Reply #16: That might not be a bad thing, then

[Clark2008]

In order for a young, black man to win a statewide race in Tennessee, he might have to be perceived, at least, in part, as a little conservative. There are scores of right-leaning moderates who are fed up with the religious right kind of choices the state GOP is throwing at them and may feel this is a chance to vote for a moderate. It might be good that Freeper sites are touting him as a bit conservative, when, you can see by the statement above, he's not pandering to Shrub.

That said, he really did make the statement attributed to him above. I wrote him and got the statement in my e-mail box. :)