Bill Shipp: Vernon Jones damages the Democratic Party's electoral prospects.

Bill Shipp writes:

DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones . . . has turned himself into a prime example of the type of Democratic politician Georgia voters can't stand, and who damages the party's electoral prospects with each successive exposé of his activities. His personal life makes [House Speaker Glenn] Richardson's look almost monastic by comparison, with sensational allegations of rape having been levied at Jones by a woman he tried to lure into a group sex encounter. Jones has used taxpayer dollars to surround himself with an extravagant security detail more fitting for Bush or Cheney and is reportedly funding his Senate campaign by blatantly twisting the arms of financial interests with business before his county government.