearst war era. I’d like to think journalism doesn’t have to regress to those levels. Maybe I’m just too ‘old school’…….
By Vic
July 27, 2010 9:25 AM | Link to this
Come on Hershey!!! “Mouthpiece.” Try to be just a bit objective in your reporting.
By Margo
July 26, 2010 9:29 PM | Link to this
It’s like the talking fish commercial. At least that’s what I thought. Max, you thought something else? wow.
By Max
July 26, 2010 8:34 PM | Link to this
…Regardless, using ‘mouthpiece’ in the headline is over the top even for you, Hershey. Regardless of party politics and the venom milked daily by you folks, you might consider setting the example for civility, respect and class even if your hold none for yourselves.