Mountain Xpress Profiles Congressional Candidate Carl Mumpower

In recent years, Carl Mumpower has been—by his own choice—one of Asheville’s most controversial public figures. From his seat on City Council, where he serves as the self-designated “lone conservative” amid what he sees as a nest of progressives and “Socialists,” Mumpower has willingly provided no shortage of well-publicized fodder for his political and ideological enemies on issues ranging from drugs to illegal immigration to moral and personal responsibility. (See sidebar, “The Gospel According to Mumpower.")
And those enemies aren’t solely on the left: Mumpower is an equal-opportunity scold who has frequently ticked off members of his own Republican Party by decrying their profligate ways, calling for the impeachment of President Bush and openly despising the neocons who he says run Washington.
Meanwhile, his current, seemingly quixotic run for Congress against incumbent Democrat Heath Shuler has only raised the stakes.
Yet friend or foe, most know Mumpower only through media reports, cartoons and caricatures—as well as his own guerilla-style political theater.
But just who is this man whose supporters say is unjustly maligned and misunderstood—and who manages, by turns, to both repel and fascinate his constituents?
This story represents an attempt to answer that question. Over a 24-hour period in late August, this reporter traveled with, talked intimately with—and, yes, even shared cramped sleeping quarters with Mumpower (in an area of Madison County called “Sodom,” no less).

Source: Mountain Xpress

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It's a decent article on the life of Dr. Mumpower, and I suggest that you take a look at it.