'Too Conservative' Witherspoon an Enigma Even to GOP

The State (Columbia, S.C.), Sunday, February 14, 1999

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W.P. "Buddy" Witherspoon sat alone in the back of the hall at the 1996 state Republican convention, keeping a tally of the vote for GOP national committeeman.   Witherspoon had a personal interest;  he was the Christian Coalition's choice for the job.