Foxx "Pimping Off" the Forsyth D.A.

We published on this site a few days ago a report that the Forsyth County District Attorney was involved in a criminal investigation of Vernon Robinson's campaign finances. That information came out of a Raleigh News & Observer story, which, it now turns out (and why are we surprised?), was planted by the Foxx campaign.

And the Forsyth District Attorney Tom Keith is not amused to have his office "pimped off" in this fashion. That's a direct quote: see today's Winston-Salem Journal.

"He made the remarks at a news conference to deal with allegations by the campaign staff of Virginia Foxx .... Members of Foxx's staff said that Keith's office was investigating campaign contributions made to her opponent, Vernon Robinson .... Keith said that there is no such criminal investigation."

Speaking of pimps, "Tom Foxx, Virginia Foxx's husband and campaign manager, said that the campaign had never tried to involve the district attorney's office in the matter and that he was surprised that Keith held a news conference about it. 'It shocked the daylights out of us,' Tom Foxx said. No one in the campaign had spoken with anyone in Keith's office about the case, he said."

Ain't nobody in this henhouse but us chickens, said the Foxx.

"Keith, a Republican, would not say whom he planned to vote for Tuesday. He said that his favorite candidate lost in the primary."