Complain to the Governor of Ohio...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://governor.ohio.gov/contactinfopage.asp

Tell him to straighten out the fraud mess in his state for the good of the whole country

[berniew1]

1. Why bother?? He's Repub and extremely partisan.

What do you think he would do?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Maybe he might think it might hurt him somehow. You know,

with these idiots you have to appeal to their selfish interest - keeping his own job???

[xultar]

2. Done, here's mine.

What your state has done to the American people is a shame. Your silence means that you are a supporter of the voter suppression and intimidation used by the ReThuglican party.

You should be a SHAMED that this travesty happened in your state. The actions by those in your State Government will be a BLACK MARK on Democracy for decades.

[Twist_U_Up]

6. I wrote something similar lol

I asked him how he sleeps at night and that if he doesn`t get behind this its his job and he will loe his job lol

[GetTheRightVote]

3. Done with a big Kick !!

[Twist_U_Up]

4. done

[xultar]

7. kick

[OhioChick]

8. You have to be kidding me....

Taft??? I'm sure he's got his head buried so far up Blackwell's ass.

[kerry2win]

9. He's barely smarter than b**h with half the personality

No use a typical pug

[KaliTracy]

10. Letter to Taft

Dear Governor Taft:

The purpose I have in writing is about the absence of Republicans at the Judiciary Hearing held yesteday, December 8th by Representative Conyers. While this doesn't have much to do with you, it has everything to do with Ohio.

I had the opportunity to watch the House Judiciary Hearing that Representative Conyers invited all of the Republican members to, and which all Republican members declined to attend. Kenneth Blackwell, who also was invited, and was asked to answer 34 questions pertaining to the election was also absent.

In an Associated Press article, another Representative, Bob Ney is quoted as saying "Election reform is a serious issue that requires serious, bipartisan examination and debate. It does not deserve what we are seeing today - partisan attacks and unsubstantiated claims disguised as fact in a faux hearing." I assume this sentiment is held by the other Republican members since none of you showed up to the hearing.

My question, sir, is this: Isn't this the time to become bipartisan? If indeed nothing improper happened in Ohio except long lines and machine breakdowns, (which just happened to occur unfortunately mainly in Democratic neighborhoods, but also occurred in some Republican neighborhoods), then why are all of the Republican Members so afraid of appearing in a public forum? Why did not one of the people who *represent* Ohio come to listen/participate before calling all of the information false? How can anyone possibly make that claim without hearing the evidence?

The issues that Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State/Co-Chair of the Bush/Cheney Re-election Committee, has refused to answer in the Letter the House Judiciary Committee (Dem) sent ( http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ohblackwellltr12204.pdf ) are not merely "faux" incidents. They deserve careful scrutiny, and they deserve to be answered for the people -- for, lest you and the rest of the Ohio Republican Members and Representatives forget, it is we, the people, that elect you all.

The number of people that were disenfranchised during this election were not just a few, not just a hundred, but numbered in the thousands, and that is just in Ohio. This is not something that is to be "expected" in an election. This is *not* democracy, and it appalls me that the Republicans who are declaring the vote in Ohio a success believe it to be true. I would be just as upset if the same circumstances occurred, yet the other candidate was deemed to be elected. Would you be upset then? Would that change circumstances, and your intensity on this matter, or is this truly about free, fair and equitable elections, which you all profess to want?

I respectively ask that this matter be addressed now -- jointly with the Democratic Judiciary Committee -- that all House Members review the claims, and yesterday's transcript, and that Kenneth Blackwell answer the Letter sent to him to the best of his ability by December 10th. Election reform cannot occur if the issues surrounding this election are not considered and addressed.

You are expected to represent your constituents. Do not let them down.

[regularjoe]

11. Thank you appealing to reason instead of relying on offensive remarks.

Keep it up. I think it is far more effective.

(To everyone, not just KaliTracy)
If you put yourself in someone else's shoes, think about how you will react to threats, insults, and hate. I doesn't matter whether or not they are evil. If they are so far gone they won't listen, nothing will help, and insulting them will only give them more cause to be obstructionist. If they are willing to listen to reason, then reasonable letter might help whereas they will most likely become defensive and unreachable in response to hate.

regularjoe

[KaliTracy]

13. thanks regularjoe

:)

[lonestarnot]

12. email done