Republican presidential candidate John McCain trumpeted the support of a "prominent" West Virginia Democrat over the weekend - a fringe political candidate best known because former Gov. Bob Wise had an affair with his wife.
Philip "Icky" Frye, a 2004 Democratic candidate for governor, was on a list of 30 people released by "Citizens for McCain," described in a news release as a grass-roots effort to rally people of all political parties to McCain. The group is headed by U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.
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"My name popped up, probably because I was an ex-gubernatorial candidate," Frye said. In the 2004 primary, Frye received 2,892 votes - just more than 1 percent of the votes. Joe Manchin, the state's current governor, easily won that race.
Poor old dude -- he is really scrapping the bottom of the barrel if his only West Virginia Democratic supporter is Icky!
From the Charleston Gazette, June 16, 2008
http://wvgazette.com/News/200806161010