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Buckeye Back Roads Tour cont.:<\/strong> \u00a0 It’s been somewhat of a whirlind since we launched on this final tour through Ohio. \u00a0 We stopped in Yorkshire, Ohio, where we met with the Kremers and the Smiths, both organic farming families who do everything in line with Catholic Rural Life Association teaching. \u00a0 They look at how they treat the land as a moral issue… \u00a0 We then stumped at the Annie Oakley Restaurant — she’s from this area– in Dawn, Ohio, where I put up a campaign flyer that said “…from a straight shooter.”<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (I’ve got a million of ’em.) \u00a0 Further down the road in Greenville, I told The Daily Advocate<\/em> newspaper that Liz and I are running as your “average concerned Midwestern parents.” \u00a0 What we’re most ‘concerned’ about is our children inheriting a world of abortion, war, global warming, a nine trillion dollar debt… \u00a0 Heading further south, we campaigned in West Manchester, Eaton, Gratis, Carlisle, Waynesville and Wilmington. \u00a0 Then in Blanchester, Ohio, I talked with Jim Thie who did multiple tours in Vietnam spanning 41 months. \u00a0 He \u00a0got a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and cancer (from his exposure to agent orange). \u00a0 What were we thinking dropping that?… We then headed on to Fayeteville, Mt. Orab, Sardinia and Peebles. \u00a0 Last night, I met with a group of Amish at a homestead on Tater Ridge Road, just south of Peebles. \u00a0 We discussed the Irap War (Amish are non-violent and don’t think Jesus would go to war), the economy, and the accelerating breakdown of faith, family and community in America. \u00a0 The Amish place extreme importance on faith, family and community — and boy<\/em> \u00a0 does it show. \u00a0 One of the men said their lives are “a silent witness.” \u00a0 I said America would benefit from them being more vocal about it as well. \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 The discussion (over homemade ice-cream) last night was lively and I believe I convinced a number of the Amish that I, indeed, was the best presidential candidate. \u00a0 One problem: \u00a0 These Amish (because of religious reasons) don’t vote. \u00a0 Is there any wonder why I’m still, oh, a little behind in the polls? \u00a0 Of course ever optomistic, we’re just chalking that up to the ‘margin of error.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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