Boy, do we have stupid.  From the local joke rag in nearby Buckeye Lake, an “editorial” apparently cobbled together from Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and Newsmax. Did you know that global warming has been debunked and Obama wants to take away your lawn mower and give it to Fidel Castro … or something?  You’ll notice that there is no mention of McCain in this article, odd considering that the clown who wrote this was (and presumably remains) a huge Bush fan. It’s an open question whether the author is stupid enough to actually believe this tripe, but I tend to think not, simply because there is so much baroque distortion embedded in this furious little screed that it has to be a conscious attempt to deceive his audience.  I’d be willing to bet he proudly forwarded a copy to Michael Savage.

Once again, Ohio is one of a handful of states that will likely determine the outcome of our presidential election. Our beat is the Buckeye Lake area, but, like four years ago, the stakes are too high to ignore this election. Four years ago the critical issue was domestic security. Now it is our economic security.

We’ve been hearing a lot about “change.” Sen. Barack Obama is promising to “bring about real change…” But “change,” in and of itself, isn’t necessarily beneficial. For example, Fidel Castro promised “change.” That “change” impoverished millions of Cubans and made them prisoners in their own country.

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The sad thing is that this paper is the only one read by many people in Buckeye Lake, and could address the real problems of the area.  Instead it’s a newsprint version of the Jerry Springer Show, offering little more than grudge matches in the letters columns, high school sports reports,  cheerleading for the local Mayberry Machiavellis, and uncritical promotion of the latest evangelical huckster to wander into town.