''I really believe we ought to try to find some way to encourage that country to demonstrate to those people who have been opposed to what we're trying to do, that it's worthwhile for them and their children to come forward and support this democracy,'' said Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. ``And if that's amnesty, I'm for it. I'd be for it.''
Incredible! How could Stevens or anyone make a statement like that?
***Ohio Republican News: Looks like some Republicans are sick and tired of the Ohio Republican corruption: Cincy Post--
Democratic gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland has collected nearly $1 million in campaign donations from former supporters of the Republican governor's administration that he has derided on the campaign trail, a newspaper reported.
The donors - all of whom supported Gov. Bob Taft in 1998 - include government contractors, vendors and attorneys seeking state legal work, according to a review by the (Toledo) Blade. Their contributions helped Strickland take a fundraising lead on Friday's filing deadline over his opponent in the race, Republican Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell.
Since Taft's no-contest plea and conviction last summer on ethics charges, Strickland and the Democrats have made him and several convicted aides the subject of their campaign attacks, drawing distinctions between their political style and strategies and what they call the Republicans' "culture of corruption."
What is the expression.....abandoning a sinking ship....?
It is clear that those donors and others realize that a Gov. Blackwell would be no different that a Gov. Taft. Blackwell has been in the Ohio government for years and he knows how the corruption works in the state because he has seen it. Didn't he fix the elections? Now these former GOP donors want to get on the winning side of the Democrats. They know that with a Democrat running the state, progress can actually be made and their businesses and organizations will prosper.
