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By JOHN GOOLRICK
Some claim that the man who dropped by my office to see me the other day would wreck Republican chances of statewide victory this year should he be part of the ticket. | Yet talking person-to-person wjth Mike Farris, he seems nothing like the right-wing fundamentalist extremist that he is portrayed in sdme quarters. | You will pardon me, I hope, for resorting to a journalistic objectivity that I practiced for nearly 30 years for longer than I have engaged in actual politics. And no matter what my comments, Farris is still likely to be at the center of a heavy political siorm during the state Republican convention in early June. | Sitting across from me, Farris, dressed in a conservative suit, looks very young to be a candidate for lieutenant governor, but that is undoubtedly due to my own advancing afee and memories of bygone years
3hen all statewide candidates were der than me. I ! And Farris is soft-spoken and relaxed, far removed from the image promulgated by some of a hidebound crusader who focuses with zealotry din only a few issues such as abortion £(nd home schooling; while igoring tJiose issues with broad mass appeal such as public education, transportation, health care and the like. > Farris readily acknowledges that his candidacy is looked on with suspicion by some in the party who fear ifs roots lie deep in Pat Robertson’s Christian Coalition and that, if nominated, he might have a fatal drag on the entire ticket. I I
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