Balderson commits huge gaffe before Ohio special election

[honest.abe]

Last edited Tue Aug 7, 2018, 07:38 PM - Edit history (2)

Ohio state Senator Troy Balderson is running as the Republican in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District special election today. At most points over the past hundred years, this would mean that he was virtually entitled to the seat. But it’s hard to be the Republican candidate in special elections these days—Balderson is locked in a virtual tie with his Democratic opponent, Danny O’Connor, and he didn’t help himself by stepping in a big old pile of shit the day before the election.

The bad moment came when Balderson told a crowd at a rally in Zanesville, OH, that “We don’t want someone from Franklin County representing us.”

Franklin County, apart from being where O’Connor is from, is home to Columbus and is the most heavily-populated county in Ohio. As New York magazine notes, it’s also home to roughly a third of the district’s voters. Oops.

https://splinternews.com/ohio-republican-wisely-insults-a-large-chunk-of-his-dis-1828156931

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That should lock it in for Danny Boy!
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Update: CNN discussing this issue now saying its significant and will have impact.

[sheshe2]

1. Please make it so.

I will anxiously be watching the returns.

[honest.abe]

3. This would be such a sweet sweet win.

A upper cut to the blob in the WH.

[sheshe2]

7. That it would!

Thanks, abe.

[bearsfootball516]

2. Wish this happened a week ago and not the night before the election.

I have a good feeling about O'Connor, but don't know if this gaffe will make an impact. It happened late evening. There were probably a lot of nonvoters who went to bed, got up in the morning, got ready and went to work without ever checking the news at any point, and therefore never saw this.

[honest.abe]

4. I think it probably got some air time and will have some affect.

Just enough I suspect.

[True Blue American]

11. Zanesville is Baldersons home town.

But the well educated live in that County.

[Honeycombe8]

23. Is Zanesville in Franklin Co? nt

[True Blue American]

34. Just checked. Zanesville is in Muskingham County

Columbus, Franklin County.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

36. Excuse me, but

That is NOT the most populated county in Ohio.

That honor goes to Cuyahoga County with almost 1.3 million people, home to Cleveland.

[True Blue American]

37. But the Columbus area is the most educated.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

38. And you base this on what ??

[True Blue American]

39. The area is blue?:)

Seriously,it is Columbus, Ohio State and is well known as well educated.

[Crabby Appleton]

40. State of Ohio says Franklin is larger

See:

https://development.ohio.gov/files/research/P5007.pdf

Cuyahoga = 1,248,548

Franklin = 1,291,981

[LisaL]

41. Yep, Franklin is larger than Cuyahoga, because Cuyahoga's population has been decreasing while

Franklin's is increasing.

[donkeypoofed]

5. Ads should've been run with that quote to help lock up a victory

[peggysue2]

6. Oops, indeed.

I read that comment but it didn't make an impression because I'm not familiar with the region.

But yeah, that was a gaffe you do not want to make on the eve of a tighter than tight election. Here's hoping a lot of people in the district heard or read about this. The more the merrier! For Dems, that is

[Fullduplexxx]

8. D'OH

[maxsolomon]

9. Franklin County equals Amurka Hatin' Librulz

don't trust 'em; they's got book learnin'!

[uncledave46]

10. Oblivious....

Makes me think of that old Sam Cooke song: "Don't know much about history. Don't know much geography..."

[beachbum bob]

12. Why are these gop'ers so stupid with these comments?...they feel untouchable

[AdamGG]

35. and he wasn't even talking to Sacha Baron Cohen...

[calimary]

13. Let's hope so! We need every advantage we can get!

[oberliner]

14. Zero impact

His voters are not in that county.

[pnwmom]

15. Wrong. The retiring GOP Congressman is from Franklin Co and so are 1/3 of the voters,

including some GOP voters who helped keep Tiberi in office.

In a race that's too close to call, every vote matters.

[honest.abe]

19. Thank you.

I was just about to write that.

[pnwmom]

20. You're welcome. My mother used to live there so I know the district well. This is exciting! n/t

[honest.abe]

21. Great.

I have a feeling we are going to have a big night tonight!

[PunksMom]

27. Exactly!

[DallasNE]

16. That's The Way I See It Too

This is part of the GOTV effort. It may even help him.

[librechik]

17. the sad thing is Republicans actually believe this separatist shit n/t

[SunSeeker]

18. Bye Bye Balderson.

[edbermac]

22. Don't think it's a lock.

Never underestimate the blind stupidity of Republican voters.

[Honeycombe8]

24. You know, those guys in the t-shirts actually LOOK Russian. Strange. nt

[liberal N proud]

29. The Plain Dealer identified ythe see two

https://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2018/08/photo_of_trump_supporters_t-sh.html?utm_campaign=clevelanddotcom_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

James Alicie (left) and Richard M. Birchfield of Delaware, Ohio

[pecosbob]

25. Pretty clear dog-whistle

I came up in Texas and if someone says 'politician from Harris County or Travis County' they specifically mean minorities and liberals. A pretty clear call to his base that in my view would probably not alienate many who haven't already bailed on the GOP, but that's just my opinion. It could well engergize Dems, though...

[liberal N proud]

26. republicans no longer care what their candidates say or do

They have resigned to full on partisan war.

[peggysue2]

28. Some good news I just heard

MSNBC reporter on the ground: Republicans are already making excuses, talking about what a lousy campaign Balderson ran.

That doesn't sound too confident to my ears. Wonder if those exit polls are screaming that their boy is losing??? Or if the early voting tipped heavily to Dems?

Something must have them rattled.

[honest.abe]

31. That is indeed a good sign.

[dchill]

30. He's talking about those big city Liberal Republicans!

Can't have that.

[NoMoreRepugs]

32. If they control voting tally that usually means a Dem has to win by 4-6%+ for a chance to win.

[LiberalFighter]

33. Where a candidate lives in the district should not be considered when voting.

I would hope that voters would want the best person for the job because they are more qualified instead of where they live.