By Steve Visser
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Metro Atlanta / State News
June 6, 2010
Vernon Jones peered down at the empty chair at a candidate forum Wednesday and asked to a ripple of laughter from the small crowd: "Where are you, Hank?"
It was an answer to a setup question by Maynard Eaton, the skilled moderator of the "Newsmakers Live" Web cam debate, that was designed to humiliate U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, the incumbent in the 4th Congressional District: "What would you say to Hank Johnson if he were here?"
Eaton and producer Jim Welcome had eviscerated Johnson for skipping the forum that pitted him against Jones, the charismatic and controversial former CEO of DeKalb County, and Connie Stokes, a county commissioner and veteran legislator, who hope to defeat him in the July 20 Democratic primary.
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