The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone actually should be reserved for a guy like Vernon Robinson, a perennial candidate in North Carolina who refers to himself as "the black Jesse Helms." That's right, that's not a pejorative, he refers to HIMSELF that way.

He now has yet another "Twilight Zone" parody campaign ad out, and instead of the last one, which merely demonized immigrants, this one has something for everyone: hatred of gays, judges, "illegal aliens"... fun for the whole family, really. As evidenced by the Leave it to Beaver clip on the back end, as if to say, "Weren't things better in the monochromatic, dull 1950s?"

In just the last few years, Robinson has run for state GOP Chair, the 5th district congressional seat, 12th district seat, State Superintendent of Schools, and state Senate. He lost all of them. He was on the Winston-Salem City Council until he was defeated last November.

It's kind of like the Karate Kid... moves to California, everyone wants to kick his ass. Moves halfway across the world to Okinawa, everyone wants to kick his ass. RETURNS to California, having kicked ass in the past, everyone still wants to kick his ass. At some point, doesn't Daniel-san have to look in the mirror and say, "Is it me?"