Paul Hackett (D-Ohio) and an Iraq Vet.

[LostInSpace]

Looses Ohio Congressional seat bid.

Turns out he's just another two faced politician.

He may have gone to Iraq but, from what I could find out, he was just a public affairs officer, one of those typically dubbed a REMF by combat troops.

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Hackett, 43, a lawyer and former Milford city councilman, faces long odds. He's running in a largely rural and conservative district that hasn't elected a Democrat in nearly 40 years.

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QuickTime ad:

http://flist.blogspot.com/oh02/ads/hackett-01_30.mp4

Windows Media Player Ad:

http://mfile.akamai.com/5020/wmv/rushlimb...._hackett_ad.asx

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I'm for limited government, I'm for fiscal responsibility, I'm for a strong national defense, and I'm for fair trade. What do these concepts stand for? That means I don't need Washington to tell me how to live my personal live, or how to pray to my God. And I don't need Washington to dictate to my wife the decisions that she makes with her doctor, any more than I need Washington to tell me which guns I can keep in my gun safe.

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Umm, this is a Democrat? Sounds more like a Republican to me. Well this is all what he's telling his largely rural and conservative district.

This speech he made (after his loss) had me chuckling:

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"Democracy won. We won. The voters won in the Second District won because we gave them a choice. Whenever Americans have a choice, democracy is a benefactor," Hackett said, "and we gave that to them."

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A choice? What choice? He never once, from what I could gather, never called himself a democrat in any of his ad commercials.

And this one had me laughing too:

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"This election is a shockwave of voter discontent that will be felt all across the country," said Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel in a press release. "Every Republican in Congress should consider himself put on notice."

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Of course he had a lot of votes, he was running his campaign with conservative ideology.

Anyway this was his campaign localy. But on the regional front, he was completely different. A true democrat:

Condemning the Iraq war and calling Bush an SOB.

Will these democrats stop at nothing to win.

[John Prezioso]

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Of course he had a lot of votes, he was running his campaign with conservative ideology.

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Historically this has proven true time and time again. Extreme leftists are unelectable. Even ole' slick Willy would run towards the middle for election time.