I’ve noticed over the past couple of months – since getting his THIRD campaign manager in 10 months or so – that Ox has been pretty quiet. He seemed to be content to let the others duke things out while he sat back on his name ID and coasted to a spot in the runoff.
Honestly, that was the single smartest move I’ve EVER seen him make.
But all of a sudden going quiet like that also can arouse suspicion – the proverbial “calm before the storm”.
Well, turns out it was more like the eye of the hurricane. As we all know, the storm surrounding the eye tends to be the strongest part of the storm, with the far side wall tending to be much stronger than the near side wall. (FYI: Hurricane season starts in under 2 weeks, so get ready South Ga!)
Ox had a rough time with the near side wall last year. He accepted $120K in potentially illegal campaign contributions, he allowed the bullying of a 15 yo kid, he went hunting unlicensed and allowed his son to shoot his friend, and he generally behaved more like a bull in a china shop than a candidate for Governor. And that’s just the highlights! (or lowlights, as the case may be)
Now, Ox is entering the far side wall of the eye, and coasting to a spot in the runoff may no longer be an option for him – if it ever really was a solid strategy to begin with.
You see, it was bad enough when there were simply allegations of the $120K being potentially illegal.
Now there are subpoenas.
