I am so ashamed of living in Ohio.

This past weekend, the Ohio Newspapers Poll revealed the stentch of hidden white racism towards Blacks. This occult, repugnant racism that permeates the suburbs and rural areas marks the isolation of this state. I suppose when all you've got is the Buckeyes, who needs to leave the state? Sadly, many Ohioans really feel this way, especially those that have not left their small towns, including Columbus, the state capital.

We've become a backwater state, still reeling from the perfidy and greed from the previous State administration that was tossed out en masse by voters in 2006. Except for liberal enclaves of Cuyahoga County, Oberlin and Kent, intolerance lives large in small-minded Ohio.

As a Clevelander, I only have to go to the next county to see stars-and-bars (Dixie flags) posted on flag poles and car windows. Shame.

So, despite the poorly counted youth vote, Obama supporters can write off Ohio as easily as they would Mississippi, Idaho and Utah.

Let's face facts:

As an Ohio cracker, I can say without remorse that Sarah Palin is the finest example Alaskan redneck white trash in high heels.

Witness!

Wow, this is a really clueless and shallow article by Mr Leonard.

Keith Olbermann has had Princeton's newest Nobel laureate on his show for many months before R. Maddow's show began.

Rachel is charming and disarming, especially following the fire-and-spittle laced Keith. (And, thank you, Mr. Olbermann, for keeping the spirit of E.R. Murrow alive.)

This Princeton fetish is a poorly researched and flimsy pronouncement.

Thanks for reading.

I watched quite a bit of the Fox Broadcast as well. I was struck at the sloppiness of their broadcast. It was disjointed poorly produced and managed on the floor. Ironically, this reflected the lack of focus in the McCain campaign. Both the GOP and its media machine are directionless.