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Ohio and the battle for populist America
Unherd ^ | 10/18/2022 | Joel Kotkin

Posted on 10/19/2022 5:51:42 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

This midterm year, in which many states have to choose between non-entities and the certifiably insane, Ohio is blessed by a real political dogfight. The Senate battle between representative Tim Ryan and Hillbilly Elegy author, JD Vance, is becoming one for the ages.

(Excerpt) Read more at unherd.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: ohio; populism; trump
Go JD!
1 posted on 10/19/2022 5:51:42 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

This is not going to be close.


2 posted on 10/19/2022 5:59:20 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: whyilovetexas111

They have done a very good job of hiding the big tech , big money behind JD . As usual in Ohio we have our choice between a half conservative and a far out leftist . I won’t waste my time voting . Tired of holding my breath to vote .


3 posted on 10/19/2022 5:59:22 AM PDT by David Moser
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To: David Moser
"They have done a very good job of hiding the big tech , big money behind JD . As usual in Ohio we have our choice between a half conservative and a far out leftist."

Exactly.....they split the votes with extra Primary candidates (the ONLY way Dewine-the-RINO could win), and JD Vance will show his colors ONLY after he's in DC.

4 posted on 10/19/2022 6:04:59 AM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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"Exactly.....they split the votes with extra Primary candidates (the ONLY way Dewine-the-RINO could win), and JD Vance will show his colors ONLY after he's in DC."

But, but JD has kissed the MAGA ring and has received Trump's endorsement!(sarc)

5 posted on 10/19/2022 6:36:28 AM PDT by buckalfa (Kilroy was here, but who was he?)
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To: whyilovetexas111

Whenever you see “populist” repace it with the word “normal”.


6 posted on 10/19/2022 6:38:51 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: David Moser

We can survive 6 years of JD. We won’t with Tim Ryan.


7 posted on 10/19/2022 7:30:33 AM PDT by griswold3 (There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs. – Thomas Sowell)
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To: traditional2

Fine, Don’t Vote.

Also, don’t Bitch and Whine if/when Ryan wins. Your choice is Ryan or JD. Yes, they both stink. We know what Ryan is (Far Out Leftist) and what he stands for. JD is a tossup, but HE IS NOT RYAN.

Funny how you can so cavalierly say: “I won’t waste my time voting.” Maybe you say that because you don’t value your RIGHT TO VOTE.


8 posted on 10/19/2022 7:40:23 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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"Funny how you can so cavalierly say: “I won’t waste my time voting.”

I DID not say "I'm not voting".........don't mis-quote ME!

I haven't missed a Vote in 55 years, and don't plan on starting now.

THAT said, the inner-city tribal parasites have control over the vote counting in Ohio (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Akron, Toledo, etc.) and the "mail-in" vote garbage in those counties where the cities are. Flyover country/suburbia gets out-voted by those efforts.....that's how we wind up with Sherrod Brown, and all those ethnic Congress-critters who can't even SPELL voter, but have a (D) next to their name, which assures the Gimmedat and woke votes.

9 posted on 10/19/2022 7:56:34 AM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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To: traditional2

SORRY, my bad. Should have been directed at Moser.


10 posted on 10/19/2022 8:15:40 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: whyilovetexas111

THERE is NO “dogfight.” Ryan has been losing since day one. Ohio is a flaming RED State and the only place where Ryan has even been close is in the fake polls.


11 posted on 10/19/2022 8:46:04 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: David Moser
I detect the stench of troll...

Vote like your freedom depends on it!

12 posted on 10/19/2022 8:54:22 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (When did my Color TV become Colored TV?)
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To: David Moser

“They have done a very good job of hiding the big tech , big money behind JD . As usual in Ohio we have our choice between a half conservative and a far out leftist . I won’t waste my time voting . Tired of holding my breath to vote .”

You are new.

Your credibility in this age of paid and automated trolls is suspect.

Set aside the credibility issue which we should not, it becomes matter of judgement.....good or poor.

Allowing a second Baal worshiping baby killing Deplorable hating Sodomite Communist to win by default is not a wise choice.

Look at Ryan’s face. It flips from vapid cow like docility one moment to demon twisted hatred in an instant.

He is not one to trust with authority or position.

Vance is the choice we have. He will be far better than tepid gutless Portman who helped “non-partisanly manage” the greatest nation in history to the brink of destruction.

Coming from private equity, I have met Vance professionally. I have met his patron Peter Thiel professionally.

Both were libertarian, not populists....its been 10 years.

Vance was not a man of firm conviction and principals at the time, as you could not be around West Coast PE and VC and survive.

Left to his own devices, Vance’s nature and upbringing will put him to the right of Rand Paul and far to the right of Portman on all financial and most cultural issues.

With Vance we keep our guns for a few more years.

With Ryan, you will be bleeding out on your doorstep in 2023.

Just my opinion and I do not feel strongly about it.


13 posted on 10/19/2022 9:36:35 AM PDT by Lowell1775
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