As kos alluded to yesterday, southwest Ohio is a veritable incubator for concentrated strains of wingnuttery. The Cincitucky metro area has loosed upon the world, among other atrocities, the likes of the Creation Museum, Ken Blackwell, and Big Butter Jesus. So let me begin this diary by simply saying that I’m sorry. I suppose we’re just special around here. We can’t help it.
Given that, it likely comes as no surprise to anyone that canvassing in Butler County would be an uphill battle. I mean this is the real Uhmurrica, BABY, where Sarahcuda definitely jumpstarts a heart or twelve and global warming is all a hoax perpetrated by Al Gore to sell enough cap-n-trade credits to buy every Sizzler franchise in the bible belt! The Obama campaign might as well enact a political quarantine around every single crazy living in this corner of the state – right?
Well, not so much.
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