Those are the characterizations of Republican Congressional candidate Harold Johnson, former sportscaster at WBTV and the man the Republican establishment hopes will save them from the hair-brained (and similarly triggered) Tim "Machine Gun" D'Annunzio, who actually led the voting in the 8th District Republican primary but failed to get 40% and must now face Johnson in the run-off election on June 22nd.The person who used those descriptors of Johnson was D'Annunzio. He was reacting to the news that the former holder of that Congressional seat, Robin Hayes, had just endorsed Johnson, who does not scare the country club Republicans at all, something that evidently can't be said about D'Annunzio, who scares lots of people with more or less stable emotions.
If elected, Johnson will do as he's told by brighter men. D'Annunzio won't, 'cause nobody nowhere is brighter than he. Which sets up the basic conflict in this run-off between the tell-me-what-to-think mainline Republican Party and the up-yours-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on insurgent tea partiers.
Meanwhile, the man who stands to gain the most from this herculean struggle, incumbent Democrat Larry Kissell, is understandably mum. First rule in politics: don't interfere while your enemy is destroying himself.
5 comments:
This is like watching a food fight in Animal House!
Harold Johnson is a fence sitting moderate Republican like Richard Burr. He will go whichever way the wind blows. What a waste if they put a fence sitter like this idiot in office. His opponet is much better in many way.
D9: Who cares about your warped politics, GUY FAUX.
"Deception! Deception!"
-T. Williams
His opponet is much better in many way.* D9
Right! Only in a straight jacket!
All I know is that I thought Johnson was the most obnoxious man in television 30 years before I knew anything about his politics. I had to change the channel when he came on. Sickening.
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