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irisblue

(32,974 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 05:46 PM Nov 2019

Gym Jordan & Cleveland. Com op ed

Source--https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2019/11/jim-jordan-was-imposed-on-us-for-egregiously-partisan-reasons-now-hes-afflicting-the-nation.html


Title--Jim Jordan was imposed on us for egregiously partisan reasons. Now he’s afflicting the nation.

Snip-- "Of all the regions in all the states in all the country, Jim Jordan got dragged into ours. There was no good reason to punish Greater Cleveland by making the person who’s now the second most contemptible human being in the entire U.S. government part of the region’s delegation to Congress. Worse yet, the betrayal was bipartisan.
When Ohio’s political and legislative leaders were drawing new congressional boundaries prior to the 2012 election, Democrats wanted a district that would protect U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge. Republicans wanted districts that would elect the maximum number of GOP congressmen. And some people from both parties wanted a district that would likely lead to the defeat of longtime Cleveland Rep. Dennis Kucinich."



Snip--" And now it’s fitting that Republicans have given this seven-term sycophant a starring role in the televised House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump. The assignment comes as Jordan is being credibly accused by some of knowingly turning a blind eye to sexual abuse by a team doctor when Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University from 1987 to 1994."


Snip--" That makes Jordan an ideal candidate to lead the defense of a malignant president who has bragged about physically abusing women and who has been accused by two dozen women of sexual assault or misconduct.

Jordan was appointed to the Intelligence Committee the same day, Nov. 8, that NBC reported on a lawsuit filed early this month in which a former wrestling referee alleges Strauss masturbated in front of him in the shower following an OSU wrestling match in 1994."


Way more at article.

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Gym Jordan & Cleveland. Com op ed (Original Post) irisblue Nov 2019 OP
Kucinich in Ohio. Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #1
Well, those comments were depressing.. The empressof all Nov 2019 #2
Brent Larkin was the longtime CONSERVATIVE editorial page honcho at Plain Dealer. blm Nov 2019 #3

Kid Berwyn

(14,904 posts)
1. Kucinich in Ohio.
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 05:50 PM
Nov 2019

Bonior in Michigan.

And a whole bunch of great Democrats from the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party across the country got gerrymandered out of office.

The empressof all

(29,098 posts)
2. Well, those comments were depressing..
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 06:36 PM
Nov 2019

Seems like all the local MAGAites got together for a few beers and a grand spew....

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