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Ed Barrow Donating Member (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 05:05 PM
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GOP sorry for 'chicken shack' quip about Ohio gov
Source: Associated Press

A spokesman for Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich is apologizing for taking aim at Gov. Ted Strickland's rural roots by saying he had "grown up in a chicken shack."

Spokesman Rob Nichols said Wednesday he shouldn't have referenced the Democratic governor's Appalachian upbringing when he criticized Strickland's handling of urban issues.

Nichols on Tuesday said, "Having grown up in a chicken shack on Duck Run, he has all but ignored our cities' economies and their workers."

Nichols said he realizes that the reference could be viewed as derogatory.



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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 05:07 PM
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1. God, Republicans are ugly.
A good bumper sticker.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 05:10 PM
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2. Now if it were Kasich
that grew up in a "Chicken shack" he'd be touting it to show he connects with "real Americans" like the ones Sarah Palin brags about - the ones in small towns with real American values. :eyes:
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 05:13 PM
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3. Jump on this. HARD!
This is Kasich's "Bittergate".

Pounce, pounce, pounce!!!
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 05:21 PM
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4. More toothpaste they can't put back into the tube.
Heh heh heh.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 05:41 PM
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5. Wait, I thought they loved their so-called REAL America.
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juajen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 05:48 PM
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6. Sorta like Abe Lincoln's log cabin? Our roots make us individuals with
an understanding of what struggle is. I need my politicians to be "chicken shack" born.
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TheMadMonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:00 AM
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7. I know a family that grew up in a chicken shack and AFAIK it's still there.
Offence can lie as much in the ear of the receiver as the mouth of the speaker.

And as Helen Thomas and others have learned to their detriment, it is that offence in the ear of receiver that destroys. Beck, O'Reily, Limbaugh and all their regional immitators can get away with spewing their bile, because the "ears" of the nation refuse to take offence.
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dmr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:40 AM
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8. Why doesn't Kasich apologize? Instead he has his spokesman do it? n/t
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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 09:55 AM
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12. Cause he's a chicken
Kasich is the one who would know something about "chickenshacks". ;)
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 10:20 AM
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13. That struck me, too
Makes me think Kasich is a little . . . chicken shack? Chicken something. Chicken . . . I'm almost sure it starts with "sh." Chicken shack. Chicken shhhhhhh.... Hmmm.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 12:47 PM
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16. I was thinking "chickenhawk"
but you know, you may be right. :-)
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 08:33 AM
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9. K&R...n/t
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 08:58 AM
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10. My mother grew up in a sharecropper's shack.
I saw a picture of it once at my aunt's house, it really wasn't much bigger than the chicken coop. Front room, back room, kitchen and a back porch (not enclosed). Housed 12 kids (3 had moved on) and my grandparents at once.
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NOLALady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 09:10 AM
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11. "could be viewed as derogatory."
Ya think?
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:55 AM
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14. Elitists!!
And they always accuse us of being elitist. :crazy:
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IrishBuckeye Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 12:32 PM
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15. Fact: Stickland DID live in a chicken coop after his family home burned down
Why would anyone mock a poor family's misfortune? How any "common" man/woman thinks that the GOP understands their hardships and is working for their interests amazes me.
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 01:17 PM
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17. Criticizing Appalachian Roots in Ohio is Pretty Stupid
Speaking as someone born in Ohio of Appalachian roots I think that may not be a wise strategy.
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