That's what I remember seeing.
And of course Rachel Hunter is a name that sticks in your head
Posted on 06/08/2006 7:11:21 AM PDT by CommCtr
Candidate for high court puts Robinson at a loss for words
By Scott Sexton
JOURNAL COLUMNIST
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Other than the good folks at the League of Women Voters and trial lawyers, who really knows anything about candidates for the N.C. Supreme Court?
The answer, sadly, is not many of us.
There is one candidate who is out to change all that - but not in a good way.
The campaign antics of one Rachel Lea Hunter, a lawyer from Cary, are changing the perception of staid, nonconfrontational judicial races. She is running against Associate Justice Mark Martin for an eight-year term on the state's highest court.
(Excerpt) Read more at journalnow.com ...
In a rambling e-mail that she signed and distributed Tuesday, Hunter writes about Robinson's decision to remain in the Republican Party despite being soundly beaten last year in his quest to become the state party chairman.
"Like a good slave, (Robinson) has returned to the plantation," wrote Hunter, a registered Democrat who is white. "I am sorry to use that metaphor, but his actions are like that of a slave saying 'I'll be good from now on, Massa.' A real leader would have told the NC GOP to shove it and would have resigned from the party after how he was treated."
Unwelcome at the party
Not that it was a surprise, but the N.C. Democratic Party wasted no time responding. Party officials said they would withhold any endorsements for Hunter.
Jerry Meek, the state Democratic Party chairman, said that the "racial epithet has no place in any political dialogue, even directed toward someone as contemptible as Vernon Robinson."
Hunter's statement is so offensive that it rendered Robinson nearly speechless. Reached by cell phone yesterday, Robinson was uncharacteristically quiet.
"It was forwarded to me a couple times," Robinson said. "I'm not worried about it. I'll worry about talking to voters in the district, and that's about it."
Imagine that -Vernon Robinson taking the high road.
Connie Mack Berry Jr., Hunter's husband and campaign manager, shrugged off the whole thing, attributing it to partisan politics. He said that state Democratic officials have been angling to boot Hunter out of the party for months because she is a lightning rod who tells it like it is.
"If you'll look, Hillary Clinton said the same thing about Republicans on Martin Luther King Day," Berry said. "Everybody jumped on her, and it lasted about a week.... Jerry Meek, he tried to make us out to be racists. Hell, Rachel's Jewish.
"That really hacked us off."
If Rachel Lea Hunter sounds vaguely familiar, here's why:
First, she attempted to get the nickname "Madame Justice" printed on the ballot. The State Board of Elections shot that one down in March.
She drew attention again last month when her campaign used a photo of her with Dean Smith under the quote "As a loyal Democrat to another loyal Democrat. Win Rachel! Win!"
There was just one problem. Smith didn't remember meeting Hunter or saying anything remotely resembling an endorsement.
It can get worse
Berry said yesterday that hackers caused that whole mess by altering Smith's quote on Hunter's Web site. "There is an investigation into that, and we did put a call in to the authorities," he said.
Alrighty.
We have an amateurish attempt to use a goofy nickname, dragging the good name of Dean Smith into a judicial campaign and a racist slap at Vernon Robinson.
So what's next? How about some homophobia?
Don't laugh. It happened in an e-mail exchange last month when Nathan Tabor, a religious conservative from Kernersville, wrote Berry to tease him about the Smith fiasco.
"Is it true that you and Vernon have made up and sleeping with other as brokeback repub buddies?" Berry wrote back.
Justice Martin couldn't have asked for a better foil if David Duke moved here from Louisiana to run. And this is only June.
• Scott Sexton can be reached at 727-7481 or at ssexton@wsjournal.com
I am assuming that Robinson doesn't have a chance....is that accurate? I would love to hear a contrary opinion!
And...?
Ewww, is she batting her eyes at Hill?
The district leans Democrat and Robinson is not a candidate who can draw much beyond a committed base, to be diplomatic.
If a state democrat party chairman calls you contemptible, then you are probably a pretty decent person.
Lol, her web site is a hoot (imo, ya know). Talk about looney toons. Sadly, she's serious - Madam Justice to her hand in her dog's mouth to her internship "for Bayer in a pharmaceutical plant where they made pharmaceuticals". Wow, who'da thunk it. A pharmaceutical plant makes pharmaceuticals!
http://www.rbnlive.com/rachel/index.html
Basically, then, Robinson is the next Alan Keyes....it's a pity that he will never be elected.
Scott Sexton hasn't figured out this political game? I guess that's why he's stuck at some little rag in the middle of nowhere.
Or maybe Sexton is in the Democrats' pocket and is merely doing his part to make Hunter look like a real candidate rather than just a silly caricature who was put into the race in order to make Martin look like the safe, reasonable candidate in the middle who is fighting off extremists on both the left and the right.
It's the kind of tactic the rats use all the time.
Great ad. I'd vote for him.
"I am assuming that Robinson doesn't have a chance....is that accurate?"
Nevermind him, what about her? She's a real nut case but it's happened before because people will vote without knowing anything about a candidate.
The one aspect of District 13 that not many people have mentioned is its demographics. There is a large African American population in Person and Caswell Counties. Robinson is no doubt aware of that fact.
Who will African Americans vote for? A white Democrat (Brad Miller)? or an African American Republican (Vernon Robinson)?
Which candidate will African Americans be able to identify with? I bet more African Americans share Vernon Robinson's values than Brad Miller's.
I suspect that Robinson has a good chance as long as he stays above the fray this time.
Robinson is quite electable, and he has been elected to office at least twice. He serves his constituency well and gets huge support from even moderates in the African American community. You should really do your homework before making such silly comments.
History shows otherwise. In white majority districts, Robinson has a tough time, but in black majority districts, he wins.
NC-13 is gerrymandered to be a Democrat district. Having said that, if Robinson gets 15% of the black vote, he should win. Republican candidates for federal office, e.g., George W. Bush and Elizabeth Dole, get between 47% and 50% of the vote in the district with virtually no black votes.
Wasn't Rachel Lea Hunter posting here for a while?
No, not really. Her husband and campaign manager, Connie Mack Berry, Jr. trolls the internet blogs posting generally offensive messages. He will use the alias of "Max" or even "Madame Justice".
According to Hunter's own website, she doesn't have the time or inclination with computers or blogs.
That's what I remember seeing.
And of course Rachel Hunter is a name that sticks in your head
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