Yeah Mr. Chairman, I think Christ would give it a shot

At the NC Republican convention in New Bern (darn I miss the place!), head honcho Ferrell Blount got a bit of questioning (scroll down, 2nd item) from an ally of Richard Morgan - one of the three GOP incumbents targetted by the corporate right-wing dollars of Variety Stores owner, former legislator Art Pope. The incumbents "crime" was being too cozy with the Democrats, and apparently, Pope - who founded the John Locke Foundation and several other right-wing alleged "think" tanks - doesn't read David Broder's columns, and therefore doesn't appreciate bi-partisanship. So Pope spent a bunch of his corporations money on Republican for a Legislative Majority, a 527 non-profit which then poured that money in the form of mass mailings into Moore County and two other districts. They worked, but, perhaps wondering why an organization called Republicans for a Legislative Majority spent the spring taking out GOP incumbents, Moore County party chairman John Owens had some questions about why the GOP wasn't playing the full field.

Moore County Republican chairman John Owens asked GOP Chairman Ferrell Blount why there were 32 Democratic House members running unopposed.

Owens, a Morgan ally, had criticized the party for spending money and energy to defeat Morgan rather than recruiting candidates to challenge Democrats.

Blount said only about 10 House districts were swing seats and the rest were either solidly Democratic or solidly Republican.

"There are certain seats, my friend, not to be sacrilegious, that Jesus Christ could not win some of those seats if he was a Republican," Blount said.

Owens responded: "Thank you Mr. Chairman. I do believe he would have tried."

So, Chairman Blount, are you saying Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball!

PS - Of course, the other implication of Blount's comments is that largely-Democratic districts wouldn't vote for Christ. I'll leave that little slander to be dealt with by higher powers.