Part 3 of Hackett's interview with Ohio 2nd...transcript by Renee.

[madfloridian]

http://howardempowered.blogspot.com/2006/02/paul-hackett-interview-part-3.html

"Ohio 2nd: Watching you in the special, and watching you in the Senate, the thing that kind of struck me was that, in your heart you were a team player--that you didn't really like buckling against leadership. You started out by reaching out to the county chairs and made a real effort to play ball with everybody. So it kind of struck me as odd for you to be a rebel against leadership in this race.

Hackett: Well, I didn't start off as a rebel--

Ohio 2nd: Right.

Hackett: --in this race, I'd like to highlight. I was, as you know, encouraged by Senator Schumer and Senator Reid to get into this race. And, you may or may not know this, their wives called my wife, and told my wife that she's got to sacrifice and that I've got to sacrifice again for my country. And those are powerful words and pleas to a guy like me. And so, I did feel betrayed. Again, you can call me a crybaby--I'm just tellin' you how I feel--when they removed their support from me and shifted it to Sherrod Brown. Yeah, you bet. I felt betrayed. You know what? I'm a human being. I'm a human being. I bleed like everybody else, I've got emotions like everybody else, and yeah I felt betrayed by that. And struggled with how do we move forward effectively and successfully.

Ohio 2nd: What's your advice to all the people coming back from Iraq right now, working with the DCCC?

Hackett: Continue to work with them, and continue to get whatever support you can get from them, but at the same time most realistically realize ultimately you're on your own. I think that's a relatively fair unemotional appraisal of the reality. I don't think it's hypercritical, but at the same time I don't think it's naive. Work with them, get what you can from them, but realize that on any given day you're ultimately on your own."

More at the link:
http://howardempowered.blogspot.com/2006/02/paul-hackett-interview-part-3.html

[MercutioATC]

1. I listened to the whole thing this morning.

Imagine somebody who speaks so plainly as a Senator...

...it would have been great.

[OzarkDem]

2. Sorry you're so unaware

when was the last time you listened to a speech by Sherrod Brown.

Nevermind, you probably don't even live in Ohio.

[MercutioATC]

3. I'm sad for you, really...

...you're just so intent on being petty....and you can't even come up with any substance for your arguments.


Ask WCGreen if I live in Ohio...we live in the same city.


I've asked you before, but I don't recall you answering. Where in Ohio do YOU live?