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In the spirit of Back to the Future Day, let’s take a walk down memory lane to a time when Ted Strickland was a more gracious public figure. For example, in this 2012 interview Strickland was asked if he thought Senator Portman would make a good Vice Presidential candidate. His response? (WATCH)

Probably…he has really good manners, Bob. He’s not a bomb-thrower. He doesn’t use overheated rhetoric. He would probably be a safe choice.

Wow! A far cry from what we heard Retread Ted say on Monday when he called Rob Portman his “enemy.” What happened Ted? In case you missed it – WATCH as Ted Strickland says:

Rob Portman is my enemy.

Let’s continue our journey back in time with Ted Strickland. While Strickland was Governor…

Ohio had the highest unemployment rate in 25 years. [Strickland’s] time of escaping scrutiny over Ohio’s mounting job losses might be coming to an end. State Republicans started turning up the heat on the Democratic governor this week following announcements on consecutive days that General Motors will close one of its Ohio plants and that global technology company NCR Corp. is moving its headquarters from Dayton. . . . Ohio’s unemployment rate has reached 10.2%, a 25-year high and well above the national rate. (The Associated Press, June 3, 2009)

Ohio suffered 400,000-plus job losses. This is the third TV ad from the RGA supporting Republican John Kasich with the same “Strickland didn’t get the jobs done” theme. It criticizes Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland for the job loss in Ohio on his watch. This ad mentions three companies that moved operations from Ohio to Georgia last year and this year: NCR from Dayton and Fischbein and Novelis, both from the Cleveland area. . . . Ohio had lost more than 400,000 jobs on Strickland’s watch as the ad says. (The Columbus Dispatch, July 9, 2010)

Ohio was ranked 48th among states in job creation. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that between Strickland’s inauguration in January 2007 and his departure in January 2011, Ohio lost 372,300 jobs. Only two states – Florida and California – lost more jobs in that time, according to BLS data. That backs up Kasich’s contention that Ohio was 48th in the nation in job creation during the four years before he took office. (Politifact, October 25, 2012)

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