I am not alone in writing about former Ohio treasurer and current divorced dad Josh Mandel, whom I believe to be a premier scumbag in state politics. Today’s article isn’t about his past schemes and failures, of which there is quite the list.
Mandel, fresh off a divorce with records sealed in Ashland County where neither he nor his wife live(d), returned to public life yesterday after he disappeared from public life rather than lose to Sherrod Brown for the second time in his life.
Mandel is the type of guy that would burn down the world so he could rule over the ashes — and please believe he would never have the intelligence required to build anything of historical note on those ashes, either.
His personality is as grating as ever. He didn’t even the heart to type his own announcement tweet in which promised in a totally normal way to “pulverize the Uniparty in Washington D.C.” after “the sham impeachment trial” of President Business Deals “made his blood boil.”
He repeated that “blood boiling” comment in an interview with The Columbus Dispatch. He went on to attack everyone from Mike DeWine to Rep. Anthony Gonzalez to Dr. Amy Acton as he tried desperately to carve his lane as Trump’s No. 1 Toadie before former Ohio Republican Chairman (their bylaws state it’s chairman regardless of gender, lol) Jane Timken.
Mandel, a man who has proven long ago he has no problem spewing absolute horse shit in pursuit of raw power. He immediately returned to the gutter by repeating Trump’s Big Lie hours after it got skewered on Capitol Hill by the likes of Eric Swawell.
From wkyc.com:
Frustrating to see a prominent media outlet repeat Mandel’s lies in the headline. Does he offer any evidence? No. He just sends out lizard signals to the aspiring fascists that have a growing amount of sway in the state, and I’m not talking about the Statehouse — though they’re also growing in numbers there.
Ohio Democrats would no doubt try to paint Mandel as “too extreme for Ohio,” but that ignores the reality that Mandel is in line with a vibrant wing of the Republican Party that propelled Trump to eight-point wins in both election.
From Sarah Buduson of news5cleveland.com:
COLUMBUS — Ohio has the second-highest number of active extremist anti-government groups in the U.S., according to a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center Monday.
The SPLC report, which says the groups pose a threat to national security, identified 31 active anti-government groups in the state in 2020. The report identified 566 in all 50 states.
The report also found close to 170 of the groups are militias. In Ohio, 17 anti-government groups were considered militias.
Meanwhile, no matter what facts the House Impeachment Managers put in front of the American people, it won’t matter. These people are lost to an entirely different reality and they’re not coming back.
It’s not the only reason Democrats lost juice in rural Ohio, but how do you compete with Fox News, One America Network or NewsMax? One party is attempting to campaign on “national unity” and “building bridges” while the other party is campaigning on the other side being gay Muslims who want to sacrifice your white children in blood sacrifice rituals.
Mandel and Timken will be two power-hungry sociopaths tearing into each other, which will be entertaining right until the primary ends and the Republicans go back to their eternal pact against Team Infanticide.
I think Timken will be the victor, despite Mandel’s attempts to paint her as a Harvard elite and establishment politician. At the end of the day Mandel is a nerd with zero charisma, and Timken should earn the almighty Trump endorsement given that she gifted Ohio to Trump two times in four years. Not to mention, it could be curtains for Mandel if his ex-wife ever decides to spill the beans on divorce. Her family is much richer than his, and more willing to defend her.
But Mandel can’t be ruled out. He will have money and he will be willing to virtue signal to the absolute dregs of the Republican Right in attempt to solidify his brand.
And if he wins the Republican primary, anybody thinking he can’t win the general election is an outright fool. Dr. Acton would match-up well with Mandel, whereas Tim Ryan would probably get dumped into the Mahoning River.
And that’s bleak to think, that a man can suck for that long, tuck his tail when the going got rough, and then sprung back into public life at the earliest opportunity and still willing to tell whatever lie needed to increase your leverage at the ballot box.
Hard to see why Ohio looks like it does in this day age. A true brainbuster.
THOSE WMDs. Nearly 20 elected officials from Larry Householder’s district seek his ouster… How shipping containers end up in the sea… Real estate agents advice on best and worse colors for your doors.. Ben Shapiro: ????… Their landlord lives large while renters lived “horrible,” and Indianapolis helped him do it.