Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati

Though Phil Heimlich’s Christian talk radio show is not played in Cincinnati, that doesn’t stop him from trotting out his few Cincinnati friends as radio guests.  As pointed out by Kevin Osborne, Phil had longtime friend Chris Finney on to gloat over the pro-jail tax crowd—which is interesting, since Phil was a one-time icon for those very same players, like Si Leis, and Carl Lindner.  Why would Phil engage a public betrayal of those who have supported him?  On June 28th, Phil did it again—this time in a conversation with Peter Bronson.

About 29 minutes into the interview, Phil starts blasting Stan Chesley over the recent Fen-Phen lawsuit.  That’s all well and good, but wasn’t Stan Chesley a huge political supporter of Phil?  Why would Phil turn on all his old political allies?

Seems he’s forgotten about the character trait of loyalty!

Here’s what Phil had to say about Chesley on the radio: 

Again it comes down to this greed thing, as if he [Stan Chesley] needs more money ... It kind of sounds like Stan reminded me of a guy out on the playground who gets all of the other kids to do something really nasty but when they get caught he’s not around.

Check out this excerpt from Porkopolis back in 2006, by Greg Flannery:

Democrats can only be frustrated by the behavior of Stan Chesley, who has provided copious amounts of money to Democratic candidates but now is helping re-elect arch-conservative Hamilton County Commission President Phil Heimlich, a Republican. Campaign finance records show Chesley has donated $12,500 to Heimlich’s campaign. Heimlich is running against Democratic challenger David Pepper, a former Cincinnati city councilman.

It’s already curious enough, Phil Heimlich’s obscure foray into irrelevant Christian talk radio, but why is Phil alienating himself from those who have been huge supporters?  Is he trying to make sure, once his show gets inevitably cancelled, that he never has a career in politics again? 

If so, I’ve finally found a policy by Phil Heimlich that I can fully support!

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