Henry Patterson and the Outsiders signing up Eddie Shauberger to lead them through Patterson re-election bid may be a huge hint as to how they see their role in Liberty County. Shauberger went from multiple failed campaigns selling himself as someone who wanted to serve to a behind the scenes to a manipulator and a finger man for a cult looking to silence their critics.
Though Eddie Shauberger no longer drags his family and friends all over the county trying to solicit votes by convincing voters he is the man to bring goodness and wisdom to our government, he does cloak himself in the robes of a preacher on Sunday and Wednesday in a nearby county. But sooner or later the congregation he is hollering and pounding his Bible at on a weekly basis will figure out what an odd father figure Eddie Shauberger is. Sooner or later it will dawn on those he “leads” that his motivation is not only a paycheck in tough legal times. Sooner or later they will figure out he is their cover. They are, in effect, vouching for him and for his innocence and his desire to be holy and lead a spiritual war, rather than a political one.
But for now they don’t get it. Shauberger was accused and defended over and over of using his adopted children when he ran for office. Opponents said he used foster parenting and adoption to get income. Opponents danced around Shauberger’s children many many problems. Problems with the law, problems with domestic violence, and problems with father Eddie were always a possible headache for Shauberger’s politics and his political ambitions.
Allegedly, what voters didn’t know then is at least two different adopted daughters at two different times have alleged their father, Eddie, was sexually abusing them. This could have amazing symbolic parallels if true. For example:
Shauberger wanting to play father and take on the father role so he can control these daughters so he can take whatever he wants from them. Shauberger showing the love and concern of a father 99% of the time so he can secretly steal what society forbids him to have.
This “Oddfather” behavior may be what he is doing at his church. He may appear to be wonderful to the innocent people in the community as he does his dirty deeds elsewhere. He has painted himself to friends as a master manipulator. He has repeatedly indicated no one can keep up with him when it comes to political strategy. In short, he has made himself out to be the great puppeteer.
His living a double life is no theory however. Shauberger spent years saying some of the vilest things about people and seeking revenge on perceived wrongs he believes have been done to him by the masses. There is no doubt, and it is provable, that Shauberger has had an extremely foul mouth and aggressively vindictive outlook on the other days of the week when he is not preaching. In between his appearances at the alter of God and counseling people that God forgives them of their sins, Shauberger is looking for dirt on people so they will do what he wants them to do.
The great puppet master, the Oddfather is patting people on the head in the daylight and beating people over the head by night. It is as if Shauberger has it all figured out. If he can keep a group on board praising his daytime work, he can discredit any challengers with his nighttime work.
