He just endorsed Obama

[thewiseguy]

Give up for Junior Johnson! :headbang: :woohoo: :patriot:

[Ian David]

1. Found a link... Joining the Obama pit crew: Junior Johnson

Joining the Obama pit crew: Junior Johnson

10:37 am October 27, 2008 | North Carolina, politics | By Bob Geary

The old Wilkes County moonshiner/NASCAR racer now runs a country ham bidness. He’s for Obama.

Of the McCain campaign, Junior tells us that he, too, ran some “aggressive” races in his day … but the McCain robocalls are over the line. His endorsement is below.


http://www.indyweekblogs.com/triangulator/2008/10/27/joining-the-obama-pit-crew-junior-johnson/

[lolamio]

26. That's one heck of an endorsement!! n/t

[Citizen_Penn]

30. Sweet

[angee_is_mad]

42. Dale Jr. would be the icing on the cake

I have a feeling that Jr. is going to pull the lever for Obama. Maybe the cameo in Jayz's video has something to do with it and he is CUTE!!!!

[demokatgurrl]

46. Very nice but is this getting OUT?

DU is the ONLY place I've seen or heard it. Of course I don't watch MSM TV, but I do read newspapers on-line.
If it's going to help it has to have some pub.

[Ian David]

47. This was on the local CBS News affiliate this morning. n/t

[melody]

2. Did he really? My god, he's a redneck icon!

Good for him.

[Wickerman]

3. moonshiners for Obama!

:applause:

[Arctic Dave]

4. Kick it for Rednecks for Obama.

[IsItJustMe]

7. You're fucking A right!!! Excuse my french.

[salguine]

18. "French"!? Socialist! Socialist!

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Wikipedia has already picked it up..

Johnson endorsed Senator Barack Obama for the 2008 presidential race. In an email sent to the public on October 27, 2008, Johnson wrote, "...the most important reasons I'm speaking out for Barack Obama are named Robert and Meredith, my two children. My wife Lisa and I talked it over, and honestly, we know in our gut that their future is more secure if Barack Obama is president. At the end of the day, there's just nothing more important than that."

Johnson also spoke out about what he described as a lack of "integrity" in the McCain campaign. "I know what it means to run an aggressive race, but I also know what it means to compete with integrity," Johnson wrote. "Have you gotten one of these pre-recorded calls that are flooding our state smearing Barack Obama's character and questioning his patriotism? That's crossing the line, and North Carolinians deserve better."

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. who?

[yardwork]

11. If you don't know, don't worry about it. Just know that this may have won the south.

[PretzelWarrior]

8. will be scary to watch the racists come out with death threats against him

and you know it will happen. Just like with Atticus Finch. If a popular guy in the south unequivocally endorses an African American man, they will turn on their hero.

It took guts for him to do that.

[yardwork]

12. Won't happen. Will not happen.

[PretzelWarrior]

14. I wouldn't hold my breath on that if I were you

[yardwork]

22. Junior Johnson is no Atticus Finch.

[K Gardner]

9. I must be out of touch. I have no idea who this is.

[Elwood P Dowd]

15. He is a NASCAR icon from the old days.

Started out running moonshine and became a top driver in NASCAR during the 1950s and 1960s. He later became a car owner and won NASCAR championships before retiring a few years ago. He is a lifelong Democrat.

[SweetieD]

10. Never heard of him. But glad he endorsed Obama.

[Lochloosa]

20. This is HUGH in the South. Trust me.

[akwapez]

31. I'm in the south, never heard of this guy. n/t

[enough]

13. Link on dKos with the statement, which is excellent:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/27/122837/22/139/643632

[FLyellowdog]

16. Woo Hoo!!!!

[1776Forever]

17. If my ex was still alive he would vote for Obama too & he was from La Belle FL!

Check this out! You will love it! These are a great part of our American culture and I love them for it!

The Annual Swamp Cabbage Festival

http://members.aol.com/browne/scf.html

And don't forget Justin.tv:

http://justin.tv/kq4ym

Thanks Junior - You Rock!!

[asdjrocky]

19. That is HUGE in the south.

[graywarrior]

21. His words

My family and I have given this election a lot of thought.
Our country is in a rough spot, and we're going to need some serious change. There's only one candidate ready to deliver it -- and that's Barack Obama...

Every day I talk to someone else who's never voted for a Democrat, but now they're voting for Barack Obama. They realize that Barack understands what we're going through here in North Carolina. And they're ready for change.

So I've made up my mind, and I'm ready to get involved. I know that I could never have won a race without my pit crew, and I know Barack can't win this one without us.

[Hamlette]

24. oh my gawd

I hate red necks, NASCAR, and sports metaphors but that one made me cry...with pride for my country.

[Stinky The Clown]

23. Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Holy

Fucking

Shit

[file83]

25. H.F.S. is right!!

:wow:

[TennesseeDem]

27. Wow. That is big.

[Cha]

28. Is that a late pic?..'cause he's

79 years old now..I wondered what he looked like from the other Junior Johnson thread.

[thewiseguy]

39. This is a picture of him taken 2 years ago

[Cha]

44. Thanks..Junior's hangin'

tough!

[Sulawesi]

29. I must be a true Volvo driving Latte sipper cause I have no idea who this guy is...

[damonm]

35. Either that, or you're under 40...

But his name is Junior Johnson, and he is a DemiGod amongst the NASCAR set; he is TREMENDOUSLY poular in NC, and might just have swung the state to Obama.

[Chan790]

37. Hey! I'm under 30 even and I know who Junior Johnson is.

and I'm no NASCAR fan either. This is massive.

[Sulawesi]

40. 45, drive a volvo, like double skim cappucino or dbl iced latte in the summer...thanks for the info

thanks for the info, and great news, on this junior chap...

I know who Richard Petty is btw...

[angee_is_mad]

43. Equivalent of Richard Petty

if that helps. He just wasn't as mainstream as Richard. Tom Wolf wrote a book about him in the 60s which was turned into a movie.

This shows the rednecks, that Obama isn't asking you to marry him, but to vote for him so he can, "Get er DONE."

[Elwood P Dowd]

32. Kick for the evening crowd. (nm)

.

[wicket]

33. Woo hoo!!!!!

I love it!!!

[Lugnut]

34. Woooo hoooo!

It doesn't get any better than this in NASCAR country! :bounce: :woohoo:

[Zomby Woof]

36. Uh oh!

I am going to enjoy watching the kneejerk anti-southern bigots on DU twist their little brains around this one.

[proud patriot]

38. very cool

:)

[GetTheRightVote]

41. So cool !!!

:bounce:

[Coexist]

45. wow.