Wooster 912 Project Photo of the Week

Why feature photos from the Wooster 912 Project (or local Tea Party group)? Because these are the voters that Republicans candidates, including Jim Renacci, are courting, and these are the people that they will listen to if elected. I don't think enough people appreciate how radical the Teabaggers are, both in their views, and their tactics.

Here is one titled Obama-Stuttering_Idiot:


This is what they have to say about a man who went from a State Senator to President in four years, defeating a highly-qualified candidate in Hillary Clinton then easily defeating Vietnam war hero John McCain. The same man who was the president of the Harvard Law Review. The same man many consider one of the best speakers, both on and off stage, in the history of the presidency. Yet this is the nonsense they believe in.

Would Jim Renacci Vote to Save Teacher and Police Jobs?

It would be interesting to hear what Jim Renacci would have to say about the bill recently passed in Congress that was nearly unanimously voted against by Republicans. The $26 billion dollar bill is fully funded, and according to the CBO would reduce the deficit by $1.3 billion over the next 10 years. This is a perfect Republican bill, right? Fully paid for, reduces deficit, and helps save jobs for middle class Americans?

So what's the problem? Two reasons. One, the modern Republican Party has no policy platform. Their only strategy is to vote against anything Democrats support, particularly if it might help the economy (therefore hurt their chances in the November election). The other reason is that the bill was paid for by closing tax loopholes for multinational companies that try to claim domestic tax credits. So Republicans, in essence, are choosing to protect large corporations who ship job overseas from paying their due taxes at the expense of teachers, police officers, firefighters and more.

It makes you wonder how self-proclaimed "job creator" Renacci would have voted if he was in Congress. Would he vote in lockstep with his Republican buddies? I imagine so. John Boccieri clearly showed who's side he is on by voting for this bill. And Americans understand this, as 60% support this bill.

Republicans Love Government Spending When on Weapons

In another case of blatant GOP hypocrisy, Republican members of the Senate are threatening to stop the ratification of the New START treaty, which is a significant breakthrough in the slowing down of the global arms race. Officials like Brent Scowcroft, George Schultz, Colin Powell, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Reagan Chief of Staff Howard Baker, and former Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.) have all urged the Senate to ratify New START. But what is the problem? Republicans want the Obama administration to spend more government money on weapons, including nuclear weapon facilities.

Here is how the world is seeing this tactic:

Many U.S. allies had assumed New START would easily be ratified this year. The treaty commits the United States and Russia to modest cuts in their long-range, ready-to-use weapons and extends a 15-year system allowing each side to check the other's nuclear facilities. It is the cornerstone of the Obama administration's attempt to "reset" relations with Moscow.

The treaty has been endorsed by six former secretaries of state and five former secretaries of defense from both parties, and nearly all former commanders of U.S. nuclear forces. French Ambassador Pierre Vimont said recently that after diplomats cabled home that the treaty could run into problems, "People ask us, 'Have you been drinking?' " Link

And yet Teabaggers in sizable amounts support Republicans. Again, how are we supposed to take this movement seriously?

GOP Job-Killing Agenda

From the Senate Democrats: