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You are here: Home / Economics / C.R.E.A.M. / Jimmy, do you like Republican politics?

Jimmy, do you like Republican politics?

by DougJ|  July 4, 201810:55 pm| 37 Comments

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Re-upping this one. Let’s try to hit 1K.

What is it with Republicans and sex abuse scandals involving wrestling coaches?

Rep. Jim Jordan, the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio, is being accused by former wrestlers he coached more than two decades ago at Ohio State University of failing to stop the team doctor from molesting them and other students.

The university announced in April that it was investigating accusations that Dr. Richard Strauss, who died in 2005, abused team members when he was the team doctor from the mid-1970s to late 1990s

Reader LJ writes:

Jim Jordan (OH-4) is a world class Freedumb Caucus asshole who just tried (and failed) to pants Rod Rosenstein in the House Intelligence Committee meeting late last week.

He has an opponent, Janet Garrett, who has run in 2014 and in 2016. This will be her third try to unseat him. She’s trying to run a “country-before-party” kind of race in a very Republican and gerrymandered district that actually looks like a duck. Lots and lots of miles to cover, and she’s trying to cover them all. Here’s her website.

Mostly I would adore seeing Jordan lose his seat, since he in no way represents me or most of my community– and have I mentioned he’s an asshole? Now Janet has a campaign video focusing on opioids, which should be a very salient issue in this district in the fall.

You know what to do.

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  1. 1.

    Omnes Omnibus

    July 4, 2018 at 11:07 pm

    ????

  2. 2.

    Doug!

    July 4, 2018 at 11:10 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Just putting it up again.

  3. 3.

    lollipopguild

    July 4, 2018 at 11:13 pm

    How many people have know about this scandal for years and never did anything about it?

  4. 4.

    Doug!

    July 4, 2018 at 11:16 pm

    @lollipopguild:

    Probably many

  5. 5.

    Another Scott

    July 4, 2018 at 11:16 pm

    @lollipopguild: All of them, Katie? :-/

    Donated++

    ‘night all.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  6. 6.

    ? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?

    July 4, 2018 at 11:16 pm

    Uh oh. Illegal sexy time with young men? I think your goose is cooked, Jim.

  7. 7.

    Doug!

    July 4, 2018 at 11:19 pm

    @Another Scott:

    Thanks

  8. 8.

    lamh36

    July 4, 2018 at 11:35 pm

    ‪“no truth to the fact that I knew of any abuse”. FACT THAT I KNEW…ohh Jimmy you slipping dude!!‬

    Rep. Jim Jordan confirms he knew Dr. Strauss when he worked at Ohio State University but denies he knew about any abuse: “There’s no truth to the fact that I knew of any abuse… I never knew of any abuse from Dr. Strauss plain and simple” cnn.it/2MOJBeu

    now seeming so confident and co-cky now are we Jim!

  9. 9.

    Phoenix_Rising

    July 4, 2018 at 11:37 pm

    Thank you, my jackals. Janet Garrett was my niece’s teacher, in the last year before she retired. It’s for moments like this one in Jim Jordan’s career that we fight for every seat, everywhere.

    Because my hometown, and even Lima, Ohio, deserve better than Jim Jordan. I don’t have high hopes of convincing voters in Findlay that a Democrat will represent them better than any Republican. But a scandal might cause some of them to forget to make time to vote. Janet’s campaign will be able to hire national-quality help with your donation–I heard at church that the dude who worked for Doug Jones might be coming in! This is the kind of situation in which the unexpected CAN happen.

    Just remember our new motto. Democrats: We won’t molest your kids.

  10. 10.

    Phoenix_Rising

    July 4, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    @lamh36:

    FACT THAT I KNEW…ohh Jimmy you slipping dude

    Please remember that Jim is the stupidest man in Congress, now that Mike Pence has been promoted. I’ve never talked to a more ignorant, inarticulate and arrogant person than his local staffers in Norwalk, Ohio. It’s a picturesque little town full of stupid Republicans, and somehow Jim was able to find the absolute worst for his constituent services! Kind of amazing, until you consider that Jim Jordan is so damn stupid, he thinks that’s what a smart person sounds like.

  11. 11.

    DemJayhawks

    July 4, 2018 at 11:50 pm

    You all will be glad to know that Kris Kobach was roundly booed or given the silent treatment at a parade this morning.

  12. 12.

    Achrachno

    July 4, 2018 at 11:52 pm

    @Phoenix_Rising: “stupidest man in Congress”

    I don’t know about that. Has something tragic/hilarious happened to Gomert?

  13. 13.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 4, 2018 at 11:59 pm

    @Achrachno: His asparagus got him.

  14. 14.

    Achrachno

    July 5, 2018 at 12:00 am

    @lamh36: Repeat of what I said in earlier thread on this topic.

    This is more than I’d heard. The media are not yet covering this very well — more protection of Republican hypocrites? Went searching and found this on Yahoo news sports:

    “Dr Strauss was one of those that took a lot of showers and soaped himself a lot,” DiSabato said. “So, when you look at the definition of sexual abuse and sexual assault — and Jim Jordan just went on record saying he knew about the facilities — he took showers with us. He saw Dr. Strauss and others perform these kinds of acts in front of us.”

    Still some clarification and detail needed, but this is not looking good for Jordan. I wonder if these reports are coming from Republican circles opposed to Jordan’s reported efforts to become House Speaker.

  15. 15.

    Achrachno

    July 5, 2018 at 12:02 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Tragic. That asparagus is inedible now.

  16. 16.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 5, 2018 at 12:05 am

    @Achrachno: I won’t cast aspersions on his asparagus.

  17. 17.

    Mnemosyne

    July 5, 2018 at 12:07 am

    @DemJayhawks:

    Did Kobach remember to leave his big stupid gun at home this time?

    I think the Russians are telling him, Comrade, there are limits to what even WE can do to help you “win.”

  18. 18.

    frosty

    July 5, 2018 at 12:12 am

    Chipped in. Sometimes you have to tilt at windmills. OTOH if you run in every district and your opponent who was a solid lock to win implodes, it’s good to have the resources to take advantage of it.

  19. 19.

    DemJayhawks

    July 5, 2018 at 12:21 am

    @Mnemosyne: No, he had the Jeep with the gun. He’s just doing it to piss people off now.

  20. 20.

    Sister Golden Bear

    July 5, 2018 at 12:42 am

    Dearest Brother,

    As night falls I hear the first volleys in what will be an all-night engagement here in the Mission. However thanks to our smugglers, the Red Hats have no match for our firepower, and I fully expect we will drive them across the Bay and back to Dixon by sunrise.

    There they will find that our raiding parties have burnt their Chick-a-Fils to the ground, rainbow glitter-bombed their Straight Pride Month floats, and removed the gender signage from all their latrines. As they will be unable to relieve themselves, we will simply let nature take its course, which should not take long, as they were already full of excrement.

    Afterwards, we will celebrate with an extra ration of avocado toast.

    #SecondCivilWarLetters

  21. 21.

    MobileForkbeard

    July 5, 2018 at 1:02 am

    We had to leave the fireworks a little early. My 3 year old has learned from TV (Daniel Tiger) that fireworks are supposed to scare you.

    She’s not actually scared. She just thinks she’s supposed to be, and she knows that when she’s scared you’re supposed to ask to go home. so that’s what we did.

    She was still oohing and ahhing in the car on the way home, too. ;)

  22. 22.

    Raoul

    July 5, 2018 at 1:11 am

    Just threw in.

    If folks are feeling feisty and generous, the Rhode Island Democratic machine is a dumpster fire.

    I donated to R.I. State Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, even though I live in the midwest and last visited Providence in 2013. F**k the old guard machine politics.

  23. 23.

    divF

    July 5, 2018 at 1:14 am

    @Sister Golden Bear:
    So you have them caught in a pincers movement with the Bicycle Brigades out of Davis ?

  24. 24.

    Amir Khalid

    July 5, 2018 at 1:15 am

    @MobileForkbeard:
    That’s sweet.

  25. 25.

    MobileForkbeard

    July 5, 2018 at 1:21 am

    @Amir Khalid: Now, the one year old is legit scared.:(

  26. 26.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 5, 2018 at 1:28 am

    @MobileForkbeard: My cocker spaniel is as well.

  27. 27.

    Sister Golden Bear

    July 5, 2018 at 1:28 am

    @divF: They were our raiding party. Far outpaced the Red Hats’ Hoverounds.

    We were supposed to get support from the 420th Mendocino Division, but they’re delayed due to needing to forage the countryside for munchies. We let them them know that we’d captured several pickups full of pork rinds, but the Mendocinans demurred, as the pork rinds were not non-GMO nor locally sourced.

  28. 28.

    Mnemosyne

    July 5, 2018 at 1:29 am

    @MobileForkbeard:

    Heh. I remember when my niece learned that being scared could be fun. I think it was around that same age.

  29. 29.

    divF

    July 5, 2018 at 1:30 am

    @Amir Khalid:
    @MobileForkbeard:
    I got a special treat today at the family July 4th BBQ, which was to burp and rock to sleep a two-month-old, while Mom, Dad, and big sister (2 1/2 years old) went for a walk in the neighborhood. Probably took 10 points off my blood pressure.

  30. 30.

    MisterForkbeard

    July 5, 2018 at 1:33 am

    @divF: Aw. Yeah, when kids aren’t driving your blood pressure up, they’re really driving it down. :)

    Threw in $50. Let’s win this thing.

  31. 31.

    divF

    July 5, 2018 at 1:42 am

    @Sister Golden Bear: Well done.
    And they probably couldn’t find any organic produce at the roadside stands along 80.

  32. 32.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    July 5, 2018 at 1:52 am

    If you saw this morning’s On The Road, I’ve been revisiting some of my old Milky Way shots and making some revisions(I’ve learned new stuff since I originally shot them), here’s one that I was working on today.

  33. 33.

    Arclite

    July 5, 2018 at 2:13 am

    Whoa, deja vu.

    Whoa, deja vu.

  34. 34.

    Atticus Dogsbody

    July 5, 2018 at 6:10 am

    Double Doug!

  35. 35.

    DougJ

    July 5, 2018 at 7:13 am

    Thanks everyone

  36. 36.

    trnc

    July 5, 2018 at 7:38 am

    @Achrachno: The media are not yet covering this very well — more protection of Republican hypocrites?

    NPR is too busy this morning saying Dems don’t have a msg. Only question is which Koch bro wrote the headline.

  37. 37.

    LJ

    July 5, 2018 at 8:22 am

    You jackals are the best! Thank you all. Joe Trippi, who helped Doug Jones win in AL, is now assisting Garrett’s campaign, and your contributions will too. It’s a long shot, but frosty’s right: let’s hope Jordan does implode and we’ll be positioned to boot him out.

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