Another scary thought as we approach the witching hour: As noted in the News and Observer Robinson declared in a recent forum his personal favorite to be the next president is Tom Tancredo.  This is the same Tom Tancredo that was present during the singing of "Dixie" with a group of South Carolina white supremacists in September at an event that is getting a lot of attention from Colorado MediaMatters.  I wonder what role Robinson would have in that administration?

Elsewhere according to a post by DonnaRumsfeld at Cruel.com in one of Robinson's ads:

The music at the beginning of the ad is Philip Glass' score to Dracula, performed by the Kronos Quartet

Copyright violation or liberal endorsement?  Poster Jim Sheaves responds at BlueNC.com

Can you say RIP-OFF??? I just PERSONALLY contacted Kronos Quartet's management by phone, which interestingly, is located in...wait for it...SAN FRANCISCO, and the person I spoke with was APPALLED to learn this little bit of information. Could there be a lawsuit in the works for Vermin?
If anyone else cares to verify this, contact:
Janet Cowperthwaite, Managing Director, Kronos Quartet.
P.O. Box 225340.
San Francisco, CA 94122-5340
ph 415-731-3533

If YouTube pulls this ad it will be the second Robinson ad pulled for copyright violation.  The Kronos Quarter recently helped celebrate Media Alliance's 30th anniversary in, yes, San Francisco.  So ironic that the Media Alliance promotes the antithesis of Robinson's tactics:

media excellence, ethics, diversity and accountability in the interests of peace, justice, and social responsibility

I have written before under the heading of Where in The World are Vernon Robinson's Donors about how much money is coming from outside of NC-13 for a candidate who doesn't even live in the District.  The latest location: Beijing as I wrote in a previous MyDD diary

Vernon Robinson is apparently hemorrhaging money because, like a pyramid scheme, his fear-factor business model has to spend more to take in more.  In pre-election reports he declared $274,932.99 cash on hand while Brad Miller reported $379,831.37 cash on hand.

Of 252 reportable transactions recorded by Robinson only 28 were from North Carolina and less than half of those from within District 13.

Of 210 reportable transactions recorded by Brad Miller 194 were from North Carolina and most of those from within District 13.

Robinson reported disbursements of $40,098.75 to Wynne Sanitation of Butner NC for an item listed as "utilities". Wynne Sanitation, Inc appears online as a trucking and waste company.  I guess when you run a campaign like Vernon's there is a lot of crap to be hauled off and disposed of. Whatever it is, it sure looks like an unusual expenditure.

Vernon Robinson has a funny perspective on democracy too. According to Forsyth County, NC, records he has been registered to vote since 1982 in NC-05. Online records show that he has exercised his right to vote only 4 times since 1999, twice in person and twice absentee. It would appear that he didn't even vote for himself in the 2004 primary.

05/02/2006 Primary, Absentee
11/08/2005 Municipal general election, In-Person
09/27/2005 Winston-Salem municipal primary, In-Person
11/02/2004 General election, Absentee

I want to get a shout-out in FEC records so with this post goes $101 to Brad Miller's campaign to bump me over the $200 mark. Vernon Robinson deserves a strong rebuke and the Republicans that support him need a smackdown. I encourage anyone else with NC roots to do likewise and to consider contributions to him other NC candidates, especially Larry Kissell who was just added to the DCCC Red to Blue list:

NC-05 Roger Sharpe
NC-08 Larry Kissell
NC-11 Heath Shuler
NC-13 Brad Miller

gregflynn writes at BlueNC.com