Joe McNamara is not claiming to be the endorsed dem but...

I watched the news clip on 13ABC, where John Irish said that Joe McNamara was stating he was the endorsed candidate in the sample ballots he sent out to voters. Then I read this on WTOL:

"Mr. McNamara is purposely attempting to deceive Toledo voters -- especially senior citizens -- by distributing this literature that reports he has the endorsement of the Democratic Party. That is a lie," said John Irish, Lucas County Democratic Party chair.

That's not really accurate. No where is the word endorsed on this flyer. It's not even a situation such as we've seen before, as one example, when Jon Stainbrook sent out post cards stating he was endorsed by another Republican group in a way that gave the impression that he was "the" endorsed candidate.

Infact this "flyer" or card since that's really what it is, when mailed out is included in another mail piece that doesn't make any endorsement claims either. Had the reporters for both 11 and 13 looked at the card they could have easily informed viewers that it doesn't say the word endorsed anywhere. I understand John Irish and the Lucas County Democrats being miffed, but the simple fact remains there is more than one democrat running for the Toledo City Council spot and they have earned endorsements from labor unions and other sources. Take the recent Democratic event at the UAW local 12, from my understanding Bob Vasquez was the candidate that Local 12 selected to endorse. He was there, and there were some signs of his there but he wasn't given the chance to speak. While at the same union hall that had endorsed Bob Vasquez, Chris Redfern spoke from the podium about supporting and electing Lourdes Santiago. Bruce Baumhower stated "The UAW supports the entire Democratic Slate from the top down", does that mean they do not support the candidate that they endorsed? If that were true then why would UAW Local 12 pick a candidate that was not the same as the one the Lucas County Democratic Party had endorsed? Or did Bruce mean they supported the ticket from the top down to the bottom with the exception of the Toledo City Council race where they had endorsed Bob Vasquez? If the Union put out a suggested sample ballot, surely they would include the candidate on it that they endorsed wouldn't they?

John Irish asked if Joe McNamara was going to campaign like this, what type of an elected official would he be. I'd guess the answer would be one who doesn't just give up, and one that can be creative. Also one who supports the rest of the Democratic ticket, from the top to the bottom, except for one Toledo City Council race...

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