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What’s a merino anyway?
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You are Merino Wool.You are very easygoing and sweet. People like to keep you close because you are so softhearted. You love to be comfortable and warm from your head to your toes.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:53 pm February 28th, 2006 in Politics | 5 Comments
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What’s a merino anyway?
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28
Hummer-loads of respect for Paul Hackett
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From the time I met Paul Hackett at Meet the Bloggers, through The Week That Was when he withdrew from the U.S. Senate race, I’ve wondered outloud (and in this blog) about whether he really wanted the job as U.S. Senator from Ohio.
In this piece written by Hackett, he answers that question, for me, and for himself. Voicing this realization publicly must be an incredible burden lifted from him. Because what I sensed that made me wonder in the first place, was the way his presentation throughout the time he did campaign, seemed, somehow, somewhere to be a burden.
I’m lousy at a lot of things, and I’m flawed in many ways, but my intuition about that kind of sense emanating from someone else, that says something about the person that they may not even realize – I can rely on it pretty reliably.
I wish Paul Hackett the absolute best luck as he and his family move forward. I have to say, while I don’t know him even in as limited a way as those who got to know him through being loyal to his campaigns, I’m certain that his resolve for whatever he is about to do is going to be far more obvious than was his lack of lust for winning the U.S. Senate seat.
Semper Fi indeed.
Hattip to Plunderbund.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:24 pm February 28th, 2006 in Politics | 4 Comments
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28
SCOTUS hears arguments today on constitutionality of caps on political candidate expenditures
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If, like me, you think that the law should limit candidates’ expenditures on political campaigns, then listen to this morning’s NPR piece by Peter Overby about a case hitting SCOTUS today re: Vermont’s effort to place spending caps (Governor gets to spend up to $300,000) on political candidates’ efforts at election. I heard the report live this morning around 7:15am and was stunned at the timeliness of the piece, given this post and this post.
The plaintiffs are Republicans who argue that,”the First Amendment protects speech and there is nothing more central to that than the ability of candidates to raise and spend money on their own speech.” On the other side, the VT AG, has asserted at least two compelling state interests, which the lower courts already have accepted: “preventing the reality and appearance of corruption, and protecting the time of candidates and elected officials.”
They compel me.
Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont, supports the law.
He admitted that some people in the Democratic Party aren’t thrilled he had chosen to put the party on record in support of Vermont’s law. “I think it is going to shock a lot of people. I’ll get some backlash.”
Mr. Dean, I’ll stand by you on this one, no problem.
One of the most interesting comments to me in the NPR story was how some Vermonters are unhappy with even a $400 limit on individual donations because to them, that money equals groceries, gas, heating and clothing. Basic needs. $400. This money means something to these people and they have a real problem with how political candidates spend money to elected.
Of course, this is Vermont. But maybe I was meant to live in Vermont? I thought I was going to be a librarian or school teacher in Maine after I finished college. That, obviously, didn’t work out.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:45 pm February 28th, 2006 in Politics | 3 Comments
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28
Hummer-loads of respect for Paul Hackett
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From the time I met Paul Hackett at Meet the Bloggers, through The Week That Was when he withdrew from the U.S. Senate race, I’ve wondered outloud (and in this blog) about whether he really wanted the job as U.S. Senator from Ohio.
In this piece written by Hackett, he answers that question, for me, and for himself. Voicing this realization publicly must be an incredible burden lifted from him. Because what I sensed that made me wonder in the first place, was the way his presentation throughout the time he did campaign, seemed, somehow, somewhere to be a burden.
I’m lousy at a lot of things, and I’m flawed in many ways, but my intuition about that kind of sense emanating from someone else, that says something about the person that they may not even realize – I can rely on it pretty reliably.
I wish Paul Hackett the absolute best luck as he and his family move forward. I have to say, while I don’t know him even in as limited a way as those who got to know him through being loyal to his campaigns, I’m certain that his resolve for whatever he is about to do is going to be far more obvious than was his lack of lust for winning the U.S. Senate seat.
Semper Fi indeed.
Hattip to Plunderbund.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:24 pm February 28th, 2006 in Politics | 4 Comments
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28
SCOTUS hears arguments today on constitutionality of caps on political candidate expenditures
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If, like me, you think that the law should limit candidates’ expenditures on political campaigns, then listen to this morning’s NPR piece by Peter Overby about a case hitting SCOTUS today re: Vermont’s effort to place spending caps (Governor gets to spend up to $300,000) on political candidates’ efforts at election. I heard the report live this morning around 7:15am and was stunned at the timeliness of the piece, given this post and this post.
The plaintiffs are Republicans who argue that,”the First Amendment protects speech and there is nothing more central to that than the ability of candidates to raise and spend money on their own speech.” On the other side, the VT AG, has asserted at least two compelling state interests, which the lower courts already have accepted: “preventing the reality and appearance of corruption, and protecting the time of candidates and elected officials.”
They compel me.
Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont, supports the law.
He admitted that some people in the Democratic Party aren’t thrilled he had chosen to put the party on record in support of Vermont’s law. “I think it is going to shock a lot of people. I’ll get some backlash.”
Mr. Dean, I’ll stand by you on this one, no problem.
One of the most interesting comments to me in the NPR story was how some Vermonters are unhappy with even a $400 limit on individual donations because to them, that money equals groceries, gas, heating and clothing. Basic needs. $400. This money means something to these people and they have a real problem with how political candidates spend money to elected.
Of course, this is Vermont. But maybe I was meant to live in Vermont? I thought I was going to be a librarian or school teacher in Maine after I finished college. That, obviously, didn’t work out.
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28
Hummer-loads of respect for Paul Hackett
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From the time I met Paul Hackett at Meet the Bloggers, through The Week That Was when he withdrew from the U.S. Senate race, I’ve wondered outloud (and in this blog) about whether he really wanted the job as U.S. Senator from Ohio.
In this piece written by Hackett, he answers that question, for me, and for himself. Voicing this realization publicly must be an incredible burden lifted from him. Because what I sensed that made me wonder in the first place, was the way his presentation throughout the time he did campaign, seemed, somehow, somewhere to be a burden.
I’m lousy at a lot of things, and I’m flawed in many ways, but my intuition about that kind of sense emanating from someone else, that says something about the person that they may not even realize – I can rely on it pretty reliably.
I wish Paul Hackett the absolute best luck as he and his family move forward. I have to say, while I don’t know him even in as limited a way as those who got to know him through being loyal to his campaigns, I’m certain that his resolve for whatever he is about to do is going to be far more obvious than was his lack of lust for winning the U.S. Senate seat.
Semper Fi indeed.
Hattip to Plunderbund.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:24 am February 28th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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28
SCOTUS hears arguments today on constitutionality of caps on political candidate expenditures
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If, like me, you think that the law should limit candidates’ expenditures on political campaigns, then listen to this morning’s NPR piece by Peter Overby about a case hitting SCOTUS today re: Vermont’s effort to place spending caps (Governor gets to spend up to $300,000) on political candidates’ efforts at election. I heard the report live this morning around 7:15am and was stunned at the timeliness of the piece, given this post and this post.
The plaintiffs are Republicans who argue that,”the First Amendment protects speech and there is nothing more central to that than the ability of candidates to raise and spend money on their own speech.” On the other side, the VT AG, has asserted at least two compelling state interests, which the lower courts already have accepted: “preventing the reality and appearance of corruption, and protecting the time of candidates and elected officials.”
They compel me.
Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont, supports the law.
He admitted that some people in the Democratic Party aren’t thrilled he had chosen to put the party on record in support of Vermont’s law. “I think it is going to shock a lot of people. I’ll get some backlash.”
Mr. Dean, I’ll stand by you on this one, no problem.
One of the most interesting comments to me in the NPR story was how some Vermonters are unhappy with even a $400 limit on individual donations because to them, that money equals groceries, gas, heating and clothing. Basic needs. $400. This money means something to these people and they have a real problem with how political candidates spend money to elected.
Of course, this is Vermont. But maybe I was meant to live in Vermont? I thought I was going to be a librarian or school teacher in Maine after I finished college. That, obviously, didn’t work out.
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28
Broader swath = different endorsement?
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This evening, the Plain Dealer Openers includes about GOP candidate for Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery’s failure to get the backing of the Miami County Republican Party. You can read the details here.
What I’d like to know is, if the Ohio Democratic Party followed suit and allowed party members who aren’t on the executive committee to vote on pre-primary endorsements, what would that right-hand sidebar on the ODP website front page look like today?
Just as a refresher, here’s the information on how to get on the ODP Executive Committee, plus the most recent questions I’ve asked, to which I’ve yet to get a response.
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27
Broader swath = different endorsement?
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This evening, the Plain Dealer Openers includes about GOP candidate for Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery’s failure to get the backing of the Miami County Republican Party. You can read the details here.
What I’d like to know is, if the Ohio Democratic Party followed suit and allowed party members who aren’t on the executive committee to vote on pre-primary endorsements, what would that right-hand sidebar on the ODP website front page look like today?
Just as a refresher, here’s the information on how to get on the ODP Executive Committee, plus the most recent questions I’ve asked, to which I’ve yet to get a response.
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27
Educating Entrepreneurabees
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The March 2006 Fortune Small Business contains a set of articles that revolve around the question of whether entrepreneurship can be taught.
This article describes the approach in colleges, while this article highlights a Silicon Valley successs story who started the BizWorld Foundation, “a nonprofit that teaches the fundamentals to youngsters from 8 to 13 years old.” Here’s an interview between college students, Bill Gates and Richard Schulze (Best Buy founder) in which the latter two reflect on what they wished they’d learned in school and here you can find FSB’s top ten college programs in entrepreneurship education (say that three times fast – no, better yet, type it three times fast).
In Cleveland, we have E City Cleveland for 14-21 year olds, which I not so secretly was hoping to see mentioned in FSB. My quick glance through didn’t spot it though.
Based on my experience, success as an entrepreneur requires the skills and talents to detect good ideas and pursue them until you’ve turned them into something real or tangible. Some of the skills and talents you need to do that may be innate, but others you can learn.
What’s your experience?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:19 pm February 27th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Broader swath = different endorsement?
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This evening, the Plain Dealer Openers includes about GOP candidate for Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery’s failure to get the backing of the Miami County Republican Party. You can read the details here.
What I’d like to know is, if the Ohio Democratic Party followed suit and allowed party members who aren’t on the executive committee to vote on pre-primary endorsements, what would that right-hand sidebar on the ODP website front page look like today?
Just as a refresher, here’s the information on how to get on the ODP Executive Committee, plus the most recent questions I’ve asked, to which I’ve yet to get a response.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:34 pm February 27th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Educating Entrepreneurabees
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The March 2006 Fortune Small Business contains a set of articles that revolve around the question of whether entrepreneurship can be taught.
This article describes the approach in colleges, while this article highlights a Silicon Valley successs story who started the BizWorld Foundation, “a nonprofit that teaches the fundamentals to youngsters from 8 to 13 years old.” Here’s an interview between college students, Bill Gates and Richard Schulze (Best Buy founder) in which the latter two reflect on what they wished they’d learned in school and here you can find FSB’s top ten college programs in entrepreneurship education (say that three times fast – no, better yet, type it three times fast).
In Cleveland, we have E City Cleveland for 14-21 year olds, which I not so secretly was hoping to see mentioned in FSB. My quick glance through didn’t spot it though.
Based on my experience, success as an entrepreneur requires the skills and talents to detect good ideas and pursue them until you’ve turned them into something real or tangible. Some of the skills and talents you need to do that may be innate, but others you can learn.
What’s your experience?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:19 pm February 27th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Mudslingers: The Top 25 Most Negative Political Campaigns
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Author and Professor Kerwin Swint was on Diane Rehm this morning (archive for listening will be available later this afternoon) discussing his book about what he believes are the top 25 most negative political campaigns of all time. My shuttle lasted only long enough to hear the Willie Horton ad from the Dukakis-Bush battle.
What fascinated me the most in those few minutes, and is most relevant, IMHO, is Swint’s dissection – with Rehm’s questioning – of how much of the ad was even true. Swint also talked about how an ad might appear only once, on one station, but then the MSM news broadcasts about it and the newspapers cover it and something that should never have been aired gets more play time than LeBron James.
Maybe not a groundbreaking complaint – a dislike for negative campaigning. But chronic illness can kill you just as dead as an acute one.
Swint’s university, Kennesaw State, is also home to PJnet.org’s Leonard Witt, who is a keen observer and advocate of public journalism.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:47 pm February 27th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Educating Entrepreneurabees
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The March 2006 Fortune Small Business contains a set of articles that revolve around the question of whether entrepreneurship can be taught.
This article describes the approach in colleges, while this article highlights a Silicon Valley successs story who started the BizWorld Foundation, “a nonprofit that teaches the fundamentals to youngsters from 8 to 13 years old.” Here’s an interview between college students, Bill Gates and Richard Schulze (Best Buy founder) in which the latter two reflect on what they wished they’d learned in school and here you can find FSB’s top ten college programs in entrepreneurship education (say that three times fast – no, better yet, type it three times fast).
In Cleveland, we have E City Cleveland for 14-21 year olds, which I not so secretly was hoping to see mentioned in FSB. My quick glance through didn’t spot it though.
Based on my experience, success as an entrepreneur requires the skills and talents to detect good ideas and pursue them until you’ve turned them into something real or tangible. Some of the skills and talents you need to do that may be innate, but others you can learn.
What’s your experience?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:19 pm February 27th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Mudslingers: The Top 25 Most Negative Political Campaigns
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Author and Professor Kerwin Swint was on Diane Rehm this morning (archive for listening will be available later this afternoon) discussing his book about what he believes are the top 25 most negative political campaigns of all time. My shuttle lasted only long enough to hear the Willie Horton ad from the Dukakis-Bush battle.
What fascinated me the most in those few minutes, and is most relevant, IMHO, is Swint’s dissection – with Rehm’s questioning – of how much of the ad was even true. Swint also talked about how an ad might appear only once, on one station, but then the MSM news broadcasts about it and the newspapers cover it and something that should never have been aired gets more play time than LeBron James.
Maybe not a groundbreaking complaint – a dislike for negative campaigning. But chronic illness can kill you just as dead as an acute one.
Swint’s university, Kennesaw State, is also home to PJnet.org’s Leonard Witt, who is a keen observer and advocate of public journalism.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:47 pm February 27th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Mudslingers: The Top 25 Most Negative Political Campaigns
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Author and Professor Kerwin Swint was on Diane Rehm this morning (archive for listening will be available later this afternoon) discussing his book about what he believes are the top 25 most negative political campaigns of all time. My shuttle lasted only long enough to hear the Willie Horton ad from the Dukakis-Bush battle.
What fascinated me the most in those few minutes, and is most relevant, IMHO, is Swint’s dissection – with Rehm’s questioning – of how much of the ad was even true. Swint also talked about how an ad might appear only once, on one station, but then the MSM news broadcasts about it and the newspapers cover it and something that should never have been aired gets more play time than LeBron James.
Maybe not a groundbreaking complaint – a dislike for negative campaigning. But chronic illness can kill you just as dead as an acute one.
Swint’s university, Kennesaw State, is also home to PJnet.org’s Leonard Witt, who is a keen observer and advocate of public journalism.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:47 am February 27th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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26
The Full Million(s)
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If you don’t want to read my rant, then surf to the next blog. Consider yourself warned.
Last night I posted this about a Capri Cafaro campaign aide’s statement that, as the May 2nd primary gets closer, Cafaro will spend up to $250,000 PER WEEK on television advertisements.
The Metro section in today’s Plain Dealer has this article about the taping of one of the infomercials (the PD Opener’s word, not mine).
Now, this is not MSM bashing, in fact, it’s giving them, and Cafaro, some slack:
As a freelance writer, I know that this article can’t possibly contain everything everyone said who was observed by the reporter as he gathered information for this piece. So perhaps Cafaro and others present yesterday at the taping of her ad said plenty of other interesting items that the reporter could have used.
What we read this morning in the paper is what the reporter and his editors agreed was what would be published.
That said, I’m only the messenger when it comes to highlighting this element of the article.
In response to the obvious (though unstated) question raised by the article’s reference to the $250K to be spend PER WEEK on TV ads – Why would anyone spend that much money in a primary race for a congressional seat, the article includes this quote:
“I want to give the people an opportunity to get to know me,” Cafaro said.
And now, my rant (yes, in all caps, just ask my husband what it sounded like coming out of my mouth earlier this morning):
IF YOU JUST *&$*#@*& LIVED IN A CITY IN THE DISTRICT YOU WANT TO REPRESENT – NOT TO MENTION, IN OHIO – FOR ANY TWELVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS FOR EVEN ONE OF THE LAST 13 YEARS maybe you wouldn’t have to spend so much &$&@#%*$$$$$ money to give people an opportunity to get to know you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH.
MY.
GOD.
This is called, BUYING FRIENDS. BUYING EVERYTHING.
That shopping mall heiress reference – I would hate it if it were me. Now, she tried to make a good go of it, I give her credit for that. She IS a smart young woman, I give her credit for that too.
BUT…if you’re out there obviously using money to get people to know you, honey, honey, honey, that’s the same as saying, Well, I’m a shopping mall heiress, so if there’s one thing I know about – it’s shopping!
Ugh.
Capri, let me tell you a story:
I gave my daughter some money for an afterschool rollerskating party so she could rent inline skates and buy a snack. I gave her more money than she needed. When she got home, and I asked her for the change, she said she’d spent it all. I was a bit incredulous and you know what she told me?
“Mom, I wanted to share it with my friends.”
Well, she’s young enough that I know what she meant. But I also know the kids whom she told me who asked her to share that money. And there is no way on earth any of those kids needed to ask her. But my daughter loved the idea that it pleased her friends and made her feel generous.
That’s a nice thing – to feel generous. And I told her that.
And then I told her that it wasn’t okay for her to do that again and that next time, she would need to tell her friends that she could not give the extra money to the friends. She was sad because she was afraid that the friends wouldn’t like her anymore.
“Honey, these friends have parents. And the parents should not be allowing their children to ask others for money, when the parents have the ability to give their kids the money and choose not to. We’re not getting in the way of other parent’s rules and if your friend doesn’t like you because you’re doing what I’ve told you to do, then the child’s parents need to teach that child that being friends isn’t about money.”
I said that to her, at least twice. You can ask her yourself.
And so, just two weeks ago, she had another skating party. And guess what? All the change came home. And she still has all her friends.
BECAUSE YOU DON’T BUY FRIENDSHIP OR VOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Capri, listen to Betty Sutton’s Meet the Blogger podcast. Read the transcripts. Read what this blogger and this blogger and this blogger had to say about meeting Betty and listening to her.
THEN, build your campaign around something like that. Now, of course you start at a deficit because YOU HAVEN’T BEEN LIVING HERE. But if you want to earnestly, sincerely and confidently make that up to the voters? FACE THE MUSIC AND SAY, I know I haven’t been here but I intend to…Tell us what you’re learning about the area and how you’re learning it.
You are smart. But you don’t know everything.
I have a very gifted child, and he used to think that he had nothing to learn. I knew law school students who had been paralegals in law firms and they thought that they had nothing more to learn.
Take a tip from the Jesuits, you know, like I did at Georgetown – and apparently you were there too: Part of the Jesuits creed is, we never stop learning.
So, Capri – go out there and LEARN, and THEN tell us what you know about the constituents you want to represent who have lived in their district longer than you may ever live there.
Okay – rant over. Wow, my arms feel like overcooked spaghetti strands.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:12 pm February 26th, 2006 in Politics | 32 Comments
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Feb
26
The Full Million(s)
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If you don’t want to read my rant, then surf to the next blog. Consider yourself warned.
Last night I posted this about a Capri Cafaro campaign aide’s statement that, as the May 2nd primary gets closer, Cafaro will spend up to $250,000 PER WEEK on television advertisements.
The Metro section in today’s Plain Dealer has this article about the taping of one of the infomercials (the PD Opener’s word, not mine).
Now, this is not MSM bashing, in fact, it’s giving them, and Cafaro, some slack:
As a freelance writer, I know that this article can’t possibly contain everything everyone said who was observed by the reporter as he gathered information for this piece. So perhaps Cafaro and others present yesterday at the taping of her ad said plenty of other interesting items that the reporter could have used.
What we read this morning in the paper is what the reporter and his editors agreed was what would be published.
That said, I’m only the messenger when it comes to highlighting this element of the article.
In response to the obvious (though unstated) question raised by the article’s reference to the $250K to be spend PER WEEK on TV ads – Why would anyone spend that much money in a primary race for a congressional seat, the article includes this quote:
“I want to give the people an opportunity to get to know me,” Cafaro said.
And now, my rant (yes, in all caps, just ask my husband what it sounded like coming out of my mouth earlier this morning):
IF YOU JUST *&$*#@*& LIVED IN A CITY IN THE DISTRICT YOU WANT TO REPRESENT – NOT TO MENTION, IN OHIO – FOR ANY TWELVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS FOR EVEN ONE OF THE LAST 13 YEARS maybe you wouldn’t have to spend so much &$&@#%*$$$$$ money to give people an opportunity to get to know you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH.
MY.
GOD.
This is called, BUYING FRIENDS. BUYING EVERYTHING.
That shopping mall heiress reference – I would hate it if it were me. Now, she tried to make a good go of it, I give her credit for that. She IS a smart young woman, I give her credit for that too.
BUT…if you’re out there obviously using money to get people to know you, honey, honey, honey, that’s the same as saying, Well, I’m a shopping mall heiress, so if there’s one thing I know about – it’s shopping!
Ugh.
Capri, let me tell you a story:
I gave my daughter some money for an afterschool rollerskating party so she could rent inline skates and buy a snack. I gave her more money than she needed. When she got home, and I asked her for the change, she said she’d spent it all. I was a bit incredulous and you know what she told me?
“Mom, I wanted to share it with my friends.”
Well, she’s young enough that I know what she meant. But I also know the kids whom she told me who asked her to share that money. And there is no way on earth any of those kids needed to ask her. But my daughter loved the idea that it pleased her friends and made her feel generous.
That’s a nice thing – to feel generous. And I told her that.
And then I told her that it wasn’t okay for her to do that again and that next time, she would need to tell her friends that she could not give the extra money to the friends. She was sad because she was afraid that the friends wouldn’t like her anymore.
“Honey, these friends have parents. And the parents should not be allowing their children to ask others for money, when the parents have the ability to give their kids the money and choose not to. We’re not getting in the way of other parent’s rules and if your friend doesn’t like you because you’re doing what I’ve told you to do, then the child’s parents need to teach that child that being friends isn’t about money.”
I said that to her, at least twice. You can ask her yourself.
And so, just two weeks ago, she had another skating party. And guess what? All the change came home. And she still has all her friends.
BECAUSE YOU DON’T BUY FRIENDSHIP OR VOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Capri, listen to Betty Sutton’s Meet the Blogger podcast. Read the transcripts. Read what this blogger and this blogger and this blogger had to say about meeting Betty and listening to her.
THEN, build your campaign around something like that. Now, of course you start at a deficit because YOU HAVEN’T BEEN LIVING HERE. But if you want to earnestly, sincerely and confidently make that up to the voters? FACE THE MUSIC AND SAY, I know I haven’t been here but I intend to…Tell us what you’re learning about the area and how you’re learning it.
You are smart. But you don’t know everything.
I have a very gifted child, and he used to think that he had nothing to learn. I knew law school students who had been paralegals in law firms and they thought that they had nothing more to learn.
Take a tip from the Jesuits, you know, like I did at Georgetown – and apparently you were there too: Part of the Jesuits creed is, we never stop learning.
So, Capri – go out there and LEARN, and THEN tell us what you know about the constituents you want to represent who have lived in their district longer than you may ever live there.
Okay – rant over. Wow, my arms feel like overcooked spaghetti strands.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:12 am February 26th, 2006 in Politics | 32 Comments
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26
The Full Million(s)
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If you don’t want to read my rant, then surf to the next blog. Consider yourself warned.
Last night I posted this about a Capri Cafaro campaign aide’s statement that, as the May 2nd primary gets closer, Cafaro will spend up to $250,000 PER WEEK on television advertisements.
The Metro section in today’s Plain Dealer has this article about the taping of one of the infomercials (the PD Opener’s word, not mine).
Now, this is not MSM bashing, in fact, it’s giving them, and Cafaro, some slack:
As a freelance writer, I know that this article can’t possibly contain everything everyone said who was observed by the reporter as he gathered information for this piece. So perhaps Cafaro and others present yesterday at the taping of her ad said plenty of other interesting items that the reporter could have used.
What we read this morning in the paper is what the reporter and his editors agreed was what would be published.
That said, I’m only the messenger when it comes to highlighting this element of the article.
In response to the obvious (though unstated) question raised by the article’s reference to the $250K to be spend PER WEEK on TV ads – Why would anyone spend that much money in a primary race for a congressional seat, the article includes this quote:
“I want to give the people an opportunity to get to know me,” Cafaro said.
And now, my rant (yes, in all caps, just ask my husband what it sounded like coming out of my mouth earlier this morning):
IF YOU JUST *&$*#@*& LIVED IN A CITY IN THE DISTRICT YOU WANT TO REPRESENT – NOT TO MENTION, IN OHIO – FOR ANY TWELVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS FOR EVEN ONE OF THE LAST 13 YEARS maybe you wouldn’t have to spend so much &$&@#%*$$$$$ money to give people an opportunity to get to know you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH.
MY.
GOD.
This is called, BUYING FRIENDS. BUYING EVERYTHING.
That shopping mall heiress reference – I would hate it if it were me. Now, she tried to make a good go of it, I give her credit for that. She IS a smart young woman, I give her credit for that too.
BUT…if you’re out there obviously using money to get people to know you, honey, honey, honey, that’s the same as saying, Well, I’m a shopping mall heiress, so if there’s one thing I know about – it’s shopping!
Ugh.
Capri, let me tell you a story:
I gave my daughter some money for an afterschool rollerskating party so she could rent inline skates and buy a snack. I gave her more money than she needed. When she got home, and I asked her for the change, she said she’d spent it all. I was a bit incredulous and you know what she told me?
“Mom, I wanted to share it with my friends.”
Well, she’s young enough that I know what she meant. But I also know the kids whom she told me who asked her to share that money. And there is no way on earth any of those kids needed to ask her. But my daughter loved the idea that it pleased her friends and made her feel generous.
That’s a nice thing – to feel generous. And I told her that.
And then I told her that it wasn’t okay for her to do that again and that next time, she would need to tell her friends that she could not give the extra money to the friends. She was sad because she was afraid that the friends wouldn’t like her anymore.
“Honey, these friends have parents. And the parents should not be allowing their children to ask others for money, when the parents have the ability to give their kids the money and choose not to. We’re not getting in the way of other parent’s rules and if your friend doesn’t like you because you’re doing what I’ve told you to do, then the child’s parents need to teach that child that being friends isn’t about money.”
I said that to her, at least twice. You can ask her yourself.
And so, just two weeks ago, she had another skating party. And guess what? All the change came home. And she still has all her friends.
BECAUSE YOU DON’T BUY FRIENDSHIP OR VOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Capri, listen to Betty Sutton’s Meet the Blogger podcast. Read the transcripts. Read what this blogger and this blogger and this blogger had to say about meeting Betty and listening to her.
THEN, build your campaign around something like that. Now, of course you start at a deficit because YOU HAVEN’T BEEN LIVING HERE. But if you want to earnestly, sincerely and confidently make that up to the voters? FACE THE MUSIC AND SAY, I know I haven’t been here but I intend to…Tell us what you’re learning about the area and how you’re learning it.
You are smart. But you don’t know everything.
I have a very gifted child, and he used to think that he had nothing to learn. I knew law school students who had been paralegals in law firms and they thought that they had nothing more to learn.
Take a tip from the Jesuits, you know, like I did at Georgetown – and apparently you were there too: Part of the Jesuits creed is, we never stop learning.
So, Capri – go out there and LEARN, and THEN tell us what you know about the constituents you want to represent who have lived in their district longer than you may ever live there.
Okay – rant over. Wow, my arms feel like overcooked spaghetti strands.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:12 am February 26th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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