Yvette McGee Brown urged Brown County Democrats to "Run tell that" to those opposed to Ohio Governor Ted Strickland during the Brown County Democrat Dinner Friday, Sept. 24. Brown, who is running for Lt. Governor with Gov. Strickland, spoke at the annual dinner event.
Brown, the keynote speaker, was one of five speakers at the Democrat dinner, along with Ohio Congressional candidate Surya Yalamanchili; Brown County commissioner incumbent Margery Paeltz; Candice Hunter, who stumped for Ohio Auditor candidate David Pepper; and Charlie Green, who spoke in support of Ohio Attorney General candidate Richard Cordray. Brown said she disagreed with the rumor that Democrats did not have much enthusiasm for the upcoming election.
"I don't think there's an enthusiasm gap," Brown said. "And when I hear people talk about the Tea Party and about taking their country back, I pause for a minute and say 'take it back from whom? This is our country, we all have a right to be in it, and we're not taking it back from anybody. We're all going to vote and we're all going to vote for the people who represent our interests.
"I refuse to believe that a small, loud group of people are more energetic than we are."
Um, excuse me? What was that again?
"And when I hear people talk about the Tea Party and about taking their country back, I pause for a minute and say 'take it back from whom? This is our country, we all have a right to be in it, and we're not taking it back from anybody. We're all going to vote and we're all going to vote for the people who represent our interests.
"I refuse to believe that a small, loud group of people are more energetic than we are."
OK, wanted to make sure I got all that. OK, first of all, Yvette, the Tea Party is talking about taking their country back from career politicians like you and Ted and the liberal elite, as well as the ruling elite on the Republican side, because for far too long you have damaged our state and our country with ignorant proposals and poor judgement. We are taking our country back from those to whom we mistakenly trusted it to who have not served the interests of the people. And, note how she demeans tea partiers as small but loud? What is that? Arrogant lib.
But to those of my friends in Brown County who think it is OK to vote for Strickland and still be against Obama, Ms. Brown makes my point that it is not OK succinctly:
"If you want our president to have a second term, you need to vote in 2010. All those young people who think they just need to vote for president, you need to remind them the president isn't reelected if there isn't a Ted Strickland in Ohio.
"This president is going to need Ohio. Why do you think everyone's focused here? We are ground zero for the Republican party. They want to control the governor's office because so goes Ohio so goes the presidency."
Teddy loves him some Obama. Don't be fooled by the idiotic endorsement by the NRA or Ted talking about how is fighting for you. Don't be fooled by Ms. Brown's lame defenses of Ted's administration.
Ms. Brown needs someone to run tell dat we aren't going to take simple talking points anymore and we don't want her type of statism and big brother government in our state anymore.
And as far as your claims about Ohio's economy and financial health? Ms. Brown, quite simply, your pants are on fire!
