**** Ohiomm.com:
...Two of the hosts of a fundraiser for Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate John Kasich have some interesting items on their resumes: One was a senior executive and top lobbyist for alleged Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford, while another is a former Bush administration official who threatened to fire a subordinate if he revealed to Congress the true cost of a major bill....
....Jim Conzelman, this week, was helping John Kasich raise funds to defeat Democratic incumbent, Ted Strickland, in this November's Ohio election for governor. Jim Conzelman, not 40 years ago, but last year, was Senior Vice President of Stanford Financial, a now defunct, though once huge, Ponzi scam operation. Sadly, Stanford's Ponzi terrorist bomb exploded, destroying many Americans' financial futures. Stanford is still wearing that orange jump suit I mentioned earlier.
Conzelman wasn't convicted of any wrongdoing in the Stanford Ponzi….instead, he had been hired in 2008 as Senior Vice President for lobbying purposes. Conzelman was hired, in other words, to put out a public relations smokescreen with the hopes of protecting Sir Ponzi from federal probes....
We are known by the company we keep.
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Republican Rinacci doesn't look very good in that video.
* Why are there so many political appointees in the Ohio government left over from the Taft administration??????
* Why is Mike DeWine even running for any political office? DeWine was a major rubber stamper for President Bush and now he is running for office? Is he looking for the gravy train of benefits as an elected official?
There have been many charges of nepotism in the selection of Mike DeWine by Republican chair, Kevin DeWine. There were great divisions in the Ohio GOP when the cousin, Kevin Dewine, who is the chairman of the party, backed his cousin, Mike DeWine. From what I've heard, there are still some bad feelings and resentment within the Ohio GOP.
Of course, we can't forget how Mike DeWine refused to step up and protect the children during the Mark Foley scandal. (YouTube).