Grannygate is the big headline across the political spectrum today, and we bet you never thought you’d be reading that phrase in anything besides a pitch for some kind of protective fence for your more fancy-of-foot elders. But there it is. The term has even been bestowed with its own hashtag on Twitter, so now you know we’re really cooking with a news story.
But all this first-blush outrage aside, the story is important because it might toss some light on the (bad) thinking guiding one side in this contentious political battle.
The basic facts involve a shameless amateurish move on the part of supporters of Governor Kasich’s collective bargaining bill. Building a Better Ohio, the pro-Issue 2* group, recently released a video featuring great-grandmother Marlene Quinn. In the spot, which you can peep below, the Cincinnati resident recounts how an emergency rescue crew saved her granddaughter Zoey from a fire.
This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2011.
a desperate move by a desperate and dispicable group of cowards. anywhere else in reality, someone would be fired for this.
I said it when he was elected and I use this (certain to be blamed on the raw passion of members of the Pro-SB5 cult, while distancing the fine Guv’nah from the fray) blatant disregard for advertising integrity to re-iterate: we are currently governed by a thug. One in fine dress who was obviously well-educated, but a thug nonetheless. The evidence was as plain as the nose on his face BEFORE he even took office and to my “I told you so” delight, he is the gift that just keeps on giving…#roguestate
sad, sad, sad…the “defense” is still sadder…public figure? if this is the best they can do, i am so glad that today i am voting NO!