Ohio: Hackett, Fresh in Both Senses of the Word

National Journal: The Hotline

Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Auster writes that Hackett “is fresh in more than on sense,” in that he is both a “Fresh face” who portrays himself as a bold alternative to career politicians, “whom he dismisses as timid character terrified of doing anything without first consulting pollsters, handlers and hapless party leaders.” But his language towards Pres. Bush, whom he’s called a “son of a bitch,” makes people concerned about how it could go over in a long, statewide campaign.

Hackett, via interview in the 12/05 issue of GQ: “Bush is a fraud. He wants to be perceived as a macho guy, but he didn’t have the stones to serve in his generation’s war. He didn’t have the balls to do it. Because he wanted to drink alcohol and snort cocaine and party.” Hackett spokesperson Karl Frisch: “One of the reason people are drawn to Paul is because of the way he speaks, because he’s straightforward. To change Paul Hackett would be to change him into something that we have plenty of in Washington” (12/18).

December 19, 2005 | Filed Under Hackett, News Mentions 

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