Democratic Mayor in Ohio endorses Chimpy

[Thrill]

Why do democrats always do this type of sh-t. We probably could look all over this country and wouldn't find a Repuke mayor to do this.

"The mayor of a Democratic stronghold in Ohio known for its steel industry job losses endorsed the Republican president on Monday.

George M. McKelvey, a Democrat in his second term, said he had no intention of becoming a Republican but might accept an invitation from Ohio Republicans to attend the Republican National Convention in New York.

In the 2000 presidential election, Vice President Al Gore (news - web sites), the Democratic nominee, received 69,212 votes to 40,460 for Bush in Mahoning County, which includes Youngstown. Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 5-1 ratio, according to the Mahoning County Board of Elections,



"What has our community received in return for the past loyal support for Democratic presidential candidates? Dare I speak the answer? Nothing," McKelvey said.

McKelvey said his decision came after he had gotten to know Bush. He and his wife were guests of Bush at the White House last May, after the president promoted community health centers during a visit to Youngstown, Ohio's eighth largest city with about 79,000 residents. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040823/ap_on_el_pr/republicans_discrimination&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

1. He's a republican in denial.

[Larkspur]

2. A Zell Miller wannabe in the making?

:shrug:

[Nightjock]

3. What a moron. May he burn in Hell for helping a war criminal.

[oasis]

15. Another opportunist ready to follow in the footsteps of Norm Coleman.(eom)

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. NO WAAAAAY!

What is it with these people? How much money was he offered, I wonder? I'm sure he was promised some big fat funds for his city if he did this. Damn traitor.

[BootinUp]

5. He's been bought

He'll learn the hard way that Bush is a liar though.

[still_one]

6. Boy will he be sorry when Kerry wins

[Cha]

There ya Go! Yep! Kerry gonna win and this

shit traitor can go take flying fuck over the moon.

[dennis4868]

7. He wants to sit near Hannity on FOX News!

This is bull*hit!

[dennis4868]

8. He wants to sit near Hannity on FOX News!

This is bull*hit!

[Az_lefty]

9. This is nuts, I cannot understand these screwed up people.

:shrug:

[VolcanoJen]

10. Poor George M. McKelvey... LET HIM KNOW!!!

Poor George McKelvey... he's feeling all alone out there.

Let's send him a link to DU, and let him know that he's not alone! His political future is in more jeopardy if he supports Bush over Kerry.. let him know!!

[VolcanoJen]

11. Oh, shit... look at this article about George McKelvey...

http://www.business-journal.com/McKelveyCallsWhiteHouseVisitLifeAltering.asp

McKelvey Calls White House Visit ‘Life Altering’

Excerpt:

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Mayor George McKelvey doesn’t know why he was invited to dinner by President Bush, but described the occasion as successful, “humbling” and a “life-altering experience.”

But leading Democrats in the Mahoning Valley find the whole episode amusing, a lesson in Electoral College politics and how the “poaching” game is played.

<snip>

Before the dinner, McKelvey told WFMJ’s Black he was “as curious as the next person as to why George McKelvey is sitting next to President Bush in the White House. I don’t know the answer to that. I will know after the meeting is over, but I do not know now. It could be as simple as the fact of the matter that he has grown to like me as a person, and is extending the hand of friendship. Or it could be to the other end of the spectrum, that it is the beginning of a process where they would like me to be a part of something involving the president.”

<snip>

At the end of the evening, McKelvey said he received a private tour of the Oval Office, and the two showed each other pictures of their children, according to the reports. The mayor described his visit to the White House as “a life-altering experience.”

Democratic Party activists say the president was “poaching” and using McKelvey in hopes of taking votes away from John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee. “The only thing that George Bush has really given the Mahoning Valley is a couple of dinners and a visit to the White House,” quipped state Sen. Robert Hagan, D-33, Youngstown.

[LisaL]

12. Dear God

What exactly did they feed him?
Sometimes I feel like our country was invaded by the brain snatchers.

[blm]

18. Bush showed him pictures, alright. Pics of him with a callgirl, probably.

Or some other piece of blackmail. That's what the Bushes have been doing for decades.

Even GOP congressmen would complain that Bush was blackmailing them to vote for Nixon's legislation back in the late 60s.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

25. as this is Youngstown, its a real possibility..

..YTown is known for its political corruption and mob invovlement in govt, so......not sure about this mayor, or his political history, but funny buisiness used to be a way of political life in Mahoning County.

[spooky3]

27. home of James Traficant, convicted felon and bad rug wearer...

[NEOBuckeye]

28. It looks like funny business is STILL a way of political life in Y-Town

[spooky3]

19. What an arrogant fool, to think the dinner was because Bush "likes"

him, possibly.

I'm sorry to say that Youngstown is in a very depressed part of Ohio but the silver lining is that this mayor does not represent many votes.

[oasis]

13. "A gue$t of Bu$h at the White Hou$e la$t May" Got it.

[Frodo]

14. Former Democratic Mayor of NEW YORK endorses him too?

Ed Koch?

[Cha]

16. All LOSERS! Comes under the heading of

It takes all kinds!

[Thrill]

17. Its just Typical

We have a bunch of weak people in the Dem party. Always have, Repukes can be mad as hell with each other. But would never do sh-t like this. It never stops

[fujiyama]

20. Dems

should kick these people out of the party.

McCaulife or someone should make it clear that any "DEm" that endorses Bush is no longer considered a democrat.

The interesting this is this time, while we may hear of various dem lawmakers endorsing the Chimp, we'll almost definetely have a very low rate of defection among democratic voters to Bush. There will be more republicans switching to Kerry than the other way around.

[T Bone]

22. Dem Party should definitely be fielding a primary opponent for him asap

Looks like we need a candidate from the democratic wing of the Democratic party to take this fucker out in the primary.

[blue neen]

21. That's despicable.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

23. In Youngstown, of all places....

....youd expect him to be a Dem loyalist.

[NEOBuckeye]

29. I think the Ohio Dems have officially written off Youngstown

At one time Ohio often touted its "Big Eight" cities -- Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton, Youngstown and Canton. More recently, the mayors of all of the cities, save Youngstown and Canton, have been meeting up to discuss strategies for picking the state up out of the ashbin. Of course, the mayors of the six largest Ohio cities are Democrats. Canton's mayor is currently a Repug. And Youngstown's mayor, though Democratic, has now officially shown himself to be a DINO. It could just be coincidence, but neither Canton nor Youngstown has seen anything but decline over the last 3 decades. Go figure.

[blm]

32. Economic blackmail by the Bushies.

Wouldn't be the first time.

[realisticphish]

24. how the hell does he think he'll get reelected?

thats an overwhelmingly dem town; hell never work there again, at least not in public office


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[FightinNewDem]

26. Yet another one

...this one in New Hampshire. He claims to be a Kerry supporter, but it doesn't seem that way!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x657403

[JSJ]

30. y-town politicians are all mobbed up n/t

[LynnTheDem]

31. He had his price

And bush met his price.

And the voters will let McKelvey know if they approve or disapprove. Especially now that the steel workers support Kerry after bush's flip-flop on them. :)