NPR: Andy of Mayberry Backs Democrat for Governor

Andy of Mayberry Backs Democrat for Governor

With all the attention that is being paid to the Obama attack ad that is being aired by the North Carolina Republican Party starting this evening, this one kind of escaped notice.

It shows film and TV star Andy Griffith -- famous, of course, for playing rural Sheriff Andy Taylor in the famous (and many times re-run on TVLand) "The Andy Griffith Show," set in Mayberry, North Carolina -- making a pitch for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bev Perdue.

Here is the video;

But this gives rise to other questions ... who are Opie and Barney Fife supporting? (Aunt Bee has to be a Clinton supporter.) Not to mention Goober and Gomer.

12:42 PM ET | 04-24-2008 | permalink

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Hey, don't laugh. Griffith has also supported popular term-limited current Gov. Mike Easley. Coincidence? Methinks not...

Sent by Kevin | 1:28 PM ET | 04-24-2008

Opie will be voting for McCain since he is a serious and thoughtful boy
Earnest T Bass will be going with Ron Paul
Gomer and Goober will be splitting between Obama and Clinton; they just haven't figured it out yet.
Barney will be voting for McCain due to his admiration of integrity.

And Floyd the barber will be voting for William Howard Taft.

Sent by deek | 4:48 PM ET | 04-24-2008

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