Ohio GOP "social conservative coordinator" attacks with gay innuendo

Gary Lankford, the Ohio Republican Party's newly hired "social conservative coordinator" and a "Christian home school headmaster," has sent out an email attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland, in which his church attendance, work ethic, voting record, and marriage were assailed, and a website questioning whether Strickland is gay was linked.

Mr. Lankford's e-mail to social conservatives linked to a blog entry at pullinsreport.blogspot.com that called Mr. and Mrs. Strickland's relationship "bizarre" and claimed a Blade article about their decision not to have children implies "the Stricklands are both gay."

The e-mail surfaced shortly after the campaign of U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Cedarville) launched a television ad - produced by the agency behind the "Swift Boat" campaign against 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry - that flashed terrorist mug shots and a smoking World Trade Center to underscore criticism of Mr. DeWine's Democratic opponent's record on national security.

(Via BladeWire)

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