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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Live, and In Person: The Dean! (And Nick Lachey, Supporting Justin Jeffre for Council)
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
Photo courtesy of here.
This Saturday, from 7-9pm at Club Bang downtown (314 W. 4th St. Cincinnati, Ohio 45202), you will all have the opportunity to meet the one and the only Dean of Cincinnati!
By the way, national celebrity Nick Lachey will be there, too.
Both of us will be supporting our friend, Justin Jeffre, who is running for Cincinnati City Council as an endorsed Green candidate.
So stop by with your $20 donation to get in, and enjoy some spirits with your humble Dean, Nick Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and others!
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30 Aug 2007 at 07:40 pm | #
Ill only show up if the Dean is promising to do headspins on the dancefloor!
30 Aug 2007 at 07:47 pm | #
Ohhh Jason
30 Aug 2007 at 07:54 pm | #
I might cancel my vacation if Jason wears the cape.
30 Aug 2007 at 08:09 pm | #
If Justin says he wants the cape, it will be done.
30 Aug 2007 at 08:36 pm | #
What are Lachey’s politics? With the thousands of words written about him, I can’t find one word where he has addressed any political or social issue. You must know since you’re touring together. Could you let us in on what he stands for?
30 Aug 2007 at 08:48 pm | #
Nick Lachey is coming to support Justin Jeffre’s campaign for City Council, so the only person’s politics relevant to this discussion would be Justin’s.
30 Aug 2007 at 11:51 pm | #
Dean, will you be charging for pictures with you in the cape?
31 Aug 2007 at 06:41 am | #
I take that to mean he’s a Republican.
31 Aug 2007 at 09:33 am | #
Dean: you’re being disingenuous. You often practice Guilt by Association, so if Lachey stands for something (anything?) one might be opposed to, and Jeffre aligns himself with Lachey without dissociating himself from Lachey’s position, then that is information a voter might want.
By the by, exactly how is Lachey “helping” Jeffre by appearing at his fundraiser? Lachey hasn’t done anything for anyone lately except publicly have sex a woman he’s not married to, “star” in a “reality” TV show with his ex-wife, and help propel Jeffre to, as I recall, fifth place with fewer than 1,000 votes in the Mayoral Primary?
I think I’ll save my $20 for now, thank you very much.
31 Aug 2007 at 09:50 am | #
#6: “Nick Lachey is coming to support Justin Jeffre’s campaign for City Council, so the only person’s politics relevant to this discussion would be Justin’s.”
So this means that none of the other candidates have to do any explaining about who is supporting them, right?
31 Aug 2007 at 05:12 pm | #
You have a point, only if Lachey has stood for something about which Justin is completely against. I am not aware of any such point from Lachey, and if you are not either, then you are just making things up.
Let’s talk about reality, and not your imagination.
See above, JFD. If someone involved in some questionable backroom deals supports a candidate, that should be much more worrisome than someone like Nick Lachey supporting Justin. But you already knew that…
31 Aug 2007 at 05:27 pm | #
Will Brinkman be there?
31 Aug 2007 at 07:54 pm | #
With the Republican National Convention set to begin in New York on Monday, several stars are stepping forward to let their loyalties show.
On the John Kerry campaign: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews, Linda Ronstadt and Martin Sheen, among others.
On the George W. Bush bandwagon: Freddie Prinze Jr., Angie Harmon, Shannen Doherty, Dennis Miller, Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey –
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,686855,00.html
31 Aug 2007 at 08:03 pm | #
Way to shed the boy band image, Justin. I didn’t know Nick Lachey cared so much about Cincinnati Politics.
31 Aug 2007 at 10:10 pm | #
If People wrote it, it must be true? Of course there’s no quotes or anything. Why do you think that is?
31 Aug 2007 at 10:13 pm | #
Told ya! Republigreens. You have to have a program to tell the dif.
31 Aug 2007 at 10:17 pm | #
That rumor about Lachey is interesting, because the only political statement I have from Lachey on the record comes from a sports column he wrote for the July Beacon Print Edition, which you can view online here.
Nick’s story is on page 8, and he writes this:
That’s Nick Lachey in July, and it does not sound pro-Bush.
But then again, who would know best—Nick Lachey himself, or People?
31 Aug 2007 at 11:08 pm | #
Well why don’t you just ask him? Since he’s participating in a political event, asking about his political views certainly isn’t out of bounds. And if it’s a secret then he shouldn’t be out stumping. You guys are so shady. Always playing cat and mouse.
31 Aug 2007 at 11:14 pm | #
I agree with cincysue. Somewhere towards the top there….
Generally political funraisers are about…ummmm… politics…
Does JJ even plan to speak about his platform?
And if he does, will we even be able to hear him over the drone of 19 and 20 years olds riding on the coattails of a fake ID so they can get a glimpse of Nick?
I’m teetering back and forth here. Maybe if the Dean PROMISES to wear the cape, and JJ PROMISES op talk about SOMETHING involving his political platform and sort of pretends maybe, that he wants to be taken seriously, it will be worth it.
Otherwise, I think I can find a more enterprising way to spend my 20$ in the 3rd poorest city in that nation.
31 Aug 2007 at 11:59 pm | #
cincysue, please stop spreading rumors and voting for candidates that support the war.
Why would I ask Nick about his political views when I already know what they are? You’re so silly!
librariangrrl, fundraisers are about raising money. I like the idea of a funraiser though. I hope we do raise some fun. Maybe it will be both.
Anybody that actually knows me, knows I’m usually talking about politics. They also know that I’m very serious about running and if you want to be considered a serious candidate you have to raise serious money. You seem to be making an awful lot of assumptions for some reason.
I know of many older folks that will be there so you wouldn’t be out of place and I hope there are some 19 and 20 year olds there as well.
What’s wrong with young people coming to a funraiser? You can vote when you’re 18 and I’ve met young people that are more informed than many people that are 30 years old.
I see nothing wrong with having my funraiser at Bang. It’s a nice place and as you know it won’t be the first political event that has been held there, just the biggest.
01 Sep 2007 at 12:06 am | #
anon, I’m proud of being signed to Motown, selling millions of records and working with artists like Stevie Wonder. I don’t feel a need to shed anything.
Maybe you should shed the idea that all of our public servants need to be lawyers. They haven’t gotten us where we need to be. This city has been declining for some time. A lot of people want to see a change.
01 Sep 2007 at 09:19 am | #
You know I think Nick is cute and a good singer and the same for Justin Jeffre. 98 degrees was a good group. Very talented. I think entertainers should use their fame to bring attention and money to candidates. I just asked about Lachey’s politics. I think that was appropriate and through all the banter it still hasn’t been revealed. At this point, I feel pretty comfortable in assuming that he’s a Republican, though he may conveniently jump ship and become a Cincinnati Green which of course that’s really what? A Republican operative like a CIA agent, paid to spread propaganda about the Democratic party. And since Jeffre tossed out that I support candidates that support war, I’ll have to counter with he takes money from and appears with entertainers that support politicians who actually WAGE war.
01 Sep 2007 at 09:44 am | #
cincysue, you are being ridiculous. You are now on a rant about how Justin Jeffre is supported by Republicans, and your “evidence” is an unsubstantiated blurb from People magazine.
Meanwhile, I have a document written by Lachey himself where he blasts George W. Bush. Conveniently, you ignore it entirely.
01 Sep 2007 at 09:50 am | #
BTW, cincysue, you should focus on Justin’s platform for City Politics. I would bet you agree with him. If that is the case, you should vote for him, and stop this pointless mud slinging.
01 Sep 2007 at 10:32 am | #
Reading these comments it would appear that Cincysue you only think in black and white terms when it comes to politics. If you are a Dem you are good and if you are not you are bad.
Who cares what Lachey’s politics are? I have many friends who disagree on many topics with me but if they were running for political office I would tend to want to support them. If David Duke were doing a fundraiser for Jeffre then I would think you have a point.
I tend to look at each individual on their own when I decide to vote rather than what political party they belong to.
01 Sep 2007 at 01:35 pm | #
Oh, and JJ, I would also agree with you that anyone who knows you personally knows that you talk about politics alot. That is true. It also doesn’t make you, by default, a politician.
I would hope that your “funraiser” includes people who aren’t your personal friends. Since you’re asking for their support and the support of the community, shouldn’t the people know what you stand for, before deciding to support you? If you have a good platform…one that you believe in, wouldn’t you want to talk about it? if people are paying 20$ to SUPPORT YOUR CAMPAIGN shouldn’t you atleast let them know what they are supporting? I know your politics, that’s not saying everyone else does!
Just a suggestion….
And again…let me know if you plan on speaking….
01 Sep 2007 at 02:38 pm | #
Of course it doesn’t matter in Beaconville whose byline should be Where Hypocrisy Resides. Did I miss something or is this article about politics. Running for office. Raising money to run for office. Political fundraiser. Why am I so offbase asking about the politics of a person featured in this article about what? Politics. But I’ll accept that Lackey is a Democrat as the Dean contends. I welcome him aboard.
Dean I’d like to focus on Justin’s politics but what are they? I know he’s against the jail and is the #1 mudslinger against all Democrats. He’s proud to be a part of a diverse coalition that includes gay bashing, public school defunding COASTer Tom Brinkman. MEP says that JJ is a fiscal conservative, a term that is a red flag for me because it usually means defunding social programs. Let me know what to focus on please. When I bring up the Beacon Boys’ party affiliation and try to find out if they are in agreement with their party’s stated platform, which would give us all a hint, you go into a conniption fit. Obsfucation. Obsfucation. Obsfucation, I say!
01 Sep 2007 at 08:00 pm | #
Bearman did you say that you would support someone with whom you disagree? That’s bizarre. Why would you do that? You must have Ronald Reagan syndrome. But it is a peak into the psyche of people that can easily be persuaded to vote for someone that will actually work contrary to their interests. I don’t declare all democrats good and I stay on their asses nonstop. And your simplistic philosophy of looking at the individual, not the party, is just that. Unless you’re voting for an Independent, you’re getting the party with the candidate.
I may see politics in black and white terms. I want honest answers so I can make informed decisions. How come that rubs so many of you the wrong way?
01 Sep 2007 at 08:03 pm | #
Dean: I’m not “making things up;” I’m making a principled point. I don’t have to know a murder victim to oppose murder on principle.
By the by: a big ole ad in CinWeekly touts Mr. Lachey’s visit to Bang as a club event; no mention of Jeffre.
Is it just entirely possible that rather than “coming to Cincinnati to support Jeffre” as you contend, Jeffre is actually glomming onto Lachey’s appearance to pimp his campaign?
Reminds me of something Nick Spencer once did at alchemize. Sad.
01 Sep 2007 at 09:12 pm | #
Can I have 30 minutes alone with Nick and I promise to give you cash- not a check- for more than $20!!!!! And we won’t tell Vanessa…and he needs a Cincy woman anyway.
02 Sep 2007 at 05:07 am | #
Justin,
I would love to see a change as well. It must be a great honor to be signed to such a historic label. I have a great appreciation for music as well. However, I do not understand why you think I am a lawyer when I am still an undergrad. Thank you for the compliment though. Hopefully within a few years I will receive my J.D. but I am technically not a lawyer until I am admitted to the bar. Right? Well Thank you for thinking I am more educated than I am. Good luck this November. If you are so fortunate in being elected to office we can see this change that you have been promising. I would like to see you back up your talk. Thanks.
02 Sep 2007 at 12:21 pm | #
I missed the event but I think Justin is HOT!!! If I vote for you, can I get a kiss?