In a few hours I'll be interviewing John Armor, (R) cong. candidate.

[brainshrub]

John Armor, Republican congressional candidate for district 11, has agreed to be interviewed by a group of bloggers here in NC. I think this is pretty gutsy of him, and I plan to be respectful. He seems like a nice enough guy... for a Republican.

The incumbent is Charles H. Taylor: A Republican so corrupt that even the Freepers admit it. Hard to believe, but true.

While I doubt I will vote for Mr. Armor, I hope he wins the nomination. It would be good for NC voters to be able to chose between two, or more, candidates with integrity.

Anyhow, I have a few questions already... but I was curious if y'all had any ideas about what I should ask him.

Here is his site: www.armorforcongress.com

[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. Wow- Chuckie has a challenger!

Awesome. Sorry I lack any questions (or brainpower) this morning- just thought that this was interesting.

[Maddy McCall]

2. You "plan to be disrespectful?"

I wouldn't be ugly to the guy. If he does win the election (are there any Ds running?), you may want continued access to his office.

[brainshrub]

5. Doh! That was the spell-checker!

I initially mis-spelled "respectful", and the spell checker put that word in.

Doh!

I plan to be completely respectful of Mr. Armor. Anyone who is willing to have a no-holds-barred discussion with a group of untamed bloggers deserves respect.

[Maddy McCall]

6. LOL! I was wondering!

Good--he sounds like a decent enough guy if he's going to sit down with bloggers. :D

[brainshrub]

8. I've been reading his work all morning.

Some of his stuff makes me wince... but he seems like a classic Eisenhower-type Republican. I didn't think they made those anymore!

Nice enough guy. But I have to wait till I meet and listen to him before I come to an opinion.

Ultimately, I want someone who believes in Democracy and rule of law. Democrat, Republican, Green or Liberatrian.

[Catrina]

3. Ask him about the Dubai deal and what he thinks of the Bush

administration doing nothing about border and port security ~

Btw, did you mean you were going to be 'respectful'? I think 'disrespectful' might have been a typo?

[brainshrub]

7. Yes, it was a typo.

me <--- embarrassed because of the typo.

Good question about Dubai.

[NewJeffCT]

4. I'm greedy

I hope Charles Taylor wins the nomination... then, if we can run a good clean Democrat, the choice is between the Dem & the Culture of Corruption in DC.

[brainshrub]

9. Shuler, the likely Dem candidate, seems pretty conservative.

I should be clear that I haven't investigated Shuler yet... but my understanding is that he's pro-life, pro-Iraq war, pro-death penalty and fairly pro-business. (Read "anti-labor")

Disclaimer: I could be totally wrong about the above sentence! I honestly haven't looked too deeply into the congressional races yet. But that's my impression.

After Kerry the surrender-money, I refuse to vote for someone just because they are a Democrat. From now on, my candidates must meet minimum criteria for me to vote for them. I don't care if they lose.

Yes, I meant all of that.

This does not mean I will speak ill of Dems after the primary... but I won't vote for DINOs anymore.

My minimum standard for Dem candidates:

1) Must make a solid, 100% commitment to verifiable paper ballots.
2) Must be pro-choice.
3) Must support, at the minimum, a time-table for a withdrawal from Iraq.*
3) Must be endorsed by a reputable labor union.
4) Must be a proven fighter. No surrender-monkeys need apply.

* I understand this is a complicated issue, but the basic "Get the f*ck out of Iraq ASAP" attitude must be there for me to support h/er.

[brainshrub]

10. Just finished with the interview.

It was a great conversation.

For a Freeper, Armor isn't that bad.

While I think electing him to congress would be a massive mistake, at least he isn't a blatant crook like Taylor is.

Ultimately he's in the race because he loves the Republic... you gotta respect that.