Ohio GOP called "...elitist and demeaning..."

So what else is new? I've always thought of the Ohio GOP as "elitist and demeaning." (I'd like to add that I've also considered the Ohio GOP racist and anti-women.)

An editorial in the Toledo Blade scolds members of the Ohio GOP for their responses to Gov. Strickland's pick for his running mate, Yette McGee Brown. The editorial calls the GOP's response as "...elitist and demeaning."

...Ms. Brown, 49, brings a compelling personal story to the race. The daughter of a single, teenage mother, she worked her way through Ohio University and Ohio State University's law school. She was a Juvenile Court judge in Franklin County for 10 years before she retired to help found and become president of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. Ms. Brown also is on the boards of several businesses and organizations, including service as chairman of OSU's Alumni Association board of directors. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her child and family advocacy.

Ms. Brown's name is not widely known outside the Columbus area and she has no political experience beyond her two elections in Franklin County. That could be a problem in areas such as Cuyahoga County that are critical to the success of Democratic candidates in statewide elections. Balancing that, however, is the likelihood that she will energize African-American voters, a critical component of the Ohio Democratic Party base...

...Ms. Brown's candidacy brings with it both risk and the possibility of rewards. She is, however, more than the mere social worker Ohio Republican Party Chairman Mike DeWine dismissed as "uninspiring."

(Note to the editorial board of the Toledo Blade---- The Ohio Republican Party Chair is a person named "Kevin" DeWine. Kevin DeWine and the Ohio GOP don't seem to have much respect for women. The only reason Mary Taylor was chosen as John "Lehman Brothers" Kasich's running mate was because she wasn't very good at raising her own re-election campaign funds.)

Yvette McGee Brown is well-known and highly respected in central Ohio. She brings her experience and background to politics. She also represents the hopes and dreams of many women in the state.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, Judge Brown spoke in Worthington for a special tribute to Dr. King.

Suburban News:

"Don't just think about Dr. King and what he did. Start thinking about what you can do," said Yvette McGee Brown, the featured speaker at the city of Worthington's annual Martin Luther King Jr. event held Monday, Jan. 18 at Worthington United Methodist Church.

King was a great man with many accomplishments to his name, Brown said, but he was just an an ordinary man like many others who were willing to sacrifice their own comfort to challenge the status quo....

Yvette McGee Brown has indeed taken on the challenge of how she can help children and families in Ohio by becoming Gov. Strickland's running mate.