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Being from Ohio (luckily one of the Democratic strongholds) I would say that this type of pandering will definitely fly with the Republican base there. Gay marriage got the vote out in Ohio and the best plan for Republicans to win Ohio is to get the vote out with the story of a gay illegal immigrant parolee burning down a church because it wouldn't let him marry his muslim tuberculosis carrying partner.
Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Youngstown may be Democratic strongholds, but the rest of Ohio, particularly Cincinnatti is strongly Republican. Just note that Cincinnatti's county was one of only a handful of metropolitan cities to vote for Bush in 2000 and 2004 (Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and San Diego are the others that spring to mind).
My first thoughts on Turd Blossom's departure from the White House - he's needed on the campaign trail for 2008 and he just picked a horse (my money's on McCain).
