I still like Paul Hackett, even after today's revelations

[Cocoa]

referring to the opposition research he did against Brown

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x471852


I realize this is the way politics is played, I don't think that Hackett had no right to play the "weak on defense" card against Brown, and I don't see Brown as a victim.

I simply think Hackett is wrong, terribly wrong in a huge and important way.

I sincerely believe the rhetoric about peacemakers like Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown and Dennis Kucinich being more able to keep the country safe. I sincerely believe that America is stronger if we protect civil liberties and attend to domestic issues like health care and jobs and education. I reject the ridiculing of ideas like Kucinich's Department of Peace.

I have urged the democratic party many times to embrace the Department of Peace, and I'm going to continue to do that as the dems prepare their version of the Contract With America heading toward the election this year. I believe I heard that Wesley Clark backs something similar to Dennis's DOP.

I think Ohio and America is ready for a candidate like Brown to stand up to Rove's phony scare tactics, and I'm glad the dems are backing Brown and rejecting the fear tactics that Hackett's campaign seems so afraid of.

That said, I still like Paul Hackett and don't regret my campaign donation to him against Schmidt. It's just a matter of disagreeing with his approach in this Senate campaign.

[OzarkDem]

1. Here's a link to Brown talking about Iraq

Finding a winning exit strategy...

http://www.growohio.org/images/admin/sb_msnbc_12_7.mov

[Cocoa]

4. thanks!

I don't see Brown on TV enough. :thumbsup:

p.s. he doesn't look black. :-)

[blue cat]

2. I like him too

but he better learn to be a better politician. He shouldn't have given tweety such a hard on. I'm all for openess and listened to him on the Randi Rhodes show and was outrage about what I heard. But going on Hardball for crist's sake? He is going to hurt the other fighting dems that he will be helping to get elected. Tweety will bring this up at every chance. You don't hand ammunition to the enemy.

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. agree we need more like Brown, Kucinich and Sanders working for peace

There are plenty in both parties promoting militaristic solutions.

Sherrod Brown voted against the Iraq War Resolution and the Patriot act and as another poster pointed out he was out in the rain protesting the war.

Nothing against Paul Hackett and I also don't regret my campaign donation to him to run for the House seat against Schmidt

Sherrod Brown is endorsed by PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) and is an outspoken member of the Progressive Caucus.

courtesy of vote smart - link:

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=H3141103&type=category&category=Foreign%2BAid%2Band%2BPolicy%2BIssues&go.x=12&go.y=8

2006 In 2006 Citizens for Global Solutions gave Representative Brown a rating of A.

2005 In 2005 Citizens for Global Solutions gave Representative Brown a rating of A.

2005 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Council on American-Islamic Relations 100 percent in 2005.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) 100 percent in 2004.

2004 Representative Brown supported the interests of the Peace Action 100 percent in 2004.

From Peace Majority Report:
Final Score: =75%
http://www.peacemajority.org/scorecard/scorecard.jsp?person_legislator_ID=242

Brown Tops DeWine in New Poll
An Opinion Consultants poll finds Ohio voters favor Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for the U.S. Senate over incumbent Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH), 43% to 38%

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/01/26/brown_tops_dewine_in_new_poll.html

[Cocoa]

5. thanks for that poll result

such a huge difference from the Rasmussen poll, which had DeWine with a solid lead at that time.

The polls mean nothing at this point, the campaign hasn't even started.

[RazzleDazzle]

6. Let's be clear -- not to mention fair

We don't know for sure WHO leaked that info. Hackett wasn't specifically identified, so it's just as likely if not more so it was someone on his campaign.

[Cocoa]

7. I like him despite that

despite the fact that him or someone on his campaign leaked that info, and that they planned to use that "soft on national security" strategy.

That was the wrong way to go, imo.