From the Peoples Defender by Tom Niehaus (State Sen.)

If you are one of the more than 11,000 people who emailed me over the weekend, I owe you an apology. I ignored your email and will not read it. However, if you wait a few days and send it again, I will make every effort to read and respond.

An estimated 11,000 emails from out of state started hitting my mailbox Friday. After opening and reading several dozen, it was apparent an anonymous group unhappy with Secretary of State Ken Blackwell had targeted my office, and had duped unwitting individuals from around the country ignorant of the facts as accomplices.

It was also obvious that only one of these individuals had an original idea, as all the others had exactly the same wording in their email.

It did not take me long to decide to move these emails to an appropriate spot junk email. I knew neither my two aides nor I would have time to open each email and scroll to the bottom to determine if it had come from a constituent....

That's one way to get your point across.

Ever heard of political consultant Jerome Armstrong? He's a mover and shaker in the ranks of the left wing nutroots "netroots." Armstrong founded the popular far-left blog MyDD.com, and co-wrote the book "Crashing The Gate" with Markos "Screw Them" Moulitsas.

Jerome Armstrong happens to have a history of trouble with the Securities & Exchange Commission (see here and here). Lately, he's been a paid advisor to the campaigns of Mark Warner and our own Sherrod Brown, with whom Armstrong has been embroiled in a blogging payola scandal (also check out this summary).

Well, it turns out that Armstrong's not just a garden-variety lefty goofball. This guy's a real prize: he's into astrology, and in a big way. Several conservative blogs are busily unearthing the kooky details of Armstrong's brand of political strategy, and his attempt to cover it up. Here are a few of the latest posts.

• Dan Riehl
• Wizbang
• RedState

This guy's giving political advice to Sherrod Brown? I can't wait for the election!

The folks at Buckeye State Blog must be so proud.

It's official. Ted Strickland can't hold a position for one day without getting exhausted.

I really don't know how anyone can support this man with a straight face. We might as well throw a dart at a board everytime there's a decision to be made.

From the Dayton Daily News.

Strickland votes for line-item veto

Support came a day after his aide said the representative planned to vote against the measure

By Jessica Wehrman
Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland voted for a modified line-item veto Thursday, a day after an aide indicated he planned to vote against it.

One of many that we can add to the list.

UPDATE: Click here for a healthy dose of irony from a certain blog that has decided it's primary purpose is to report on the happenings of this blog. The liberals say that recognizing Strickland's latest flip-flop means you have poor reading comprehension... and base their entire jab on a misread of the article.

The claim is that Strickland's opposition is in reference to an earlier bill that didn't give Congress an opportunity to override the president's cuts. However, that's the bill that was passed in 1995, and is not the same bill he opposed one day before he voted for it. In fact, immediately after mentioning the law that was ruled unconstitutional there is a quote from his spokesperson explaining why this one is different.

When they say this is the "modified" line-item veto, they mean it's been modified since 1995 - not since Strickland said he opposed it. Sorry, but the legislation he supported and the legislation he opposed is the exact same piece of legislation.

The fact that Strickland's flip-flop occured after one day should clue you in to that. Even at it's most efficient there's no way the House and Senate can pass a law, get the president's signature, have it ruled unconstitutional, and then hold a vote on a new version within 24 hours.