Comments on: Remembering Andy Griffith

By: mike360000

mike360000 — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:40:38 +0000

Yup, Andy was a scallywag alright….
But he was also no friend to Mt. Airy or many of his own relatives there. I knew one of his cousins several years ago. His cousin said Andy had disowned his family and people there. He wouldn’t respond to their writing him and he wouldn’t return for even a simple visit. Andy even protested a statue that people wanted to erect in Mt Airy honoring him, Barney and Opie. Andy didn’t want any others involved in any statue. If anyone had seen him in his political commercials, he fully supported the democrat party and I mean the most liberal side of it. Andy Griffith was no friend of the South, not even to his own family.. So, I’ve never had any use for him…

Michael- Deo Vindicabamur

By: SouthernAtHeart

SouthernAtHeart — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:03:45 +0000

Be that as it may, he passed today and I believe that fact alone makes it the wrong time to disparage the man.

By: Anti-Federalist

Anti-Federalist — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:51:41 +0000

SouthernAtHeart,

I didn’t mention a word about him not being perfect. Just only that he is a Southern Yankee (or a new Yankee man). His immediate reaction to the assassination of to blame “damn southerners” showed his contempt for the people of the South.

By: SouthernAtHeart

SouthernAtHeart — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:42:14 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if we were all perfect?

By: Anti-Federalist

Anti-Federalist — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:41:58 +0000

Oops, that should be “He” rather than “I”

By: Anti-Federalist

Anti-Federalist — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:40:39 +0000

Andy Griffith was a Southern Yankee. He blamed those “damn southerners” for the assassination of JFK. I may have had a Southern accent but that was about all that was Southern about him.

By: SouthernAtHeart

SouthernAtHeart — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:42:58 +0000

I am so, so sad. I can’t stop crying. My childhood is truly gone now.

From the article, says it all for me: ““The Andy Griffith Show” has proven to be one of the most durable shows in television history, an American Gothic painted in flickering electrons.

“Our basic theme was love,” Griffith once said. “And understanding one another. And hoping the best for one another. Love.”” May Almighty God bless his soul and comfort his family and friends.