Kochs unleash $2 million ad in Ohio Senate race

[WhiteTara]

Source: USA Today

Freedom Partners Action Fund, a group at the center of Charles Koch's conservative political network, unleashed its first political ad of the 2016 campaign Wednesday, launching a $2 million campaign in Ohio's closely watched Senate race.

The ad targets Democrat Ted Strickland, Ohio's former governor who formally captured his party's nomination Tuesday night. The 30-second commercial features a man identified only as "Joel," a former employee of the international shipping giant DHL, which closed its hub in Wilmington, Ohio, during Strickland's tenure as the state's chief executive.

"When he should have been in there fighting, we lost 400,000 jobs in the state of Ohio," Joel says in the ad. "His track record is not there. There's no reason to go back to Ted Strickland."

The ad argues that Strickland's policies created an environment that encouraged employers to move jobs to other states with more business-friendly tax policies.

Strickland is seeking to oust a Republican incumbent, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/03/16/kochs-freedom-partners-ted-strickland-ohio-senate/81853668/

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Now we'll see the attacks coming hard and fast.

[SoapBox]

1. And if Hill is the Dem candidate...

Hold onto your hats...they will unleash a bloodbath against her.

[PSPS]

9. What a silly thing to say

There will be "a bloodbath" regardless of who wins the democratic nomination. Clinton has been dealing with their ilk for decades and can certainly handle it. And Sanders can handle it too.

[Botany]

2. Rob Portman was working under the w bush admin. and helped in the outsourcing of millions of jobs.

Portman spoke on March 17, 2005 at the White House during a ceremony at which President George W. Bush nominated him to be United States Trade Representative, calling Portman "a good friend, a decent man, and a skilled negotiator."[53] Portman was confirmed on April 29,[54][55] and sworn in on May 17, 2005 (from wiki)

[jwirr]

3. Okay he is worth opposing. What can you tell us about Ted

Strickland? Is he DLC?

[Botany]

4. Ted is a good man but K-shit and the GOP put the blame on him for the ...

.... republican produced economic crash and K-shit is now taking credit for
the economic rebound that came with the auto bail out and the stimulus ....
both of which K-shit and gop were against.

I don't know if Ted is DLC or not but he miles better then Portman who just
today said he will not do his job as per the US Constitution and the Supreme
Court opening.

[jwirr]

5. Okay will put him on my donor list. We need to take the

Senate back.

[Botany]

6. Ted also got hurt in 2010 by the "new" tea party ....

.... aka lots of people w/a bad case of butt hurt because a black man won the
White House. Never underestimate the power of pissed off bigots.

[Botany]

8. Rob is now on the record for not doing his job

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/03/16/portman-says-he-will-oppose-merrick-garlands-supreme-court-nomination.html

[cstanleytech]

7. It makes sense because the senate confirms SCOTUS nominees and the odds are

that the next president will have to replace atleast one of them in their first term.

[lark]

10. These assholes really piss me off.

They won't spend one dime against der Drumpf, even though he's the biggest threat America has faced in a long time, because he's part of their billionaire club. they feel total free to pick others who aren't well funded. They are such total jackass bullies and liars.