{reposted from Scrutiny Hooligans and BlogAsheville}

John Armor came out swinging against his primary opponent, 8 term incumbent Charles Taylor (R-NC11) in a free wheeling Q&A with the netizens of BlogAsheville on Sunday, March 6th.  Focusing extensively on Representative Taylor's laundry list of ethical problems, Armor also held forth on topics ranging from the 1804 Homestead Act to Gay Marriage to the Dubai Ports World deal.

Armor, aged 63, is a renowned legal authority and author of six books.  He has argued cases before the United States Supreme Court and was instrumental in expanding ballot access to independent candidates in the 1980s.  A registered Independent from 1976 until just a few years ago, Armor admitted, "If it were an open and fair world, I'd probably be a Libertarian...  Government ought to leave people alone."

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Charles Taylor has a motivated challenger in the Republican primary for NC-11.  John Armor of Highlands, NC announced his candidacy at the Free Republic under his blogonym, Congressman BillyBob.  

Taylor's fundraising, while sizable, has been used to pay off the $850,000 of his own money he sank into the '04 race.  He's got only $18,000 in his campaign's account, this has raised questions of whether he will even run in this cycle.

Armor, a Yale graduate, wrote in his "Why I'm Not Running, 2004", "I will maintain my Exploratory Committee, only the target will be 2006 rather than 2004. Instead of taking a mere six months to prepare, I will take two years." He's All-But-Dissertation for a doctoral degree in Public Policy and the author of six books including "Why Term Limits?  Because They Have It Coming".

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