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Þetta myndband er að fara sem eldur í sinu um veraldarvefina: (via Wonkette)

Og jú, þetta er alvöru framboðsræða, en ekki einhverskonar elaborate sketch - það er til staður sem heitir Stark County í Ohio, og skv. The Review, sem er lókal fréttamiðill er til maður sem heitir Phil Davidson, og hann hefur setið í bæjarstjórn Minerva, Ohio, sem er smáær í Stark County (Minerva er að vísu „þorp“, samkvæmt Davidson og Wikipediu) með 3900 íbúa - örlítið fjölmennari en Grindavík, semsagt, og þessi sami Davidson gaf kost á sér í forvali repúblíkanaflokks Stark County sem féhirðir sveitafélagsins.  The Review minntist hins vegar ekkert á framboðsræðu Davidson.

Stark Political report, sem er bloggsíða helguð stjórnmálum þessa merkilega sveitarfélags, sem virðist vera hið versta spillingarbæli, lýsir uppákomunni örlítið betur:

Councilman Phil Davidson of Minerva, Ohio was absolutely stunning with his presentation at Wednesday evening’s Stark County Republican Party’s executive committee meeting to select a nominee to run for Stark County treasurer to replace Stark County commissioner deposed treasurer Gary D. Zeigler.

Commissioners forced Zeigler out of office under the authority of Ohio Revised Code Section 321.38 because of the loss some $2.96 million of county money under his watch as county treasurer.  Former Chief Deputy Vince Frustaci has admitted to stealing of $2.46 million of the missing money. The remaining money has not been accounted for.  Zeigler has had a civil suit filed against him by the county commissioners to recover the missing money from him on a legal theory of personal liability.   Zeigler is contesting the suit.

Davidson rocked the assembly at The Johnson Center of Malone University located in Canton, Ohio with his „hellfire and brimstone“ political presentation the likes of which few politically involved citizens have ever seen.

It could be that earlier in American history, the Davidson-esque style was not all that uncommon.  But in 2010, it certainly is.

While Davidson did not get the nomination (North Canton Finance Director Alex Zumbar did), he certainly „stole the show!“