Hey, Adam, thanks for the comment! I try to balance "serious" news with a few not-so-serious posts that we know everyone will be talking about. Sometimes you, the readers, tell us what you want to see simply by clicking, sharing, and commenting on stories!

Adam, I think one of the stories here is that someone found the photo and submitted it to Huffington Post, possibly trying to "stir it up," embarrass him and in turn, has made it political. I think how a politician responds to something like this says a lot of how he or she will handle adversity down the road.

And what new knowledge have you gained in regard to "how a politician responds to something like this says a lot of how he or she will handle adversity down the road." based on his spokesperson's comments?

I'm not familiar with the "adversity" faced by the Treasurer of the State of Ohio, or a US Senator.

And I can think of many more meaningful ways to evaluate a candidate for office.

I would just like to point out that this was a public school, not private

Is that comment from a reader, or from a Patch editor?

It was funny

Why is that?

And what does "more inclined" mean? Are you an undecided voter, and this pic gives you certainty regarding his qualifications?

Are you a Patch editor?

When did any form of media have shame?

What misleading headline are you referring to?

Right on TB Player. Where are those pictures that show his loyalty and devotion as he served this great country? And let us not forget that while he served, he was defending the right for the "Bluffington Post" to spew their venom against our heros.

yes I think I made a valid point, but instead of answering it the editors just deleted it

Yesterday I went into a tear on some of the Patch editors for the ridiculous "policy" for deleting comments and the selective enforcement of their TOS. I didn't bother reading any response from them because I'm not interested in BS back-pedaling.

But then again, it's Patch. Along the lines of Sun Newspapers.

Here's the latest story I could find about Berghdahl -- it was May in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/us/bowe-bergdahls-unlikely-journey-to-life-as-a-taliban-prisoner.html?pagewanted=all

It would be exactly the same. Except the proponents and opponents would be the exact opposite.

I'm a Dem & think this pic is funny. Come on, stuff like this happens all across the political field. This sort of sneakiness belongs to no one party.

James Thomas, Is this the "writing on the wall" you refer to? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/senate/oh/ohio_senate_mandel_vs_brown-2100.html

What "writing on the wall"? I haven't seen a single pro-Mandel article in the media yet.

Head in the sand much?

Mr. Gary Kantor,
Read Pauline Kael much?

I hope you're right!!!!

No, Mr. Jaes Thomos, I do not read Pauline Kael much. Or at all, as far as I know.

Does she write on walls?

Mr. Gary Kanter,
I suggest you google "Pauline Kael", then you'll understand the reference.

Mr. Rosen,
No, this is the "writing on the wall" that I see, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78171.html

Mr. Kanter,
Why so cryptic? To see if you could figure it out. So far it seem you have not.

well if I posted a link my account would have been suspended HEY PATCH ANSWER JEANS QUESTION

they should have to leave their name whenever they delete comments ..... not just sneak and run

I did see your point you made,joe can you repost that link ?

Tom ~great post

How does this relate to John Mandel in a high school yearbook?

What's next? Obama's birth certificate?

You call that a fair and balanced link? LOL...definitely has a different slant to it, for sure. Not real convinced I should believe anything written on that site.

The "radical chicago new party socialist" does just roll of the tongue, doesn't it?

John I posted the link for the scans of the actual socialist parties publications which shows obama and also mentions him by name ,,,, not because of all the blah blah blah

John interesting you bring up the whole not remembering something point ..... since obama just does not remember joing the socialist party either (but to some he should be given a pass)

Mr. Kantor'
you're sure not going to to chase the TRUTH down home an Obama rat hole.

garry ....REALLY photoshop these are scans from new party flyers (democratic socialist party) you can spin anything you want with the media in your pocket but documents from your past do not lie ....here is another where he was behind in his dues from a new party memo http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/13/White-House-Disputes-Documents-Claims-Obama-Never-Joined-New-Party

that sure is a lot of doubletalk gary, those pictures make it kind of hard to just explain away !!! you could always claim it must have been another barak obama

ok ill play along
Is that a legitimate newspaper? IT WAS THE NEW PARTIES FLYER
Is that a photoshopped image? NO IT WAS IN A NEW PARTY PUBLICATION
Is the New Party authentic? YES IT IS ON FILE here is a link where the new party lost a supreme court case about election fraud http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=competition&url=/supct/html/95-1608.ZS.html
Was Obama really a member? YES HE WAS A MEMBER THE FILES SHOW HIM AS A MEMBER
Was it a Socialist group? YES THEY WERE LISTED AS SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS

any more games garry

Yeah, I found something called the "you decide" site, but I'm having trouble pasting the link on my tablet.

Your posts and answers regarding Obama and the New Party are false, exaggerations, and out of context. And that's in comparison to a decidedly anti-candidate-Obama website.

Not surprised. Keep that tin foil hat on tight on these hot summer days, pal.

keep spinning it all you want garry and your excuse of these being found on anti-obama websites is silly (pro obama sites are not going to show these documents) but please you have yet to show proof that they are false (your game)

I have "to show proof that they are false"?

That ain't how it works.

garry you claimed that all the documents were false,photoshopped,exaggerations, and taken out of context......yet you provide nothing to support your claims ....you think we should just take you at your word ....sorry garry there is more than enough proof that obama was a member of the socialist democratic party (new party) ...so you are dismissed

The mentioning of that story on this thread just convinces me that the Romenycans are desperate. I think they're getting a good look at the writing on the wall and it is very bad for them.

You can Google and find all kinds of refudiations of that nonsense.

gary I did a google image search on "new party obama" and a floodgate of images showed up of his socialist past, so I guess its ok now to start calling him comrade obama

As you seem unable to discriminate between rumor, innuendo, propaganda and facts, my contribution to this "discussion" has ended.

Since Garry could not disprove the links provided he is back to making excuses ......"As you seem unable to discriminate between rumor, innuendo, propaganda and facts, my contribution to this "discussion" has ended. " even when provided with documentation as proof garry keeps pointing fingers elsewhere

Rich folks have a different set of rules.

They send their $ overseas, they stick their dogs on the roof of the car on long trips, they redefine words like "job creator".