TMZ interviews the new Jesse Helms — Tennessee state-senator-on-the-make Stacey Campfield

This Knoxville Knuckle-dragger is even worse than Elkhorn's own Beau McCoy, although we imagine their constituencies are about the same.


(Via Towleroad; see our blog list)

The political viability of Stacey Canfield's bare-knuckled bigotry is provided by fine Tennesseans in these parts of Knoxville and Farragut who would love you to vacation in their area and give them your money. Firms headquartered in Knoxville include Gov. Haslam's company — Pilot Petroleum, Magnavox, the Cooking Channel, Sea Ray pleasure boats and Regal Entertainment, which operates movie theaters.

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These individual contributors, trade groups and businesses also help Stacey Campfield do what he does best.

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