What was supposed to be a livestream interview today of independent candidate Michael Harbaugh turned into just an upload of our conversation.
Harbaugh claims to have raised about $10K in his attempt to unseat Mike Turner who will undoubtedly have at least a million to spend. While I believe that more choices are better, I really think that for this to work we need to move to ranked choice voting- one of the few things Michael and I agree on.
You can learn more about his positions on his unreadable website www.harbaugh4congress.com [1]
It’s an hour interview, which is probably the most you’ll see of any candidate. We discuss everything from his weak voting record, to his run ins with the law, to his isolationist stances on foreign wars, to why he needs to stay poor enough to qualify for government health care (which he sort of has a mixed message on).
I won’t be voting for him, but if I had to guess, he will probably end up drawing more votes from Turner than from Cox come November.
We’ve not done a livestream for at least 4 months and we’re a little rusty on this one- but you should get the idea of why you should or shouldn’t vote for this food truck owner turned political wanna be.
I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
I didn’t know Ukraine was the bad guy!
Good on you, Dave for giving the guy a platform.
No rank choice voting ! Go back to paper ballots counted in precincts the night of !
Ukraine is a money laundering scam !
You mean the 23 US Bio labs that are illegal in our country so we have them over there Ukraine? Which Putin destroyed. Or do you mean the money laundering capital of the world Ukraine?
Thanks for the interview, David Esrati and Mike Harbaugh! It was interesting, I’ll grant you that.
For those who don’t imbibe, but want to know, Mike:
How much does a daily legal pot/drug habit cost an ordinary Ohioan these days?
Ukraine is not the evil empire here. I suggest Mike continue his research and education in geopolitical and foreign policy history. No nation is perfect, including America, but our republic, where the people hold the power, is far superior to other governing systems.
Tim, why are you still shilling for Putin and his Trump tool? I guess QAnon Facebook drivel still has you fixated on old Russian bot posts from 2022. Kindly get up to speed.
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1087910880/biological-weapons-far-right-russia-ukraine
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/12/viral-image/no-ukraine-isnt-money-laundering-or-child-sex-traf/
Thanks for the nice words David lol- are you always this nice? For the record I have done more running for Congress in this year then any other Dem Candidate to challenge Mike Turner in the last 20 years. Before anyone got in the race I had been up to East Palestine, OH to protest the toxic train derailment, marched with CodePink into Bernie Sanders office in DC to demand he call for a ceasefire in the Ukraine War, been to countless local street demonstrations calling for Peace and a Ceasefire in Palestine here in Dayton and helping volunteer with Workers Strike Back in Cincinnati to support the workers at Amazon forming a union at KCVG. My work speaks for itself, over 4,000 signatures collected personally to get on the ballot, not taking any donations more then 200 dollars and committing 50k of my salary if elected to charities. Started a nationwide pledge and website http://www.ceasefirepledge.com that candidates running for Congress or president can sign onto, presidential candidate for the Green Party Jill Stein signed my ceasefire pledge, organized and helped (D) Shauna Rudd in Lexington Kentucky with her first time congressional campaign, traveled to the Bronx, NY to help Independent anti war candidate Jose Vega get on the ballot against war monger Richie Torres, and much much more. Please visit my Harbaugh4congress on TikTok and Instagram and Facebook to see all that I have been up to! You will see there where I confronted Mike Turner at a chamber of commerce breakfast in June 2024 and challenged him on his radical war ideology and supporting sending US troops overseas to fight a war against Russia with NATO. Earlier in the year myself and about a dozen other protesters interrupted the local Democrats choosing their delegates for war criminal and architect of Genocide Joe Biden. This week you will see me at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago protesting Killer Kamala and Genocide Joe brutal support for the radical right wing government led by Netanyahu in Israel. This wanna be food truck owner is working his ass off to gain… Read more »
@michael, yes- contrary to public perception, I’m actually a nice guy.
And- you do you, and the way you run for congress is going to be just as ineffective as every other challenger to Turner for the last 20 years, no matter what you think.
As to your little protest at the dem delegates caucus, I watched the video, and I would describe it as pissing in the wind.
I wish you the best in your new hobby. I hope you find ways to bring together a group of people that can help in my battle to unseat the local monarchy and their culture of corruption.