Yes, looks like one. Probably took 30-50 swings before he made contact.
It's hilarious that he and his campaign team played that swing back and thought it looked good enough to share. He's such a dork.
Can we stop the performative outrage? Using politicians familial relations to tar them is ugly business. It’s also as American as Apple Pie.
@bradstevens and how out of it are you to think hey this will look good
I just saw the ad with Amy Acton's mom in it again last night. You'd think with all the push back on this they would have pulled it. Maybe they're just letting their ad buy play out, I don't know. I was surprised to still see it running last night.
I just saw the ad with Amy Acton's mom in it again last night. You'd think with all the push back on this they would have pulled it. Maybe they're just letting their ad buy play out, I don't know. I was surprised to still see it running last night.
Good to see some Republicans do the right thing and criticize Ramaswamy for running that ad. Even the Governor, who endorsed Rmaswamy, called for the ad to be pulled immediately. Ramaswamy must not be as smart as was thought if he thinks that ad is helping him.
Can we stop the performative outrage? Using politicians familial relations to tar them is ugly business. It’s also as American as Apple Pie.
You have to admit it's more than just a little weird when they have not met in 48 years, and the reason why is that Mom sided with the guy who raped her daughter and never backed off that support. Nothing about that is normal / American as apple pie.
Will not matter in the least betting markets say a clean dem sweep. I be every penny i got on dems because of betting markets because they are never ever wrong.
Mine isn't performative.Can we stop the performative outrage? Using politicians familial relations to tar them is ugly business. It’s also as American as Apple Pie.
First, this isn't a typical family relations beef--putting a mom out there to essentially call her daughter a liar that she was sexually molested at the age of 12. That's the implication behind the ad. And it is repulsive.
Second, even it if is American as Apple Pie, so what? People can't be disgusted by things that have traditionally happened in America? For example, anti-Catholic bigotry goes back a long way. I'd expect you'd complain about it if it were featured in a campaign ad and you'd be right to.
Contrast Ramaswamy's repulsive ad with this one:
This is the way.
@bradstevens so so so good. and it would take a lot to overcome "Tad." And he did it!
I just saw the ad with Amy Acton's mom in it again last night. You'd think with all the push back on this they would have pulled it. Maybe they're just letting their ad buy play out, I don't know. I was surprised to still see it running last night.
Good to see some Republicans do the right thing and criticize Ramaswamy for running that ad. Even the Governor, who endorsed Rmaswamy, called for the ad to be pulled immediately. Ramaswamy must not be as smart as was thought if he thinks that ad is helping him.
Yup. Dewine is a decent governor. I was kinda hoping that he was going to run in '28 for president (I'd vote for him), but so far that does not appear to be happening. Ohio has a two consecutive term limit, so if he doesn't run in '28 for president, he'd be a good candidate to run for governor again in 2030.
Yup. Dewine is a decent governor. I was kinda hoping that he was going to run in '28 for president (I'd vote for him), but so far that does not appear to be happening. Ohio has a two consecutive term limit, so if he doesn't run in '28 for president, he'd be a good candidate to run for governor again in 2030.
He's currently 79, so he's a relative spring chicken by current presidential candidate standards. I think he's looking forward to retiring to his Cedarville home though. I think he's probably counting down the days until January.
Jettison the entire political class into the sun. Sortition, please.
Absolutely!
The ad is in response to a lie Acton told about Vivek and his family, not about Acton’s childhood sexual abuse. We don’t know what lie Acton told about Vivek, at least I haven’t been able to find it. We do know Acton successfully turned that ad into sympathy for her, and to her political advantage, by bringing up again her life as a youngster. Give the media an assist on this one. Republicans don’t have a chance.
Incidentally, teenage girls false accusations of sexual abuse made in order to break up adult relationships happen and are well documented. I had a very good friend who got caught up in that and he then left Colorado . I’m not saying that’s what happened here, but it is a problem.