Robinson runs relentlessly
Vernon Robinson, the indefatigable black Republican who believes he is a soldier in a "culture war," has said he will run for Democrat Mel Watt's seat in the 12th congressional district.
Robinson, who lost his Winston-Salem City Council seat last fall, said in an interview with me in November that running for office again was not on his wife's "honey do list."
But I suspect Robinson, who may fall to the right of Jesse Helms in his views, couldn't resist.
Yes, his chances for an upset are beyond remote in the predominantly black, predominantly Democratic district.
But I don't know that winning is the point. Robinson loves politics that much. He's like someone who enjoys window shopping. The process is more than half the fun.
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BWA-HAHAHAHAHA!!
Vernon Robinson, the Roy Moore wannabe? What a maroon!
You'd think that if he was a "soldier in a culture war" he might want to actually want to use ammunition that would get people to THINK. But the only thought I've ever had regarding things he says was "How can anyone say that in the 20th century?" Then I remember we're past that century and I laugh even harder. Oy. If he's on my ballot in November, it will be a total pleasure to vote against that trilobite (an even more ancient evolutionary relic than a dinosaur, you see)!
Posted on January 19, 2006 5:08 AM