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
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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 Buckeye Blitz cont. In honor of Labor Day, I spent part of the weekend talking to people about, well, labor. (And we continue to do this all without paid consultants.) After taking my picture, Crescent News (Defiance, Ohio) … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Drove through Attica, Ohio (pop. 955) yesterday and picked up a Attica Hub newspaper that featured a story about the town considering grants to help pay for a new water tower. I, in turn, wrote … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. I stumped with the “regulars” early this morning at LEMMY’S Restaurant in Huron, Ohio. And I learned LEMMY’S is actually a loose acronym for “Lake Erie Monster,” which (like the Big Foot legend) was supposedly … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. This morning I met with Bob Olsen who coordinates programs for Presentation Ministries in Peebles, Ohio. He was the “Voice of College Hockey” in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan before feeling spiritually led to come … Continue reading
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. (Saturday afternoon). Up the road from where we’re staying in Peebles, Ohio, the Powered Parachute Wing Association was having a fly-in. Frank Parman from London, Kentucky, told me these ultra-light airplanes — with a multi-colored … Continue reading
We were in Berlin, New Hampshire today where I was interviewed by reporter Chad Dryden of The Berlin Daily Sun. He asked about my platform. I said, for one, our education position paper calls for a shift: with one-third of … Continue reading
We stopped at the “Common Grounds Cafe” in Lancaster, New Hampshire today where Dale Martin told us I was the first presidential candidate to stop at his establishment “since John Edwards almost came here.” (Leading up to the New Hampshire … Continue reading