In a Pith post yesterday covering the gubernatorial debate set up by the Basil Marceaux camp, I speculated that Marceaux's campaign staffers might have motivations that weren't purely political: "It's hard to tell if Marceaux campaign coordinator James Crenshaw and the two or three other Marceaux people present have any real political sympathy with Marceaux, or if they are pranksters who spotted an opportunity to make a documentary on Tennessee's gubernatorial Internet meme."
Wonkette was far less circumspect in a piece about the Marceaux staffers, even breaking out the dreaded CAPS LOCK button: "Hopefully these evil hip-hoppers will go away after your primary victory tonight and stop filming this skateboard-trick video about you, as THEY CAN GO FUCK THEMSELVES." (If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black, I don't know what is.)
Crenshaw took issue with the suggestion that he's exploiting the candidate, and wrote to Pith to explain himself and defend his motives:
