Greg Sargent and Eric Kleefeld put together a pretty hilarious post today about this list the McCain put out of “prominent Democrats and Independents” supporting McCain’s candidacy. A few years back when McCain was considering becoming a Democrat, there were lots of Democrats who were big fans of his. So it really wouldn’t have surprised me if McCain was able to put together a list of prominent and half-way normal Dems who are supporting him. But it turns out the list is made up of non-Democrats, hardcore conservatives and what I guess you’d call a smattering of county-level Zell Millers sprinkled around the country.
My favorite from the list is the aptly named “prominent Democrat” and “former Democratic gubernatorial candidate” Philip “Icky” Frye of West Virginia. Sounds pretty impressive. But it turns out that Frye’s credential as a Democrat is limited to … well, Frye’s wife made a cuckold of him by sleeping with then West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise (D). In revenge, the humiliated Frye decided to challenge Wise in the Democratic primary for governor — which, I’ll have to say is one of the more creative and civically-minded ways I’ve heard of to get back at the guy who slept with your wife. Wise decided that things were getting a little out of hand and without precisely admitting to the affair decided not to run again. At this point Frye seems to have lost interest in the job and ended up garnering less than one half a percent of the vote.
When the Charleston Gazette found out that McCain was carting small Frye out as a ‘prominent Democrat’ they had more than a little fun at his expense.
