OH-10: Steve Austria opts out of a primary with Mike Turner, decides to retire
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JohnnyLongtorso
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« on: December 30, 2011, 03:07:27 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2011, 03:31:07 PM »

Someone is understandably bitter.
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2011, 05:54:27 PM »

Ughh no. Austria is a fantastic Conservative voice in Congress. Sad
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2011, 06:40:21 PM »

*insert Anschluss joke*
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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2011, 07:03:44 PM »

The irony of this is that the GOP will be losing one of its token minorities.
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2011, 07:48:12 PM »

The irony of this is that the GOP will be losing one of its token minorities.

Is it really appropriate to be calling them that?
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2011, 09:44:54 PM »

Well, Austria is/was the only Asian-American Republican in Congress.  The others:  Dan Inouye, Dan Akaka, Mike Honda, Doris Matsui, Judy Chu, Mazie Hirono, Colleen Hanabusa, Bobby Scott and Hansen Clarke -- are all Democrats.
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« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2011, 10:34:07 PM »

The irony of this is that the GOP will be losing one of its token minorities.

Is it really appropriate to be calling them that?

On an individual level, maybe not in Austria's case, but the GOP tends to call attention to their very few minorities when (rightfully) accused of being insensitive to minorities. And of course several minorities (not likely in Austria's case) such as Blackwell, Steele, Clarence Thomas, etc. would never have been in their positions if not for tokenism.
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« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2011, 10:44:54 PM »

Considering how krazen constantly held Austria up as proof of Republicans' tolerance toward minorities and argued that it was only those evil evil white liberals who'd never vote for a minority, I think the "token" comment does kind of apply. Wonder if krazen will find some way to blame this on a racist conspiracy perpetuated by liberals.
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2011, 11:19:54 PM »

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« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2011, 10:14:07 AM »

Two Republicans drawn unwinnable districts by Republican legislatures are Austria and West.
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« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2011, 10:25:37 AM »

Two Republicans drawn unwinnable districts by Republican legislatures are Austria and West.

Austria wasn't drawn a district at all. His was chopped up into pieces and the pieces were attached to five other districts. He lives surrounded by other Republican incumbents that are all stronger than him for what's drawn.

I hate to lose Austria, but to be honest his old district needed to go. It was a scattered collection of areas that just so happened to be leftover from everywhere else and didn't reflect any kind of COI. Since that had to get rid of some seat in SW Ohio, his really was the best choice.
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« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2011, 07:38:12 PM »

Two Republicans drawn unwinnable districts by Republican legislatures are Austria and West.

Austria wasn't drawn a district at all. His was chopped up into pieces and the pieces were attached to five other districts. He lives surrounded by other Republican incumbents that are all stronger than him for what's drawn.

I hate to lose Austria, but to be honest his old district needed to go. It was a scattered collection of areas that just so happened to be leftover from everywhere else and didn't reflect any kind of COI. Since that had to get rid of some seat in SW Ohio, his really was the best choice.

Yeah his district was the most obvious to cut. A guy from suburban Dayton representing Springfield, the southern Columbus suburbs and some parts of Appalachia really doesn't make sense.

I still find it hilarious how krazen acts like Republicans in 1/435 of the country electing a half-Filipino guy named "Steve" with the last name that's the same as a European country is somehow proof of how all Republicans are so much more racially tolerant than white liberals...
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