Months ago, I wrote about my favorite political candidate from my days working in Toledo, Ohio — Ed Emery, The Crazy Republican.

Well, Ed’s back running for office again. Notice the headline on that story: “Colorful Republican challenges Kaptur again.” “Colorful,” of course, being the term newspapers use when they can’t say what they mean, which is “stone-cold nutso.” Luckily, weblogs suffer from no similar restraints.

Things you’ll learn about Stone-Cold Nutso Ed from that article:

- “Emery, according to his resume, is a designer, urban developer, sociological worker, criminologist, publicist and property owner. “

- “Most recently, he was convicted by a jury in August 2001 of one count of criminal damaging and two counts of criminal trespassing in Toledo Municipal Court. Emery was sentenced to 150 days in jail. During the trial, prosecutors showed video footage that reportedly shows Emery popping his neighbor’s car tire and throwing feces in her yard, according to the Toledo Blade.”

- “During a News Herald interview, he denounced [his opponent, incumbent Rep. Marcy] Kaptur as a ‘nuclear terrorist’ who ‘suffers from gender confusion.’”

- “He said President Bush is the greatest American orator since Martin Luther King Jr.”

01 November 2002

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