No-bid Blackwell

H/t to the Buckeye Senate Blog for bringing this juicy tid-bit to my attention.

Seems that governor-wannabe Blackwell, the same one who spoke for the ultra-elite/racist CNP, is taking campaign contributions from those he has given no-bid contracts. Don’t worry, the article says Jim Petro has done the same thing. Oh goodee!

J. Kenneth Blackwell has criticized rival Jim Petro repeatedly in recent weeks for using lawyers who received unbid special counsel work from the attorney general’s office as a “fundraising ATM.”

Well, that’s pretty bad, isn’t it? But doesn’t that make Blackwell a hypocrite? I say yes.

But a Dispatch analysis shows Blackwell has taken thousands of dollars in contributions over time from vendors who got no-bid work from the secretary of state’s office under his control.

It’s no secret to me that Bushbots like to sell bits of the government to the highest bidder. Blackwell should be proud that he is so true to the party- even down to the denial/retractions.

After saying Feb. 20 that he didn’t take such contributions, Blackwell said Friday they are “nominal” and pale in comparison to Petro’s - and that he hasn’t used the “strong-arm tactics” he accuses Petro of employing.

Blackwell also said he would return all of his contributions from vendors who got unbid work if Petro did the same, but a Petro spokesman said Blackwell is trying to avoid being labeled a hypocrit

“I didn’t take no damned money for contracts, but it was only a little bit and I’ll give back the money I didn’t get if that damned Petro does the same.” Ha! Wow, that’s a little hard to read huh? That, folks, is what I like to call the “Bushbot Boogie”. Because we all know that no one is supposed to remember that he initially denied getting the money and we’re certainly supposed to ignore that fact when coupled with his promise to give back the money. This is exactly the kind of governor Ohio doesn’t need.

Want another dose of this fine stepping?

In fact, when asked Feb. 20 about his fundraising, Blackwell said, “I have not received any money from anybody who has an unbid contract.

“Now, I will give every dollar that I have received from an unbid contract back tomorrow, if (Petro) will give it back,” Blackwell said. “I will give it back tomorrow even if he doesn’t give it back, because I haven’t received any.”

Well, of course, I’m not voting for him. I just hope no one else is stupid enough to either.