Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Did a whistle-stop tour down Rte. 224 through the interior of Ohio yesterday, stopping in Nova, Sullivan, Lodi, Willard… At the end of Mass at a church in Willard, the parisioners (as they do every … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. *Note: WE NEED DONATIONS TO KEEP GOING RIGHT NOW! IF YOU CAN HELP, PLEASE CONSIDER IT. THANKS. (Schriner Election Committee, P.O. Box 15, Bluffton, Ohio 45817). Yesterday was just a great “backroads of Ohio” day … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. I headed south to Wapokeneta, Ohio (hometown of astronaut Neil (“One small step for man…”) Armstrong. I called the editor of the Wapokeneta newspaper when we got to our whistle-stop location downtown and said we … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Did a circle tour of Grand Lake St. Mary, the largest inland lake in Ohio. We appeared on the front pages of St. Mary’s and Celinas newspapers, then headed to Coldwater where I stumped with … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz rolls on… The Springfield, Ohio News Sun did a big feature spread on the campaign yesterday and noted I had a map of Ohio pinned to a wall in the van dotted with circles of “cities, … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. In Springfield, Ohio this morning I talked with John Polley, 18, a used tire shop manager. He walked with a limp and said his knee “was hurting bad from lifting sem-tires.” But he had no … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Gave a talk at a “Farm Festival” on Sunday at Dan and Nancy Kramer’s organic farm in Yorkshire, Ohio. I said one of the first things I’d do at the White House was tear out … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. The whirlwind tour continues to roll on down Ohio’s backroads with stops in the last two days in Wauseon, West Unity, Bryan, Ney, Sherwood, Deshler, North Baltimore… While passing out literature at a Farmer’s Market … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. I stumped with a group of regulars at the Lamplight Restaurant in Perrysville, Ohio early yesterday morning. One man had been to China recently on business and said he had been impressed with the beginnings … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckey Blitz cont. The Ohio whirlwind tour rolls on… And I rolled into Haskins, Ohio (pop. 1,000) yesterday. Entering the village limits, the first thing you see is a Ohio Bicentennial sign saying Haskins is the “Birthplace of … Continue reading →