NC Supreme Court candidate's campaign manager is a convicted felon

Connie Mack Berry Jr., the husband of state Supreme Court candidate Rachel Lea Hunter, can do many things to help his wife's campaign: put up yard signs, hand out campaign literature, extol her virtues on blogs.

Berry, 67, was convicted in Georgia years ago of swindling customers of his jewelry business, according to news reports in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Berry is active in his wife's unconventional campaign. She has been disowned by state Democrat Party leaders for describing a black Republican candidate as a slave, rebuked by former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith for claiming he endorsed her, and rebuffed in an effort to get her nickname, "Madame Justice," on the ballot. State election officials said the nickname would mislead the public because Hunter has never been a judge.

Hunter, a Cary lawyer, is running against an incumbent, Mark Martin, who has been an associate justice since 1998.

Berry was convicted in Georgia in 1997 of bilking 27 customers out of $285,000, according to newspaper reports. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution during 7 1/2 years of probation. Berry was accused of taking gold and silver he never paid for. Berry was already in prison on charges related to a money order scam and replacing a diamond on a customer's ring with a fake stone, according to news accounts.

In 1983, Berry faced charges in Florida for swindling 37 customers out of $75,000, according to news accounts. He pleaded no contest to four misdemeanors for failing to fill orders for precious metals. He was fined $2,500 and given a year's probation.

In e-mail to The News & Observer, Berry explained that at the time of his pleas in Georgia, he was sick with cancer and had recently lost a wife and sister to brain aneurysms.

"Under the advice of my attorneys, it was easier to enter a plea and not incur any additional intense stress in a complicated and complex case," Berry wrote.

In an earlier interview, Berry said the Georgia charges were politically motivated. Berry had several failed runs for public office in Marietta, Ga., where he was a businessman.

"I had an empire," he said. "I made a lot of enemies."

If there's a bigger Mootbat running for a Judicial office in the U.S., I haven't heard of him or her.

"Madam Justice," which the BOE in NC refused to allow her to put on the ballot, is a fully qualified headcase.

Her campaign manager, if possible, is a dangerous individual, a NC Republican private forum flame warrior and as libelous and bitter an individual, full of sorry sour apples, as it will ever be your displeasure to meet.

The Democrats are welcome to them, and it will be a pleasure to see this bizarre team get crushed like a grape in a little over 40 days from now.

Under the name "Connie Mace Berry, Jr." of Cary NC, I find a registered Democrat with the following voting record -- as in actual votes cast -- in the state voter search database:

05/02/2006 05/02/2006 PRIMARY IN-PERSON
11/08/2005 11/08/2005 MUNICIPAL IN-PERSON
10/11/2005 10/11/2005 RALEIGH CARY BD OF ED IN-PERSON
05/03/2005 05/03/2005 CARY, APEX, WAKE FOREST BOND IN-PERSON
11/02/2004 11/02/2004 GENERAL ABSENTEE

Interesting indeed.

Check this link out to the Wake County Board of Elections. Either the Raleigh News and Observer has made a mistake or Connie Mack Berry, Jr. is well on his way to another conviction in yet another state. He has been voting in NC since 2001.

Cary, NC blogger John Barbara has been covering the issue quite well for those who are interested. He actually received a death threat from Connie Mack Berry, Jr. because he called Rachel Lea Hunter a "crackpot".

Imagine that.

Rachel Lea Hunter's website is http://www.rachelforjustice.com/ in case anyone wants to catchup on moonbat mania and complete psychopath ramblings from a self-styled "progressive Democrat".

Rachel Lea Hunter has been denounced by both the North Carolina Democratic Party and Republican Party. In fact, she is so reviled that NCDP State Chairman Jerry Meek endorsed her Republican opponent (and incumbent).

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