No, I really want to know. That’s not just an indirect way of saying, “Phil Noble has no support.” I’d really like an answer to the question.
I have this vague memory that someone — perhaps someone here on the blog, or elsewhere — told me several months ago about having seen a list of Noble supporters. At the time, I dutifully hunted for such a list — on Google, on his website — and came up dry.
I got to thinking about it again today when I got this release:
Friend,
Awesome news: Today, Former SC State Senator McKinley Washington, Jr. endorsed my campaign for Governor.
I’m incredibly humbled to have Senator Washington’s recognition—he’s a true blue community leader with over 25 years of public service under his belt and I respect him deeply.
He had this to say about the endorsement:
“[Phil]’s commitment to civil rights, equality, and the economic and social advancement of the African-American community is unmatched. It is a sense of duty and humanity that I know to have been deeply rooted in his upbringing. Phil’s father is a Presbyterian minister and civil rights legend who went toe to toe with the Alabama KKK back in the 1960’s. He set a courageous example for Phil as he stood unwaveringly as he rose to the top of the KKK’s Alabama hit list.
Phil has been courageous enough to call out failure and corruption and then do something about it. Seeing the mass disenfranchisement in our state back in 1984, he started the Palmetto Project and one of the first initiatives helped register over 150,000 new voters in SC. Seeing the toll high prescription drug costs had on the poor and the elderly, he started Welvista to provide free prescriptions and preventative care to those populations. I’m endorsing Phil Noble because his track record proves he is the best person, Democrat or Republican, to lead our state.”
With his endorsement, Sen. Washington joins a growing list of leaders—including Alabama Senator Doug Jones and Anderson Mayor Terence Roberts—who believe my campaign is the best choice for our state because of its unwavering commitment to economic, racial, and social equality for all.
… and so forth. And no, there was no link to a list where it said, “a growing list of leaders.”
I had wondered the same last week when I got a release about the other South Carolinian he mentioned above:
Dear Brad,
The mayor of Anderson, Terence Roberts, just announced his support for Democrat Phil Noble’s campaign for governor.
At the Anderson County Democratic Party convention Tuesday night, Roberts told the crowd he is impressed with Noble’s background as a business and technology consultant and that Noble “is not a politician — he’s a businessman.”…
… and more of the same. That one, of course, mentioned the Doug Jones endorsement.
When I got that one, I responded to the email asking, “Who else, besides Doug Jones and the mayor of Anderson, have endorsed Phil? I heard there was a list somewhere of Phil’s SC supporters, but I haven’t been able to find it…”
It’s been seven days since I sent that question, but I’ve received no reply. Maybe it’s one of those “no reply” addresses that you can’t answer — although that would be weird, since it was a fund-raising email.
And now, there’s this additional announcement, bringing his official total support (that I can find) to three. One of whom can’t vote in South Carolina. (James Smith has a prominent supporter like that, too — Joe Biden.)
Oh, wait — I think Bud said he might vote for him. So that’s four.
I seriously doubt that that’s it. But it’s weird I can’t find more than that.
Can you? If so, please share…
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Not that James Smith has convenienty listed everybody who has endorsed him, either. But it’s easier with him to find stuff like that. Just Google and you’ll find stories about Joe Riley, Dick Riley, Jim Hodges, Steve Benjamin (and again, since Noble keeps mentioning Doug Jones, Joe Biden).
Then there’s that list of 120 or so prominent women who were listed as Smith supporters in a release in February.
In other words, it’s not quite as frustrating trying to find out about his support…