No Tickee, No Prezee.

Ohio is a battleground, remember? Yesterday shrub appeared at Ohio's oldest inn, The Golden Lamb, and spoke from the balcony -- outdoors, of course, in public space.

The Golden Lamb just happens to be owned by U.S. Rep. Rob Portman's (R-Cincinnati), family.

Protesters were supposed to meet at the library, a "Free Speech Zone," to assemble. Guess what? The streets were closed at 8:30 a.m. and in order to get past the "guards" a ticket was required.

Guess where those tickets came from? You got it -- Portman's office. The crowd was hand picked.

What really makes me mad is that our local newspaper and TV stations played up the fact that 'ONLY THREE PROTESTERS' were present. How in the HELL were we supposed to get in?

Free Speech? Doesn't sound like it to me.