What?!?! A politician lied? No!
June 26th, 2008, 4:29 pm · 6 Comments · posted by rlederman
Funny story from The Associated Press, if you still care to put faith in politicians:
Minister says Ohio governor betrayed church leaders
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A church leader says Gov. Ted Strickland betrayed fellow Methodists and went back on a campaign promise not to expand gambling when he lent his support to a new lottery game.
The Reverend John Edgar, chairman of the United Methodist Anti-Gambling Task Force, said Thursday that Strickland promised to oppose more gambling in Ohio.
Edgar said the Keno game Strickland is backing as a way to raise state revenue and fill an expected budget hole is a betrayal of that promise.
Strickland, an ordained Methodist minister, said through his spokesman that he does not consider his support for Keno, a video game resembling bingo, as a violation of his pledge.
June 26th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Those politicians are smooth aren’t they. It still amazes me that people still take them at there word, what ever side of the isle they are on.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Gov. Strickland did a lot of focusing on his being a Methodist minister, and people ate it up. Emotionalism got him elected, not common sense.
June 27th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Yes, a polititian lied. But the worst part is a minister lied. People will twist every thing if you give them a chance. Ministers lie everyday. We just don’t like to believe it. I work with one, a self named Reverand, in the line of Jesse J. Need I say more?
PAAAALLLLEEEEEEz! Kino is not gambling? Right. Just like horse dung aint ****!!!!
June 28th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Animal,
You said you fix broken things for a living, have you ever done stand up. Your last statement kills me. Love reading your parting shots, reminds me sort of like George Carlin - God rest his soul.
June 28th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
HappyG;
What got Strickland elected was the corrupt excuse named Taft that preceded him. Had he not been such a joke, a Dem would have had a slim-to-none chance at the Governorship.
June 30th, 2008 at 2:21 am
SACNT…
Funny you should ask. Back in the 80’s I won an amature night that spark Simon had going on. It was stand up….but when I got to the finals, I failed misserably.Might have been the bottled courage, or the fact that the “X” wife and her friends where in the audiance…and the jokes where about her. But I play the drums ,,,and tell bad jokes that way when we have time between songs.