If he wasn’t so hot on being A.G. then why on earth did the man run for AG in 2003? What’s more, why run again in 2007? It’s not like there was this great big “Draft Jim Hood” movement out there in Mississippi. And does this guy really believe that every corporation is a wrongdoer on Americans? When did Hood stop being a John Kerry Democrat and start being a Ralph Nader Democrat? It’s almost as if his legal and philosophical idol isn’t the former Democrat A.G. Mike Moore – widely respected through out Mississippi, but rather Flint, Michigan native Michael Moore.  Of course Michael Moore probably wouldn’t be such a fan of campaign contributors getting first come first serve state contracts that pay millions of dollars either.

A State Farm attorney suggested during a court hearing earlier this month that Scruggs dispatched Balducci and Patterson with a message for Hood: Scruggs, a political force with deep pockets, would support another candidate for attorney general if Hood charged State Farm with a crime.Hood scoffed at the notion on Wednesday.

‘‘I didn’t care who (Scruggs) supported. I wasn’t crazy about being attorney general anyway,’’ Hood said, adding that he preferred being a district attorney.

Hood pointed out that the FBI document, based on an interview with Balducci, did not say Hood took any money or indicate any wrongdoing on his part. Hood said the reason he didn’t file criminal charges against State Farm at the time was because he didn’t have enough evidence to prove the insurer violated state law.

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