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bulloney

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2. Portman has always been a big goof of a politician.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sat Mar 16, 2013, 03:50 PM

Mar 2013

Before being elected U.S. senator, he was a U.S. Rep in suburban Cincinnati. Republicans in the Cincinnati area would vote for a Hitler/Stalin presidential ticket if it was Republican. He was elected U.S. senator by default. Lee Fisher and the Ohio Democratic party ran the most unorganized campaign, handing Portman the senate seat on a platter.

We had record budget deficits when Portman was W's Budget Director and record trade deficits when he was W's USTR. With a resume like his, how he's gotten to where he is is a real head-scratcher.

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A GOP office holder taking the right stand on this issue; that is rare a sight indeed. Nika Mar 2013 #1

Portman has always been a big goof of a politician. bulloney Mar 2013 #2