Rising Hegemon
In Hoke County divorce records, his wife said in 1995 that D'Annunzio had claimed to be the Messiah, had traveled to New Jersey to raise his stepfather from the dead, believed God would drop a 1,000-mile high pyramid as the New Jerusalem on Greenland and found the Ark of the Covenant in Arizona. A doctor's evaluation the following month said D'Annunzio used marijuana almost daily, had been living with another woman for several months, had once been in drug treatment for heroin dependence and was jailed a couple times as a teenager.
The doctor concluded that his religious beliefs were not delusional. A judge wrote in a child support ruling a few years later that D'Annunzio was a self-described "religious zealot" who believed the government was the "Antichrist." The judge said he was willfully failing to make child support payments.
And then, the kicker:
D'Annunzio was the leader in a Republican primary earlier this month but didn't get enough votes to avoid a runoff. He faces former television sportscaster Harold Johnson in a runoff vote June 22 for the 8th District, which extends from Charlotte to Fayetteville.
And why support the guy?
Ronnie Long, a Harrisburg businessman who is president of We the People NC and part of the tea party movement, said he was disappointed to see Republican officials resort to personal attacks against D'Annunzio.
Long said his group and others are backing D'Annunzio because he has the integrity and fortitude to make decisions for the people and not the party.
"He's not the kind of person the parties can rule over and manipulate," he said.
Well, he is the messiah -- or perhaps just a very naughty boy.
12 comments:
This reminds me of the old routine Chris Rock used to do asking how Marion Berry could have been elected when people knew he had had a crack problem. He figured the only thing that made sense was that Berry's opponent must have been a heroin addict: "Vote crack, not smack!"
Mrs (former) Governor Sarah Pee would suck the chrome off a trailer hitch for that kinda gear.
I love Teabagger outrage at the "character assassination" the GOP is doing to D'Annunzio, an on-the-record nutcase. You know Teabaggers will do the same thing in a nanosecond when it suits their purposes.
Hypocrites.
By the way, you can't be stupid enough to name yourselves after a sexual practice, then, horrified, insist on being called the sanitized, patriotic version. John Fund, the WSJ shill, corrected Bill Maher on Maher's last show. Too damned bad. It may be the Tea Party Movement, but they are Teabaggers. No backsies. I will always call you the suckers you are.
reads like a lost episode.
Hmm. The guy thinks a 1000-mile high temple is going to fall on Greenland, and that it's the New Jerusalem, and his doctor doesn't think his religious views are delusional?
Whatever his doctor's on, I'd like a hit, just for experimentation's sake.
But, let this be a warning to you, kids. Too much smack, airplane glue, Hal Lindsey and Stone Temple Pilots is not good for you. You'll wind up the frontrunner in a Republican primary, and then where will you be?
If this guy gets elected, is Obama no longer "The One"? We can't have two messiahs in government (even if they are in separate branches). We'll have to turn the Capitol building into Thunderdome! Two men enter! One man leave!
Don't think Sarah would need much monetary encouragement to endorse him... he sounds like he'd fit right in with her witch protection cult.
Christ, this guy should be wearing a straitjacket!
He makes OnAn look sane.
But WTF: Go, Annunzio, go!
I sure hope you win your primary, fella, because you make a dream opponent for any politician with a "D" behind their name.
But I'll tell you what--- if God ever does drop a 1,000-mile high pyramid on Greenland, then I'll personally come down to NC and ring doorbells for you.
Deal?
PS--- almost forgot: "willfully failing to make child support payments"...
Gotta love those GOP Family Values!
so much for embracing the crazee wing.
I would support him in a minute. I would support anyone who could drop a 1,000-mile high pyramid anywhere, even Greenland, although that's a fine spot for it. Ooo, do you think he's planning on dropping it pointy end first? The Democrats can't touch him. All they can drop is the ball.
"Republican leaders ..are worried about his electability (and) publicizing court documents about D'Annunzio's past legal, martial and business troubles and denouncing him as unfit for office."
Bwahahahahaha! The Democratic candidate should run on "Traditional Family Values" and then have the repukes denounce him as unfit. Watch the Repukes voters (again) lie to themselves about what matters. It ain't "character".
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