The good people at Talking Points Memo found an interesting story about an Ohio Republican. Here are some excerpts from Talking Points Memo:
....NRCC will be honoring Springboro, Ohio, City Councilman Michael W. Hemmert later this month with a "Republican Congressional Medal of Distinction," an award he will accept in a two-day celebration culminating in a dinner with President George W. Bush, despite two sets of drug charges (cocaine and marijuana) for which he's currently receiving treatment in lieu of conviction.
From Dayton Daily News :
On May 27, Hemmert, 53, of Springboro, was granted treatment in lieu of conviction on two sets of charges of possession of cocaine and marijuana and a single count of possession of drug paraphernalia during a hearing in Warren County Common Pleas Court . . .
. . . He resigned his council seat Feb. 14 after the Greater Warren County Drug Task Force seized cocaine, marijuana and two cars during the first of two searches of his home. Hemmert was arrested after a second search on March 13 netted more cocaine and marijuana, and a special prosecutor was appointed.....
Awesome! He gets dinner at the White House. Is this all the Republicans have left in their party?
> The Cleveland Plain Dealer has the results of the latest Quinnipiac Poll:
...The latest Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday pegged (Gov. Ted) Strickland's approval rating at 55 percent - just a point lower than in February - even though 65 percent of those polled said the state's economy is worse than it was before Strickland took office in 2007....
...71 percent of voters support a November ballot proposal that would require Ohio companies to provide paid sick days if they employ 25 or more workers....
.....Republicans are considered slightly more corrupt than Democrats (38 percent to 30 percent, with 32 percent saying they don't know)....
I guess Ohioans just can't forget those Republicans like Taft, Ney, Noe and the Coingate scandal.