Gov. Strickland Defends His Keno Stance to United Methodists
July 1, 2008
According to this story on NBC 4 in Columbus, Governor Ted Strickland may have violated a pledge he made to the United Methodist Church during his campaign. During the campaign, Strickland purportedly told the Rev. John Edgar, with his bishop present, that he would not expand gambling if elected governor.
Strickland apparently sees this as a game of semantics. According to his spokesman:
The governor is saddened if he (Edgar) has that impression, but the governor does not consider this new lottery game to be an expansion of gambling in Ohio.
I guess it depends whether or not keno is considered gambling. According to Wikipedia, “Keno is a lottery-like or bingo-like gambling game played at modern casinos.” I don’t know much about it but it seems somewhat similar to the lottery to me.
What rubs some the wrong way is that Strickland is an ordained Methodist preacher and people expect to be able to take him at his word.
The money generated from Keno is to be used to help fund public schools in Ohio. I think the more important question is this…Should we be using revenue from the lottery or lottery-like games to fund public schools?
Obama and General Clark
July 1, 2008
In case you have yet to see General Clark’s comments about Senator McCain, here it is…
And Obama’s response is to disavow himself from these comments. How many times do we have to hear campaign surrogates make comments and then the next day have the candidate reject the same comments? When will we eventually say that enough is enough? Disavowing yourself of the comments at a later point after the damage is done just doesn’t cut it in my book.
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