Dissin' Dubya and the Ohio Voters!

There?s gotta be nothing more frustrating than having both Republican senators from a state that carried the Republican president to victory in the last election, jump ship to join with the Democrats on opposing the president?s much sought after reform of our country?s judicial system, our State Department and our American oversight at the UN. The voters from the great state of Ohio who elected President Bush to his second term must be furious that both of their Republican senators are acting with such contempt for the agenda which Ohioans clearly supported at the ballot box last November. Not even two days after Ohio Senator Mike DeWine made a shady back room deal with several Democrats and six other RINOs which would prevent the Republicans from breaking the filibuster on the President?s nominees, did the Democrats go right back to their same old obstructionist tactics over a confirmation vote on John Bolton. If that wasn?t bad enough, Dewine?s counterpart, Ohio Senator George Voinovich, then proceeds to play crybaby on the floor of the US Senate on how horrible it would be for Bolton to be confirmed as our Ambassador to the UN!

Well, the heat is already on Voinovich for his unwarranted targeting of GW?s US Ambassador nominee, John Bolton. According to NewsMax, the conservative group "Move America Forward" (MAF) is preparing to send a loud and clear message to Senator Voinovich.

MAF said in a press release that because of "his obstructionist conduct," the Ohio Republican "will be the target of radio ads."

Senator Mike DeWine seems to be still holding a grudge over George Bush taking the 2000 Ohio primary away from his buddy Senator John McCain which may explain one of the reasons for DeWine?s decision to side with McCain on stopping the "nuclear option" from being triggered. Perhaps MAF should start an ad campaign against DeWine as well.

The way I see it, both Senators Mike DeWine and George Voinovich think that the Ohio voters aren?t smart enough to know what they really want when they pick a president who likes gets the job done. Too bad, because come their next election cycle, the good folks of Ohio will get the chance to decide what kind of representation they want to have in the US Senate.

UPDATE...

I just read a short piece from NewsMax that the reason Voinovich is opposing Bolton?s nomination is because the issue has now become a personal grudge for him...

The real reason Voinovich is angry was a series of TV ads played by a conservative group in Ohio criticizing the Senator for not backing Bolton early.



Bolton and the White House had nothing to do with the ads. But insiders say Voinovich was so ticked off by the local pressure he vowed to get Bolton.

My advice to the Senator Voinovich is to do your job and get your facts straight the first time. This way you?ll avoid making an ass out of yourself and getting a beat-down from your constituency.

SHEESH!