(Well, not literally smacks; however, the first rule of Fancy Farm is, uh …)

Those of you unfamiliar with “perennial Kentucky political candidate” Gatewood Galbraith would be wise to watch the following interview wherein Galbraith — who is running as an independent candidate in this year’s Barn Burnin’ Electoral Hootenanny gubernatorial election against incumbent Democratic Governor and Big Coal Brigadier General Steve Beshear, and Republican Kentucky Senate President and Burkesville Bully David Williams — does a pretty good job of not appearing as the pot-addled caricature that the Kentucky press (and, at times, Galbraith himself) easily succumbs to.

From cn|2′s Pure Politics: