It's the Water

In Durham.  It has to be the water.  Because how else can one smallish Southern city contain city officials like a school board that regularly devolves into fistfights, the entirety of stupidity, laziness and corruption that marked the lacrosse case, and now this:

"Allegations that a local Democratic official and her husband were involved in satanic rituals that included shackling people to beds, caging them and depriving them of food and water have horrified county party leaders."

Okay, maybe an alternate explanation could be that the devil made them do it...

Best quote in the entire piece, though, is right here:

"McCullough would not release details of the allegations, but he added, 'I don't want to leave the impression this is a widespread thing.'"

To which I can only reply a) I should hope not, and b) it's an election year and it's still early.  Just wait.